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window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; The Legend of Zelda’s Link re-imagined as an aging elf—and looking like he’d be right at home in World of Warcraft—by artist Damien Canderle for ZBrush Central’s “Age of Legends” Comicon Challenge. Elder Link [ZBrush Central - thanks, Corey!] More »
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19 Oct 2010I love watching pre-IGF deadline trailers – these clips usually showcase games that are already in an advanced stage of development (fully working, usually playable) and are ready to be shown to the public. The Swapper was famously previewed by Brian Crecente as his favorite IGF entry in 2009, and I’m certain that he’d be [...]
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4 Oct 2010A recent presentation of Duke Nukem Forever to an audience in Amsterdam has been glimpsed by the electronic eye of the internet, and now cannot be forgotten. The clip is introduced and narrated by Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford, and it shows Duke looking…
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28 Sep 2010window.google_analytics_uacct = “UA-2281360-3″; I’ll not apologise for posting another Minecraft video. Because it’s a thing of joy. Interrupting yet another late night playing the game (tonight I’m laying some nice flooring upstairs in my house, and checking out some newly discovered caves for much needed iron) was an email pointing us toward something that at [...]
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28 Sep 2010While not exactly about playing games (this is more for the making of games) the launch of Unity 3, the third iteration of the free-to-use game engine, has me excited. Of all the game-making tools out there, Unity is the one I’ve spent the most time with, and it was actually responsible for the RPS [...]
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27 Sep 2010A Minecraft player with great ambition and loads of spare time is building a 1:1 replica model of Star Trek: The Next Generation's massive flagship vessel, the Enterprise D—and he needs some hel…
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3 Sep 2010When I was on my plane to Seattle, getting ready to play some games, meet some gamers, and prepare for tomorrow’s Destructoid LIVE panel, I never thought I’d be leaving the first day of PAX with the ability to say that I have played Duke Nukem Forever. Sometimes things happen that are so bizarre, you [...]
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2 Sep 2010Custom-made Portal shelf art, spied by reader martinf1 via Bob’s House of Video Games.
Seeing as how you’re reading this website at this specific time of day, I have to imagine you have — at one point or another — imagined what it’d be like to create a game from scratch; we’ve all been there. Markus Persson, the gentleman best known for Minecraft, can help with that. You see, [...]
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13 Aug 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game was just released for the PlayStation Network this week and the lead animator on the project, Paul Robertson, has released some animated sprites of the various characters in the game to celebrate. Scott, Ramona, Knives, the evil ex’s and more are all available for you to nab and [...]