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Video Game High School is like Glee… but with less singing and more shooting people

Posted on May 14, 2012 by John Scalzo

Welcome to “Video Game High School,” where instead of math and history and science, you learn important subjects like off-road drifting, the correct way to perform a hadoken, and how best to shoot your classmates in the face.

Needless to say, this new webseries from RocketJump would probably have been the subject of protests a decade ago. But if a bunch of teens can break into song for no reason on television in 2012, a different bunch of teens can jump onto a flagpole from a staircase for equally no reason.

The series features the coming-of-age antics of BrianD as he attempts to woo the girl and fend off his nemesis, a blond-haired Zack Morris wannabe known as “The Law.” Will he get the girl? Will he make the first person shooter team? Will he learn a valuable lesson?

Does Yoshi lay eggs?

“Video Game High School” will run for nine episodes with a new episode debuting every Thursday. You can check out the trailer above or view the full-length series premiere at RocketJump’s website.

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Daily Scoop: May 14, 2012 – On the eve of Diablo III

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Are you excited yet, people? It’s almost time for Diablo III to ruin your life. I know my boyfriend and I are thrilled at the prospect of all of our free time being smashed by this game!

Amazon’s got some new deals up today, some of which are pretty tempting:

Just one shirt today, and this one’s for Zelda fans… (more…)

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Daily Scoop: May 11, 2012 – It’s Friday, I’m in love!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Nicole Kline

I’m actually in love every day, but today is an especially happy, love-filled day! I’m off from work, I’m home, it’s beautiful outside, I’m playing video games and editing, and I woke up next to the love of my life. It’s a good day!

Just one quick deal that will be gone soon: Amazon’s got a lightning deal on the Pokemon Black Nintendo DSi Bundle! This beautiful piece of machinery is just $129.99 from $179.99. Seriously, scoop it up!

Two browncoats shirts today, but only one for gaming fans… (more…)

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Daily Scoop: May 10, 2012 – Today is my Friday

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Well, technically today is Thursday, but it’s really my Friday, as I’m off from work after today until Tuesday. Woo! I’m going to get some much needed R&R, as well as do some massive cleaning in my apartment. Oh, and play Dungeons and Dragons, and celebrate Mother’s Day with my family, and write, and read, etc…

No new deals today, so I thought I’d point everyone in the direction of Amazon’s bonus offers page, which has all of their current offers in video games. Get a $10 credit and the Deadly Force Burst with Max Payne 3, $10 credit and access to the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club with Borderlands 2, and the exclusive High Seas Fortress stage with Resident Evil 6, among others.

Just one gaming-related shirt today, and it’s for Zelda fans… (more…)

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Daily Scoop: May 9, 2012 – Oh So Fine

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Nicole Kline

It’s Wednesday, and it’s the last day of this season of Dungeons and Dragons Encounters. I am a little sad to see it go, but I’m eager to start the next season. I want to play as a kobold and be a necromancer so I can be Johannes Kobold: The Necromancer. Don’t get it? You should!

Amazon’s having a digital deal on Double Fine’s games, and they’re calling it the Oh So Fine Bundle. For just $9.99, you can get Costume Quest, Psychonauts, and Stacking, or you can get each one separately at a discount, if you don’t need them all.

Today is a fantastic day for t-shirts and a terrible day for my wallet. (more…)

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Daily Scoop: May 8, 2012 – No deals

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Well, there are no deals today. I mean really, there’s nothing worth mentioning. I think the Internet has hit a lull, waiting for next week and Diablo III. I can’t believe that’s touching down the same day as Max Payne 3. If I wasn’t dating an awesome dude with a good rig, I would obviously be jumping headfirst into Max Payne. But seeing as I am, it looks like, for the first time in my life, a PC release is going to take precedence over anything else for a change. I never thought I’d see the day…

Anyway, at least there are two gaming-related t-shirts today! It’s not a total loss… (more…)

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Add Halo: The Thursday War to your book library this October

Posted on May 8, 2012 by John Scalzo

Microsoft and Tor Books have announced the next novel in Karen Traviss’ Kilo-Five trilogy, Halo: The Thursday War, will be released on October 2.

The novel is a sequel to Halo: Glasslands and will give fans their first taste of the “events and circumstances that will come to define the state of the Halo universe in Halo 4.”

Instead of the big action moments of the previous Halo novels and games, Traviss said she wanted The Thursday War to “focus on what it feels like to operate in a fragile ceasefire that’s turning into a mass of small, unpredictable wars where the enemy is much harder to spot and define.” She added, “This is a messy conflict seen at close quarters by real people with their own problems, whether those people are human, alien, or artificial intelligences.”

Halo: The Thursday War picks up immediately where Halo: Glasslands left off, with forces on Earth and among the Covenant threatening a peace that is precarious at best. With a splinter group among the Sangheili [Elites] pushing for war, some human colonies rebel against earth authority; and as ONI policy continues to shift with the volatile situation in space, the discovery of a trove of Forerunner technology on Onyx provokes leaders on Earth to seek uses for it in the conflict. For the fight is far from over…

Halo: The Thursday War will be available in both hardcover and audio formats.

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Rise of the Videogame Zinesters Review: A How-to Book on Taking Back an Art Form

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Rise of the Videogame Zinesters is the declaration of an independent game maker that we, the common people, can take back game creation from the overworked developers and overpaid publishers. Anna Anthropy has a plan, and that plan is to change the world and make it so that anyone can create a video game. Much like the printing press changed the world of reading and writing, there are tools today that will change video game design and bring about a renaissance of creation and distribution. (more…)

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