Category: Video Games
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If Twitch Was Big in My Day
This post makes me feel super old, but that feeling may also be a result of forgetting to take my Centrum Silver this morning. Dag-nab-it, okay, so I’m not that old (Level 32), but I will say this: whenever I tune in to Twitch.tv, it makes me feel like a kid again. Which made me think: what […]
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Chicago’s Emporium Arcade Bar = Apex of Awesomeness
Chicago’s Emporium Arcade Bar is everything you want it to be (and probably even more too). 12-year-old me spent his time playing NBA Jam, Contra and Mortal Kombat, Now at 32 years old, I spent last night playing NBA Jam, Contra and Mortal Kombat, but this time, I had a really good craft beer in my hand. What’s the difference […]
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Interstellar, Relativity, and a Mass Effect 4 Wish
I’m not a theoretical physicist, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I did however recently watch Interstellar (finally), and much like Doc Brown’s flux capacitor moment (sans the epic porcelain concussion), the gamer in me suddenly became overwhelmed with an idea: combining the theory of relativity with Mass Effect 4. BioWare, […]
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Games We Love: Boom Beach
Following on the heels of Clash of Clans, Boom Beach is emerging as Supercell’s next big game. The marketing is there. “That’s some good attacking, Johnson.” Naturally, Johnson is a pile of ash after the attack, but hey, A for effort. If you’re a Clash of Clans fan, as I am, you may notice that Boom […]
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Dude Wins Mike Tyson’s Punch Out Blindfolded
As a thirty one year old gamer who grew up with the NES and the ridiculously difficult Mike Tyson’s Punch Out, this speed run video was absofriggenlutely captivating. For those of you have never played this game, you don’t quite realize just how brutal the ring got once you got towards the end of the […]
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What to Buy your Gamer Boyfriend for Christmas 2014
Even though stores and towns are pushing the decorations and music earlier and earlier every year, Christmas still tends to surprise the heck out of most of us come I don’t know – December 23rd. With just hours until Santa, Father Christmas, or the portly guy in red comes barreling down your chimney, you frantically […]
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Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas for Gamers
I’m just going to go ahead and toss this assumption out there: you probably don’t have your Halloween costume yet, do you? Of course not! Us last-minute folks like to live life on the edge; it’s more fun that way, isn’t it? Actually, I’m going to lie: I already have my costume, but this is […]
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New WoW Patch Allows For Deleted Character Resurrection
Okay okay. We get it. We post a lot of World of Warcraft topics. But the game still is entirely relevant today and we’re watching a company deal with a beast much bigger than it ever imagined it being. With an upcoming patch set to download before the WoD expansion, players will be able to […]
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Counter-Strike Ninja Defuse FTW Video
You’re a gamer, so you’ll get this. You know that feeling you get when you see a nostalgic video game that you poured so many fun, awesome hours into playing years ago? Well, that was me a few minute ago when I saw this epic Counter-Strike ninja defuse video: I used to play CS Source […]
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Sites We Like: Geeks of Doom
If you liked our last geek entertainment site feature, Forces of Geek, then you are going to love our latest find, Geeks of Doom! Outside of the awesome site name, Geeks of Doom just oozes old school, and for good reason: the site has been pumping out regular content and updates since early 2005. How many […]