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The Bats Vs Jokerz War Pits Neighbour Against Neighbour

4:20AM October 7, 2011 | Mike Fahey

The battle between the vigilante Bats and the villainous Jokerz gets the DC Entertainment animation treatment in this short but sweet trailer for Gotham City Impostors. More »


Nintendo

There Were Worse Mario Cartoons Than The American One

2:00PM August 30, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

It has a certain nostalgic charm, yeah, but lets face it, the American Super Mario Bros. cartoons were pretty terrible. Poorly animated, poorly written, poorly voiced. More »


News

Rebooted Voltron Force Gets Horrific Rap Theme Song

5:00AM May 5, 2011 | Meredith Woerner

We usually enjoy the latest SwizzBeats track as much as the next pop rap follower. However, the brand new Voltron Force theme song, which turns our favourite kitty robot into some sort of horrible buzz verb, has us worried. More »


In Real Life

Mega Man Can Totally Kick Starscream’s Arse

10:15PM March 7, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Because what you really need to get you through the morning is a stop-motion video of Mega Man taking on a bunch of robots. Via ALBOTAS. More »


In Real Life

Remembering Possibly The Worst Thing Zelda Ever Did

4:00PM February 22, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Nearly every single Legend of Zelda video game is revered, if not as an all-time classic, then by at least being good. The franchise’s one major departure onto TV screens? It was not good. Not at all. More »


In Real Life

How A Game Character Nearly Turned Up On A Star Wars Cartoon

8:00PM February 15, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Revan, the star of Knights of the Old Republic, is a fairly popular character in Star Wars’ expanded universe. So it’s probably for the best that plans to include him in the woeful Clone Wars cartoon fell through. More »


In Real Life

Armed Camels And Cats Have Never Looked So Adorable, So Deadly

5:00AM February 9, 2011 | Brian Crecente

Don’t let the cats and camels fool you, Cat Shit One is not an animated series for the feint of heart. More »


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How Dead Space 2 Tuned Its ‘Meat Cello’

11:40AM January 22, 2011 | Owen Good

Nearly a year ago, the Dead Space 2 production team crowdsourced one of the game’s signature kill animations, in which the player and a necromorph are locked in combat. “Meat Cello”, which you’ll see when the game releases, was chosen. More »


In Real Life

The Day The Mario Bros. Saved George Bush, Democracy And America

4:00PM January 21, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Despite the majority of their adventures taking place in the mythical Mushroom Kingdom, for one day in 1990, the Mario Bros. forgot about saving a princess and had to save the President of the United States instead. More »


In Real Life

Angry Birds Hurl Themselves At The Small Screen

8:30PM January 19, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Angry Birds. It’s the craze that’s sweeping the nation. Well, many nations. And soon, it’ll be the craze that’s sweeping TV sets (or computer monitors), with an Angry Birds animated series on the way. More »