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The Greatest (Fake) World Of Warcraft Patch Notes Ever Written
“The Love is in the Air quest ‘Crushing the Crown’ has been renamed ‘Crushing the Candy’. Bring it.” Oh how I adore you, annual fake World of Warcraft patch notes. Each year Blizzard’s WoW team celebrate April Fools’ Day by releasing a set of brilliant funny fake patch notes, poking fun at their players, current…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Princess Zelda Statue I’ve Been Waiting For
First 4 Figures has produced some amazing pieces in its The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess line — the Link on Epona statue is gorgeous, and themassive Ganondorf is the centerpiece of my gaming statue collection — but there’s been something missing, until now. Finally, we have Princess Zelda. So wise and regal and just…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
What’s Really Fun About Dark Souls II
It’s not just that it’s “difficult.” It’s not that it beats you down, over and over again, sometimes pushing you to the brink of frustration and frustration’s cousin: rage quitting. Dark Souls II is enjoyable because you can overcome that. Because you can be better—tougher, wiser—than the challenges it throws your way. Imagine that: tougher…
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UncategorizedIt’s Getting Pretty Intense Up In The Wolf Among Us Episode Three
Telltale Games has released the spoiler-filled trailer for A Crooked Mile, episode three of The Wolf Among Us adventure game, and man does it make me want to stop writing this and play episode two. Not only has the series done a great job of capturing the spirit of the comic book series it’s based…
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UncategorizedEverything Wrong With The Captain America Movie Only Takes 12 Minutes?
With Captain America: Not A Condensed Origin Story hitting theaters later this week, it’s time to reflect on all the things the first movie got wrong. Or jut skim over them, because 12 minutes is way too short. Cinema Sins, you slackers. I’m not saying Captain America: The First Avenger was a horrible film; I…
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UncategorizedTransformers‘ Rock Icon Channels The ’80s With “Thunder In Your Heart”
After years spent trying to update his sound, Stan “The Touch” Bush finally realizes that he was born to create ’80s rock, no matter the decade. Horrible CG Transformers do battle to the tune of “Thunder in Your Heart.” This is the music Stan was born to make. He does not need to try and…
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Adventure Mode Is My New Favorite Way To Play Diablo III
Farewell, Diablo III story mode. You had a nice long run, but now that I’ve completed Reaper of Souls‘ fifth chapter, there’s no reason for me to replay you ever again. It’s adventure time! At first glance the Reaper of Souls expansion for Diablo III felt really light on content. The largely uninspired Act V…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Today’s selection of articles from Kotaku‘s reader-run community: Digital: A Love Story – An Appraisal of The Messiah • The Pilot’s Love Song: The Ani-TAY Review • Gamer Logic: Why walk when I can… • Loving and Hating the Same Story: The Objective and Subjective • Pupa: The Ani-TAY Review TAY Classic—TAY Open Forum—Beginner’s Guide…
By András Neltz - Uncategorized
How To Find Pokémon On Google Maps
Today as part of an April Fool’s prank, Google updated Google Maps for iOS and Android to include Pokémon. Let’s try to find all of them! There are at least 150 Pokémon currently floating around on Google Maps. All you have to do is zoom in, tap on them and select “catch”. Here are just…
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UncategorizedStreet Fighter‘s Ken Cut From The Tournament For Obvious Reasons
With Ryu making the roster despite serious translation issues, there’s absolutely no use for Ken in Pete Holmes’ Street Fighter tournament. Dhalsim‘s out. Vega is out. Chun-Li has been creeped on and asked to put on pants. So far this is looking like a very Ryu-centric tournament Pete Holmes is putting together. I’m having a…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
New cyberpunk miniature game Aetherium
A look at the concept art and miniatures from new Kickstarter game Aetherium: Enter the Aetherium – a world between worlds, a place capable of containing the human mind, a place of infinite possibility, a place that is no place at all. Atherium is a miniatures board game by Anvil Eight Games for 2 or…
By John Struan - Uncategorized
This spectacular, Kirby-branded Game Boy Color would have been treasured by any self-respecting gamer of the nineties. The artist behind the custom handheld is French illustrator Oskunk—you can find more photos of his projects over at his blog Custom Game Boy Color “KIRBY” [Oskunk’s Blog, via Tumblr] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every…
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