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Far Cry 4 on Xbox One suddenly disappeared from the Xbox Marketplace yesterday , which prevented some players from booting up a game they owned. Ubisoft acknowledged the issue, and it appears to be resolved now. If you're still having issues, let us know in the comments.

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Remaining defiant in the wake of the killings last week in its Paris headquarters, the remaining staff of Charlie Hebdo on Monday night debuted the cover of the next issue, featuring a tearful Prophet Muhammad holding a sign with the slogan “Je Suis Charlie” — “I Am Charlie.” The cover, bearing the headline “Tout Est […]

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is many things, but until now, he couldn't put being a Super Smash Bros. stage on his resume. That's changed, thanks to a creative player who transformed the executive into a great spot for Mario, Link, and others to beat each other up.

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There are bad games, and there are bad games. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing is one of the truly awful ones. My former colleague at Giant Bomb, Alex Navarro, has a long and sordid history with Big Rigs. He reviewed it at GameSpot many years ago, and returned to the scene of the crime during Awesome Games Done Quick to speedrun the game in just over three minutes.

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When 22-year-old Nate Danziger booted up Cordial Minuet, he wasn't sure what to expect. Cordial Minuet, a psychological puzzler from designer Jason Rohrer, asks people to use their own money. You only need a few dollars to start, but it's still real money! Danziger discovered Cordial Minuet because he loved The Castle Doctrine, Rohrer's last game.

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People are coming up with some, uh, creative uses for Amiibos. Andrew K managed to stuff the technology powering his Pikachu Amiibo into a Pokémon Yellow cartridge. Not only does the Pokémon Yellow cartridge act as a novel Amiibo, the cartridge still works in a Game Boy Color!

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It's never been easier to make a video game, but it's still not a walk in the park. Gunpoint creator Tom Francis wants to help. Francis wrote about games before he started making them, and Gunpoint's success allowed him to go full-time. Now, he's giving back with a series on development. First up? Writing code.

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We’ve already seen the internal anatomy of a mini-fig, so I guess the innards of a brick-built figure was the next logical step. This version by Flickr member umamen comes complete with articulated joints, flex-tube veins and arteries, and helpfully color-coded organs. Can you name them all?

I know, I know, we just talked about gingerbread two weeks ago, in a biscotti, hot chocolate-dipping format. It’s too soon! I completely agree with you. But this was a request; a commenter asked if there was a way to transplant the intensity of everyone’s favorite gingerbread cake into a waffle format. Asking me this is like asking a Muppet if they like to count. I live for this; I thought you’d never ask.

True enough, the so-called gingerbread waffles I browsed on the web seemed to be in name only; pale beige specimens, softly spiced, more gingersnap than gingerthud. Proper gingerbread should make an entrance, with no restraint in the ginger or molasses department. It should be dark and a little sticky. It should either be adored or reviled; there’s rarely any middle ground. Lucky for me, my family, both young and old, cannot get enough.

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One of my favorite metalhead friends from high school has ideas about how to steal gas

Secret Panel will release three new posters for the indie video game Hotline Miami today. The artists involved are (in order) We Buy Your Kids, Daniel Warren Johnson, and Graham Erwin. That’s all the info for now. These go up today (Tuesday, December 16th) at 2pm Central Time. Visit SecretPanel.org.

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I realize this might not look like much. It probably looks suspiciously like a salad, which means it’s probably going to be the last kid picked for your holiday cooking olympics. It doesn’t taste like ginger, linzer or crushed candy canes. It smacks of January Food, the stuff of resolutions and repentance, and there’s no time for that now. But I need to tell you about it anyway, urgently, because the preoccupation with this salad has hit me so intensely, so wholly, it’s basically the only thing I want to eat, and since I’m ostensibly the grownup here, this is exactly what I’m going to do.

