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No, The Steelers JuJu Smith-Schuster Did Not Do A Hadouken
That is Goku’s kamehameha, clear as day. This is what a hadouken looks like. Street Fighter’s Ryu thrusts his arms forward in one fluid motion, then pulls them back in. What Smith-Schuster did was much more drawn out. Look at him hold that pose. Just like Goku. Here’s a demonstration. Look familiar? But however confused…
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Keyboardist Makes Up Music For Random Video Game Stuff
Meet Seth Everman. He’s internet famous and posts a lot of stuff online, including weird musical experiments like this one. There are a tone of re-occurring motifs in gaming that don’t really make any sense. Racing mini games, start menu themes, that water level you keep dying on for no good reason—if you described what…
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For Some Players Installing Cuphead Was The Most Challenging Part
It’s hard to beat a game that you can’t even start. In a season of limited Microsoft exclusives, the indie platformer Cuphead comes at just the right time to offer Xbox One and Windows 10 players something to get excited about. And after seven long years in development, the game has delivered. At least for…
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What Goes Into Picking The 101 Video Games Kids Must Play
As a sixth grade teacher, my students ask me a lot of questions, and I have a lot of influence on them based on how I reply. My new book, 101 Video Games to Play Before You Grow Up, is my response to every student who has ever asked, “What games should I try?” Outside…
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In FIFA 18 For Switch, Human Flesh Is An Illusion
It’s sports season, which means sports games, and also lovely sports game glitches. FIFA 18 came out on Friday for every platform under the sun, including the Switch. While players were worried the game would be only a shadow of the PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions, it’s not all that bad. I’ve been playing…
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Nintendo Devs Reminisce About Making The Leap To The SNES
The SNES is old. As much as I love the first Mario Kart, going back and loading up the Mode 7 graphics of Bowser Castle 1 feels quaint. A series of interviews with Nintendo developers from that era though serves as a good reminder of just how advanced the technology was at the time. In…
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The Norwood Suite Is A Very Different Kind Of Music Game
Don’t expect high scores or top 40 hits in this jazz-fueled adventure. Music games tend to be fast-paced and twitch driven. Songs or techno rythms play in the background while your fingers or feet punch in buttons in intricate patterns dictated by what scrolls past on the TV screen. That’s the premise of games like…
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Splatoon Toilet Paper Joke Becomes Splatfest Reality
Next weekend, European Splatoon 2 players will have the chance to weigh in on how toilet paper should be loaded. Front roll or back roll? It’s a question that could only be asked by someone who’s never wiped their ass before. The event runs from 4:00PM CEST on October 7 to the same time on…
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You Know What They Should Have Done With Mario Bros.?
Did you know that my uncle Billy Rogers used to review arcade games on a public access show that I hope and pray no one watching this video actually believes I want you to think was real? Well, he did! (Seriously, he didn’t.) He had a lot of neat ideas for how Nintendo could have…
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Sega Genesis Flashback has a new release date of November 10. Early reviews universally panned the $80 HDMI classic console, but its manufacturer said the units were faulty and bumped back the release. The final units will replace 10 of the weird shovelware games like Hangman with 8-bit Sega B-sides like Psycho Fox and Kenseiden
By Chris Kohler