New Minecraft Monster Detailed for Adventure Mode

Tall, (3 blocks) completely dark, long arms and legs that are thin and lanky, and a creepily violent aversion to being looked at, the Endermen will be the newest addition to the monsters that roam the Miecraft world with the addition of Adventure Mode. ...

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Nintendo President Cuts His Salary: "I feel greatly accountable..."

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata is taking 50% out of his paycheck each year, in order to make up for the disappointing 3DS sales, sayi...

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Urgent Sales! Mass Effect 2 DLC 50% off!

Hurry gogogogogogogogogogo! If you gave yet to play the ME2 DLC, and want some unplayed Mass Effect to hold you over until ME3, go hop on to XboxLive and get the DLC for little amounts of monies....

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From Dust Launch Trailer: Welcome to God Mode.

If ever you experience an existential quandry of self loathing, doubt, or the feeling of insignificance... Go be a god for a little while...

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Eiji Aonuma Says Majora's Mask 3DS Not Impossible (Maybe)

I have a weird affection for Majora's Mask. In some ways, I have more nostalgia for it than I do Ocarina of Time (it's a long story). So naturally, when I heard the news that Majora's Mask for the 3DS could be a possibility I kinda freaked. It's nowhere near a for sure thing, though. Take your nightmare fuel like a man. As Legend of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma told Nintendo Power, “One of the big things that made [the Ocarina of Time] remake possible was that there was an outpour of emotions from people who said they would like to see this game done.” Basically, that means that if enough fans generate that kind of support for a Majora's Mask...

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Star Fox 64: 3D Trailer

As the wave of up and coming 3DS titles approaches, we are finally starting to see more hype for the releases. For exmaple: Get this guy off me!! uggghhh Star Fox 64: 3D is going to hit stores September 9th. Get excited. I hope this game doesn't give me massive raging headaches...

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Arkham City Penguin Reveal

As The O and E's resident Batman fanatic, I have been paying especially close attention to Arkham City. I am a huge fan of the first one and I couldn't tell you how many times I've played through it. Unfortunately, we all have jobs and school so going to Comic Con wasn't much of an option. Luckily , the internet makes it possible to consume at least some of that wonderment from the comfort of our shitty apartments that lose air conditioning from time to time.Anyway, this new trailer comes hot off the heels of the news that Talia Al Ghul, the daughter of supervillain Ra's al Ghul and temporary Batman love interest, will also appear in the game....

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Skyward Sword Comic Con Trailer!

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Skyrim Gameplay Footage: Because there is nothing better to do.

LOOK AT THIS! Dragons, holy shit Dragons.  I was bored, and this video was officially released... (put on the internet)...

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The Outlaw's Least Favorite Game Moments: Dying in Demon's Souls

Well everyone, we're smack dab in the middle of the game drought and we are literally dying over here at the O and E. Game news has slowed to a crawl and if it wasn't for super secret projects we've been working on we would have nothing to bring you. Errr, bring you in the future. But, until those things are done, we're making due with what we have available. Thus, I've gone shopping for old games, and if you've bothered to read the title of this article then you probably know what game I recently bought. Yep, it's that practice in sadism Demon's Souls.  You see, I was lured in by it's promise of great and difficult gameplay. I needed...

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A few demotivators to get you through the week.

In case you couldn’t figure it out by the subtle bit of advertising above, today I’ll be posting a few ME2 drawings, seeing as how I’m a very exciting lady and I find myself halfway through a third playthrough and starting a fourth. Gotta love summertime. Apologies to Sheploo up there for the pinkness of his skin. I’d only recently been working with colored inks and it looks like I was a little heavy-handed with the scarlet. Woops. All joking aside, this really is the best blog in the galaxy...

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The Elitist's Favorite Video Game Moments: Innovations to JRPG Combat

I know this is really specific, but I have reason. Recently, on account have an industrial strength case of video game boredom, I picked up a random JRPG style game called Blue Dragon. I have never played it before, I love JRPG's. The game was drawn by the dude who draws up Dragon Ball Z (Akira Toriyama), and the writer is Hironobu Sakaguchi, who created Final Fantasy. So I bought it. It's a good game, I am really enjoying it. One issue, the combat is completely unchanged from what you would expect from a turn based JRPG, and that makes me a sad... something.  Don't misunderstand, I am really really enjoying this game. I could be...

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According to Video Games: Lessons in Love

As an intelligent, informed, and inquisitive individual, it’s surely no surprise that you, dear reader, have learned a great many things from a great many places. Today, I’d like to offer you some lessons that I’ve learned about dating and relationships, lessons I’ve learned from an interesting source: video games. Yes, yes, this may seem counter-intuitive, but give it a chance and you might end up glad you did. Or not. We extrapolate, you decide... I mean...if you don't like extrapolation, there's an alternative. It's even fair and balanced...

