Cool Stuff Archive

Win more free stuff! $25 and $10 Amazon gift cards

Posted on August 10, 2010 | No Comments
A couple of weeks ago a contest wrapped up that gave one of the blog readers a 500 Nintendo points card. Now I’m running a couple of new contests over at the Gamer Theory Forums. Each contest is extremely simple and takes just a few...
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Giant Bomb at CAX

Posted on July 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
The guys from Giant Bomb attended this year’s California Extreme show and put together some great footage of their time on the show floor speaking with attendees, vendors, and show organizers. Here’s a link to the Giant Bomb page: http://www.giantbomb.com/giant-bomb-at-california-extreme-2010/17-2922/ I wasn’t able to get...
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My two favorite fights from EVO 2010

Posted on July 12, 2010 | 1 Comment
EVO2k10 wrapped up last night with Daigo “The Beast” Umehara taking the main event (Super Street Fighter IV) championship for the second year in a row. He beat out Ricky Ortiz in a great best of 5 match that had around 15,000 online viewers witnessing....
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Club Nintendo Gold and Platinum member awards announced

Posted on July 1, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you’ve been saving your registration codes and entering them in at Club Nintendo, today you found out what this year’s prizes were. Last year there were a few to choose from, including a Mario hat and Doc Lewis’ Punch-Out!! downloadable game for the Wii....
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How the Nintendo 3DS works, what it looks like

Posted on June 28, 2010 | No Comments
Stereoscopic 3D has been around for a very long time. Many of us had toys that used the effect when we were kids in the form of a View-Master. The way the 3D works is that two nearly identical images are presented, one to each...
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Announcement: The Gamer Theory Forums

Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
As development toward launching Gamer Theory creeps along, we’ve got the forum system up and running. Plenty of features and tweaks are still being added to the boards, so if you join now you’ll have to put up with some dust, but we’d be happy...
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EGMi is fantastic

Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
The resurrection of EGM comes in two forms; the digital version available online and the print version. After spending time reading the launch issue of the digital version, I finally get what they’re going for here with EGMi. The way that the articles are enhanced...
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NES Left 4 Dead gameplay video

Posted on November 17, 2009 | No Comments
Haha, pretty cool little creation by a dedicated fan of both Left 4 Dead and retro gaming. Take a look.
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Best Game Ever: Star Control II

Posted on November 16, 2009 | No Comments
Star Control II. Originally on the PC but also ported to the 3DO with enhanced sound and added speech, this game was easily the best open world game of its time. It’s really rare, even today, to find a game that offers the same level...
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Lose/Lose is the craziest game ever

Posted on October 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
Below is a video for Lose/Lose, a game that procedurally creates enemies based on the files on your computer. It sends these waves of enemies at you and if you destroy one, you get a point. The crazy thing, however, is that if you destroy...
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