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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon: The Movie: The Awesome Trailer

Luke Plunkett 9 May 2013 5:30 PM

If Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is the encapsulation of C-grade 1980s sci-fi and action figures, this mock trailer for a Blood Dragon movie is the encapsulation of Blood Dragon. Check it out.

8 May 2013

News

RIP Far Cry 3′s Dr Earnhardt

Luke Plunkett 8 May 2013 5:00 AM

Martin Kevan, who played the crazy Dr Earnhardt in Far Cry 3, passed away on May 1 following a brief battle with cancer. Born in 1947 in Kenya, Kevan’s family moved to England and then Canada, where he began a long and successful career in TV, theatre and books.

5 May 2013

In Real Life

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’10s

Gergo Vas 5 May 2013 9:00 PM

The past few years produced a huge amount of great games and a surprisingly decent amount of them have well-developed characters that are hard to forget. And, of course, some of them look really attractive.

3 May 2013

This Is The Best/Worst Video Game Tutorial I Have Ever Had To Play

Luke Plunkett 3 May 2013 10:30 AM

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon does a lot of things right, but few are righter than the game’s tutorial. It’s terrible, on purpose.

2 May 2013

‘Anyone Who Thinks Games Are Bad For You Is A F–king Idiot’

Stephen Totilo 2 May 2013 11:30 AM

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon may be a violent, gleefully stupid video game, but it also has a Serious Message about violent video games. Here’s a chat between two of the game’s characters, captured above if you want to watch, transcribed below if you don’t want anyone nearby hearing this profane insight.

1 May 2013

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon: The Kotaku Review

Mike Fahey 1 May 2013 1:15 PM

There is joy in stupidity. In an age where the search for deeper meaning in our interactive entertainment pursuits begins after the first trailer — where more thought goes into post-game critical analysis than development — a game that bears its shallow soul for all to see is a blessing.

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon And Manborg: Separated At Birth?

Evan Narcisse 1 May 2013 11:30 AM

I’d been hearing about Manborg — the no-budget homage to 1980s VHS action movies — for a while now. But I only realised that it was out on DVD today after I saw this tweet from Irrational Games writer Joe Fielder.

24 April 2013

News

A Far Cry Villain And A Deus Ex Hero Fight In Real Life

Evan Narcisse 24 April 2013 5:30 PM

The guy who voiced Adam Jensen hosted The Canadian Video Game Awards this past weekend. In its fourth year, the industry celebration inadvertently became a gathering of first-class voice actors. But, as you can see in the backstage video with Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Elias Toufexis and Far Cry 3’s Michael Mando, they don’t all get along.

19 April 2013

Retro

1980s’ Greatest Action Star Has So Many F**ks To Give To Blood Dragon

Mike Fahey 19 April 2013 5:30 PM

If for some stupid reason Terminator star Michael Biehn wasn’t already your favourite action hero from the ’80s, he will be once you see him as Mark IV Cyber Commando Sergeant Rex Power Colt in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. This might just be his greatest role. The trailer, not the game itself.

18 April 2013