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25 years later, how Super Metroid came to define a genre It drastically reimagined how people would think about action games, and still shows up on “best game of all time” lists to this day.
On March 19, 1994, Japanese audiences got a chance to play one of the most influential video games of all time: Super Metroid, developed by Gunpei Yokoi’s Nintendo R&D team along with Intelligent Systems. The game saw bounty hunter Samus Aran once again contend with the machinations of Mother Brain as she once again tries to exploit the titular energy-draining creatures for conquest. Although not a hit in Japan, it sold over a million copies worldwide and still shows up on “best game of all time” lists well into the 21st century. Obviously the existence of Super Metroid implies a regular Metroid, but the effects of the original NES game…
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When nightmare mode isn’t enough: 5 ways to add difficulty to your game If you haven't sent a controller hurtling through the air straight into the middle of your flat screen TV, you aren't being challenged enough.
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Who is to blame for New Zealand attack? PewDiePie, say checkmarks, media Of course.
Tragedy struck Christchurch, New Zealand yesterday after a 28-year-old eco-fascist opened fire on worshipers at two separate mosques during midday local time, killing dozens of them. The shooter livestreamed his atrocity on Facebook and uploaded a manifesto to 8chan, both of which referenced a large number of memes. One of these memes, mentioned well before the actual rampage and while still in his car, was the ubiquitous “subscribe to PewDiePie.” PewDiePie, as most of you know, is the world’s most popular youtuber and staple object of media and blue checkmark hate. So, of course, the inevitable happened. Andrew Todd, a New Zealand-based film critic and journalist, was the first to…
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Hardware limitations are holding back Final Fantasy’s butt sliders Naoki Yoshida: "You all really like butts, don't you?"
Former jewel thief reviews GTA 5’s jewelry heists A former jewel thief has taken Grand Theft Auto 5’s heists to task, and explains how he would have done it instead.
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Rotten Tomatoes deletes 50k Captain Marvel reviews to ‘fight trolls’ Negative review bombing out, positive review bombing in.
The world’s biggest movie score aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes, has removed over 50,000 user reviews of Captain Marvel in response to a “review bombing” campaign of the controversy-ridden movie on the day of its premiere. The film featured over 58,000 reviews – arguably an absurd number of reviews ahead of its actual release. Throughout the day, users who kept a keen eye on the page noted how thousands of reviews were being removed in real time, eventually dropping the number of total reviews to 7,000. Twitter was ablaze with conspiracy theories about the deletions, which would seem to suggest that the company was trying to run defense for Captain Marvel, which…
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Mario and Sonic: a tale of two mascots Super Mario Odyssey and Sonic Mania reflect the histories of their star characters almost too well.
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Why Super Mario Bros. 3 is still a masterpiece Before Mario had a World, he had the biggest stage on Earth – and played the part to perfection.
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Carlton drops Fortnite dance lawsuit The US Copyright Office denied request to register his famous “choreographic work.”
Alfonso Ribiero, the actor popular for playing Carlton Banks in the ‘90s comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel Air has dropped his lawsuit against Epic Games for using his “Carlton dance” as a paid dance emote. The dance, which was brought back into the limelight by internet memes, has been featured in games like Destiny and Fortnite. Ribiero himself rode the dance’s wave of popularity by rehashing it on Dancing With The Stars. The actor attempted to register the dance with the US Copyright Office as a “choreographic work.” The request was rejected in February. Following the rejection, the actor dropped the lawsuit against Epic Games. According to The Blast,…
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The story of Second Life’s long-abandoned Duran Duran universe No ordinary world.
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PS Vita discontinued, ending Sony’s handheld dreams Sales were overwhelmingly lackluster in the international market.
Sony has ended the production of its PS Vita console, ending the Japanese corporation’s dream of competing against Nintendo. The handheld console managed to sell more than a few units in Japan, but its sales were overwhelmingly lackluster in the international market, prompting Sony to officially discontinue the Vita’s final two models. The handheld console, which remains more powerful than Nintendo’s 3DS, struggled against the competitor thanks to a lack of titles and the rise in popularity of mobile gaming. Sony is unlikely to make another attempt at seizing the market, which remains dominated by Nintendo, with a successor to the PS Vita. When the PS Vita was first released…
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No Man’s Sky versus the actual universe: a scientific inquiry Time for some mind-blowing space facts.
5 plot twists that would have made great games even better When done right, a twist can be truly spectacular. Here's what they should have done...
Eleven years on, Resident Evil 4 is still a masterpiece What makes a game that’s as campy as Rocky Horror shine.
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‘Rape Day’ video game tests Steam content policy “A game where you can rape and murder during a zombie apocalypse.”
