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19 Aug 20:02

Twelve Goldeneye 007 Glitches You Might Not Know About

by Patricia Hernandez

Twelve Goldeneye 007 Glitches You Might Not Know About

Secret agent James Bond doesn't just have gadgets and charm at his disposal. He can also count on a number of glitch advantages in Goldeneye—glitches which you can replicate in your own game.

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06 Aug 19:58

The Easy Way to Know the Height of the Cliff You're Jumping Off

by Brent Rose on IndefinitelyWild, shared by Brian Barrett to Gizmodo

So you fancy yourself a pretty good cliff-jumper . You always personally inspect your landing spot for hazards and the necessary depth. Good. But here's the thing, how do you know how much depth you need unless you know exactly how high you're jumping from? With NASA smarts, that's how.

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06 Aug 12:31

17 Ocarina of Time Glitches You Might Not Know About

by Patricia Hernandez

Maybe you've played Ocarina of Time before. Maybe you've watched some speedruns of the game, too. But Ocarina of Time has so many glitches, there is still plenty in the game that you've probably never seen before.

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24 Jul 12:14

Even if you aren't into League of Legends, watch this cinematic

by Jordan Devore

I don't play League of Legends and I'm not sure that I ever will, but this "A New Dawn" cinematic is pretty damn cool, regardless. You don't need to know the game or its characters to enjoy it.

Graves' eyebrow raise at around 3:19? Perfect.

Even if you aren't into League of Legends, watch this cinematic screenshot

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22 Jul 20:51

Magician can guess the card you're thinking about through this video

by Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo

Magician can guess the card you're thinking about through this video

Our eyes are too slow and our brains are too easily fooled. Just watch this video where Illusionist Eric Leclerc shows off by reading our minds through a simple YouTube video. He plays around with us in the beginning but at the end, he just jumped through the computer screen to peer into our wrinkled brain.

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21 Jul 16:22

Twenty Super Mario Bros. 3 Glitches You Might Not Know About

by Patricia Hernandez

Twenty Super Mario Bros. 3 Glitches You Might Not Know About

Over the years, folks have found a ton of glitches inside of Super Mario Bros. 3—so even if you've played it before, chances are good that there's still stuff you've never seen inside the game.

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21 Jul 15:02

Highlight Reel: Any Landing You Can Walk (Or Swim) Away From

by Steve Marinconz

Highlight Reel: Any Landing You Can Walk (Or Swim) Away From

Today's gaming highlights: Casually landing a plane on a boat in a warzone, jumping over buildings like Superman, an incredible sniper shot, and more!

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16 Jul 14:29

Sensual images of dreamy women are actually incredible oil paintings

by Jesus Diaz on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo

Sensual images of dreamy women are actually incredible oil paintings

Few artists in the world have the perfect command of lighting, color, and oil media technique of Yigal Ozeri. His always sensual and sometimes disturbing hyperrealistic art—which usually focuses on women in dreamy and contemplative states—is simply stunning. Warning: Some paintings are NSFW (nipples shown).

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14 Jul 12:20

10 tricks that famous movie directors use as their trademark

by Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo

10 tricks that famous movie directors use as their trademark

With some directors, you can immediately tell you're watching a movie they directed just by looking at a still frame without any context. There's a visual style they stamp on their films, a certain special effect they like, a narrative preference they utilize, basically, a trademark they have. WatchMojo came up with a list of the 10 most famous movie director trademarks in the video below.

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11 Jul 15:21

You Can't Fly GTA V Jets Like This Guy Can

by Luke Plunkett

You Can't Fly GTA V Jets Like This Guy Can

Look, for the first few seconds of this video, I was as sceptical as you probably are. "Jet Elite Crew"? Haha, whatever. And this stuff with the bridges, impressive, but doable. But then you see what he does in the warehouse, or the wind farm, and it's just ok, this is incredible.

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03 Jul 12:56

Super Mario World's too good to not watch three people play simultaneously

by Brett Makedonski

This video may be just more than 50 minutes long, but I managed to have quite a few nostalgic flashbacks to my youth in that short time. I played the hell out of it as a kid. And that was very correct of me, because after all, Super Mario World is the best platformer in the Mario series.

Watching three speedrunners at Summer Games Done Quick 2014 play it at the same time is a treat. If nothing else, you get three times the Super Mario World action. If you're taking a gander at the video, you may want to skip ahead to about 16:20, which is where they actually start.

