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Edu-painment
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Top 10 Darkest Educational Video Games of All Time [Spike] Edutainment is not all Muppets and happy shit. It can be a very dark place.…
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North Korean Gold-Farming Allegations Officially Denied by Official North Korean News
North Korea has officially responded to allegations it supported a hacking network that allowed it to gold-farm some $7 million out of South Korea-based MMOs. North Korea’s (adjusts glasses, clears throat) “Committee for Peaceful Unification of the Fatherland” on Sunday released a statement saying, in effect, “no u.” The committee accused “puppet authorities” in South…
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Nintendo Files Trademarks for “Wii U” but Doesn’t Own wiiu.com [Corrected]
Our good friends at Fusible note, somewhat wryly, that while Nintendo’s gotten around to filing trademark applications on the Wii U it’s lacking ownership of the wiiu.com domain. The console by that name is due for sale sometime in 2012. Materially, this is something that concerns beancounters, really. I think Nintendo is rich enough that…
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But If You Call It an NES-001, is It Worth $13,000?
Previously (on Pawn Stars), a Halo cosplayer sought $2,000 for his custom-built Spartan armor, and walked out with nothing. A little snicker-inducing, but the seller kept his hubris to a minimum and seemed to show more understanding than disappointment, so I felt a little sorry for the guy. This, however, is pure schadenfreude. Apparently, calling…
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The Summer of Valve
Our latest challenge is a no-brainer. One would think its subject, Half-Life 3 is a no-brainer too, but Valve’s still making us wait on that. This week, some hippies Canadians got a little tired of the foot-dragging and staged a protest outside Valve HQ, giving us four very exploitable images. We may have to expand…
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Weekend Talk Amongst Yourselves
Once again it’s Sunday morning, where we invite you to freestyle—that is, talk amongst yourselves. Keep it on topic, but then, a) you know to do that and b) we’re not sticklers. This morning’s TAYpic is, for once, not courtesy of Kyosen but of TheBlackHole25. We need more, though, so if you have an idea,…
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There’s a Potential Donkey Kong Kill Screen, If You Wanna Watch
The top two record-holders for Donkey Kong will try to topple the game’s existing all-time high scores tomorrow in a record chase you may watch live. Hank Chien (pictured), the arcade record holder, and Dean Saglio, the record holder for emulation play, will both meet at Richie Knucklez Arcade Games in Flemington, N.J. to try…
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Northern Overexposure Winners
Last week’s ‘Shop Contest began with the news that Nolan North—yes, him again—would voice Penguin in Batman: Arkham City. Naturally, that was a call to carry things to a logical extreme. What else can this man do? Clearly he needs more work. We’ve got Gofunaki22’s homage to Ted Williams, and 19 others, inside! Bouzi (4),…
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Inside the Mind of a Demetry James, Who Put the Team on Greg Jennings’ Back
The score was out of reach. The fans had given up. The result would have no effect on the season. Nothing suggested Greg Jennings and the Green Bay Packers were about to execute the most famous come-from-ahead touchdown miracle in NFL history. “Every play, I don’t care if I’m up by 30 or down by…
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Did Lil Wayne Sample Sword & Sworcery?
Jim Guthrie, who provided the original soundtrack for the iOS hit Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, seems to think maybe so. Yesterday he noticed this post by Hip Hop is Read, which compares “The Cloud” from the game’s soundtrack with Lil Wayne and Drake’s “She Will,” due out Aug. 29. Judge for yourself, but the…
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PSA: WWE 12‘s Full Roster to be Revealed Live in Two Hours
Jerry “The King” Lawler and WWE superstar “The Miz” will in a couple of hours reveal the full roster of legends and superstars for WWE 12, live from Summerslam Fan Axxess at 4 p.m. EDT. You can follow it though this live streaming link. You can contact Owen Good, the author of this post, at…
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Hear Three Tracks from Dead Island‘s Official Score
Pawel Blaszczak, a composer with credits on Call of Juarez and the first The Witcher, is handling the music for the upcoming Dead Island, whose soundtrack will be released separately in the game’s collector’s edition. Developer Techland let the Polish-language site Gameplay hear and share three of the cuts, embedded here and below. Blasczak told…
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Indie Games Summer Uprising Schedules Its Releases
Despite the title, the Indie Games Summer Uprising for the Xbox Live Indie Games Channel won’t be some spontaneous revolt. The eight games in its lineup got their marching orders yesterday, and will begin rolling out in a week, to be joined by two fan-voted titles at the end of the 10-day event. Monday, Aug.…
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‘Incidental Punishment’
You spend fourteen years in this tank, you begin to understand that you’ve only got two thing left they can’t sweat out of you or beat out of you. Your balls. And you better hang onto them, because they’re about the only thing you’re gonna have when you get out of here. Football returned with…
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You’re Gonna Have to Buy Rage New If You Want to Crawl Through a Sewer
Plenty of publishers are walling off certain game content behind an “online pass,” a one-use code that’s included free with a retail copy but likely burnt up in that used disc you just bought for a lot less. In most cases, it covers something like online multiplayer. Not Rage Speaking to Eurogamer, Tim Willits, the…
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Lookin’ for Love? Notch’s Wedding Means You Can Give a Free Minecraft to Your Soulmate
Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson is getting married tomorrow (which may be today come to think of it. Anyway …) and in celebration of such, he’s giving out a free copy of the game to all who buy it. The idea is to enjoy Minecraft and then give a code for the game to a…
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Oh Look, Another Multizillion-Spacedollar Scam Hit EVE Online
Only in an MMO is a gigantic financial crime a) subject to absolutely no punishment and b) a sign of the community’s health because hey, it’s all role-playing, right? Once again, we’re looking at EVE Online. An intergalactic space Ponzi scheme fleeced investors of 1 trillion spacebuxx or whatever that currency is called, which the…
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