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Life-Size Claptrap from Borderlands, as Tweeted by Gearbox’s Mikey Neumann [via Hot Blooded Gaming]
A Collection of Killer Gaming Wallpapers
Yesterday our sister site Lifehacker posted a collection of eye-popping desktop wallpapers they found, and it is too good not to share over here.
Requiem for a Console
A gamer’s fourth Xbox 360 red-ringed, and a veritable who’s-who of consoles turned out to pay their respects and show their anguish that so many are dying so young, and so senselessly.
Tiggerboy, who keeps a blog on the UK GameSpot, brought in all the hardware dignitaries to bid the 360 goodbye. You can see the 360 packaged in his foam coffin (aka the Peter Moore Catafalque), ready to to be ferried by the Boatman of the Dead Consoles (aka the UPS guy) on his way back to Microsoft, where his remains will become part of the circle of console life. There’s a gallery of the proceedings on the jump, including an astonishing, last-minute appearance by a disowned relative that will leave you heaving up great sobs.
Games as Simulators Jack Thompson Hasn’t Even Thought Of Yet
Running with the “[game]is nothing more than a [really bad act] -simulator for kids,” SomethingAwful’s Forum Goons came up with about 21 real-world skill simulator concepts, as an alternative to shootin’, murderin’ and killin’. The entries range from the mundane to the raunchy (as most things do on SA). See! Dr. Mario and the DS can teach you how to beat the piss man and get a high paying job that involves the safety of others! (Or, just take echinacea and goldenseal and drink water like hell the weekend before). Two others on the jump, loads more at the link.
A Most Bold Approach to Oregon Trail
I usually try to wrap up Saturdays with some laughs so, here’s this and two other funny pics I found through the week. On their own, maybe not worth a post but together, hey, it’s the weekend, so here’s a funnies page for you to spread on the living room floor.
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This one apparently came off of Facebook. I friended the guy who created/posted it, I’ll let you know if anything comes of that. Also, someone run out and register www.muahahahahahahahahaha.com.
Nearly 150 Screenshots of Fallout 3 Leaked
Although I probably should leave anything in Japanese to Bash, pictures speak any language, and there are nearly 150 of them of Fallout 3 that have hit the Internet following the Zenimax Asia expo (Zenimax owns Fallout developer Bethesda.) Tipster Brother None, the forum admin over at No Mutants Allowed, writes: “Apparently the people viewing Fallout 3 in the ZeniMax Asia showing in Taiwan did not take their NDAs very seriously”. Apparently so. We have a gallery of 28 screenies on the jump, with a link to the entire set.
Super Mario Mural: And … Mario’s Already Missed a Coin
Am I the only one looking at this with an OCD urge to rip back the controller and go hit the first coinbox? Come on, this is World 1-1. And it’s painted on a concrete wall, although Mr. Juandrful over at Kezins doesn’t say exactly where.
I wanted it to be a self-esteem project painted by a group of at-risk Goombas, but no, it’s the handiwork of an artist who goes by BPAK. It’s a “Quikrete infused” mural that took three weeks to complete.
Super Mario Outdoor Wall o’ Art [Kezins.com]
Is That a 360 Devkit on Kojima’s Desk?
Alert reader Jonny L. was watching the bonus features disc that came with Metal Gear Solid 4, thought he spied something funny, backed up a few frames, and grabbed the above: Why, that looks like an Xbox 360 devkit on someone’s desk at Kojima Productions!
Now what on Earth would he need that for? Kojima Productions has produced all of about zero titles for the 360; he’s flatly said MGS4 isn’t meant for that platform, and MGS4 openly disparages (spoiler, kinda) the HD-DVD format in a codec call.
Maybe he was just using it for “research”. That’s the excuse I give when the credit card company asks me to validate certain, uh, Interwebs purchases.
Jonny says the above frame came from the segment “Hideo Kojima’s Gene” in the bonus features disc, for those who have it and want to watch. The large size version, without graffiti, is after the jump, if you want to get down and sleuth this and argue the details of the frame.
Guitar Hero: Bounty Hunter
So faithful reader TheGameCritic was at the WizardWorld Chicago, which he describes as a “comic/pop culture convention of sorts.” He saw Boba Fett walking around, he saw some kids playing Guitar Hero, he got an idea and he made it happen.
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