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There are three important features that make Burger King in Japan a very different experience: apples, booze, and couches, or ABC. Apples? Yes, Burger King has brought back their limited-time apple burgers in Japan, which feature grilled apple slices instead of tomatoes. Are they any good?

There are two burgers available with apple: The BK Ringo, a small burger that features one apple slice and cinnamon mayonnaise, and the NY Whopper, a larger sandwich with two apple slices and hollandaise sauce. “Ringo” is Japanese for “apple,” and has nothing to do with any famous drummers. The NY Whopper concept comes from the vaguely NYC-ish theme that Burger King is using to market these burgers.

Anyway, do the burgers taste any good? Yes! Cinnamon mayonnaise is not as strange as it sounds. “The cinnamon smells great, and the scent mixes with the meat and produces an almost Middle Eastern effect,” notes Casey Baseel of RocketNews24. The apple has a nice texture–not crunchy or mushy, but like a “firm apple pie,” and hollandaise sauce provides a nice creamy citrus note. The NY Whopper includes a small amount of bacon.

The cocktails? Ah, yes, you can order those at Burger King in Japan, as long as you like highballs mixed with cola or ginger ale. Beer is also an option

Maybe they should try the apples over here: tomatoes aren’t particularly good in much of the United States for most of the year, but apples keep beautifully when stored correctly. We could have fresh, tasty grilled fruit in our appleburgers year-round.

Burger King has apple burgers (and cocktails) in Japan, and we’ve got them in our bellies [Rocketnews24]

These 30-second animated trailers for famous movies will have you laughing out loud. They’ve redone films like Citizen Kane, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski and The Shining, turning them into something new in the process. In this version of Citizen Kane, for example, it’s not longer all about Rosebud but Gross Butt.

It’s all part of the Trailer Project by the Animation Workshop, a Danish school. They assign this task as part of the coursework for 2nd year students giving them the movie, but letting them decide what it inspires them to create. I didn’t think it possible, but The Shining looks even creepier animated!

See the trailers after the break…

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I feel like as a developer you can go broke attending conferences, buying books, and listening to seminars on how to make the "perfect" game, when, in my eyes, it has always come down to simplicity. The best, most universally loved games on the App Store with rare exception check these three boxes:

• The core gameplay element can be explained in a single simple sentence.
• The premise is familiar and approachable by everyone, regardless of gaming background.
• High production values, even in simplicity, with no stone left unturned when it comes to interface elements that can be refined or polished.

Greg Wohlwend and Asher Vollmer's Threes! [$1.99] does all this and more. Here's your single-sentence premise: "Slide blocks to combine factors of three." It's a concept so simple that upon initial inspection you find yourself wondering how such a thing could even be more compelling than learning multiplication tables, but, oh, how wrong you would be. As exhibited by this similarly simple gif, things get tricky quick:

So, as you can see, the basic idea here is you take a "1" block and a "2" block, mash 'em together, and end up with a "3" block. Do that to create another "6" block, mash those two "6" blocks together and end up with a "12" block. Repeat. The clever part here is that when you swipe, you're not just moving one block at a time, instead you're moving all the blocks together. Blocks slide if they can, combine if they can, or just stay stuck where they are if there's four blocks in a row that can't move over. Much like the turn-based roguelike Hoplite, these incredibly simple mechanics combine into something truly wonderful and predictable, if only you possess the mental fortitude to predict it.

Games of Threes! quickly escalate to an epic dance of block management, as much like the classic puzzlers we grew up on, you're given a hint of what's coming next in the form of a red "2" block, a blue "1" block, or a white numbered block. When you slide the blocks in a direction, whatever block is next slides in from the opposite direction, leaving you with a shocking amount of things to consider each time you place your thumb on the screen. For each flawless movement, without some intense analysis, there's also an equal chance that you'll accidentally make an unintended combination and in turn wind up with a block you can't immediately using junking up one side of the game board.

It's all part of the genius that goes into Threes!, and if you watch the above video of me playing the game for the first time during my stream yesterday, you'll see that big number tunnel vision is a real thing. It's very easy to get worked up to score huge matches, which in turn result in massive points, and as you desperately try to build another "192" block to mash together with the existing one on your game board, everything can go pear shaped if you don't maintain razor sharp focus on what each movement is going to do, managing all blocks at once instead of focusing on the two you're trying to match.

Once you finally run out of moves, your score is tallied up based on the values of the existing blocks on the board. (For more info on the scoring, check out this post in our forums). Gameplay doesn't have to stop there though, as Threes! seems to juice absolutely every worthwhile feature out of Game Center, as you can review all your scores and in-game statistics, then use these to send Game Center challenges to friends.

We've got the first two boxes checked in simple premise and universally approachable, and Threes! doesn't at all slouch on the third. The game plays with a level of finesse that you typically don't see outside of software developed in-house by Apple. Sliding blocks is as fluid as navigating your home screen in iOS 7. The calm and catchy soundtrack by Jimmy Hinson fits the game perfectly. Each block has its own subtle personality, conveyed through tiny faces at their base as well as the voice each block has. In other words, definitely play this game with the sound on if you can.

The menus are navigated the same way as playing the game itself, with simple swipes and without any kind of harsh "Game Over" screen, Threes! seemingly invites you to play it for eternity. Following the stream last night, I stayed up playing it until around 3:00 AM, in a marathon play session that I haven't felt compelled to do in what feels like far too long.

