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UncategorizedIn Duck Hunt 3D, The Ducks Hunt You
Alfred Hitchcock meets Gunpei Yokoi in Duck Hunt 3D, the live action movie that picks up where that sinister duck hound left off. Created by The Country Club and exclusive to YouTube gaming channel The Game Station, Duck Hunt 3D tells the story of a world gone mallard, where a small group of survivors must…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Jinx Launches The Official Minecraft Merch Store With Digable T-Shirts
Need a way to identify yourself as a hardcore Minecraft player when you’re out and about? LIAR! Hardcore Minecraft players never leave the house. For those lesser players that do, Jinx has some lovely official Minecraft tees to help hide your chest. Jinx continues to rack up the big-name title licenses at its for-gamers clothing…
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The Next Spider-Man Video Game Shall Soon Be Revealed
Following up on the compelling-yet-flawed Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Activision once again taps developer Beenox to handle the next Spider game, with a grand reveal slotted during a panel at next month’s Wondercon in San Francisco, with some very special guests. While I wasn’t a big fan of Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions overall, I did appreciate the…
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Willow Smith vs. M. Bison In Fashion Battle of the Decade
MTV’s hawk-eyed Mary H.K. Choi spotted the preternatural fashion selection of Willow Smith, best remembered for her now-decade-old hit, “Zygote To Dance (Feel That Kick)”, and dashing dictator M. Bison of Street Fighter and “Still sorry, Raul Julia” fame. [Style.MTV.com]
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A Video Game Is Not Worth Stealing Your Mother’s Painkillers Over
A 34-year-old woman in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, today received a one-year jail sentence (suspended to one and a half months) for convincing a nine-year-old to steal his mother’s Percocet in exchange for a video game. If only she had known
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Steam Gets Chatty With Skype’s SILK
Valve announced a Steam client update today that replaces the service’s standard voice chat with SILK, the voice codec developed and used by Skype, ensuring Portal 2 co-op players crystal clear voice chat with which to curse at each other.
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The Banjo-Kazooie Relationship Takes A Sinister Turn
What kind of Red-Crested Breegull spends all of her time stuffed inside the backpack of an adventuring bear? A Red-Crested Breegull with nowhere else to go. Dorkly takes a pixelated look at the bird/bear relationship that many gamers never stopped to question. Rare made the whole thing just seem so natural in their platforming series,…
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UncategorizedThe Xperia Play Does Horrible Things To One Amazing Lady
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play is more than just a mobile phone. It’s a gaming device powerful enough make loveable actress and comedienne Kristen Schaal transform into a dwarf, get possessed by the devil, and play with herself. You might know Kristen Schaal from her role as Mel on Flight of the Conchords, the voice of…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
Now Is A Good Time For Sony To Remind Us How Good The PlayStation 3 Is At 3D
With the North American release of the Nintendo 3DS right around the corner, Sony releases a sexy infographic declaring it The Year of 3D on the PlayStation 3 System. I’d say there’s room for both the 3DS and the PlayStation 3 when it comes to 3D gaming in 2011. They really are two different animals.…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The LEGO Star Wars III: Clone Wars Spill Over Into San Francisco
As thousands of copies of LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars begin appearing at retail locations across the country, LucasArts PR takes the opportunity to take pictures of tiny Star Wars figures in big San Francisco locations. As a toy collector, I find taking pictures of bits of my collection in real-world locations a…
By Mike Fahey