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The 5 Most Insane Alternate Reality Games

The 5 Most Insane Alternate Reality Games
The game took off with a bang when, during the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, people found "Jokerized" $1 bills that led them to whysoserious.com, a page advertising jobs for Joker henchmen. Those eager to be repeatedly punched by costumed vigilantes and/or murdered by their own boss were instructed to be at a certain spot near the convention center at 10:00 a.m. the next day. Upon going there at the allotted time, players discovered a phone number ... written in the sky. "Don't call that, dude -- it's probably Goatse." Calling the number prompted a recording of a whimpering man being forced to read instructions for what came next: a scavenger hunt. Via Batman.wikibruce.com But wait, why would the mob want to kill the Joker? One scavenger hunt told players to go out and take pictures of themselves dressed as the Joker while standing near a famous world monument, or to send the ones they already had, if they were lunatics. See what would happen if our lives were 24-hour games.

6 Bizarrely Creepy Moments from the Mario Universe Super Mario Sunshine -- Bowser and the Princess's Love Affair Here's one of the great unanswered questions in the Mario mythos: who is the mother of all of Bowser's children? There are eight of them in all, and Bowser bends over backwards to conquer random desert and water kingdoms for them to use as sandboxes. Yet, we've never seen a Queen Koopa. Someone had to spawn these wretched abominations. Super Mario Sunshine addresses this question head-on. Princess Peach. Bitch is straight-up kinky. And in case you think the boy was just confused or misspoke or that we're taking it out of context, watch the cut-scene yourself: There are plenty of appropriate reactions to a spiked turtle creature claiming you gave birth to him. ... and after a moment of shocked hesitation, says, "I'm your momma?" The kid replies, "Yeah, papa told me all about it." But, no -- instead, Peach says, "So you're Bowser's son?" Oh, the perils of magic mushrooms! That's right. Now imagine Princess Peach is on the bottom.

Classic RPG's that every pc gamer should check out PC and Console Game News, Videos, Reviews Urgent Evoke - A crash course in changing the world. 6 Baffling Early Prototypes of Your Favorite Video Games Imagine an alternate reality where Mario is packing heat, Link looks like Wolverine and Halo games are all about strategy instead of shooting aliens in the face. All those things were close to happening but were changed at some point, for better or for worse. You be the judge. #6. The Game We Know: If there's one thing Mario does well, it's stomping on shit. Mario showed us how to cut corners. But It Was Almost: Mario was going to shoot the shit out of his enemies. Oh, and he would also be able to punch and kick his enemies when he was empty-handed. flasharcadeTurns out those Russian bootlegs had it right all along. And yes, we said "guns," as in more than one: Mario was going to carry a "beam gun," which sounds kind of like what Samus uses in the Metroid games, but then he would also have a freaking rifle. "Is he ... is he whistling 'The Farmer in the Dell'?" us.wii.comSweet revenge on that goddamn Lakitu. He can waterboard 50 Koopa Troopas a minute with this thing. Oh wait. #5. #4.

Favorite and forget ways to waste your time when it's boiling hot outside and can't bear to chase Pokemon The top 10 music games of all time "Guitar Hero" is a $2 billion franchise that's sold over 25 million units worldwide. The music memory game "Simon" launched in 1978 with its classic four colored buttonsPaRappa brought the "rhythm game" category home to North American shores"Dance Dance Revolution" pioneered active gaming over a decade before motion controls Editor's note: Scott Steinberg is the head of technology and video game consulting firm TechSavvy Global, as well as the founder of GameExec magazine and Game Industry TV. This story was adapted from his new e-book, "Music Games Rock: Rhythm Gaming's Greatest Hits of All Time." (CNN) -- By the late 2000s, music-themed games had become gaming's fastest-growing genre. Then came the crash. But rewind the evolutionary eight-track, and you can see that music and video games aren't just intrinsically linked since the beginning. So, no, the party's not over. Here's my list of the top 10 digital music games of all time: 1978: "Simon" 1997: "PaRappa the Rapper" 2007: "Rock Band"

