But dumb isn't necessarily bad, so long as this thing doesn't take itself too seriously.

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As a writer, it’s nearly impossible to resist the temptation to make Star Wars puns when writing Star Wars related headlines. Our apologies for that. But, unnecessary apologies aside, it’s a pretty cool project you’re looking at. Instructables user “doddieszoomer” took an old bottle of propane, a grinder, a welder and a marker, and created a wood burning stove that would look great in anyone’s backyard. The Instructables link below gives you a step by step, and it looks like the kind of thing easily accomplished in an afternoon by any moderately capable handyman.

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From SDCC, the first official poster for Avengers: Age of Ultron is totally epic, in the proper use of the world

There’s more Avengers and Ultron’s robot swarm kicking the shit out of literally everything.

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Zack Snyder posted an image of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman from Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice:

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The new Mass Effect signals the return of the Mako, the most divisive vehicle in video game history.

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Marvel puts its most potentially-awkward conversation-piece right up front at SDCC.

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Muere el actor Álex Angulo tras sufrir un accidente de tráfico

Una lástima. Aqui dejo un gif rapidete que acabo de hacer de una de mis películas favoritas del cine español, El día de la Bestia, protagonizada por Alex Angulo y Santiago segura. Os la recomiendo arduamente amiguetes!

Estúpido y emocional episodio de Futurama

Microsoft today released a preview for a free browser-based version of tabletop game Settlers of Catan that will work across any online device with a modern browser regardless of operating system.

Catan Anytime was built using the latest HTML 5 web standards with the help of the original creators of Catan, Mayfair Games and Bontom Games as part of Microsoft's Rethink "experiences."

The beta version of the game, which is live now, supports four-player games, turn-based asynchronous gameplay with auto-trade and auto-roll features and the ability to keep up-to-date on your game via email.

The Microsoft plans to release the full game, which will offer complete parity with the tabletop version, in August during Gamescom, according to...

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Mockingbird, Kraken and Lance Hunter were revealed for season two earlier today.

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2K's UK Twitter account has Tweeted out an image from the original BioShock with the caption "what could this mean?"

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The Sims 2: Ultimate Collection is absolutely free on Origin right now, and contains 8 expansions and 10 "stuff packs".

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Son aquellas, pequeñas cosas… que van quemándote día tras día lo mismo … hasta que revientas.

tastefullyoffensive: I love the look on his face when he gets to the smallest one.

alasborricadas:

montondemierda:

XD.

Oye pues es una pregunta muy razonable :D.

Now we know just how sinister the film's villain looks. Spoiler: it's kind of great.

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There are no rooftop guards in Assassin's Creed Unity? Cool. That's going to make this next game feel very different. This official tidbit (that we missed...a month ago) is part of a handy round-up of ACU facts that you can read over at the Assassin's Creed subreddit.

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The official Lego Batman Twitter accounted posted the above image this week, while the San Diego Comic Con Lego Batman 3 panel features one Adam West as a special guest star. Furthermore, the Lego Batman account retweeted this mysterious message from...

Update #3: After telling us that it wouldn't be commenting on Quantum Break and a possible connection with the Xbox Entertainment Studios closure, the company has apparently changed its mind. Speaking with Polygon, Microsoft says that the development of Quantum Break is "not impacted" by the decision to close Xbox Entertainment Studios.

Update #2: We inquired about the status of Remedy's Quantum Break, which will have live action segments, to find out if Xbox Entertainment Studios is involved in the project. A Microsoft representative declined to comment. 

Update #1: Microsoft has confirmed to us that it will close Xbox Entertainment Studios in the coming months. This will reduce a significant portion of planned programming, but in-development work like Halo: Nightfall, the Halo television series, and the Atari documentary Signal to Noise, will continue.

Nancy Tellem, Jordan Levin, and some other staff will stay on to complete the programming already in progress. This will not impact the NFL partnership, apps, and delivering television via the Xbox One alongside cable partners. Phil Spencer communicated this to staff today in an email, which has been provided to us.

I hope you have had a chance to read today’s mails from Satya. I wanted to take a moment to share a few thoughts on what this means for our team and some of the changes we are making as a result.

In last week’s mail outlining some of the steps towards creating the culture and organization to bring our ambitions to life, Satya called out the strategic importance of Xbox as a strong consumer brand, a creative center for gaming and a leader in bold innovation. Every member of Team Xbox should be incredibly proud of the impact and reach your work has within the walls of Microsoft, with our developer community and most importantly, with consumers.

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for a mobile-first and cloud-first world, and games are the single biggest digital life category in a mobile-first world.  Success in this category, by growing a robust Xbox business, brings additional value to Microsoft. I have stated this before, but for Xbox to be successful, we must remain committed to being a consumer-driven organization with the mission of meeting the high expectations of a passionate fan base, to create the best games and to drive technical innovation.

As part of the planned reduction to our overall workforce announced today and in light of our organization’s mission, we plan to streamline a handful of portfolio and engineering development efforts across Xbox. One such plan is that, in the coming months, we expect to close Xbox Entertainment Studios. I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the accomplishments from the entire team in XES. They have built an impressive slate of original programming and pioneered interactive entertainment on Xbox, such as the innovative reality series ‘Every Street United’ that succeeded in uniting audiences around the globe during the recent World Cup. I am pleased that Nancy, Jordan and members of the XES team remain committed to new, original programming already in production like the upcoming documentary series ‘Signal to Noise’ whose first installment takes on the rise and fall of gaming icon Atari and of course, the upcoming game franchise series ‘Halo: Nightfall,’ and the ‘Halo’ Television series which will continue as planned with 343 Industries.  Xbox will continue to support and deliver interactive sports content like ‘NFL on Xbox,’ and we will continue to enhance our entertainment offering on console by innovating the TV experience through the monthly console updates. Additionally, our app partnerships with world-class content providers bringing entertainment, sports and TV content to Xbox customers around the world are not impacted by this organizational change in any way and remain an important component of our Xbox strategy.  

