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Riddle Me This: What’s an Expensive Video Game Collectible That’s Really a Video Game Collectible?
Now that you’ve spent dozens of hours collecting the virtual Riddler Trophies in Batman: Arkham City, why not spend several hundred dollars collecting a real one? By far the most novel video game collectible I’ve seen at San Diego Comic-Con so far, the Riddler Trophies from Project Triforce, creators of fine video game weapon replicas,…
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Ultima Is Going Free-To-Play. And It Just Might Work.
The last new Ultima game to see daylight was Lord of Ultima, a browser strategy game more or less totally unrelated to the venerable Ultima series that so many PC gamers have loved for thirty years. Fans were disappointed, hoping instead for an actual new Ultima adventure that would take advantage of modern technology to…
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Just When You Thought Yo Gabba Gabba! Couldn’t Get Any Cooler
My first purchase at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 was not an expensive action figure, a sexy statue or a pretty pony. It was a simple set of six buttons based on a children’s television show. And they are so cool. I mean hell, it says it right there on the packaging: I am cooler than…
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This New Borderlands 2 Trailer Trades Wub Wub For Lion King
The newest trailer for Borderlands 2 emphasizes the first-person, role-playing game’s sillier side. But even while sporting a South African-bred song that later moved on to The Lion King licensing, the action-packed trailer manages to showcase just how exciting combat can be in Gearbox’s upcoming sequel. This is partially due to some fancy assassin moves…
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I’m in Love With the Sexiest Woman at San Diego Comic-Con
So Sideshow Collectibles’ half-scale Catwoman statue isn’t technically alive. I’ve dated worse. She’s not available for preorder. She’ll likely cost you or me an arm and a leg once she is up for sale, but when you’re dealing with Batman’s finicky female counterpart, a certain amount of financial loss is to be expected. You pay…
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Need For Speed Flick Gets a Hot Date
They’re already talking about February 2014 as the release window for Need For Speed the movie, which tells you everything you need to know about this venture, even 18 months away. Movies released in late winter, specifically February, are fucking terrible. Critics expect them to be fucking terrible. Their makers expect them to be fucking…
By Owen Good
