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Pockie Ninja Pays Mixes Naruto With Bleach, Unofficially

3:20AM January 8, 2011 | Mike Fahey

After weeks of teasing something called Project Ninja with images of tiny Naruto and Bleach characters, online game operator NGames reveals Pockie Ninja, a web game featuring characters “inspired by” those popular anime series. More »


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Israel’s Lottery Balls Are Raving, Rabid

4:30AM August 13, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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Unless Ubisoft has been holding out Rayman’s Raving Israeli Lottery Balls on us, the company responsible for these Israeli lottery commercials has some explaining to do. More »


Here’s That Mario Mention In Assassin’s Creed II

2:00PM November 18, 2009 | Owen Good

Earlier today, Stephen Totilo’s review of Assassin’s Creed II referenced the game’s homage to Mario. Here’s video of the fourth wall-breaking inside joke, which is so mainstream it’s not inside. And it doesn’t really break the fourth wall, either. More »


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Does Prince Of Persia Copy Shadow Of The Colossus?

5:30AM December 25, 2008 | Mike Fahey

Stephen Totilo of MTV Multiplayer has noticed some striking similarities between Ubisoft’s new Prince of Persia title and Sony’s PlayStation 2 classic Shadow of the Colossus. Is it homage, coincidence, or straight up aping?

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