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Help this Orlando carpenter’s son build a functional Portal sentry turret
An adorable video from a Kickstarter hopeful, trying to make an actual Portal turret gun. Jokes not included.
Flashback: Ultra Games commercial for Skate or Die, Metal Gear is absolutely terrifying
I can’t believe this was acceptable to show to children.
The future is here: New research to predict what gamers want with "80% accuracy"
Researchers at North Carolina University have been studying Warcraft player behavior and think they’re able to “predict what a player in a game will do based on his or her previous behavior, with up to 80 percent accuracy.” This can obviously be a boon for game developers, but remember what happened
Cheat Sheet 6/15: Patrick Stewart lends his voice (again), Duke Nukem makes everyone angry
Your daily mainstream videogame news, made easier to swallow! -The War of the Worlds game needed epic voice acting: Patrick Stewart made it so. –Gears of War design director Cliff Bleszinski crushes our dreams of the franchise ever coming to the PS3. – Double Fine employees tweet happily about re
An act of meta-metaness: This LEGO set makes LEGOS
At least figuratively speaking…. [via]
New StarCraft II documentary takes a close look at the thrill of the hunt
Earlier this month a teaser for the feature-length Starcraft II documentary, My Life for Aiur, was released. The film, whose title borrows its name from the game’s contested Protoss planet rich in biodiverse minerals, follows the massive subculture surrounding one of the world’s most popular online
