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This Game Lets You Show Cammy Your Thailand

Did you know that, over the weekend, there was an indie game get-together called Jean Claude Van Jam? And that it was all about making games based on Jean-Claude Van Damme? And that it happened only a few days after Van Damme gave perhaps the greatest Street Fighter-related interview of all time? What an amazing…

A Cat Sings The Game of Thrones Intro

The first five seconds are absolute terror. You reach for the stop button. But then…then you find your foot tapping. Your head nodding. And damn it, for the 1000th time, you’ve enjoyed a cat-related nerd video when you know you should know better. [via Topless Robot]

No, Your Scissors Probably Can’t Run Crysis 3 Either

Julius Perdana has built a replica model of a Crysis nanosuit that manages to look better than a professional, factory-made action figure Which is remarkable, given Perdana’s is made out of paper Yes, believe it or not, this is papercraft. Originally designed to coincide with the release of Crysis 2, he’s now produced an updated…

Command & Conquer Generals 2 is Launching Without a Singleplayer Campaign

Just in case the words “Command & Conquer” and “free-to-play” hadn’t got you wary enough for the upcoming C&C Generals 2, there’s now this: the game is releasing without a singleplayer story mode. While acknowledging that one could come later, Bioware Victory general manager John Van Caneghem told PC Gamer that his team “really want…

Ray, When Someone Asks You To Play The Ghostbusters Theme On Floppy Drives, You Say Yes

Okay, yes, it’s actually not that hard to program a bunch of floppy drives to play a song. But Il ove the way that YouTuber MrSolidSnake745 does it—this is the same gent who did the hhTalk Amongst Yourselves forum. Have good chatting, see you on Friday.

Beautiful Portraits of The Men And Women Who Made Uncharted

By day, Iki Ikram works as an artist at Uncharted developers Naughty Dog. By night, he’s a keen photographer. In this gallery of images, which he calls simply “dogs”, Ikram manages to combine the two. Each portrait is a developer at Naughty Dog. There are programmers, and there are artists. There are people you’ve never…

So Many Possible Dishonored Assassination Targets, So Little Time

A little while ago at QuakeCon, Tim Poon had a go at a new level in Bethesda’s much-anticipated sneaking/killing game Dishonored. Back from Gamescom. the fine folks at VG 24/7 have posted this video in which Dishonored co-creative director Raf Colantonio walks players through that level, in which they must identify the right “Lady Boyle”…

Cybertron Falls Tomorrow. You Might Want to Wear a Hat or Something.

The official launch trailer for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron signals the end of the planet of the robots, at least for a few million years, depending on the continuity you follow. I can’t tell you if Fall of Cybertron is good or not; not until tomorrow morning, when our full review of the next game…

These Awesome Shoes Are What You Get When You Mix Glitter With Gaming

There have been a lot of very neat gaming shoes in the world before, but these ones are my new favorite. Not only because, as flats, they are something I could theoretically actually wear someday, but because they please my inner first-grader with their sparkles. I like shiny things, okay? Clearly, so does this Etsy…

I Never Thought Driving On The Left Would Be So Much Fun

As I played Sleeping Dogs this past weekend, I kept getting into car accidents. Every time I’d hop onto my motorcycle or into a car, I’d find myself getting into head-on collisions with the residents of Hong Kong; I couldn’t keep a car in good condition for thirty seconds of driving, and I couldn’t manage…

The People Who Make Rock Band Are Working On A Real-Time Combat Game

Musical combat? Combat musical? Rock Band: Combat? Combat: The Beatles? Harmonix, the company behind games like Dance Central and the upcoming Rock Band Blitz, is looking for a Combat Designer “to create real-time, single-player combat experiences for a brand new IP on next-generation hardware,” according to a job ad posted on Gamasutra last week. “This…

How Real World Morals and Video Game Choices Fit Together—Or Don’t

It’s a deceptively simple question, and yet one that manages to have no good answer: “do real world morals have a place in video games?” That’s what Erik Kain at Forbes has asked. Kain asks the question in terms of violence. We can do violence in games, he points out, without feeling the need to…

This American Cartridge Of Final Fantasy II Is Insanely Rare—And You Can Own It

Those familiar with the long, sordid story of Final Fantasy know that the original Japanese Final Fantasy II never made it to stores in North America. Until now. Sort of. Thanks to the wonders of eBay, you can buy a very good condition, pre-production sample cartridge of Final Fantasy II that was assembled for the…

Fake Mentally Disturbed Killer of the Week: Alice’s Madness Never Left

“When is a cosplay not a cosplay?” queried the Mad Hatter, sipping lukewarm tea from a cracked and leaking cup. “When it’s pay-per-use stock photography that someone put up for sale in case someone felt a pressing need for shots of a woman dressed as the lead character from American McGee’s Alice: Madness Returns?” I…

The Dorkly Weekly: Turns Out Earthbound‘s Photographer Is A Pedophile

I guess we probably should’ve figured this out ourselves. He has way too much facial hair. He wears a creepy top hat. He spends most of his time taking pictures of children. Fuzzy pickles! For more sick and twisted video game comedy, follow the link to Dorkly.com

Hollywood producer Jeff Katz says that the late directing legend Tony Scott “badly wanted” to do the Gears of War film

Most Movie Tie-In Games Kind of Stink. I Hope This One Won’t.

Last week, during Gamescom, the folks behind the new Star Trek game put out a good-looking trailer and some nifty screenshots. On the heels of that trailer, IGN has an interview with Paramount Pictures’ SVP of games, Brian Miller, explaining why, in his opinion, movie tie-in games usually suck, and how Star Trek plans to…

Green Day And Angry Birds Might Be The Most Awkward Pairing In Video Game History

Here, I’ll let Green Day handle this one: I want to be the minority I don’t need your authority Down with the moral majority ‘Cause I want to be the minority Thanks, Green Day! Enjoy your partnership with Angry Birds

BioShock Immortalized In This Catchy, Darned Funny Song

Oh, man. There’s tribute songs, and then there’s tribute songs. This one, by New York singer/comedian Brent Black, who performs as Brentalfloss, falls into the italicized camp—not only did it make me laugh, I can’t get it out of my head. There are some lyrical turns in here that I can’t believe no one’s come…

Here’s The Exclusive First Look at The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia in Glorious English

People really want the Hyrule Historia. They want it more than light bondage sexual hijinks. It’s true. Take a look at Amazon for proof. Pre-orders for Nintendo’s officially sanctioned Legend of Zelda encyclopedia on the book-selling mega-site have dislodged the dirty sexytimes publishing phenomenon 50 Shades of Grey from the #1 best-seller spot. And the…