Category: Gaming

  • Cyberball Robot Player's Union Says Lockout Likely In 2073 Season

    Cyberball Robot Player's Union Says Lockout Likely In 2073 Season

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    The Onion | America’s Finest News Source. The Onion brings you all of the latest news, stories, photos, videos and more from America’s finest news source. via The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/cyberball_robot_players?utm_source=onion_rss_daily “I am unable to detect any gratitude from owners of magnesium wide receivers and titanium running backs who continually execute, on command, motion-based operations with…

  • Imagine: Journalist for Nintendo DS

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    Rakuten UK: Shop Cashback deals on the best offers & savings Rakuten Link: http://www.play.com/Games/DS/4-/10537828/Imagine-Journalist/Product.html?source=9593 Start as a columnist for a local newspaper and end up as an international reporter, heading your own TV show Get your own press pass Have fun with the full range of journalists’ accessories: notepad, handheld recorder, mic, camera Catch your…

  • You’re a Photographer Covering the Iranian Revolution. Now, What Would You Do? | TIME

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    You’re a Photographer Covering the 1979 Iranian Revolution Now, what would you do? via Time: http://time.com/4364947/youre-a-photographer-covering-the-iranian-revolution-now-what-would-you-do/ In the video game 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, the player has to make the tough choices photographers are confronted with

  • Oh god. I had no idea. I feel terrible.  [via] | The Clearly Dope

    Oh god. I had no idea. I feel terrible.  [via] | The Clearly Dope

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    The Clearly Dope Oh god. I had no idea. I feel terrible.  [via] via The Clearly Dope: http://theclearlydope.tumblr.com/post/111469874031/oh-god-i-had-no-idea-i-feel-terrible-via Oh god. I had no idea. I feel terrible. 

  • Call of Duty Ad Imagines the Crazy Man Behind the KillCam Camera

    Call of Duty Ad Imagines the Crazy Man Behind the KillCam Camera

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    Call of Duty Ad Imagines the Crazy Man Behind the KillCam Camera A common feature of first person shooter video games is an instant replay that pops up every time your character is killed, showing you exactly how you via PetaPixel: http://petapixel.com/2015/01/25/call-duty-ad-imagines-crazy-man-behind-killcam-camera/ A common feature of first person shooter video games is an instant replay…

  • The 20 games you shouldn’t miss in 2014 – Boing Boing

    The 20 games you shouldn’t miss in 2014 – Boing Boing

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    The 20 games you shouldn’t miss in 2014 Over the past year I played hundreds of amazing games across a wide spectrum of team sizes, budgets and ambitions. These exemplify the best that 2014 had to offer: interesting places to explore, im… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/12/22/the-20-games-you-shouldnt-mi.html Over the past year I played hundreds of amazing…

  • The Internet Arcade : Free Software : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

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    The Internet Arcade The Internet Arcade is a web-based library of arcade (coin-operated) video games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, emulated in JSMAME, part of the JSMESS software package. Containing hundreds of games ranging through many different genres and styles, the Arcade provides research, comparison, and entertainment in the realm of the Video…

  • Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich—Then Vegas Made Them Pay | WIRED

    Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich—Then Vegas Made Them Pay | WIRED

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    Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich—Then Vegas Made Them Pay Michael Friberg John Kane was on a hell of a winning streak. On July 3, 2009, he walked alone into the high-limit room at the Silverton Casino in Las Vegas and sat down at a video poker machine called the Game King.…

  • This War Photographer Embedded Himself in a Video Game – LightBox

    This War Photographer Embedded Himself in a Video Game – LightBox

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/09/15/war-photographer-video-game/#1 The Last of Us Remastered is a post-apocalyptic video game released earlier this year on PlayStation 4 with an in-game Photo Mode, which freezes the game and lets players shoot, edit and share photographs of their achievements. TIME assigned conflict photographer Ashley Gilbertson…

  • Super Mean Mario – Boing Boing

    Super Mean Mario – Boing Boing

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    Super Mean Mario YouTuber Pastek pasted Super Mario into a bunch of FAIL videos. Video above, GIF below. via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2014/09/11/super-mean-mario.html YouTuber Pastek pasted Super Mario into a bunch of FAIL videos