Estudio Creativo La Media | Diseño de experiencias transmedia - Desarrollo de medios digitales - Innovación audiovisual 5 Ways to Tell You're Getting Too Old for Video Games #2. You Think Originality is Dead The complaint is the same on every gaming message board: "Every goddamn game on the planet is a first person shooter." They're all Call of Duty (or before that, Halo) clones -- same mechanics, different outfits. Every sports game is exactly the same as the 15 versions of the series that came before it. And holy shit, do not get me started on the zombies. It's like being a real cowboy! But the Truth Is... From the first days of console gaming, and we're talking Magnavox Odyssey here, each hit game spawned a shelf full of clones. The industry looked just as cookie cutter then as it does now. Via Techeblog.com"Oh, mom, you really are too good to me!" Then you get a little older, and you obsess over games in the way that only a kid has time to do -- buying all the magazines and talking games with your friends, hunting down the cool stuff that isn't on the shelf at Walmart. But me? Via Vgmuseum.comSHUT UP, A MAN HAS NEEDS ! #1. "I said NO PICKLES, ASSHOLE!"

The best board games of 2017, as chosen by the Board Game Geek community The members of Board Game Geek, the largest online community of board game fans, have selected the winners of the 2017 Golden Geek Awards. This year the big winner is Gloomhaven, the diceless dungeon crawler. Other award-winning titles include The 7th Continent, Codenames Duet and Scythe: The Wind Gambit. In addition to its massive community, Board Game Geek is an exceptional gaming resource. Here’s all the winners, by category. Board game of the year Winner – Gloomhaven Runner Up - Azul Runner Up - The 7th Continent 2-player game Winner – Codenames Duet Runner Up – Caverna: Cave vs. Runner Up – The Fox in the Forest Artwork & Presentation Winner – Photosynthesis Runner Up – Azul Runner Up – Sagrada Card Game Winner – Century: Spice Road Runner Up – Clank! Runner Up – Ethnos Cooperative Game Runner Up – The 7th Continent Runner Up – Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 Expansion Winner – Scythe: The Wind Gambit Runner Up – Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium Runner Up – Terraforming Mars: Venus Next Family Game Wargame

Pokemon HeartGold Guide & Walkthrough - Nintendo DS Hold up, buddy. To edit this page, you'll need a username. (It's free and only takes a sec.) Welcome to the Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver Wiki Guide. Back in 2000, some of the most-loved and best-received Pokemon games in history came out for the Game Boy Color. Fast-forward ten years, and now, we have the much-anticipated remakes of Pokemon Gold and Silver. Our guide covers it all, with a robust basics section, a complete walkthrough that holds your hand through the entire game, and much, much more. So, let's get going!

The 6 Most Insane Video Games About Dating Dating video games are hugely popular in Japan: They're text-heavy games where each click brings you a little closer to either getting to see some cartoon porn or ending up in a "game over" screen (and then seeing that cartoon porn on Google anyway). The stories always involve a childhood friend you secretly lust for, a wise character with glasses who gives you advice (that you secretly lust for) and, this being Japan, a healthy dose of insanity. Some of these games take that last part a little too far, though, leading to some very confusing boners. Like ... #6. School Days is a popular erotic "visual novel" that inspired various spin-offs across different media -- including Cross Days, the game you can play with a literal cock control and which outs you as a pervert if you try to pirate it. You can find the whole scene here if you want to see it in all its glory (you really do). The cover gives no indication of this, but you should know better than that anyway. #5. Her real ears. #4.

6 Japanese Video Games That Will Make Your Head Explode Most of us have become completely numb to the weirdness of video games. From the 1970s on, it's been like "So he's a yellow circle being chased by ghosts while he eats? Seems pretty straightforward." Yet there has always been an underground video game scene where the truly messed-up stuff lives. You'll find it in Japan. That's where they have games like ... #6. Via Wikipedia In 1986, the company that created Space Invaders teamed up with Japanese actor, director, comedian, poet and badass "Beat" Takeshi Kitano to create a game for the Nintendo Famicom based on his ideas. If you ever select the second option, Kitano flips you off and the cartridge wipes itself. Takeshi's Challenge takes place in a city where everyone hates you, but that's OK, because you hate them, too: The game gives you the ability to repeatedly punch everyone you come across into a bloody pulp, from defenseless women and old men to violent cops and yakuza. That's it. #5. Via Vgboxart.com Did we say spicy food? Mostly. #4.

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