I had this for the first time two weekends ago, when I got to spring a surprise Miami Beach getaway on my husband as a belated birthday present. We had dinner the first night at José Andrés’ Bazaar, the kind of prolonged, indulgent meal that, I’m sure purely coincidentally, usually only occurs when we’re not simultaneously parenting. I don’t think we had a bite of food that was less than pristine. I’ve been a little obsessed with Andrés’ cooking since I lived in DC, right around the time Jaleo opened. I remember piling in there one night in 1999 with friends in town from New York and one told us that he really wanted to study in Paris the next year, but he needed someone to stay in his rent-controlled East Village apartment and also take care of his cat while he was gone. My roommate and I have never volunteered ourselves so quickly, not that anyone asked me my “welcome to new york” story. Even without such life-changing memories, the food was perfect, and no matter how many pork and scallop products were on the menu, there were always vegetables too, treated as carefully and respectfully as the finest jamón serrano. Our Miami meal was no different, which is why I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise that of everything we ate, it was this seemingly random composition of goat cheese, almonds, oranges, chives, sea salt, endive, sherry vinegar and olive oil that I haven’t stopped pining over since.

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While creators in the past such as Mark Millar have done a fine job of developing their name as a brand to build a fanbase around, writer Kelly Sue DeConnick has taken brand building to a whole new level. Perusing the back end material in the first issue, I was astounded and impressed to find […]

Mondo will release a handful of new posters for classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons tomorrow. The info for each is listed below. These go up tomorrow (Thursday, December 4th) at a random time. Visit Mondotees.com.

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Jonny Quest by Matthew Woodson

24″ x 36″ Screenprint, Edition of 225, $45:

Hong Kong Phooey by Drew Millward

18″ x 24″ Screenprint, Edition of 200, $40:

Yogi Bear – Home Sweet Jellystone by Andrew Kolb

18″ x 24″ Screenprint, Edition of 175, $40:

Ten Little Flintstones by Dave Perillo

18″ x 24″ Screenprint, Edition of 175, $40:

Tom & Jerry – The Two Mouseketeers by Anne Benjamin

24″ x 36″ Screenprint, Edition of 225, $45:

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Crime | Nineteen people were sent to hospitals early Sunday following what appears to have been the intentional release of chlorine gas at the Hyatt Regency in Rosemont, Illinois, host of the Midwest FurFest furry convention. The incident began shortly after midnight, when firefighters and hazmat crews responded to a complaint of a noxious odor […]

Rooster Teeth will release another great RWBY poster this week. The new one, by James Flames, is an 18″ x 24″ screenprint, has an edition of 250, and will cost $60. These go up today (Friday, December 5th) at 4pm Central Time. Visit RoosterTeeth.com.

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Tis the season for family, friends, snow, gifts, and micro gingerbread houses. Rancorbait presents us this absolutely adorable bite-sized edition, and I personally think the stickers just make it better. It’s a great way to get the iconic royal icing on the roof edges with the candy shingles.

Joe Carr of Antiquated Press has been one of my favorite print artists for awhile now, and these might be his best ones yet. “Treehouse” is a 22″ x 29″ intaglio print, has an edition of 35, and costs $150. Everyone who purchases will also receive a free, matching-numbered “Kodama” print (11″ x 11″ intaglio, edition of 50). If you just want to purchase Kodama, he has a few available for $30. Visit AntiquatedPress.com.

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Angus Maclane, famous for couches and Cube-Dudes, went and super-deformed Optimus Prime. I think he’s adorable. If they had only done the Transformers movies this way, it would have been so much better.

Good day to you, my friends!

I’m excited to announce that my near-classic comic strip collection about relationships, Will You Still Love Me If I Wet the Bed?, is included in The Devastator’s Funny Book Bundle on StoryBundle!

How it works is you pay what you want to download the books in the bundle, and you will get DRM FREE e-books that you can read on any device, and share how you wish.  BUT, that’s not all!  If you pay $12 or more you will get 3 bonus books, including one written by legendary alumni of MTV’s The State: Jo Lo Truglio, David Wain and Michael Showalter.  WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE LIVE IN?!!!  An awesome one, that’s what.

Check out the bundle here!  

LEGO has announced the newest addition to their Creator line: 10246 Detective’s Office. The new set clocks in at 2,262 pieces, with a US price tag of $159.99. It hits shelves in January 2015. You can read the press release after the cut.

