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UncategorizedIf You’re Going to Cosplay Lost Planet 2, You Might-As-Well Have a Working Mini-Gun
I was only mildly impressed with this pair of cosplayers’ efforts to recreate a scene from Capcom’s Lost Planet 2, at least until the mini-gun started spinning. I knew there was a good reason for the crazy female outfits in Lost Planet 2. Capcom’s Shawn “Snow” Baxter yanked this costumed couple out of a link…
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In Which Noob Saibot Lives Up to His Name
If you’re going to play a character named Noob, why not act the part? Mortal Kombat‘s Noob Saibot got his name from the last names of game creators John Tobias and Ed Boon spelled backwards. So it really was a stroke of luck that he get stuck with such an unfortunate first name. Noob gained…
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UncategorizedThe War on Horror is Not Going So Well
In Capcom’s latest viral video for Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, an unprofessional news anchor completely loses his head when a remote report on the “war of horror” goes awry. In less completely silly news, Capcom today revealed Rebecca Chambers as the seventh playable character in the 3DS version of Resident Evil 4 and 5‘s…
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UncategorizedPortal 2‘s Erik Wolpaw Lecture Now Online for Your Viewing Pleasure
One of the writers of Portal 2, Erik Wolpaw, gave a talk last week at NYU’s Game Center. You may have become aware of this because of the number of stories that ushered forth from the talk, like Wolpaw’s passion for Rick the Adventure Sphere or why Chell doesn’t speak. Or perhaps you were one…
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Brink Teeters at the Edge of Critical Failure
In Splash Damage’s Brink, rival factions do battle over the fate of a post-apocalyptic floating city called The Ark. Judging by the critical reaction of some video game critics, The Ark may have already sunk. Brink‘s intriguing combination of class-based team shooting a free-running movement have kept it high on gamers’ radar throughout its lengthy…
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UncategorizedAgent 47 Steps Out of the Shadows in Hitman: Absolution
Betrayed by the only people he trusts and hunted by the police, the beautifully bald and barcoded Agent 47 navigates a vast conspiracy in Hitman: Absolution, the latest adventure for IO Interactive’s killer-for-hire. IO Interactive makes the game official today, after a trademark filing outed the name of Hitman: Absolution late last month. According to…
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Rift Launches Free Trial and Ascend-a-Friend Program
You’ve had two months to look at videos and screenshots and complain about how much of a World of Warcraft clone it is. Now you can try Trion Worlds’ Rift for free and potentially score your Rifting friends a virtual puppy in the process. Today Trion Worlds launches two new initiatives to get more players…
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Someone Tell This Guy How Good Chrono Cross Is
In today’s Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter SecretMoblin openly admits to never having played the PlayStation classic Chrono Cross, and wonders if it’s even worth playing. It’s education time! So I know I’m really, really late to the party on this one, but I just started Chrono Cross yesterday having never played it when it…
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