Category Archive: Extra Credit

Just for fun stuff that we find, like videos, images, etc.

May 24

Video Games In a Darker Light – Shadow Series by Gamertee

The website gamertee.co.uk has a series of video game inspired prints call the Shadow Series. I don’t really have much to say about them other than they a really, really cool. I’ll show some of my favorites, but as always check out the gallery for a lot more.  

May 24

Delta Six: A Sort of New Kind of Controller

Did you ever want to play first-person shooter with motion controls but wasn’t on the Wii and looked like a real gun? Well then this is definitely the controller for you. Okay, so it’s a bit more immersive than the Wii remote, looking like an actual gun an all, but aside from a few more …

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May 24

Reclaim Your Honor with this Mask From Dishonored by Rob DiMaio

I find it funny that one of the most iconic items in Dishonored, is the mask. Like, it’s the products primary branding despite there also being a talking heart. I guess I feel that way about a lot of first-person titles that have a really cool looking main character, but spend most of the game …

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May 23

Adorable Pokemon Amigurumi by LeFay00

DeviantArtist LeFay00, also known as Martina, has made these cute Pokemon amigurumi. If you’re like me and didn’t know what amigurumi is, it is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small stuff animals. Take a look at these and tell me that you don’t want one.   There’s a lot more in Fey00′s gallery …

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May 23

Lindsey Stirling and William Joseph Cover The Main Theme from Halo

Lindsey Stirling is back, teaming up with pianist William Joseph, to give us a very classy, very energetic cover of the main theme from Halo. I always love these videos. Not only are they great arrangements but just great to watch too. Both performers as well as the editing pay close attention to showmanship, making …

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May 23

Question: Do College Sports Players Own Their Identities?

So according to Kotaku, a judge has declared that the use of college sports player’s likeness in games is not protected under Free Speech. This could come as a pretty debilitating blow to EA who every year makes lots of money off of sports game based on college teams.   Traditionally, college players are not …

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May 23

Kotaku: “Here’s What People in Japan Think of Xbox One” – What’s the Point?

Not long after the Xbox One event, Kotaku published an article about what the Japanese market thought of the new console. The Xbox has traditionally never done as well as Japanese-born Sony or Nintendo products, and so it’s interesting to get their perspective on a console that doesn’t seem to care about them at all. …

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May 22

Batman: Arkham Origins Trailer – Here We Go Again

Sigh, so I don’t really care about the Batman Arkham games. I was kind of liking Arkham City until I realized that a lot of it was just going from point A to point B in a mostly empty city. When word first leaked that the next game was a prequel called Arkham Origins I …

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May 22

Man-At-Arms: Cloud’s Buster Sword Sure is Heavy

If anyone ever tells you that Cloud’s Buster Sword is unrealistic…they’re right! Holy moly this thing is huge and unsurprisingly, it weighs a lot. I think I might ask him to make Nightmare’s Soul Edge.

May 22

The Big Reveal: The Newest Xbox

GameTrailers In case you missed it yesterday, here’s the Xbox event where the newest Xbox was officially revealed.

May 21

Smooth McGroove Goes to the Moon – DuckTales Cover

Smooth McGroove’s take on what I hear is the best chiptune song in NES history. I definitely see why so many people enjoy this song, it’s just so full of energy and action and it’s so upbeat. A lot of old school games used their music to make you really excited to be where you …

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May 21

Node: History of Star Fox 64 – Puppets in Space

Some interesting little tidbits behind one of the best N64 games to come out. I love hearing about the inspiration for some of these games, and who would have guessed that Star Fox had so much history grounded in reality. Also, I think I know the reason why I love the Star Fox series so …

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May 21

Not Sure Which Indie Games to be Interestined In? Here’s 55 Indie Games in 5 Minutes

It seems that indie games are definitely approaching the quality of GCN/PS2 era games, and that’s a good thing because some of those games had a perfect blend of technology and design. I’m definitely going to keep all the game from this video on my radar, if they weren’t already.

May 20

ReRezTV: Bart Simpson’s House of Weirdness

You know why there were so many amazing games based on cartoon franchises in the early 90′s? They pretty much didn’t care about the franchises they were based on. They had the freedom to do whatever they wanted basically. That being said, it doesn’t surprise me that a platformer like this is awful, but I …

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May 20

Pach-Attack: Nextbox Predictions

Pach-Attack! 1) Kinect is Bundled in Every Box This is what I’ve been saying should happen. You want to know why we have seen some pretty innovative things with Wii U Gamepad and Wii Remote? It’s because those were bundled with their respective consoles. Everyone had it. You know why we saw less with the …

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