Super Mario World's too good to not watch three people play simultaneously screenshot

03 Jul 12:30

Six Insane Zelda Speedruns

by Jason Schreier

Summer Games Done Quick is over, but the crazy speedruns and insane moves will live on forever.

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02 Jul 20:55

Fallout 3 Beaten In Under 24 Minutes, A New World Record

by Patricia Hernandez

Watch as speedrunner BubblesDelFuego jets across the capital wasteland, all in the name of speed. Bubbles manages to beat the game in an astounding 23:55, beating the previous record of 24:20.

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02 Jul 14:58

All The Info There is About The Original Doom In One Video

by Phil Owen

The good people at Did You Know Gaming have put together a new video all about the original Doom, that contains literally (not actually literally) 100 percent of everything there is to know about the classic shooter. Now's a good time for this, especially if you're going to QuakeCon next month and want to impress everyone there with all sorts of cool knowledge about the franchise's history after Doom 4 is (probably, maybe, hopefully?) officially revealed there. So enjoy this, while you have a break from absurd World Cup drama for the moment.

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26 Jun 16:16

​UFC Glitches, Narrated

by Evan Narcisse

​UFC Glitches, Narrated

Glitches in the newest UFC game are fun. But glitches in the newest UFC game accompanied by people pretending to be real MMA commentators? Those are hilarious.

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26 Jun 13:46

Every single airplane crossing the North Atlantic in a 24-hour period

by Jesus Diaz on Sploid, shared by Jesus Diaz to Gizmodo

Every single airplane crossing the North Atlantic in a 24-hour period

This new cool 3D visualization shows all the airplanes that go through the five major air spaces over the North Atlantic during a 24 hour period. It's like watching a modern version of the thermonuclear war simulations in War Games—without all the final explosions.

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23 Jun 19:49

Watching this video can send intense pleasure waves down your spine

by Jesus Diaz on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo

Watching this video can send intense pleasure waves down your spine

Do you experience autonomous sensory meridian response? If the answer is "yes" or "don't know," put on your headphones, make this video big, and watch it. If you do, the sound and the action will send intense waves of pleasure up and down your spine.

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19 Jun 13:55

OK Go Proves Again That Eye-Popping Optical Illusions Don't Need CGI

by Robert Sorokanich

Ignore the grumblings of some sourpuss Gizmodo staffers: OK Go's new video for "The Writing's On the Wall" is just straight-up fun for your ears and your eyes, thanks to a plethora of optical illusions rendered in the real world, rather than on a computer.

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17 Jun 14:27

Two-Factor Authentiction Is Ruining My Life and It's All My Fault

by Eric Limer

Two-Factor Authentiction Is Ruining My Life and It's All My Fault

Sorry if I missed any emails from you this past week. I've been doing all my work email from my phone. It's the only way I can see it, and it's all two-factor authentication's fault. Well, and also mine. Because I am an idiot. Don't make the same mistake I did.

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05 Jun 13:52

This should have been the official Mario Kart 8 trailer

by Chris Carter

Just recently we showed you the death glare of Luigi -- the piercing eyes of someone you do not want to mess with if you value your life (and possibly your soul). But thanks to YouTube user KagatoTheFinalBoss, we now have a definitive compilation of all of Luigi's evil-eyed moments. Just look at the way he throws red shells like a pimp. Dude even glares while he's powersliding.

I'll never look at Luigi the same way again. Maybe we should have extended his year a bit further.

This should have been the official Mario Kart 8 trailer screenshot

04 Jun 15:29

FCC Comment Page Buckles To Its Knees After John Oliver Asks Everyone To Comment

by Mike Masnick
On Monday morning, we wrote about John Oliver's brilliant report on net neutrality, which ended with a stirring "call to action" for internet commenters to tell the FCC why it should preserve a free and open internet. If you somehow missed it, here's the clip again: Many of our commenters noted that the FCC comment page that Oliver pointed to, FCC.gov/comments, appeared to be down for most of the day, either suggesting wonderful irony or that Oliver's call to action has been monumentally successful. The FCC has put up some tweets in which it apologizes for technical difficulties, without explaining why they were occurring beyond "heavy traffic."

We’ve been experiencing technical difficulties with our comment system due to heavy traffic. We’re working to resolve these issues quickly.

— The FCC (@FCC) June 2, 2014


We’re still experiencing technical difficulties with our comment system. Thanks for your patience as we work to resolve the issues.

— The FCC (@FCC) June 2, 2014
Some of us quickly speculated that the two things were related, while some publications have simply assumed without question that it was Oliver's pleas that brought the system down. To some extent I hope that's the case, though I do fear a bit the kinds of comments people might be leaving.

