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Remembering PAX East, In Black And White

PAX is always a good time. You run into old friends, and meet new ones. You check out games before release, attend concerts featuring your favourite chiptunes bands, feast your eyes on impressive cosplayers, and play games and tournaments with strangers that share your passion.


April 13, 2012
In Real Life

8-Bit George Washington And Adolf Hitler Fight With Cyborg Dinosaurs In This Time Travel Art Show

Sure, you could debate legislative achievements and spheres of influence to determine who history’s greatest leader was. But you could also imagine an old-school video game where Teddy Roosevelt and Josef Stalin — looking a lot like Nintendo’s Mario — face off riding weaponised extinct giant lizards. Artist Jude Buffum has done the latter and we are all richer for it.


April 12, 2012
News

Darksiders II’s New RPG Elements Lets You Customize Your Own Death

The first Darksiders won a loyal following of fans for its badass remix of the Legend of Zelda’s dungeon-crawling gameplay. But you couldn’t really differentiate the way that main character War played. He was a bruiser with weapons that worked the same way for everyone. But Death will be more individualized, once players get their hands on the new lead character.


April 11, 2012
News

Anti-Gay Star Wars Complainers Now Complaining About Spambots

Who is waging the public opinion battle between anti-gay “family values” groups and the video game creators who dared to allow same-sex romance in their massive new Star Wars game? The anti-gay crowd says the Star Wars defenders are getting help from spam-bots. (Would they be spam-droids?)


March 30, 2012
In Real Life

Insomniac’s Canceled Pinball Project Had Powerful Potential

Celebrating the company’s transition to Facebook’s mandatory Timeline format, Insomniac Games shares the secrets of 1080Pinball , the high-definition downloadable game that never was.


In Real Life

You’ll Want This Triforce Lamp Until You See The Price Tag

This thing is beautiful turned on or off. You can display it proudly on your desk, or hang it up to stand in the air using the secret door on the top.


In Real Life

I Wish My Schools Had Walls Like These

Look at what covers the walls of this Redditor’s school in Sweden. None of my schools were cool enough to incorporate that kind of artwork, or appreciation for games.


March 29, 2012
Nintendo

Kingdom Hearts 3DS’ Opening Movie Mixes Things Up

New screens from the opening movie for Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance show off the game’s dedication to stirring the series’ already convoluted storyline into one large frothy jumble tasting faintly of salt water ice cream.


March 27, 2012
PC

10 Officially Sanctioned Guild Wars 2 Screenshots

As I mentioned in my questions and answers post, I’m not allowed to share my own screenshots of the Guild Wars 2 beta weekend with you folks, so Arenanet and NCsoft provided me with 10 official screens vaguely connected to this weekend’s experience.


March 23, 2012
Mobile

Seattle’s Space Needle Was Turned Into A Giant Angry Birds Slingshot

The future of manned space flight may be uncertain — private, federal, aliens? — but somehow or another, the Angry Birds have vowed to escape Earth’s gravity. The beginning of their journey started appropriately enough at the Space Needle in Seattle, where development studio Rovio had a giant version of their rotund redbird tethered to the iconic building.