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Here’s the official press release from LEGO:

10246 Detective’s Office
Ages 16+. 2,262 pieces.
US $159.99 – CA $199.99 – DE 149.99€ – UK £132.99 – DK 1399.00 DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.

Discover hidden clues and surprises at the Detective’s Office!
Discover a world of mystery and adventure with the awesome LEGO® Creator Expert Detective’s Office, featuring unique elements and surprises.

Discover a world of mystery and adventure with the LEGO® Creator Expert Detective’s Office! Step through the open archway and into the barbershop, where seated customers are pampered in the reflection of a large wall mirror, while next door, competitors play pool and darts beneath the comforting whir of a rotating ceiling fan. Venture to the first floor and you’ll find the detective’s office, his desk strewn with clues, a safe containing valuable evidence and a concealed wall compartment. Then visit the adjacent bathroom, featuring a classic pull-chain toilet, before taking the stairway to the well-equipped kitchen, from where you can access the roof terrace, complete with large water tower. This latest addition to the LEGO Modular Building series is packed with unsurpassed detail and hidden surprises. Easy-to-remove roof and ceilings provide access to the delightful interior, while the exterior of the building features a decorative roofline and a beautifully designed façade. Can you solve the smuggling mystery? Includes 6 minifigures with assorted accessories: Detective Ace Brickman, Al the barber, dart player, pool player, police woman and a mysterious lady in red.

• Includes 6 minifigures with assorted accessories: Detective Ace Brickman, Al the barber, dart player, pool player, police woman and a mysterious lady in red
• Features a pool hall, barbershop, detective’s office, bathroom, kitchen, water tower and a cat
• Detective’s office features a desk, assorted clues, brick-built lamp, filing cabinet, fan, safe, painting, concealed wall compartment, newspaper, menu, wanted poster and a wall lamp
• Pool hall features a hinged, rotatable ceiling fan, pool table, printed dartboard, pool cues, pool balls and a drinking glass
• Barbershop features never-before-seen scissors and reflective mirror element, 2 wall lamps, barber’s chair, hinged cabinet, 2 mannequin heads and a broom
• Bathroom features a detailed pull-chain toilet
• Kitchen features a stove, barrel, table, cabinet, refrigerator, wall clock and a rolling pin
• Accessories include Ace Brickman’s brimmed hat, briefcase, magnifying glass and a police hat
• Detach the roof and floors for easy access
• Search for hidden clues
• Help Ace Brickman solve the mystery!
• Special elements include never-before-seen scissors and reflective mirror element, printed dartboard, wanted poster, 1×1 round plate with hole in black, painter’s roller in black, designing element 1x2x2 in dark gray, 1×2 bricks in light blue, 1×3 tiles in brown and a 32×32 base plate in brown
• Detective’s Office measures over 10” (27cm) high, 9” (25cm) wide and 9” (25cm) deep
• Collect and build an entire town with the LEGO® Creator Expert Modular Building series: 10232 Palace Cinema and 10243 Parisian Restaurant

I have a complicated relationship with sweet potatoes. I think they’re one of these wonder vegetables — impossible to mess up cooking, pretty consistently delicious whether you buy them freshly-dug from the farmers market or from a grocery chain, aglow with vitamins A and C and chock full of fiber. [Which I mostly think about because I’m the mother of a sweet potato junkie.] I like them in cake, sweet biscuits and pie. I like them with goat cheese and a light vinaigrette, gratin-ed with a tangle of chard, with a strange-but-addictive mix of spices and roasted in wedges, and one-bowl-meal-ed with roasted broccoli, black rice and miso sauce. But I also have all sorts of quibbles with them. They’re never crispy enough. They’re rarely savory enough — basically, if you get within 10 feet of my savory sweet potato dish with cinnamon, I go into hiding. For me, the louder the contrast between their sweet, soft nature, the happier I am eating them.

