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Video Game Canon- Silent Hill, Dragon Quest, Skyrim, and More Announced as Finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
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- The Game Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
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- Video Game Research Library
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- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
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Daily Scoop: April 29, 2011 – TMI edition
For all of those not in the know, TMI means Too Much Information, and that’s what you’re about to get. I got my endoscopy today! An endoscopy is a test where they stick a tube down your throat to check out your stomach to make sure everything is a-ok. I’m happy to say the test results were all clear! And I even got some cool pictures of my innards, which I’d be glad to post for the curious.
ANYWAY! Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is EA’s Shift 2 – Unleashed. It’s $39.95 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and $29.95 on PC. Our own Adam Woolcott really enjoyed it, so I’d say pick it up if you have a need for speed!
Nothing good on the daily shirt circuit, but this Penny Arcade shirt, affectionately titled It Only Does, is most likely selling like hotcakes:
Do you remember where you were, when the Playstation Network went down? I was riding a tortoise through an automatic car wash.
Daily Scoop: April 28, 2011 – I hope Sony catches ’em all
The ApocalyPS3 has gotten a lot of press lately, and Sony made a new announcement, now saying that our credit card information may not have been compromised. They’re working to rebuild and restore the PSN and Qriocity, and they’re working with law enforcement to find the parties responsible for this. I hope Sony makes like a Pokemon trainer and catches ’em all. Maybe the hackers will evolve into normal humans.
Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is HORI’s PS3 Wireless Fighting Stick 3 for $59.99 down from $79.99. With up to 400 hours of battery life, you can button mash until your fingers bleed. Amazon also announced Ten Days of Free Games, with today’s game being Chicken Invaders: The Next Wave. Promising!
No daily t-shirts today, but one of the new Portal 2 shirts had me ROFLing when I saw it:
And no, it’s not too late to get me a birthday present.
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
Daily Scoop: April 27, 2011 – Princess Games!
It’s Wednesday, yay! And Amazon’s having a sale on Princess games! Disney’s Tangled is $13.99 on the DS and $19.99 on the Wii, and Disney Fairies: Tinkerbell and The Lost Treasure is $13.99. As the page says, “It’s noble entertainment at commoner prices.” Who writes this stuff???
Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Square Enix’s Bust-A-Move Universe for the 3DS. It’s $19.99 from $29.99, and is a “whole universe of fun!” Can’t beat that!
Amazon’s got loads of other deals, today, too, like the black Wii hardware bundle for $149.99 and 3D Dot Game Heroes for $13.16. Check out the whole video games clearance section for more hot deals.
No game-related shirts, but Qwertee might make you weepy today:
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Daily Scoop: April 26, 2011 – It’s not a Crysis
Today is a beautiful day! The weather people keep saying it’s going to rain, but I am at a point where I don’t think I trust them anymore. They’ve lied about the snow, they’ve lied about the rain…if they lie about the sunshine, then I’ll start getting belligerent!
Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is EA’s Crysis 2 for the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It’s on sale for $39.95 down from $59.95, which is a damn good deal. (Someone should probably ask Mike Gutierrez if he thinks it’s worth spending even that much after his review.)
Amazon’s also got some Kinect games on sale – three of them are $10 off, but Kinectimals is over $20 off! Now is a good time to pick it up if you’re Kinect-ed.
There are tons of awesome t-shirts today, including a great Shaun of the Dead one, as well as a heart-wrenching Serenity reference. But my favorite by far is at Ript Apparel:
Game over, man! Game over.
Johnny Cage meets Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat: Legacy episode 3
The third episode of Kevin Tancharoen’s Mortal Kombat: Legacy is here and we get our first glimpse of Johnny Cage (Matt Mullins) as he is convinced by Shang Tsung (Johnson Phan) to enter the Mortal Kombat tournament. The “inside look” at Cage’s career is a hoot and this episode is as ball-punchingly fun as the previous two.
I especially loved the Ed Boon cameo and I can’t wait for part four (which will star Mileena and Kitana!). Though I could have done without the muted swear words (an “uncensored” version will be uploaded on Friday, April 29).
Posted in Etcetera, News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat: Legacy
Daily Scoop: April 25, 2011 – Credit cards: CANCELLED!
It’s a happy Monday, or at least, it was a happy Monday, until I had to cancel all my credit cards because Sony still doesn’t know what the hell is going on with the PSN and btw, our secure information may have been compromised. Great! Just what I want to hear.
Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is all about Blizzard. World of Warcraft is on sale for $9.99 from $19.99, and World of Warcraft: Cataclysm is on sale for $29.99 from $39.99. If you’re depressed about the PSN being down, or you’re frothing at the mouth for Diablo III, maybe this would be a good way for you to pass the time.
Nothing else today, except my earbuds are broken. I think I might replace them with a pink pair. That is all.
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
Daily Scoop: April 24, 2011 – The Easter Bunny did not fix the PSN
The only thing I wanted in my Easter basket today was a functioning PSN, but apparently, that’s not in the cards just yet. Sony is busy re-building the PSN right now, while the rest of us are gorging on candy and getting ready to have dinner with the fam. Hopefully this means no more external intrusions will mess up my online play. Was it Anonymous? Microsoft? Someone hacking through the shiny new Steam functionality? No one knows.
At least Amazon’s still got plenty of deals for us. Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is MadCatz’s “Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 – Call of Duty: Black Ops Dolby True 5.1 Gaming Headset – Powered by TRITTON,” which is just $179.99 down from $249.99. “Featuring 8 precision-balanced speakers which accurately reproduce the 3D gaming environment,” these headphones will allow you to “mark your enemies’ location long before they sense your presence.” It’s also got “individual backlit volume controls allow you to fine-tune each channel (front, rear, center, subwoofer)” as well as “gold-plated connectors enhance acoustics to amplify stealthy footsteps.” If I didn’t already have my heart set on other headphones right now, I might be tempted to buy these!
Amazon’s got a lot of Easter deals as well, including savings of up to 75% on select game downloads. This includes Battlefield Bad Company 2 for $9.99 and Medal of Honor for $14.99. Playing an FPS would be the best way to celebrate this holiday!
And don’t forget the Amazon list of Bonus Offers, which includes a $50.00 promotional credit if you buy a 4 GB Xbox 360 with Kinect. It’s perfect timing for everyone annoyed with the PSN outage. Does this mean I’ll finally be getting an Xbox 360? Not after reading this. That’s the last straw for me, Microsoft.
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, PS3, Xbox 360
Daily Scoop: April 23, 2011 – PSN outage edition
Looking forward to a day catching up on Uncharted 2‘s multiplayer while earning triple cash? Me too! Except the PlayStation Network is down, thanks to an “external intrusion.” Thanks a lot, jerks! I guess now I’ll just have to read a book or something. Gosh.
At least hackers can’t stop the signal deals, which include today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games: Anarchy Enterprises’ Hide & Secret 3: Pharaoh’s Quest for the PC. This game download is $1.98 down from $9.99, and lets you “Return Stolen Treasures,” “Solve Challenging And Deadly Puzzles,” “Reunite Ancient Spirits,” and “Unlock The Secrets Of Eternity.” That’s some Indiana Jones speak right there!
We’ve also got a cool game-related t-shirt today, which is Tee Fury‘s “Peace in Space:”
I guess now that there’s peace in space, Space Ghost will have to go back to his wife, Bjork.
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, PC, PS3