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Backhanded Box Quotes: Pro Hater Edition
Welcome back to “Backhanded Box Quotes,” a collection of measured, thoughtful criticism from the user reviews of Metacritic, Amazon and elsewhere. Good luck getting a job with Irrational Games if your game shows up here. NCAA Football 13 Released: July 10 Critic: guillermop (Metacritic) • “This game is alpha quality at best this game is…
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There’s Nothing to Steal: Why Everyone Hates the Free-to-Play Switch
I’m not proud of it, of course, but I’ve profiled others according to skin color. You see, glowing, primary color skin on a character in D.C. Universe Online is a sure sign of a free-to-play player, especially if they’re low level. It indicates they really didn’t give a shit what they looked like when they…
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UncategorizedThis Sega Genesis Mod Shocks You Every Time You Die
This mod is called “GeneZap,” and its motto is “No pity for bad players.” It’s a dog shock collar programmed to zap the wearer whenever he screws up or takes damage in any of half a dozen Sega Genesis games. (I’m guessing the first four letters are pronounced as two syllables, as in “Genesis,” not…
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UncategorizedPod Racing and Playing GoldenEye with a Proper Dual Analog Controller for the Nintendo 64
A UK modder wanted to do a favor for his American buddy, who is still obsessed with Star Wars: Episode I Racer 13 years after it released on the Nintendo 64. In the game, if you enter a certain code you can use two N64 controllers to control the pod racers’ engines independently. So how…
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UncategorizedMax Payne’s Miserable Life Still Looks Cool
This video starts off slow, showing you just how depressed and lifeless poor Max is, but it really picks up once some of Max’s, um, “friends” come around. Max Payne’s life might be full of misery, but at least the special effects are pretty awesome. Max Payne: Bloodbath [YouTube]
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NBA 2K13 Adds Kinect Features, Says Retail Listing
Somehow, NBA 2K13 has managed to have a three-stage cover reveal. First, there were the stars. Then the cover added in Jay-Z as an executive producer, right there under the logo. Now, as first noticed by 360sync.com, we see the Xbox 360 box art, and notice it says “Better with Kinect.” Sports simulations so far…
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Airplanes and Monsters in the Week in Gaming Apps, I Could Really Use a Witch Right Now
Witch right now. Witch right now. I could use some spears or some monsters or a witch, or to get back to some gaming apps much simpler than this. Because after all the crashin’ and matchin’ and thrashin’, the monster bombin’ and the droppin’ and hack-and-slashin’… Okay, that’s enough of that. It’s the Week in…
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GameStop Secures Exclusive Skylanders Giants DLC the Hard Way
GameStop loves its retailer-exclusive downloadable content, but Skylanders Giants DLC all comes by way of toys. What’s the world’s largest dedicated video game retailer to do? Exclusive toys, of course! GameStop is now taking preorders for the Golden Dragonfire Cannon Battle Pack. a special package that contains the series 2 version of the Skylander Chop…
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UncategorizedNo One Gets Excited About Console News Anymore
1999 seemed like a much more exciting time for console news, at least according to the comedians at Mega64. Wireless controllers, backwards compatibility…these were once fascinating new features. Have consoles reached their peak? Can they really not please us anymore? What about the Ouya? Mega64: New Consoles, Then and Now [YouTube]
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UncategorizedQWOP Creator Gives Players a New, Awkward Unicorn Quest
From the creators of QWOP, you can now gallop as a horse in an awkward dance between the K, H and J, L keys. The video above is of Kirk trying to play the game. In his defense, he couldn’t hear any audio while he was doing a screen recording, which made the game harder…
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