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26 Dec 14:39

​Robot Drummer Performs The Pacific Rim Theme, Aided By Lightning

by Kirk Hamilton
Dsider

Sure why not.

I love the Pacific Rim theme. You love the Pacific Rim theme. And from the looks of it, this robot drummer loves the Pacific Rim theme.

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26 Dec 14:29

Japanese Robot World's Best (At Saving Lives, Looking Cute)

by Luke Plunkett

Japanese Robot World's Best (At Saving Lives, Looking Cute)

The DARPA Robotics Challenge was held the other day in Miami, pitting some of the world's most advanced humanoid robots against each other to see which was the most lethal best suited to handling emergency situations.

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26 Dec 14:07

​Players Say Rampant Money Hacking Is Ruining GTA Online

by Evan Narcisse
Dsider

I don't see the problem here.

​Players Say Rampant Money Hacking Is Ruining GTA Online

Los Santos is supposed to be a criminals' paradise, a place where the right crew, the right weapons and the right vehicles let you unlock as much money as you can earn. But a plague of hacking is clogging GTA Online's in-game economy with billions—maybe even trillions—of dirty dollars.

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26 Dec 14:04

Pokémon, Looking All Evil

by Gergo Vas
Dsider

This guy makes even the pokemon with the lamest designs look kind of cool. Really like this style.

Pokémon, Looking All Evil

You can lose yourself easily in Pixiv artist 猫鴉's gallery, where every single Pokémon got touched by evil, and became really unique and serious.

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26 Dec 14:00

I Can't Stop Staring At This T-Rex Staring At Me

by Tina Amini
Dsider

o_O

I Can't Stop Staring At This T-Rex Staring At Me

Master of the optical illusion, brusspup, has recently uploaded a new video featuring a dinosaur of the tiny-armed variety. Staring at you. Wherever you go. That's a pretty neat (creepy?) trick, no?

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23 Dec 14:53

The Most Incredible PC Case Mod I've Ever Seen

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

The desktop wallpaper TOTALLY ruins it.

The Most Incredible PC Case Mod I've Ever Seen

Pardon the hyperbole, but boy, this is something else.

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23 Dec 14:46

A Very NSFW Xbox One Christmas

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

I don't even

A Very NSFW Xbox One Christmas

Reader Andy thought he was performing a pretty typical search on his Xbox One. It's the holiday season, so he wanted to search for some Christmas music. He did not get what he was expecting.

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23 Dec 14:44

4.7 Million Stolen Passwords, Turned Into Fancy Books

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

Uh, okay.

4.7 Million Stolen Passwords, Turned Into Fancy Books

Forgot Your Password? is an eight-volume set of light reading by artist Aram Bartholl. Inside those eight volumes you'll find every single Linkedin password that was stolen then leaked online last year. All 4.7 million of them.

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23 Dec 14:43

Doom, as a Third-Person Shooter, with Resident Evil Characters

by András Neltz

Doom, as a Third-Person Shooter, with Resident Evil Characters

Wow. Just... wow. There are no words.

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23 Dec 14:41

WoW Hacker Group Mastermind Sentenced To Two Years In Chinese Prison

by Eric Jou
Dsider

Honestly, they should have just been sentenced to farming gold for the government for the rest of their lives.

WoW Hacker Group Mastermind Sentenced To Two Years In Chinese Prison

Late last week, in Zhejiang province's Songyang county court, ten men were sentenced to prison terms of up to two years. These men didn't commit super heinous crimes, but they did commit a terrible one: they were found guilty of hacking and defrauding over 10,000 World of WarCraft accounts.

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20 Dec 20:56

Jeopardy Contestant Tries a Bane Impersonation

by Chris Person
Dsider

Answers in the form of questions and daily doubles are powerful agents to the uninitiated... but we are initiated, aren't we Alex? Members of the League of Game Shows.

Sure, you can answer a Jeopardy question like a regular, normal human being. Or you could answer it in the voice of Bane, like a real champ does.

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20 Dec 16:44

Dragon’s Crown Gets Ultimate Difficulty, Bumps Level Cap To 255, And A New Tower

by Spencer
Dsider

Uh oh

Vanillaware made a major update for Dragon's Crown. If you clear floor nine in the Labyrinth of Chaos you can unlock Ultimate difficulty.

Read Dragon’s Crown Gets Ultimate Difficulty, Bumps Level Cap To 255, And A New Tower on Siliconera!

20 Dec 16:43

Are Atlus Teasing A Localization For Devil Survivor 2: Break Record?

by Ishaan

Atlus USA have sent out holiday greeting card, and it looks as though they might be teasing a localization for Devil Survivor 2: Break Record for the Nintendo 3DS.

Read Are Atlus Teasing A Localization For Devil Survivor 2: Break Record? on Siliconera!

19 Dec 19:50

​The Best Video Game Music Of 2013

by Kirk Hamilton
Dsider

:)

​The Best Video Game Music Of 2013

What music will ring out during your next adventure? What soaring melodies, what elephantine beats, what shocked silence? With each new video game comes a new aural accompaniment, a new collection of custom-made compositions. And so we press the buttons, push the sticks, and lose ourselves once more in the rhythm of play.

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19 Dec 19:43

​Guy Creates Massive, Working 3D Printer In Minecraft

by Kirk Hamilton
Dsider

DAFUQ

Every day it seems someone makes something remarkable in Minecraft. But this… well, this is one of the most remarkable Minecraft things I've seen in a while.