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Final Fantasy XI Port to the Vita

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Netflix On The 3DS Goes Live Today

For all of you who have been waiting to stream movies on a small screen, Nintendo has finally made good on its promise to provide Netflix on the 3DS. Starting today, American and Canadian users can now download the free Netflix app on the e-shop and then pay to actually watch  movies and TV shows. I've grown tired of posting pictures of the 3DS, so here's a picture of Puppet Angel from a Season 5 episode of "Angel" which is watchable on Netflix. See what I did there? Plans start at $7.99 and, of course, using the app will require a broadband connection. And for all you parents out there who think your kids don't know anything about sex...

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Saints Row: The Third - Professor Genki's Hyper Ordinary Pre-Order Pack!

For anyone unfamiliar with the Saint's Row franchise, just think of all the ridiculous shit Grand Theft Auto used to do and multiply is by 10. Actually, that's too much, maybe 2, or 3 perhaps. Either way, the games are still quite fun despite the air of rip-off they exude. While I've never bothered to pre-order one, that might all change with the "The Third." Why? Because the bonus. You see it's... well there's this... You know what? Just watch this. I had to find it on youtube anyway.MY MIND!Now that life will never be the same you might as well think of pre-ordering it yourself. Then it'll be like taking acid anytime you want, but without the...

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Full 15 Minute Bioshock Infinite Demo

Shhhhhhhhh. Don't talk. I know what you need. Let's not let words get in the way.MmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMind blo...

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Introducing The Comicker: it’s kinda like the word “magicka”, but with comics.

Ohai. The Comicker here, resident artist and the newest writer for the greatest blog in the galaxy! Perhaps you’ve seen my earlier illustrations on this site, such as the gangsta Argonians or those magnificent tuxedo tigers? Or maybe even my webcomic? No? Well go look. Now. Oh, you’re back? Flippin’ fantastic. Now that you’ve familiarized yourself with my work, let me assure you that there is more coming. Plus, WORDS! That’s right—now and then I’ll be posting reviews via comics, various game-related drawings, and maybe even the odd article or two. Get excited. Or take a nap. Whatever is fine, real...

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Why the Halo Remake and Halo 4 will be the Best Games Ever.

*Introduction from The Outlaw* Back in December, we did a typical gaming site activity and wrote a series of game of the year articles for 2010. It was then that we allowed the now infamous Johnny Fanboy to give his opinion in the written form. It was poorly written form, but written form nonetheless. For those of you who need reference, here is a link. Well, it's been a while since we've heard from him and there is a very important reason for that. You see, the article was full of so much offensive content and bad diction, so many off-topic rants and insults, and so many unwarranted attacks, that Johnny actually became one with the internet....

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Skyrim Fan Interview: First Impressions

Tuesday, members of the Skyrim team (Game Director Todd Howard, Lead Designer Bruce Nesmith, and Lead Artist Matt Carofano) answered questions from the Elder Scrolls community on Bethesda’s forums. In the Q&A, the team offered some clues as to what we can expect from the next installment in the Elder Scrolls saga....

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The Elitist's Least Favorite Video Game Moments: ESCORT MISSIONS

If you read this and thought "Oh... Stephen... I'm sorry.. but leading stupid people, objects and vehicles through heavily armed resistances where I am the only hope for survival is my favorite." Then my only response is... please die. "Video Game Hero, we have this Very Special Device! It needs to be delivered immediately! If this Super Secret Thing doesn't reach its destination, then all hope will be lost, and Our Team will lose this Confrontation!" Case Number 1: The Hostage Mission Our people of team Our Team have been taken prisoner/are under attack by The Enemy. We need you, Video Game Hero, to go in there, completely alone, and save...

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New Ico and Shadow of the Colossus HD Trailers

There's a reason that Sony allows Team Ico so many years to make a new game. It's because the ones they have made are breathtaking masterpieces that bring out the introspective thought processes in people. Yeah, the controls are a bit wonky, but everything else is solid. So with everything else getting HD remakes, why not up-res two beloved classics? After all, maybe it'll hold us over until the Last Guardian. No, it's not the same kind of complete rebuild Ocarina of Time got (and needed), but they still look fantastic. Take a gander.For all of you who didn't take the idea of defending wispy people with sticks seriously.Agro!These are things...

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Bioshock Infinite 2 Minute Teaser

It's official. Bioshock Infinite has been snatching up awards faster than Sarah Palin can screw up a history story we all learned in elementary school. Why has this been the case? Well, it's Bioshock, and from looking at the trailers and that old 10 minute demo it looks outstanding. But apparently, it's even more amazing than we thought, because game journalists have been gushing over a 14 minute demo that was shown behind closed doors at E3. The only problem is the rest of us haven't seen a damn second of it. Until now. In order to advertise the full demo being shown on Spike TV on July 7th, which will actually give you a reason to watch Spike...

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Dead Rising 2: Off The Record Expansion

Releasing October 11th, Dead Rising 2 Expansion titled Off The Record will be available for Xbox360, PC, and PS3. The plot for Off The Record follows Frank West, telling the story of the Fortune City infection from his perspective. Capcom promises new weapons, missions, enemies, areas, items as well as some new performance improvements...

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