  • Console Living Room, play many of your 70s and 80s console favorites

    Console Living Room, play many of your 70s and 80s console favorites

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    Console Living Room: play many of your ’70s and ’80s console favorites online The Internet Archive announced ‘Console Living Room,’ a collection of games for the Atari 2600, ColecoVision and a number of other great consoles of the day! Internet Archive’s Co… via Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2013/12/26/console-living-room-play-many.html The Internet Archive announced ‘Console Living Room,’ a collection…

  • Desert Bus: The Worst Video Game Ever Created

    Desert Bus: The Worst Video Game Ever Created

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    Desert Bus: The Very Worst Video Game Ever Created via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/07/the-worst-video-game-ever-created.html?mobify=0 The game cannot be paused. The bus carries no virtual passengers to add human interest, and there is no traffic to negotiate. The only scenery is the odd sand-pocked rock or road sign. Players earn a single point for each eight-hour…

  • Honkey Kong, Photos Making Hong Kong Streets Look Like 2D Games

    Honkey Kong, Photos Making Hong Kong Streets Look Like 2D Games

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    Honkey Kong, Photos Making Hong Kong Streets Look Like 2D Games Honkey Kong, a brilliant photo shoot by Stockholm-based photographer Christian Åslund, pays homage to 2D platform video games. Christian gave the series via Laughing Squid: http://laughingsquid.com/honkey-kong-photos-making-hong-kong-streets-look-like-2d-games/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29 Honkey Kong, a brilliant photo shoot by Stockholm-based photographer Christian Åslund, pays homage to 2D platform video games.

  • Video Game Retail Sales Decline Despite New Hits

    Video Game Retail Sales Decline Despite New Hits

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    Gaming Faces Its Archenemy: Financial Reality Video-game retail sales are faltering. Will Nintendo’s coming Wii U prove the industry’s salvation? Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/arts/video-games/video-game-retail-sales-decline-despite-new-hits.html?hp&_r=1 The Internet is doing to video games what it does to every industry: disrupting the old models, creating new ones and lowering the barriers to entry

  • 9-year-old’s DIY cardboard arcade gets flashmobbed

    9-year-old’s DIY cardboard arcade gets flashmobbed

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    Caine’s Arcade I went to buy a door handle for my car, and met this 9 year old boy, who had spent his summer building this elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used… via Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/40000072

  • The Founding Fathers of Video Games

    The Founding Fathers of Video Games

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/02/02/the-founding-fathers-of-video-games/#1 A youth wasted on video games unexpectedly paid off for me in an assignment to profile the old dogs behind the newest gaming company: Innovative Leisure

  • Warco, Shooter Game Replaces Player’s Gun with Journalist’s Camera

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    laughing squid: Record dramatic images of war, save them in-game, then edit the results into a compelling frontline TV news story. Beam the results to global audiences on the web. No two WARCO stories will ever be alike. It’s an edge-of-seat gaming experience – and a powerful entry-level training tool for future combat reporters. WARCO…

  • The Evolution of Video Game Controllers

    The Evolution of Video Game Controllers

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    The Evolution of Video Game Controllers Poster by Pop Chart Lab The Evolution of Video Game Controllers by Pop Chart Lab, featuring “119 species and 11 genera over seven decades of gaming”. This new “Deluxe Edition” is via Laughing Squid: http://laughingsquid.com/the-evolution-of-video-game-controllers-2/ The Evolution of Video Game Controllers by Pop Chart Lab, featuring “119 species and…

  • Trailer for Zero Charisma – a movie about D&D players

    Trailer for Zero Charisma – a movie about D&D players

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    Trailer for Zero Charisma – a movie about D&D players [Video Link] Katie Graham and Andrew Matthews raised over $15k in preproduction costs on Indiegogo for their movie about Dungeons and Dragon players, called Zero Charisma. The trailer is funny! The… via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/05/12/trailer-for-zero-cha.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag Katie Graham and Andrew Matthews raised over $15k in preproduction…

  • FarmVillains – SF Weekly

    FarmVillains – SF Weekly

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    FarmVillains Steal someone else’s game. Change its name. Make millions. Repeat. via SF Weekly: http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-09-08/news/farmvillains/ In June 2009, Zynga came out with the app that would make it a household name among social-network users. While the company had already enjoyed some success with its earlier offerings, FarmVille was a blockbuster hit. But for those with…