starcraft
In Real Life

Starcraft II’s Marine And Hellbat Units Clash In An Epic Rap Battle

The Hellbat would win in a one-on-one battle against a single Marine in Starcraft II, but in an epic rap battle it’s anybody’s game. Video creator Temp0 is well-known for his hip-hop songs about Starcraft. Hopefully he’ll do more rap battles in the future.

11 May 2013

PC

StarCraft’s Most Controversial Player Gets Kicked Off His Team

Greg “IdrA” Fields, a professional StarCraft player well known in the community for getting way too angry when he loses games, was booted from his team Evil Geniuses yesterday. Evil Geniuses, one of the biggest and most successful groups in the world of competitive video gaming, gave IdrA the boot for a comment he made on an internet forum earlier this week. In response to a question, the longtime StarCraft veteran had cursed out a fan.

10 May 2013

In Real Life

LEGO StarCraft Marine Is Jacked Up And Good To Go

There is no such thing as StarCraft LEGO. Blizzard’s deal with the awful Mega Bloks puts paid to that dream. Luis Castenada’s custom Terran Marine here only makes that realisation even more painful.

5 May 2013

In Real Life

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

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

PC

I Think I’m In Love With This Dreamy StarCraft II Dating Sim

Someone just made a faux dating sim — in line with a game like Katawa Shoujo — using Korea’s top StarCraft II players. Thank god the StarCraft esports scene is full of great personalities and players, because a funny dating sim like this would actually work.

1 May 2013

Retro

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’90s

By the end of the ’90s, the 16-bit era ended and 3D took over. With the PlayStation and 3D graphics cards out there allowing for new possibilities, narrative and gameplay, the ’90s produced some of the most attractive characters in video game history.

26 April 2013

PC

A Blizzard/MLG Tournament Is Not The Place To Cheat At StarCraft II

The 2013 World Championship Series, a massive global StarCraft II tournament being put on by Blizzard and MLG, ran into some controversy last week. Some Chinese players were found guilty of cheating in the tournament’s qualifiers.

16 April 2013

In Real Life

Blizzard, Give This Man A Job

Chinese sculptor yanchuan1111 is looking for a job. He is going the right way about getting one.

12 April 2013

PC

A Rare Look At The Blazing-Fast Hands Of A StarCraft II Champion

Korean players excel at StarCraft, putting enormous effort into into improving their game. We see the results of those efforts in game replays, but rarely to we get to peek over the shoulder of one of the world’s top players as their supernatural hands do horrible things to their opposition.

6 April 2013

PC

Blizzard’s Boss Shows Everyone How To Watch A Starcraft Tournament Properly

This awkward yet funny moment happened during yesterday’s stream of the Starcraft II WCS series in South Korea, showing Blizzard boss Mike Morhaime making himself at home (well, technically he is). Front row, some pizza and the best pros in front of you–that’s the way to do it.

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