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Metal Man, Air Man, Flash Man… Lego Man?
I love creative fan works. I never cease to be amazed at the brilliant drawings, sculptures, songs, videos, and more that devoted fans with artistic talent create and share. Today, reader Gavin sent us a tip about this Mega Man mural. Measuring an impressive five feet on every side, this wall art depicting Mega Man…
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Who Cries for the Non-Player Characters?
We see them every day, but do we really look at them? When a nameless, faceless non-player character stumbles into your line of fire, who sheds a single tear? Commenter Sol does, and he wonders if you do as well in today’s Speak Up on Kotaku. Does anyone else feel sorry for NPCs? Strange question,…
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Uncharted 3 Runs Away With Writing Award
The Writers Guild of America is a slight misnomer. In fact, there are two separate unions, WGA West and WGA East. But they work in tandem, and once a year they come together to celebrate the past year’s achievements in writing. The 2011 awards were presented on Sunday, February 19, in a simultaneous, shared event…
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The Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Ends in Crash-Causing Chaos
To celebrate the successful press beta weekend for Guild Wars 2, the nice folks at ArenaNet gathered us all together in the main courtyard of Divinity’s Reach and killed us over and over again. The lag was bad enough with somewhere around a hundred members of the press and assorted ArenaNet staff bunched together in…
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Ten Things I Learned From the Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend
Of the more than a dozen hours I spent playing in the Guild Wars 2 press beta event this past weekend, seven involved actively battling enemies, three and a half were spent exploring, and a half hour was dedicated to creating my four different characters. The final hour involved trying to throw myself into a…
By Mike Fahey
