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How to Build Your Own Angry Birds Cake
Bakers have worked to capture the beauty of our favorite video games in cake form since the dawn of time. From amateur bakers to world famous chefs, video game cakes are a staple of any cook worth their weight in fondant. Now it’s your time to get your hands sticky and create your own masterpiece.…
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Master Chief takes on Voldemort
Halo‘s Master Chief jumps into the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Spoiler alert! It’s still pretty close to the how the actual movie ends so if you don’t want the movie ruined, don’t watch. Harry Potter vs. Halo [Official Ending] [Youtube]
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Look, Single-Player People Are Just Better
I’m not denying this is territory I’ve covered before. There’s no disguising that I’m a fan of single-playing gaming over multiplayer. Finally it’s time to just say it. We need to stop avoiding the matter, stop not saying what everyone’s thinking. I’m the man brave enough to do this. I am a valiant man, and…
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Left 4 Dead’s Newest Campaign is in Minecraft
People make all sorts of weird stuff in Minecraft that I just don’t get, but playing Left 4 Dead inside of Minecraft, that’s something I can get into. Mine 4 Dead: Blockhawk Down isn’t just a Left 4 Dead level in Minecraft a full Left 4 Dead campaign complete with zombies, safehouses, 4-player coop and…
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Sony’s Vita Can Do Some of What Nintendo’s Wii U Does
We learned back in June that the PS Vita could play nice with the PS3, but how much can the two systems do together? Apparently about as much as the Wii U. Sony Europe R&D manager Phil Rogers said at the Develop Conference 2011 that the “PS3 can send data down to Vita and Vita…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
TAY is a lot like a circus. It’s full of animals, an audience of readers and of course the clowns. But this circus isn’t like most others – not here! Here, the clowns are in charge. Therefore it seems only fitting that Cesare Auguste Detti’s “The Court Jester” be selected for this month’s TAYpic. I…
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Just Dance 3 Let’s you Bust Custom Moves Via Facebook
Ubisoft is upping the Kinect dancing game ante with Just Dance 3‘s “Just Create” mode. “Just Create” lets you record your own dance moves using Kinect then challenge your friends to recreate them. You can use your custom moves to serve your friends in person or online through Facebook. Videos of people playing Just Dance,…
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Words With Friends Takes On Your Facebook Friends
Zynga’s scrabble-style word game, Words With Friends is coming to Facebook. Words With Friends will carry over all of the features and functionality from the Android and iOS versions while adding social features. This is the first time Zynga has moved one of their mobile games to Facebook, not the other way around. Adding a…
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Assassin’s Creed Gets an 8-bit Makeover
Assassin’s Creed makes a surprisingly good looking retro game. Majami Hiroz reinvisioned the modern classic Assassin’s Creed in 8-bit style graphics. It looks more like a 3DS 3D classic than an actual retro game, but that makes it all the more beautiful. 8-bit Assassin’s Creed [Welcome to the 80’s via Youtube]
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7 Bad Dating Tips I Learned from My Xbox 360
Lonely? Unlucky in love? I used to be like you until I learned the secrets of love from my Xbox 360. Now I’m passing these pointers of passion, all delivered in actual Xbox 360 dating-advice video games, on to you. Catch her off guard with your opening line. A man walks into a bar and…
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The Dark Knight Rises Gets the Taiwanese CGI Treatment
The first The Dark Knight Rises trailer was just a tease, but this one really gives the people what they want. Bane, the return of The Joker and even some Cat Woman S&M action. If this doesn’t get you excited for the end of the Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy, nothing will.
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Saints Row: The Third Has Lots of Boom, But Why All The Jiggle?
Dear Volition/THQ, I’m really looking forward to Saints Row: The Third. While I didn’t much enjoy the original Saints Row, Saints Row 2 was one of the most entertaining open city games I’ve played, and by the looks of the trailers for the third game, it’s heading even further in the direction of anarchic fun…
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Cowboys and Pokemon
Forget Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde, this parody has ten times the star power of Cowboys & Aliens. Pikachu, Charmander and Jigglypuff all make cameo’s in X-Play’s Cowboys & Pokemon. Ash Ketchum has no memory, a price on his head and one question – who’s that pokemon? X-Play Comedy: Cowboys & Pokemon [G4tv…
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And Yet it Moves and Four More Indie Games go Cheap for Charity
And Yet It Moves, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, Hammerfight and VVVVVV just went on sale…for however much you feel like paying. Wolfire’s Humble Indie Bundle is back with five more critically acclaimed indie games to draw out your inner philanthropist. Crayon Physics Deluxe, Hammerfight and VVVVVV will all be making their Mac and Linux debuts…
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Talk Amongst Yourselves
Seize the day! For there is no day like TAYday to talk about video games. A very special thanks goes out to Brian H. May for today’s TAYpic. You too can create a featured Talk Amongst Yourselves image. The instructions to get on that path to glory are in our #TAYpics thread right here
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Original Chuck E. Cheese Added to Registry of Historic Gaming Locations
The most terrifying all animal band in history is finally getting the recognition it deserves. The Registry of Historic Gaming locations is adding the site of the original Chuck E. Cheese’s to it’s list of historic sites. First built in San Jose, California in 1977, Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theatre was the first family…
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Poor Americans are Gamers, Too
In case you didn’t know, there are poor gamers. Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has published a report on what it means to be poor in America today. According to the report, households living in poverty have many modern amenities including air conditioning, cable TV and video game consoles. The report is meant to…
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What Battlefield 3 Needs
For the past few weeks I have found myself returning to my favourite multiplayer game of last year, Battlefield: Bad Company 2. It’s a punchy rascal of a game, but it also hints at plenty of things that could be better in the future, and reminds us of lots of things that have been better…
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