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Culture

Robot Chicken: Mario Kart

12:00AM Luke Plunkett | Robot Chicken’s latest series is heavier than usual on the video game jokes, it seems, with the recent Castlevania sketch followed up by this Mario Kart piece. More »
Culture

Robot Chicken Does Castlevania

5:30PM Luke Plunkett
If you’re going to make fun of Castlevania, you can focus on one of two things: tiny shorts or whips. This clip from a recent Robot Chicken episode has made its call. [via Go Nintendo]
Features

When Robot Chicken Meets Video Games

6:00AM Luke Plunkett | Robot Chicken is pretty damn popular. And it got that way by poking fun at popular culture. Movies, books, comics, TV shows, even action figures. But what happens when Robot Chicken crosses paths with video games? More »
News

Robot Chicken Invades Spore Galactic Adventures

11:40PM Mike Fahey | The secret behind the mysterious Spore WTF website is revealed, as Maxis announces day one downloadable content for the Spore Galactic Adventures expansion from the deranged minds behind Robot Chicken. More »

PaRappa’s Courtroom Fracas

11:20PM Luke Plunkett | Poor PaRappa. The 90’s were soooo long ago. What’s he been up to since? Bad stuff, it looks like, as he’s forced to call upon an old friend to help him through some legal troubles. More »

Robot Chicken Star Wars Special On XBL Video Marketplace

10:30PM Luke Plunkett | Seen the Robot Chicken Star Wars special yet? It’s…OK. Some awful stuff, some stuff you’ve seen before, but Admiral Ackbar’s cereal is always good for a chortle. I bring this up because it’s now available on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace for 240 MS points (US-only, though, I’m afraid). More »

Robot Chicken Questions Link’s Chivalry

4:00AM Mark Wilson | So just why do Link and Mario keep chasing the princesses time and time again? Robot Chicken believes there’s a clear motivator…call it the quest for a “high score.” We always knew that we were perverts and we liked video games. But who would have thought we liked video games because we were perverts? This is why our wives prefer we play Metroid. Robot Chicken Shoe [via siliconera] More »

Master P, Seth Green Join Forces For Hip-Hop RPG

8:20AM Michael McWhertor | RPG development dream teams may contain names like Aonuma, Sakaguchi, Uematsu, Toriyama, Matsuno. Most, but not all, of these collaborations are mere pipe dreams; the stuff of fanboy fantasy. But according to the Hollywood Reporter, a new, unexpected development dream team may be brewing, bringing home the ultimate hip-hop role playing game. Seth Green, of Robot Chicken and Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame, and Master P, rap recording mogul, are reportedly working on Play The Industry, a Sims-like RPG that lets gamers simulate the rise to fame. I’ll give you a few minutes to let that sink in. More »