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nintendocafe:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf DJ K.K. Slider | Nintendo 3DS

oldgamemags:

Video Games Magazine Issue 11, June 1983 - Q*Bert makes the jump to Pinball. Bizarre looking table too.

Now the fascinating thing about this article is it’s writer “Zelmo”. Apparently a contributor involved in the coin op industry. Who was Zelmo? Was this written by the guy who actually made the machine (a paid article?) or just a guy who loved the heck out of pinball machines and wanted to start writing some stuff up?

WHO ARE YOU ZELMO?! We may never know.

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Gameological Q&A: Games that make you shout, “That’s not fair!”

Difficulty is one thing. Injustice is another. Which games take it too far?

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inkdrocketgames:

Journey - the drop by ~SpoonfishLee

“Order and sense are the primary predator of doodles, in fiction as in life. Ballpoint doesn’t harp on detail in its storytelling, thankfully. It gives you a tiny bit of setup before letting the world speak for itself, and the beautiful chaos carries the player along from there. This is a place where army boots chew cigars and fight laser-shooting eyeballs—which are, for their part, piloting pears.”

—Anthony John Agnello reviews the beautiful, hand-drawn madness of Ballpoint Universe.

Is the rise of survival games like Don’t Starve a sign of our cash-strapped times? Two critics talk it out in The Digest.

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finalstagepodcast:

Samus Vs. Ridley

I posted a couple gifs yesterday here. Above is the full set I made. 

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We’re liveblogging the reveal of the new Xbox.

Come join us as we marvel at the marvels and poke fun at the fun.

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Our look at the games of April 2013 continues with Guacamelee! Does a reliance on internet humor sully the otherwise clever take on Metroid? 

John Teti and Anthony John Agnello talk it out on The Digest.