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Daily Scoop: June 5, 2013 – Sleepy Wednesday
Welcome, dear readers, to another exciting Daily Scoop! It’s brought to you by very little sleep, on account of us finally getting our crucial furniture into the new apartment last night around 2AM. I haven’t brought over my PlayStation 3 yet (blasphemy!), but it will certainly be in the next trip.
In case you hadn’t noticed, there are two great Humble Bundles happening right now. There’s the Humble Weekly Sale, which features Telltale Games this week. No better time than now to pick up The Walking Dead if you haven’t played it yet, or all their other games if you have! And The Humble Indie Bundle 8 is chock full of awesome games, including Thomas Was Alone and Hotline Miami, among others.
Also, today’s PS3 Daily Deal at Play-Asia is Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, which is on sale for $26.90. Scoop ’em up!
Just three shirts today: (more…)
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Daily Scoop: June 4, 2013 – Remember Me out today!
I’ve been reading a lot of buzz on the Internet, and I’m hoping that Remember Me is as good as everyone is saying it is. I’m not sure when I’ll get it – I’m hoping it goes on sale soon, because that’s when I want to play it – soon. In the meantime, I guess I’ll just have to settle for the giant pile of other games I’m working on right now. Boohoo.
So, what crazy deals are going on today? Well, GameStop had some crazy deal with Injustice: Gods Among Us (on sale for $9.99!), but it’s already over. Wah! Oh well. In other news, The Behemoth has a new store with some new stuff in it, which made me run screaming from the room, because I am not allowed to buy anymore of their stuff! NO! Bad Nicole!
There are a few great shirts for sale today! (more…)
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Daily Scoop: June 3, 2013 – The Red Wedding
I’ve been waiting all season for the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones, and it didn’t disappoint. The best part has been the insane reactions of people around the Internet. The video reactions on You Tube might be the best, though the Twitter reactions had me crying laughing. What’s it like to have read the book vs. to just watch the show? It’s like this. Welcome to our club.
Anyway, let’s talk about video games! Amazon has some new deals up this week. Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Gears of War: Judgment are $39.99 each, while Fast & Furious: Showdown is $19.99. There are also lots of Trittons on sale at their deals page. Scoop ’em up!
There are two shirts I really want to get today, but after going through all my shirts this weekend and getting rid of over 100, I have banned myself from buying any new ones!
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Daily Scoop: May 28, 2013 – Video Game Gold Box Event!
What a great extended weekend! Anthony and I played so much Borderlands 2 that I’m dreaming about being Krieg the Psycho. That might sound like a bad thing, but I haven’t had this much fun since the game first came out! It’s been such a blast. We also made a lot of progress on our big move! So close to being completely finished – just a few more big trips, and then it’s setting up time. Woo!
What better way to start off a short week than with an Amazon Gold Box Event full of nothing but video games? The main game on sale all day is Injustice: Gods Among Us. The PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 regular versions are $34.99, while the Collector’s Edition versions on PS3 and Xbox 360 are $64.99.
Here are the rest of the deals for today:
- 12:00AM PST/3:00AM EST: Dead Island Riptide – regular and special editions on sale for $31.99 and $59.99, respectively
- 6:00AM PST/9:00AM EST: AmazonBasics Carrying Case for Nintendo 3DS, DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL ($6.99) – just what it says!
- 9:00AM PST/12:00PM EST: Play Lara Croft´s latest adventure – this one’s got to be the new Tomb Raider
- 12:00PM PST/3:00PM EST: Turtle Beach Ear Force PX21 – another self-explanatory one!
- 2:00PM PST/5:00PM EST: Forza Horizon Limited Edition – they’re not even trying
- 4:00PM PST/7:00PM EST: AmazonBasics PlayStation 3 Wired USB Chat Headset
- 6:00PM/9:00PM EST: This ultimate collection has two best-selling Kinect games – most likely Kinect Sports: Season One and Two
What are you going to get from the sale?
Also up – lots and lots of great t-shirts! (more…)
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Super Mario Bros. movie gets semi-official webcomic sequel after 20 years

Steven Applebaum and Ryan Hoss really love the Super Mario Bros. movie. The pair has run Super Mario Bros.: The Movie Archive since 2007 and they held a special 20th anniversary screening of the film this past weekend at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles. They even managed to convince John Leguizamo (he played Luigi) to deliver a recorded message to fans. But what they plan to do next tops even that.
Do you remember the final scene of the movie? Of course you do… Princess Daisy rushes in with a big gun requesting the Mario Brothers’ help for another big adventure! Applebaum and Hoss certainly remember and they’ve recruited the movie’s original screenwriter, Parker Bennett, to help them flesh out where the story would have went next. And it’ll all be published as a multi-part webcomic… Super Mario Bros. 2!
The first chapter, “Return to Dinohattan,” is available now. Which has to be proof that nothing’s impossible. Improbable… unlikely… but never impossible.
Not The One: A Comic About the Xbox One Reveal Created in MS Paint
Even though Microsoft’s Xbox One presentation was three days ago, my emotions still feel like they’re on a roller coaster. Using Microsoft’s own MS Paint program, I think I managed to capture my reaction in comic form.
The full comic, “Not The One,” is posted after the break. (more…)
Daily Scoop: May 24, 2013 – So tired
What a week it’s been! So many crazy things have happened. I can’t wait to get home later, put on my pajamas, and play Borderlands 2 until I pass out. I’ve got a date with my boyfriend and our two Kriegs – Bebop and Rocksteady. And maybe some ice cream. Who knows! Let’s get crazy.
According to GameZone, you can get a copy of Tomb Raider for PC right now for just $13.60. Follow their directions and do it fast because it’s for today only. The only other deals going on today are over at the Irrational Games store, where a bunch of shirts are 50% off for their Memorial Day sale. Scoop ’em up!
Just one shirt today, kids! (more…)
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Guster’s Ryan Miller finds inspiration in classic NES games for Kings of Summer soundtrack
Ryan Miller’s day job is being the lead singer of Guster, one of the greatest bands you will ever hear. When he’s not performing with Guster, Miller likes to spend his time composing film scores. His latest soundtrack is for the coming-of-age story The Kings of Summer.
The Kings of Summer is about a group of teenagers who run away from their parents and camp out in the woods. But rather than get all heartfelt and emotional, Miller saw the courage in it and looked to legendary Nintendo composer Koji Kondo for inspiration, specifically his work on Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda. The film’s director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, even acknowledges this debt in the soundtrack album’s liner notes:
“The idea was that if kids from this generation were running away into the woods, the closest experience they could draw upon would be playing an adventurous video game. So the sounds that are guiding an audience should reflect that.”
The Kings of Summer soundtrack is now streaming (for free) at Paste Magazine and I highly recommend giving it a listen. It will be available to purchase on iTunes, Amazon, and other digital stores this Tuesday, May 28. The film will open in theaters next Friday, May 31.







