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UncategorizedAt Least in the New Syndicate They Don’t Run You Over with a Car
I know a lot of people have nostalgia for the 1993 Bullfrog classic Syndicate (myself included). I also know that critical reception to the new game has been a bit mixed. But I will say one thing the new game has going for it: At least they don’t recruit agents by slamming into total strangers…
By Chris Person - Uncategorized
Exploring the Ancient Top Ten Lists of Doom
id Software’s classic first-person shooter Doom is a part of gaming history, forever occupying a prominent place in the collective gaming consciousness. Let’s travel back to 1993, as PC gamers faced impending Doom the only way they could: with funny top ten lists. Harvested from an archive by one Hank Leukart located on the website…
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UncategorizedTriumphantly Hideous Dialog Makes Evil Zone One of the Funniest Games Ever
Crafted by Yuke’s and published by Titus Software in North America for the original PlayStation, Evil Zone is a fighting game that uses only two buttons for battle. I’m guessing they couldn’t afford more buttons after shelling out big bucks for this amazing voice-over work. “I’m gibbering nonsense!” Often cited in compilations covering the worst…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Dorkly Weekly: Shedding a Little Light on Limbo
Being chased through a black-and-white forest filled with blowgun-wielding natives, dangling corpses, and the gigantic silhouette of a spider sure is creepy. If only the hero of Limbo had remembered to pack a flashlight. It’s amazing what you discover when you turn the lights up a bit, isn’t it? For more sick and twisted video…
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PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards Voting Opens Tomorrow
Last year, Sony piloted their PSN Gamers’ Choice Awards, and they apparently liked the results enough to repeat the endeavor this year. This year’s awards include nominees in ten total categories, up from 2010’s four. The featured games received high user ratings after their release on PSN. Voting runs through next Tuesday, March 6, and…
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Wii Fit Doesn’t Actually Make Kids Fit
It’s been close to thirty years since video games began their great leap from arcades to living rooms, and for all of those years parents and pediatricians have been counseling that kids spend too much time sitting on the sofa, controllers glued to their hands. For a time, it seemed that fitness games and motion…
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UncategorizedWTPT: Seems Like F.E.A.R‘s Alma Is Haunting the Soldiers of Battlefield 3
These days it seems like the meaning of machinima has become convoluted. Is it those funny animated videos about Link? Is it a gaming site? Is it the video of your grandmother freaking out while watching Amnesia? No, it’s none of those things. It’s the original Red vs. Blue. It’s actually what you see above:…
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UncategorizedHe Screams at Gaming’s Most Terrifying Moments So You Can Laugh
YouTube entertainer PewDiePie likes to record himself doing scary things, like playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent or the Cry of Fear Half-Life 2. His reactions are glorious moments of pure panic. It’s like having a surrogate pants-pisser. What a lovely service this man is providing, taking the girlish screams upon himself, transforming them into laughter…
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