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# The invasion of the Steam machines, NBA Jam was rigged, & the majesty of Metal Gear Solid 5
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/invasion-steam-machines-nba-jam-was-rigged-majesty-metal-gear-solid-5/
- Published: 2013-09-26T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:10:35.000Z
- Description: Your living room just got a whole lot more crowded.
- Author: Kill Screen Staff
- Tags: News, cheat sheet, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Why is it that every one of [these set-top boxes, newly-announced by Valve](http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/?ref=killscreen.com), look like a sinister autonomous robot from *Portal*? They’re coming 2014.

> If you ask school kids if they know what an AK-47 is, they all know.

–[Vander Caballero](http://indiegames.com/2013/09/papo%5Fyo%5Fand%5Fthe%5Fevolution%5Fof%5Ft.html?ref=killscreen.com), writer of *Papo y Yo*

Yet those same school kids would miss every reference in this way-too-awesome animated short.

[*Mega Man* the board game](http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/25/4768780/licensed-mega-man-the-board-game-to-hit-kickstarter-soon?ref=killscreen.com) will be riding a hovering mechanical pooch onto Kickstarter shortly. A few decades late, but who are we to cast stones?

*VideoHeroeS* is the recurring nightmare of Blockbuster employees from the mid-‘90s. *It’s only a dream, it’s only a dream.*

> If there was a close game and anyone on the Bulls took a last second shot, we wrote special code in the game so that they would average out to be bricks.

Mark Turmell, the guy who made *NBA Jam*, explains why [Scottie Pippin was not clutch](http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3668922&ref=killscreen.com).

Behold. Snake!

*Fin*