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PC

It Takes A Pretty Big Boss Monster To Face Down Darksiders II’s Death

In this adorably gory trailer for THQ’s Darksiders II, our hero Death finally runs into a creature he can’t take out with a single savage slash. We’re going to need a bigger scythe.

February 21, 2012
In Real Life

The Dorkly Weekly: The Horrible Fate Of The Leftover Pokémon

The folks at Dorkly pride themselves on the ability to solve gaming’s great unsolved mysteries. For example, if Ash choose Charmander and Gary chooses Squirtle, what happens to Bulbasaur?

February 10, 2012
PC

These Developers Just Took Their Characters Out Back And Shot Them. For Real.

There’s retiring old video game characters by not using them any more, and then there’s retiring old video game characters by building little models of them and destroying them.

November 3, 2011
In Real Life

The Boring Truth About Your Death; It Won’t Be Like A Video Game

You have a one in 12,632 chance of dying in a spectacular hail of gunfire like Nathan Drake in Uncharted 3. A one in 1,981 chance of being dispatched like a guard in Assassin’s Creed. A one in 7,032 chance of shuffling off your mortal coil like Slippy Toad. Chances are when you eat it, it will be at the hand of a stroke, heart attack or something mundane like the flu, according to figures from the National Vital Statistics System and National centre for Health.

October 6, 2011
PlayStation

Spider-Man Dies Before The Opening Credits In Edge Of Time

In Spider-Man: Edge of Time the whole of reality is warped into something darker and more sinister, all because of the death of one Peter Parker. We’re in charge of making sure it doesn’t happen again.

September 27, 2011
In Real Life

Doritos Creator Arch West Takes His Cheesy Legacy To The Grave

Orange-stained fingers around the world were clenched in grief last week, when the legendary marketing man credited with the creation of Doritos passed away. But take heart, snack fans; Arch West is taking his cheese powder-infused tortilla chips with him on his eternal journey.

September 6, 2011
In Real Life

I Was Long The Terror And Scourge Of Mario Land. The Stalin Of Marios.

There’s a place called “The Gun Store” in Las Vegas where you can shoot a real AK-47 at different targets (including zombies and Osama bin Laden, though I suspect the latter has been discontinued). It’s expensive, over a dollar per round, and as you can imagine, those will mount up pretty quickly when you are shooting an AK-47. They have loads of other guns as well, including a 1911 Colt .45.

July 20, 2011
PC

Darksiders II’s Death And The Horse He Rode In On

The extended announcement trailer for THQ’s Darksiders II is here, giving us a deeper appreciation of Death and his majestic steed. Is it just me, or is that horse looking a little pallid?

June 2, 2011
PC

Death Trumps War As The Hero Of Darksiders II

War rode proud and strong through the battle between good and evil in the original Darksiders, but he’s only one of four apocalyptic horsepersons of interest. War, Famine and Pestilence take the bench as Death saddles up his pale horse for Darksiders II.

April 12, 2011
In Real Life

In Which Link Dies A Truly Heroic Death

Princess Zelda is in tears, a kingdom mourns, but at least we can rest easy knowing that Link died fighting the good fight, trying to save the world from unfathomable evil.

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