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19 Dec 14:02

The Nintendo Blockbusters They'll Never Actually Announce

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

I liked this one I got: Nintendogs Virtua Cop (name not final)

The Nintendo Blockbusters They'll Never Actually Announce

Nintendo announces a lot of stuff during a Nintendo Direct, but a lot of it is usually fluff. It's never the MEGATON you're secretly hoping - and beating yourself up - for.

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19 Dec 13:57

LEGO Car Has LEGO Engine, Actually Drives

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

O_O

LEGO Car Has LEGO Engine, Actually Drives

"The Super Awesome Micro Project", as this has become known, is not a special effect. That really is a life-size car made out of LEGO, and it really is being powered by an engine made out of LEGO.

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19 Dec 13:56

Marvel Kills Amazing Iron Man Suits

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

I'm a little sad, but then again I was never going to have a spare 35k to blow.

Marvel Kills Amazing Iron Man Suits

A group calling themselves the "Iron Man Factory" had hoped to use Kickstarter to fund construction of a series of incredible 3D-printed Iron Man costumes. They really should have asked Marvel first, though.

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19 Dec 13:52

At Least Someone Wants a PlayStation Vita for Christmas

by Toshi Nakamura
Dsider

Cheering this little guy on for as long as I have to. The delay in the next gen in Japan is proving to be a good thing.

At Least Someone Wants a PlayStation Vita for Christmas

Japan got the short straw this holiday season with the PS4 coming out in February and no specific release date for the Xbox One. So what gaming console IS on people's Christmas wish lists in the Japan?

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19 Dec 13:50

PlayStation Exec Owns Two Wii Us, Loves the New Mario

by Toshi Nakamura
Dsider

Brofists all around. It's nice to have reminders that hey, we're not all in elementary school anymore, we can have more than one console of choice if we want.

PlayStation Exec Owns Two Wii Us, Loves the New Mario

We already knew he had one, but Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, actually owns two Wii Us.

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18 Dec 19:42

I Would Buy The Hell Out Of A 3D Earthbound Like This

by Jason Schreier

I Would Buy The Hell Out Of A 3D Earthbound Like This

Designer Christopher Behr says he spent a year on this project, which might be the most spectacular thing you'll see today: a three-dimensional recreation of Earthbound's opening city, Onett.

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18 Dec 18:17

I Might Have Nightmares About Mario and Luigi's Latest Gaming Cameo

by Stephen Totilo
Dsider

Oh god get it away from me

I Might Have Nightmares About Mario and Luigi's Latest Gaming Cameo

There will be Mario and Luigi costumes in the 3DS' Monster Hunter 4 according to today's Japanese version of Nintendo Direct. For those of us who like bizarre, disturbing things in our games, this is great news.

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18 Dec 18:12

A Game About Collecting LEGO Figures Sounds Better Than The Real Thing

by Mike Fahey
Dsider

nope.avi

Collecting real life LEGO figures involves tons of money, trips to Walmart, and many, many duplicates. I think I prefer LEGO Minifigures Online's take on the hobby.

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18 Dec 17:31

The Definitive Video Game For The Least Popular Gaming Machine Around

by Stephen Totilo
Dsider

:(

The Definitive Video Game For The Least Popular Gaming Machine Around

Tearaway, I write in today's New York Times, is a system-defining game for the PlayStation Vita. It's as perfect for Vita as Super Mario 64 was for the N64 and Brain Age was for the DS.

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18 Dec 17:29

36 Years Of Console Prices, Adjusted For Inflation

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

Oh 3DO, you silly machine.

36 Years Of Console Prices, Adjusted For Inflation

If you thought the PS4 and Xbox One's launch prices were expensive, well, they kinda were! But not as expensive as the NES. Or Neo Geo. Or Saturn, Or PlayStation, or Atari 2600.

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18 Dec 17:09

That Ain't Right

by Stephen Totilo
Dsider

I dunno what it's going to take to stop this bullshit.

That Ain't Right

Has the YouTube ContentID fiasco gotten absurd enough yet?

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18 Dec 16:57

Google's Top Ten Video Game Searches Of 2013 Are... Interesting

by Jason Schreier
Dsider

I'd also like to point out how I haven't heard ANYONE talk about SimCity for almost the rest of this year since that month after release. So good job with that EA.

Google's Top Ten Video Game Searches Of 2013 Are... Interesting

Quick, what do you think were the biggest games on Google this year? Grand Theft Auto? Call of Duty? League of Legends?

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18 Dec 16:50

PAX Will Now Have "Diversity Lounges", Penny Arcade Says

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

Boy I can't wait to hear all of this shitstorm in the months leading up to the next one. Just gonna steer clear of it all.

PAX Will Now Have "Diversity Lounges", Penny Arcade Says

The organisers of the Penny Arcade Expos will next year be introducing "Diversity Hubs" in an attempt to be more inclusive to attendees.

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18 Dec 16:14

Killer Art From Uncharted, The Last Of Us & Magic: The Gathering

by Luke Plunkett

Killer Art From Uncharted, The Last Of Us & Magic: The Gathering

Eytan Zana is a concept artist who works at Naughty Dog, where he's worked on both the Uncharted series and the studio's latest title, The Last Of Us.

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18 Dec 15:10

Woman Walks Off Pier Because She Was Checking Facebook

by Luke Plunkett
Dsider

Unfortunately, she survived, and is still a threat to the gene pool.

Woman Walks Off Pier Because She Was Checking Facebook

A "female tourist" has been rescued by police in Melbourne, Australia after walking off a pier. It wasn't a suicide attempt. She was just too busy looking at Facebook on her phone.

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