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A Pro Fighter’s Best Friend Is The Guy Who Stops The Bleeding
The cutman is indispensable to combat sports. A good one adds a veneer of civility to a brutal affair by reducing swells and stopping blood. He can extend a fight for an extra round or more, armed with nothing but vaseline, a cold piece of metal called an enswell, and a chemically soaked Q-Tip. But…
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The Mechanics Behind Satisfying 2D Jumping
The simple act of jumping can make or break a 2D platformer. In the first episode of Mechanically Speaking, Game Array explores how developers balance responsiveness and fairness to the player to make these movements magical. It’s much more than simply having the on screen character go up and come down. That worked for the…
By Mike Fahey -
Oscars 2016 Best Picture Nominees In LEGO
Leo and the CGI bear are having a rematch, this time, in a LEGO environment. Toscano Bricks remade scenes from this year’s Best Picture nominees (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Revenant, The Martian, Brooklyn, Spotlight, Bridge of Spies, The Big Short, Room) and compiled them into a pretty well-made brickfilm montage. To contact the author…
By Gergo Vas -
Minecraft’s Combat Update Changes the Game in a Big Way
Minecraft’s 1.9 patch—known as the Combat Update—has been in development at Mojang for well over year, and it’s arriving on PC today. So what exactly does it bring to the table? Let’s take a look. Once you start playing, the first new thing you’ll notice will likely be the off-hand slot. This is a new…
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The Original Starter Pokémon, Re-Imagined
“What would the first Pokémon generation look like if they were introduced today?” To answer that question, Pokéfans infinipede and ShedSimas embarked on a project to redesign the original 151 Pokémon, with their first targets being, of course, the original starters. As the introductory post on the New 151 Tumblr blog states, the pair of…
By András Neltz
