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It Took A Children’s Movie To Show Me That Games Have Finally Grown Up
Yesterday I sat next to my spouse in a dark and surprisingly luxurious movie theater, watching a childrens’ movie. Aside from a group of four late-teenaged boys across the aisle, we were the only adults in the room not shepherding a flock of kids into their seats. And when, about twenty minutes into the movie,…
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Last Friday, William Shatner Told Me to Play With Myself
I spent an hour Friday afternoon playing around with Shatoetry, an outrageous new iPhone app that lets fan construct sentences and phrases using the distinctive dramatic voice of Mr. William Shatner. Using the odd assortment of words contained within the app I made Captain James T. Kirk say some truly outrageous things, but none so…
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The Dorkly Weekly: Snorlax Must Be Weak Against Camrys
The tragically hilarious tale of Pokemon Rusty finally continues this week, as we learn the answer to the age-old question, “Can a human be healed at a Pokemon Center?” If the medical program in Pokemon-rich regions is this efficient, it’s only a matter of time before overpopulation destroys the planet. This is why we can’t…
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Dark Souls Secret Revealed: Director Was Pulling a Prank on Players
Dark Souls was notoriously one of the most challenging games of 2011. It killed players over and over, sometimes rewarding patience and determination in the face of death and failure with yet more death and failure. And if players felt like the game was trolling them? Well, they may have been right. At least, about…
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The Littlest Hellboy and Friends Join the Cast of Big Head Bash
Spicy Horse Games’ (Alice: The Madness Returns) browser-based online shooter Big Head Bash is a game about toys shooting each other right in their over-sized heads. The competition heats up today, as Hellboy and four friends from Mike Mignola’s supernatural comic series join the likes of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama as collectible killers. Combining…
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Every Single Microsoft Device. Ever.
With the release of Surface, Microsoft is taking a serious dive into the wide world of hardware production. But this isn’t the first time Microsoft has gone down that road. In fact, Redmond has racked up a pretty impressive catalogue of devices. Here’s a list of all of them [Editor’s note. You might notice this…
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Smurf Your Own Smurf in Smurf Life, Coming Smurf to Mobile Devices
Now that they’ve finished subverting millions to their wills via Smurf Village, Beeline Interactive places Peyo’s little blue money machines in such dire peril that Papa Smurf’s only recourse is to create a brand-new Smurf—you. The only-proficient-when-the-plot-calls-for-it wizard Gargamel has cast a powerful darkness spell over Smurf Village, threatening to increase the price of candle…
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Every Single Microsoft Device. Ever.
With the release of Surface, Microsoft is taking a serious dive into the wide world of hardware production. But this isn’t the first time Microsoft has gone down that road. In fact, Redmond has racked up a pretty impressive catalogue of devices. Here’s a list of all of them [Editor’s note. You might notice this…
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PC Gamers Can Now Download Battlefield 1942 for Free
Sure, Battlefield 3 remains a big deal and Battlefield 4 is on its way, but fans who want to go back to where it all began will need to hop into Battlefield 1942 The 2002 World War II-themed FPS launched a franchise that, between games and DLC, has had more than 20 releases in the…
By Kate Cox