In the end, here's Threes! in three sentences: Threes! is about as close as it gets to a perfect mobile game. Threes! is a game you need on every iOS device you own. Threes! is a game you need to tell your iPhone owning non-gamer-but-plays-some-games friends about.

The most-played PC game in the world isn't the Sims or SimCity or even World of Warcraft. It's League of Legends, and it's a lot of fun.

Part of this game's success is that players can compete in tournaments against other players from around the world. At the 2013 championships, the top two teams gathered in front of thousands at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. A team from Korea, called SK Telecom T1, took home the $1 million prize.

In 2013, it had 70 million registered users, up from 15 million in 2010, according to IGN. And of those 70 million registered users, it had 32.5 million active users. Together, they played a massive 1.3 billion hours each month.

The company's success comes in part due to its business model: It doesn't charge people to play. Once you're in the game, however, you can choose to pay for certain characters or for cosmetic items, such as new costumes for the characters.

These payments have helped Riot Games, the company behind League of Legends, bring in more than $624 million in revenue last year, writes Ian Sherr of the Wall Street Journal.

But just what is it that they're playing? Let's take a look at the basics and find out. (If you really want to dive deep in the gameplay, check out this beginner's guide.)

The first thing you have to do is sign up. Here is the log-in screen, where you pick a unique username.

After you've logged in, it asks you to download the game. You can also watch a video about what you're getting into.

Now you're ready to download the game. Depending on your connection, this might take a while, so grab a cup of coffee and get comfy.

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Horror games can be scary enough on their own—do we really need one that measures our heart rate and gets harder as we get more scared? Maybe we do. Maybe. We. Do.

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One of the difficulties with comedy is that describing or paraphrasing a joke frequently makes it cease to be funny, so it's hard to convey Jazzpunk's charm without completely squashing its humor in the process. However, this promotional breakfast cereal that Adult Swim and Necrophone Games sent our way gives a good feel for what kind of gags you'll find in the game. They even included a copy of the game on a 5 1/4-inch flopp! Even if you're not prone to reading nutrition facts or ingredients on foodstuffs, you might want to make an exception.

Jazzpunk will be hitting Steam on both PC and Mac this Friday. Expect our full review tomorrow!

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Jesse Ventura has gone off the grid in Mexico to escape drones. The former professional wrestler and Minnesota Governor told a CNBC journalist that he moves about with his television show so that drones cannot find out where he is.

The former Minnesota Governor hosts an Ora TV show entitled simply, Off the Grid. Jesse Ventura told the reporter that he is able to produce the television show while still remaining off grid because he utilizes solar power to reach a satellite.

Ventura had this to say about going off grid:

“I view the United States today much like East Berlin. And I’m off the grid. I’ve tried for 20 years to warn the country about the Democrats and the Republicans and nobody’s listening. I now view the United States from the outside, and I don’t like what I see. You know what the favorite t-shirt was off the grid down here a couple of years ago? A picture of George Bush, and it said weapon of mass destruction. Is that the way we want the United States portrayed throughout the world? I don’t think so.”

The former professional wrestler reportedly ignored a question from the reporter when asked how one acquires the Internet while living off the grid. Ventura also chastised the role money plays in our modern political system. According to the former elected official, his campaign raised less money than he actually made while in office. His new television show is not about making money, according to statements made during the interview.

Jesse Ventura had this to say about his finances:

“I don’t need the money. I’ve made the money. I don’t need no more money. I can live right now and my family until I die. I’m solving problems. I’m a job creator. And I’m not only creating jobs, putting Mexicans to work, I’m stopping them from running across the border now and taking our jobs.”

The Off the Grid television host also tackled the topic of income inequality during the interview. Ventura blames the perceived problem on both political parties. “When a new child is born today, and they take their first breath of air, they’re already $50,000 in debt,” Ventura said.

Ventura’s tv show airs Tuesday through Friday on Ora Tv. A promotional clip from the show features Jesse Ventura asking the audience to free their minds and stay vigilant. He is reportedly an hour away from any type of electricity or phone service.

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It seems like snoring has become more of an epidemic than any of us have realized. At CES, Sleep Number revealed its IQ bed that lets bedmates silence a snoring partner. But now there's a pillow that can stop a deafening snorer all by itself.

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Meet Premier, Newegg’s $49 answer to Amazon Prime. With free three-day shipping, discounted expedited shipping, and free returns, it’s a legitimate competitor to Amazon’s proven customer loyalty program.

Premier of course lacks the video streaming library found on Prime.

Newegg is the second largest e-retailer in the U.S., with 25 million registered users. Second only to Amazon, of course. This launch comes just days after Amazon speculated on its quarterly earnings call that the retailer could raise the price of prime from $80 to $100 or even $120.

“We always seek ways to improve the customer experience and implementing a benefit program is the latest example of how we’re making it easier and more rewarding to shop at Newegg.com,” Soren Mills, Chief Marketing Officer of Newegg North America said in a released statement. “Free expedited shipping is in itself a great benefit, but beyond that we’re including many other perks to enhance the shopping experience.”

Newegg packed other trivial features into its Premier program. Pricing alerts, member-only pricing, dedicated customer service telephone number. And, if that’s not enough, it features “Member-only shopping experience with custom backgrounds and information panel.” Take that, Amazon. Backgrounds.

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