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Psuedo-Celebrity Secrets

Speaking of Vin Diesel, I highly recommend that everyone check out Comedians of Comedy, either the Comedy Central TV show or the movie put out by Netflix. They’re both basically the same thing, following four comedians as they tour around the country. You may not have heard of Patton Oswalt, Zach Galifianakis, Brian [...]

Video game news for people who like video game news

Dungeons and Dragons Online comes out tomorrow, for all five of you who aren’t playing World of Warcraft and aren’t satisified with your meatspace d20 experience. The New York Times has an article on the thinking behind the game and reminds everyone that Vin Diesel is a big nerd.

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The Times discovers machinima

The New York Times has done with machinima what they’ve done with so many other topics: discover it after everybody else but still dig up more interesting info than anyone else (engaging in some of that “journalism” stuff I’ve heard such good things about). In The Xbox Auteurs, the author even helps out in filming [...]

iPod Doom

Now you can play Doom on your iPod, just like you’ve always dreamed: because the clickwheel makes everything better. You won’t be maxing out the FPS like on your good gamin’ rig and you have to install Linux on your iPod, but if you’re a True Believer you’ve already installed Linux on anything with a [...]

Let’s do this

You know a catchphrase has reached saturation status when you can buy shirts related to the phenomenon are available from not one (scroll down) but two separate places of business.

Fans to remake Metroid Prime in 2D

Video game fans are never happy, always feeling the need to add or subtract a dimension to their favorite games (at least until slapped with a cease-and-desist). The latest dimensional meddling is the aptly named Metroid Prime 2D project. Enjoy it while you can, people (enjoyment meaning staring at the screenshots, downloading the wallpapers, etc.) [...]

The Daily Show: Den of nerds?

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This is a few days after the fact, but in an interview with Steven Johnson, author of that book that says that gaming is good for you (the book that may finally motivate me to jump on the “knows how to read” bandwagon), The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart talked about his late night [...]

Block party

Putting up question blocks around town is certainly cool, but it’s definitely treading in dangerous territory. In these impressionable times, it doesn’t take long before some youngster is taking it too far.

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Oh no

I think a little part of me died inside.

Video Games Live

The Final Fantasy concert whet your appetite and left you wanting more. To fill that need there’s now Video Games Live, a concert tour featuring the music of games you’ve known and loved, and also Tomb Raider. The show will include lasers, footage of the games on very large screens, live action segments and stunts [...]