Category Archives: Video Games
Greatness Strikes Twice
Does everybody remember that amazing Portal 2 song set to the Nightmare Before Christmas? Of course you do! It was brilliant! Well video-maker Harry UK is at it again with another Portal 2/Nightmare mash-up song. This one isn’t as brilliant, and the Wheatley impression is far from perfect (how could it be?), but damn this is one creative and gifted dude. Listen and enjoy an amazing bit of geekery.
The Art of Community
With the TV show Community still off the air, the people of the Internet have risen up to fight for its return. Beyond simple complaining, this has taken the form of drawing the Community characters as if they were characters from some other property. I’m pretty sure that somebody did the first one, and now it’s simply snowballed. Either way, it’s fun! So I thought I’d share for the sheer kicks and giggles of it.
The latest one I’ve found online is Street Fighter!
I should mention that if you don’t already know who the Community characters are – let alone the characters they are drawn as – I can’t help you. This post is for fans and geeks, and the rest of you are just out of luck. Besides, if you aren’t watching Community in the first place then you’re part of the problem!
Here we have Community as the X-Men:
If you don't get that the Dean is a perfect Emma Frost, then I'm sorry for you
These are two of the earliest ones, Community as Batman heroes and villains!
All fans of Community know that Abed makes a badass Batman
Again, the ideas for the Dean are just brilliant!
So enjoy these images, fellow Community fans! I sense some potential desktop wallpapers here!
The Greatest Portal 2 Video Ever
Every so often, something comes along that changes the way you view creativity and the Internet. This is one of those times. The following video is called ‘This is Aperture’, a Portal 2 parody of the song ‘This is Halloween’ from The Nightmare Before Christmas. I love that song, and I love Portal 2. It was posted by a fella (or group) called HarryUK. It is, by far, one of the greatest parody songs I have ever heard. This is Weird Al quality parody.
It is my great pleasure to share with you one of the greatest achievements in Internet comedy ever.
PS, for those that don’t know, Aperture is the name of the evil company in the Portal games.
A Doctor Who Video Game is On the Way
I don’t believe I’ve mentioned this before, but Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is coming to Playstation and PC in March! Which sucks, because I have an X-Box 360. But then I also have a PC. So we’ll see! Still, the idea of a Doctor Who video game intrigues me.
So far the game looks to be a 2D platformer where you play as either The Doctor (Matthew Smith variety) or River Song, his on-again, off-again time-traveling future wife. You battle the usual aliens, possibly with a laser. Though as we all know, the Doctor doesn’t use weapons. So perhaps his levels will be clever puzzles. The game is fully voice-acted, but will the writing hold up?
I’ve only been a Whovian for about a year now, so I wonder if The Doctor will be able to translate well to an action game.
Check out the trailer!
Resident Evil 6 Announced!
I’m a pretty big fan of the Resident Evil series, so I figured this was definitely worth sharing. Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 6 will come out on Nov. 20 and feature both single player and co-op gameplay. Sweet!
That's the creepiest #6 I've ever seen
According to Capcom, the game is going to star both Chris Redfield and Leon Kennedy, arguably the two stars of the franchise. The last game, RE5, made the switch to co-op, so this isn’t too much of a surprise. Capcom also says that the two stars have separate storylines that will eventually merge by the end. And that both Chris and Leon will get their own sidekicks in their stories. So that means more co-op!
I liked the RE5 co-op, no matter how much single player was the franchise’s bread & butter for years. It was a fun game to play with my girlfriend/gaming partner.
Alyssa and I spend a good portion of our lives fighting video game zombies
Here’s the official game synopsis:
It has been ten years since the Raccoon City incident and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place in the belief that it will curb the current resurgence in bioterrorist activity. Due to be by the President’s side is his personal friend and Raccoon City survivor, Leon S. Kennedy, but when the venue suffers a bioterrorist attack, Leon is forced to face a President transformed beyond recognition and make his hardest ever decision.
At the same time, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance member Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack. With no country safe from these attacks and the ensuing outbreaks, the entire world’s population is united by a common fear that there is no hope left.
Leon versus a monster President!? Chris in China? Double sweet!
And did somebody say trailer?
Seriously, how many games let you fight the zombie president? All around great trailer!
Also, infamous side character Ada Wong is going to get a playable portion of the game, according to IGN. So that’s pretty cool. She’s always been fun. And there might be a brand new character who also has their own playable storyline. I think we saw a bit of him at the end of the trailer.
Basically this is turning into a huge game.
No word yet on whether they’ll be fighting T-Virus zombies or Las Plagas whatevers. I’m sure the Umbrella Corporation will be involved.
Kill it! Kill it with fire! And guns!
The Resident Evil franchise was one of the first games I ever really focused on back when I got my first home console: the original Playstation. I had Resident Evil 2 (which starred Leon) and I played it through multiple times. Of course, that was the point. I’ve been a faithful Resident Evil gamer since, though I missed Code Veronica and all the various spin-off titles. Resident Evil was all about zombies before it was cool. So I definitely know I’ll be picking up RE 6 in November!
I hope it has Hunk!
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