A new video game promises to allow players to fulfill their darkest rapist fantasies in a zombie apocalypse scenario. The game is called Rape Day, and it is set to launch on Valve’s Steam gaming platform. The description is plain and straightforward: “Rape Day is a game where you can rape and murder during a zombie apocalypse.” According to the listing’s “about” section, Rape Day puts players in the role of a “serial rapist during the zombie apocalypse,” and encourages the player to “verbally harass, kill, and rape women as you choose to progress the story.” “It’s a dangerous world with no laws. The zombies enjoy eating the flesh off…
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Why Super Mario Bros. 3 is still a masterpiece Before Mario had a World, he had the biggest stage on Earth – and played the part to perfection.
Who are the Star Citizen superbackers? Ever spent hundreds on a game? How about thousands? Tens of thousands? These people have. How do they feel about it?
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BioWare’s Anthem is broken and bricking PlayStation 4s Uh oh.
BioWare’s latest – and worst rated – shooter, Anthem, is facing more than just bad reviews: it’s also bricking consoles. According to redditors, the game often crashes and occasionally takes the system down with it. And in some cases, the system never starts back up. One complaint thread by ForTheMasters has prompted over a thousand upvotes. This is the only game that causes a complete PS4 shutdown from AnthemTheGame ForTheMaster’s complaints were echoed by other users. “Happened to me as well,” wrote Terry2Toke. “The worst part is when it shuts your console off, it does it as if you pulled the power plug out of the wall. The console has…
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Leave me alone: speaking out against the rise of co-op The once separate worlds of singleplayer and multiplayer are merging – but there's nothing wrong with playing alone.
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Twitch competitor Stream.Me gone after threats against owners’ kids Ethan Ralph: "They just decided it wasn't worth it."
The abrupt disappearance of Texas-based streaming platform Stream.Me earlier today has set the internet ablaze with speculation. The rapidly growing livestreaming site first errored out with a 404 Not Found, then a 403 Forbidden, and users soon noticed that all Stream.Me apps had been removed from the app stores as well. With no updates from Stream.Me staff, the livestreaming world quickly developed a comprehensive mythology of conspiracy theories. A popular theory advanced on some talk show streams held that the streaming platform was merging with Ice Poseidon’s upcoming scuffed.com, which he will supposedly angle to become the 4chan to Twitch’s Tumblr. Others claimed the site had been deplatformed at the…
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Why Final Fantasy 7 is (still) unstoppable 25 years since its release, the cultural phenomenon is still generating headlines.
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The game journo echo chamber: suppressing dissent and vilifying gamers Apart from a few comments sections, gamers are often defenseless to the torrent of accusations against them by ivory tower weirdos.
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Dead or Alive 6 is too hot for the puritans Get the burka.
Game journalists across websites like VG247 and Eurogamer are triggered by the inclusion of sexual content in Koei Tecmo’s latest fighting game, Dead or Alive 6. They argue that the fighting game’s penchant for mild T&A is demeaning to women, even going so far as to dock points off their reviews for the highly-anticipated fighting game. In particular, Eurogamer referred to the game as “naff and likely to embarrass.” Outrage over the game’s sexualized content arose following a controversy last month when Evo Japan 2019 censored a promotional segment of the game after two of its spokesmodels decided to spruce up the proceedings by flirtatiously touching each other in the…
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Love in a time of Warcraft Sarah found herself cast as the Yoko Ono of WoW, being blamed for the dissolution of what has been a successful raiding guild.
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Activision kills Call of Duty statistic trackers Tracking and stat services stopped working on March 1, 2019.
Activision’s changes to Call of Duty’s API have killed support for all the third-party stat trackers that allow independent software developers to track and maintain records of players in the popular first-person shooter series, including the latest title, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Curiously, Activision’s official Companion App has also been rendered unusable due to the recent changes, which affect tracking websites across the board as of March 1, 2019. According to The Tracker Network, which records player statistics, the new Call of Duty API changes now require third-party applications and web-based statistic trackers to authenticate with Treyarch’s servers. A strict rate limit has also been implemented, preventing applications…
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‘Adventure Mario’: the making of The Legend of Zelda We’re going back to the mid-80s to look at the creation of one of gaming's longest-running and most-loved series.
Paypigs revolt after glitch reveals “cute goddess”‘ real face — and age "Her Royal Highness" Qiao Biluo's false online representation tricked Chinese men out of oodles of cash, and now they're trying to charge it back.
The Legend of Zelda was an explicitly Christian game—until Nintendo of America desecrated it Link, a devout Christian warrior? Believe it.