Either way, the irony of the FCC having trouble under heavy loads concerning net neutrality was not lost on many people, who didn't miss the opportunity to tweet some replies mocking the whole net neutrality proposal.

.@FCC can I haz priority access?

— Falk Steiner (@flueke) June 2, 2014


@FCC Don't worry. If you pay $8M more to Comcast you might get a better connection. They might even throw in a $4M/m server lease agreement.

— Richard Risner (@Kowder) June 2, 2014


@FCC Maybe because you servers are running on the "slow lane" internet? Since when do you read comments that dont include cash bribes?

— Mark Rodgers ツ (@KC8GRQ) June 2, 2014


.@FCC You didn't save the "fast lane" for yourself? How sweet. https://t.co/BCSSbwhV1H #NetNeutrality

— Daniel Wallen (@TheWallenWay) June 2, 2014


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30 May 20:34

Your Ears Can Be Fooled With Illusions As Easily As Your Eyes

by Andrew Liszewski

We've all been left scratching our heads wondering how our brains could have been tricked by an optical illusion we looked at. But it turns out your sense of hearing is just as susceptible to being fooled.

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30 May 13:12

BattleCry's reveal trailer chops off a perfectly good head

by Brett Makedonski

Have you heard about Bethesda's newly announced BattleCry -- a free-to-play, PC-only, 32-player, team action combat game? That question's a test, because I wrote a preview about it, and we all know that you should be reading everything that's posted here.

On the off-chance that you're slacking in your commitment to Destructoid, here's a video to sort of get you up to speed. It doesn't really feature any gameplay, but there's some ample bloodshed and an unfortunately misplaced head. That's supposed to stay on your neck, silly!

BattleCry's reveal trailer chops off a perfectly good head screenshot

23 May 13:13

Here's the Best Explanation of the Monty Hall Problem Yet

by Jamie Condliffe

The Monty Hall Problem is a fantastic probability brain teaser based on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal—and this video is the best explanation of it you're likely to find.

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20 May 19:21

Interstellar may be the first movie that shows realistic warp travel

by Jesus Diaz on Sploid, shared by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan to Gizmodo

Interstellar may be the first movie that shows realistic warp travel

At last we got to see the full trailer for Chris Nolan's Insterstellar. The drama seems centered around a worldwide food crisis fired by climate change and resource depletion—a quite probable future. The space travel part seems equally plausible, showing what may be the first realistic depiction of a real warp drive.

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14 May 18:05

What Other Companies Could Apple Buy With Its $150 Billion In Cash?

by Mario Aguilar

What Other Companies Could Apple Buy With Its $150 Billion In Cash?

At the end of its last financial quarter, Apple had $151 billion in cash just sitting there collecting dust. Is it any wonder it's going after profitable companies like Beats? What's $3.2 billion ? Here's a humorous look at just how many companies Apple could buy with its stack-o-cash—and just how easily a corporate shopping spree could go wrong.

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13 May 18:07

10 Things You Might Not Know About Skyrim

by Patricia Hernandez

Skyrim is a such a behemoth of a game that, even if you've sunk hundreds of hours into it over the years, there's still a chance you haven't seen everything it has to offer—much less get a glimpse of the game's fascinating development.

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12 May 13:40

This animated short about a lazy guy in outer space is pretty hilarious

by Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo

This animated short about a lazy guy in outer space is pretty hilarious

I enjoyed this animated short called Johnny Express and written, directed and animated by Kyungmin Woo very, very much. Give it a watch. It's about a lazy delivery man of the universe in the year 2150 who stumbles upon an alien world that he doesn't quite understand. It's cute and hilarious and oodles of fun. I don't want to spoil any more, just enjoy yourself.

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12 May 13:40

Why Do Aliens Always Attack Middle America?

by Luke Plunkett

Why Do Aliens Always Attack Middle America?

China Rino, a visual studio based in Singapore, was founded by Eduardo Peña, one of the best artists we've ever had the pleasure of showcasing here on Fine Art.

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12 May 13:38

Watching women trying to sing while having an orgasm is fun

by Jesus Diaz on Sploid, shared by Casey Chan to Gizmodo

Watching women trying to sing while having an orgasm is fun

These ladies are ADAM, a Dutch electronic dance music band who had a great idea for their latest video: To sing their single Go to Go while using a vibrator, trying to keep a straight face, the pleasure building up until they reached climax. Brilliant concept, perfect execution.

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