Jul 8
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Putting together a Lego set isn’t the hardest thing in the world to if the instructions make sense. Making your own Lego model of a complex video game spaceship is something else entirely. But that’s exactly what Flickr user ktorrek did and he didn’t skimp on the bricks. He built an 8-foot long model of the […]
Were you unhappy with the original 100% completion ending of Final Fantasy X-2? Well, you’re in luck because the upcoming HD remastered version will have a brand new ending scene following the credits.
With the NSA gathering scads of data about you, here’s what you can learn about someone from examining just six months of their phone data. [Business Insider]
How important are fans to selling video games? A Google report shows that almost half of the videos posted to YouTube about gaming are created by the community with the majority of post-launch content created by the community. [Google]
You wouldn’t peg Kenya as having a growing games industry but here’s a look inside the birth of game development in Kenya. [Polygon]
An Australian study finds no link between violent video games and anti-social behaviour. In other news, the sun rose this morning. [Gamespot]
The Retronauts are back with a crowdfunded season of their classic gaming podcast. [Retronauts]
Normally I review games but sometimes a game just beats me down so badly that I can’t get any further and just can’t compel myself to fight with the game any longer. So rather than call this look at indie brawler Fist Puncher a review, I’ll just call it impressions.
Fist Puncher is a game that likens itself to old-school 2D side-scrolling brawlers like River City Ransom. The similarities are clear in terms of the brawling gameplay and integration of RPG elements. However, Fist Puncher can be downright painful to play.
Jul 5
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What happens when geekdom’s iconic old school franchise meets the new standard of quality for geeks? You have Andrew Spear’s mashup of Star Wars and Game of Thrones in a wallpaper series that he calls A Game of Clones.
Many, many years ago, when autotuning, songifying and mashups didn’t really exist to the level they do now, a man made a Lord of the Rings song that prominently featured Legolas yelling “They’re taking the hobbits to Isengard!” Well, about seven years after it first hit YouTube and over 12 million views, Orlando Bloom finally saw it. He and the crew of The Hobbit had a little fun with it on Bloom’s last day on set.
Nine Inch Nails have a new album coming out in September so singles and videos for those singles are already dropping to promote the upcoming release. For their first single, Came Back Haunted, NiN has called in the legendary David Lynch to direct the music video.
This being a Lynch video, it’s dark and bizarre. Basically, it’s vintage David Lynch and I love it. The video also comes with a seizure warning for anyone who might not take well to quick flashing colours in the video.
I thought that I wouldn’t have to do a review roundup for the iOS port of 2012 hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown but it turns out that it was pretty spectacular, especially when compared to the standard iOS gaming fare. Maybe, just maybe, there’s a chance that iOS devices can be used for serious gaming rather than just endless runners and Angry Birds.
Here’s a fun little tool that we stumbled upon. Have you ever wondered if you could bank roll the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros and use that to rise to power like a Lannister or Tyrell? Maybe you hoped you had enough money to buy yourself a starship to get you to Risa or another vacation spot in the Federation. Well, a new sci-fi currency converter can convert your real world money into the currency of your favourite sci-fi universe.
Samuel L. Jackson was recently on the Graham Norton Show, presumably to promote the upcoming IndyCar-ish movie Turbo, but, naturally, talk turned to his turn as a Jedi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. This included Sam talking about how Mace Windu’s lightsaber ended up purple and the special inscription on the lightsaber hilt that he has at home.
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