Which means that it was only a matter of time before I took this pretty-pretty crispy potato roast from the archives and tried to put a Thanksgiving spin on it. The ta-da factor is strong here and the workload manageable. You thinly slice a whole lot of sweet potatoes and arrange them in a butter and olive oil-brushed dish, and brush them with even more. You can slide slivers of shallots between the sweet potato pages. You’ll want to shower the whole thing with salt and black pepper or red pepper flakes. You bake it with foil on long enough that the insides get tender and without foil long enough to get the tops brown and crispy. This is not your standard holiday sweet potato mash.

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Monday afternoon, Governor Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency ahead of the grand jury decision to indict Darren Wilson. But activists and civil rights groups believe the measure is premature and actually fuels the fire in Ferguson.

“Whereas, regardless of the outcomes of the federal and state criminal investigations, there is the possibility of expanded unrest; and whereas, the State of Missouri will be prepared to appropriately respond to any reaction to these announcements; and whereas, our citizens have the right to peacefully assemble and protest and the State of Missouri is committed to protecting those rights; and whereas, citizens and businesses must be protected from violence and damage…..I…by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State of Missouri…hereby declare a State of Emergency exists in the State of Missouri,” Nixon said in Executive Order 14-14. He also activated the Missouri National Guard.

At the federal level, the FBI is also on alert. “The announcement of the grand jury’s decision … will likely be exploited by some individuals to justify threats and attacks against law enforcement and critical infrastructure,” it said in an intelligence bulletin, which also “stresses the importance of remaining aware of the protections afforded to all U.S. persons exercising their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.”

But civil rights organizations like the NAACP argue that the declaration quells free speech, and is actually fueling tensions ahead of the jury’s verdict. “Governor Nixon’s decision to declare a state of emergency without evidence of violence or danger only threatens to stir up tensions and denigrate the peaceful efforts of countless non-violent activists. We at the NAACP will work tirelessly to ensure that the civil rights of the demonstrators are upheld. And finally, we commend as well as stand with those practitioners of democracy who have stood strong for over 100 days.”

Local groups and activists who have continuously organized in Ferguson since August 9, took to social media to vocalize their anger.

Our country is in a state of emergency. And not becuz of protestors. Every 28 hours, a black man is killed by police. Let's get it right.

— handsupunited (@handsupunited_) November 17, 2014

The United States Gov has officially declared war upon black ppl in the state of Missouri in the name of protecting a killer

— Tef Poe/FootKlan (@TefPoe) November 17, 2014

Follow the law @GovJayNixon #Ferguson #FergusonNBeyond http://t.co/R5hFMoYeV9 pic.twitter.com/1IN7RoOGlb

— Tory Russell (@HotepTNT) November 17, 2014

Human rights organizations are also warning government leaders and law enforcement.

State of emergency in #Ferguson must not be used to violate human rights, including the right to peaceful protest. @GovJayNixon

— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) November 17, 2014

The grand jury announcement will come any moment.

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“I thought that the way Warner Bros. announced the slate of DC movies could have been handled better. I think that someone like Grant Gustin, who has just launched an iconic character like The Flash, to record-breaking numbers — numbers that far surpassed Arrow‘s numbers [...] I think that he should have been given a […]

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Mike Sutfin has a new (and final) colorway of his BattleRat figure up for preorder. Price is $123, full info is below. Visit his shop.

This complex paint application including black rub, metallic sprays, & painted details is compounded by an additional MadBattleMan skull being hauled by the Rat himself. The two heads are interchangeable & the chain that attaches the skull is easily unlatched. Vinyl figure stands 9″ tall and arrives packed in a silk-screened box with a signed/numbered Giclee print.

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Mondo will release a pair of new Marvel prints today. Methane Studios’ Ghost Rider poster is an 18″ x 24″ screenprint, has an edition of 240, and will cost $40. The variant has an edition of 115 and will cost $60. Neal Russler’s Storm poster is an 18″ x 24″ screenprint, has an edition of 225, and will cost $40. These go up today (Thursday, November 13th) at a random time. Visit Mondotees.com.

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Many of us have visited a friend’s apartment, or toured a house on the market, only to discover that what at first seemed perfectly “normal” turned out to be a little strange. Maybe it was a bathroom painted blood red, or a guest room that revealed a little too much about a co-worker’s nighttime activities.  […]