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Crossover Alert: Lana Del Rey laments "Video Games"
Ten years ago today, the R&B singer Aaliyah met her tragic death. RIP Aaliyah, you were the best to ever do it, etc. Anyways, all that Aaliyah had us in the mood to post some awesome girl-pop for you guys, and so it seemed like a good time to point you guys to the new Lana Del Rey single called “Vid
What’s the deal with pixels? Seinfeld meets videogames in these amazing music mashups
Techno artist and Youtuber SynaMaxMusic has done the unheard of—and unthought of: he has successfully combined instrumental sounds from the Seinfeld theme with beloved videogame music. Below we have a bass-slapping Seinfeldian tribute to the Super Mario Bros. Underground Theme: Be sure to also check
Flashback: A Twisted Introduction to Pokemon
(found by Christian Richardson) Pokemon are so cute, sometimes you just want to capture them in a giant vice and magically trap them in your Game Boy. You have to resist that temptation, though, or else you’ll end up like this guy. -Richard Clark [via]
Coming soon — Angry Birds: The Snack
Probably the easiest way of telling whether or not someone has an addictive personality is to hand them a copy of Angry Birds and see what happens. Now, a Chinese foods maker is hoping that same tendency carries over to snack, with their introduction of Angry Birds mooncakes, reports The New York Da
The Movie War Games IRL: An Interview With Kevin Mitnick
Salon sat down with Kevin Mitnick, one of the first hackers in the game, to chat about his philosophy on hacking, his thoughts on Anonymous, and how he ended up going to jail for like a million years for purportedly being able to trigger a nuclear emergency by whistling into a phone. Perhaps most in
Cheat Sheet 8/24: Kim Swift joins Square Enix, Nintendo to host 3DS trade show, PlayStation Home gets revamped
Enjoy another splash of mainstream videogame news! –Get the latest details on Serious Sam Double D. –The trailer for NBA 2K12 promises good old-fashioned b-ball. –The HD trailer for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded promises good old-fashioned shooting. –Nintendo plans to host a 3DS trade show in the wake o
Mega GIRP spreads the agony of defeat to your entire body
The good people who attended last May’s Arcade Boat got to experience a different kind of Twister. Constructed by Douglas Wilson and indie game designer Nicklas “Nifflas” Nygren, the strikingly familiar game seen above is Mega GIRP, a real-life take on Bennett Foddy’s addictive, phalanx-bone-murder
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