Change is never easy, but I believe the changes announced today help us better align with our long-term goals. We have an incredible opportunity ahead of us to define what the next generation of gaming looks like for the growing Xbox community. I have a great deal of confidence in this team and know that with clarity of focus on our mission and our customers we can accomplish great things together. We already have.

Thank you again for all you do for Xbox.   

Phil

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Microsoft is reportedly planning to completely revise its television strategy. The Nancy Tellem-led Xbox Studios is said to be trimming back its line of programming, detailed as recently as May.

When Microsoft announced the Xbox One on May 21, 2013, television and original programming were a big part of the presentation. Since then, the company has reversed course on mandatory online connectivity, used games, and the importance of Kinect to the platform. With the appointment of Phil Spencer as head of Xbox, changes seem to be coming quickly. The first major project coming out of Microsoft Studios,

Halo: Nightfall, will have a presence at SDCC next week and will premiere later this year. Xbox Studios is also in production on a documentary about the Atari E.T. failure and subsequent excavation of the burial site for all the discarded cartridges. The news comes on the same day that Microsoft announced 18,000 job cuts by March 31, 2015. 

CEO Satya Nadella also recently refocused the company on productivity, cloud, and mobile. He also reaffirmed his commitment to Xbox. We’ve reached out to Microsoft for comment and will update should we receive a response.

[Source: Variety]

 

Our Take
Microsoft was heavily criticized by the core audience for diverging from a core gaming message. The company has been correcting course for months, with a heavy push toward recapturing a straying user base since Phil Spencer assumed command.

The Halo and E.T. projects make a lot of sense, but some of the proposed programming hasn’t seemed like a great fit. Hopefully, Microsoft will be able to keep the shows that have the best synergy while shedding the seemingly tangential programming.

IDW revealed the regular and variant covers for Dungeons & Dragons Legends of Baldur’s Gate #1:

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The Netflix-like $9.99 per month service is in the testing phase.

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A few months ago, we took a look at Aperture Tag , a Portal 2 mod that replaces the portal gun with a gun that can shoot the blue and orange gels to craft the levels into a bouncy, speedy wonderland. It's finally out and it's looking even better than before.

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Look, I don't want a 3D Futurama movie and neither do you. But I'll be damned if this test shot doesn't give me the shivers.

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Pop culture is a never-ending source of wonder and amazement. We're seeing some really top-notch, innovative writing across every medium right now. But there's also a lot of tired, warmed-over stuff, that feels copy-pasted from script to script. Here are 20 screenwriting moves we'd be happy never to see again.

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"It’s not dead. It’s resting."

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That is an ex-parrot.

He has ceased to be.

He has expired and gone to meet his maker

He’s a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace!

Vulcana en las calles, Klingon en la cama

Bonita forma de decir que es toa una joya.

Raptr recently hosted a developer Q&A with members of the Dragon Age: Inquisition team. BioWare answered dozens of questions, covering everything from romance, death, crafting, and more.

There's too much to repost here, but here are some of the highlights. Be sure to visit the Raptr page here for the raw Q&A.

• There are eight characters to romance in the game, two of which will have racial preferences due to the game's story

• The Inquisitor will be referred to by his or her name by friends, and not solely by the traditional (and clunky) "Inquisitor" title

• Players who like solving problems through diplomacy will be able to using something similar to the persuades in Origins. They work and are acquired differently, however, and they're based on different areas of knowledge

• Crafting is still in flux, but players will be able to change the color of their followers' gear by equipping new gear. Characters like mages won't be restricted to flimsy robes, provided they craft the right gear

• Players will be able to pick between two voices for each gender. The British male voice actor is Harry Hadden-Paton, and his American counterpart is Jon Curry. The American female Inquisitor is Sumalee Montano. That's not counting localized versions. BioWare teased that voice actor Gideon Emery might be in the game, too. Emery voiced more than a dozen characters in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II, including Fenris 
   
•  Players might learn more about Varric's past. Dagna is in the game, too, but not as a follower. Zevran won't be popping up at all

• BioWare isn't planning to have any DLC at launch, and plans for post-launch content aren't firm at the moment

• The game will feature elemental deaths for "many creatures," and the team is working on finishers for elemental spells and weapons as well. They're still working on physical finishers

• Dragon Age II's minimap is returning, along with the ability to pin custom points of interest on it and set active quests

• Your relationship to your followers and major characters is similar to the old approval system, but with one significant change: It's more dependent on your deeds and attitudes than the frequency that you give them gifts. Upset a party member enough, and they could leave the group

• As with the past games, some specializations will affect story moments. BioWare isn't providing specifics, other than saying it varies by specialization

• Side missions are being written so that they feel like something the Inquisitor would spend time doing. Rather than running errands for anyone who tugs on her tunic, she'll choose to take on additional quests that endear her to the people or increase the Inquisition's power 

• The mysterious Friends of Red Jenny will make an appearance in the game. Mike Laidlaw says they were included, "Because I've wanted to answer 'who ARE they' for a while now.'"

• Players can collect different mounts, and choose which ones to ride

If you'd like to see the game in action, take a look at the video below. It's a guided tour that provides a look at combat, navigation, and more.

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Dragon Age: Inquisition will be coming to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC on October 7. For more information on the game, visit our Dragon Age hub.

Evolve dev Turtle Rock Studios say that the game has been specifically built to accommodate DLC.

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