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Watch What Could Happen if Real Life had DLC
What if real life had DLC? That’s one question this video attempts to answer. But the better question, really, is: How cool would it be to go stand in a field and be able to fight like Batman? Pretty cool. This is a great recreation of the camerawork and action we all know from inside…
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Flinging Cute Fuzzy Things to Their Doom is Kind of More Fun than Rescuing Them
I spent a not-insignificant amount of time in middle school and early in high school playing Lemmings games with my friend who lived next door. It was, of course, satisfying to guide the mindless little morons through perils to safety. And it was more satisfying still to misplace a beam intentionally and watch them all…
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They Couldn’t Kill Salman Rushdie in Real Life, So They’re Making a Video Game
On February 14, 1989, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwā against Salman Rushdie, calling for the assassination of the British Indian author of The Satanic Verses. Seeing as Rushdie is still alive, it didn’t go so well. Now a state-sponsored Iranian student organization plans on correcting that oversight with The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie…
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The Amazing Spider-Man Marketing Team Has it So Easy
I bet the folks that do public relations and marketing for innovative and thoughtful games like From Dust and Journey spend days and days brainstorming inventive ways to communicate complex ideas in ways that appeal to the consumer. Meanwhile The Amazing Spider-Man UK marketing team nipped off early after putting in an order for footy…
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Best Mom Ever Steals Over 500 Video Games for Her Children
When authorities searched the home of Rebecca Margaret Johnson following her attempted theft of nearly $2,500 AUD from a Big W department store in Queensland, Australia, they discovered a treasure trove of stolen video games. Over the course of a year the 32-year-old single mother of three had swiped more than 515 video games and…
By Mike Fahey
