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UncategorizedAntichamber Will Confuse Your Brain
Antichamber, much like the premise of Portal, is a first-person puzzle game, and one that Stephen Totilo fell in love with at PAX 2011 Looking at this newly-released trailer, I know what you’re thinking: What the hell is going on in this game? What seems like a mesh of geometrical, randomly colored platforms, cubes and…
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The Boondock Saints to Continue Their Quest From Consoles
The Boondock Saints missed its mark with critics, but the 1999 film was, and remains, a cult favorite. The tale of style, crime, vigilantism, words you can’t say on television, and blood will soon be adapted into a multi-platform game. G4 spoke with Matt Scibilia, president and CEO of developer Critical Mass Interactive. In that…
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UncategorizedWTPT: This is What Happens When You Get Too Competitive in Minecraft
Minecraft isn’t an inherently competitive game, but it can get quite competitive if you’re looking to one up the many impressive structures that have been built. I mean, entire game levels have been replicated using the basic building blocks in Minecraft. It’s easy to find competition and challenges. This particular video is inspired by the…
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UncategorizedIt Takes Two Fingers to Save This Frog from His Own Bad Eating Habits
Hey, remember the iPhone’s multi-touch screen? Not many game developers seem to, limiting applications to allowing players to touch two virtual on-screen buttons at once. Blacktorch Games’ simple little fly swatter, Don’t Fry the Frog, serves as a simple reminder of how much fun you can have with two fingers at once. Despite glowing iTunes…
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UncategorizedWitness the Gloriously Annoying Marriage of Ocarina of Time and My Little Pony
How could The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time‘s Navi possibly get any more annoying? Don’t ask questions like that unless you want answers — pony answers. It never ceases to amaze me how well the mouth movements in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic lend themselves to other things. Things like StarCraft II, and…
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HD Jet Set Radio Blasts Onto Consoles and PC This Summer
Last week’s teaser is now this week’s confirmation. Sega will be releasing a revamped HD version of Dreamcast favorite Jet Set Radio for digital download on an as-yet-unspecified date this summer, on XBox Live, PlayStation Network, and PC. Jet Set Radio drew attention at its original release in 2000 for its then-innovative use of cel-shaded…
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Is This Mostly-Forgotten Square Enix Game Worth Revisiting?
In today’s nostalgic Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Daemon_Gildas imagines a world where Square Enix’s The Bouncer didn’t bounce from the hearts and minds of gamers so quickly. Does anybody else kinda wish Square Enix would do something with The Bouncer? The game wasn’t a great game or anything, but I thought they actually made…
By Mike Fahey
