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In defense of Portal, shitty alternate endings, and we kick off a week of Outworldish entertainment...
Sure, organic enemies are tough, don’t get us wrong. Nazis, mercenaries, cannibal chefs, insane clowns, monsters of every shape and size, zombie everything: gaming’s fleshy baddies have a rich tradition of wreaking havoc and murdering our favorite characters. But fully organic opponents have always lacked that extra something that makes a truly epic amoral sociopath: processing power. The technological terrors below have all the advantages of clean circuitry and streamlined programming to churn out the homicide. Untroubled by annoying human traits like the necessity for food or an aversion to wide-scale genocide, these machines can compute carnage at a speed that leaves the human brain in the dust...
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Taking your phone calls, our Top 100 Games explained, Macho Man, and the failingest handhelds ever all in one place...
Since its release, Portal has met with overwhelming popular and critical success thanks to its quirky physics and dystopian humor. Yet beneath the mainstream success lies the most subversive first-person shooter (FPS) ever created. Portal is essentially a feminist critique of the FPS genre, flawlessly executed from within the margins it assails. Gender politics just got a whole lot more fun.
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Above: Video editor Lizzie Cuevas admires the Portal Companion Cube Plush. Love it. Hug it. And enter now for a chance to own it
This week, have a very special prize for GamesRadar’s weekly weekend giveaway. We are pleased to present the Portal Companion Cube Plush for your consideration. Coming straight from the Aperture Science Division at ThinkGeek, the weighted Companion Cube is loveable and huggable. And if you’ve got the time to leave a comment on this article, it could be yours…
Devoted fans have been covering their favorite videogame theme songs for ages on guitars and violins, on synthesizers and in high school bands. But some fans go to the extreme and turn their very choice of instrument into an artistic statement. Just add Tesla coils and suddenly a tired old rendition of the Super Mario Bros theme is magically made new again. We’ve collected some of our favorite unique performances for your enjoyment.
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Personal ads and amorous pleas from computerised Casanovas.
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You have no idea how excited you need to be...
Earlier this year we posted a video of our extremely handsome mugs chattering on about the most important games of the past decade. Did you miss it? Were you so distracted by our handsome facial hair that our words washed across you impotently like waves over rocks? Good news everyone!
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We can’t help ourselves, sometimes we just have to write articles based on the semi-amusing headlines that go with them. It’s no worse than, say, the premise of a crappy SNL skit with no punch line (like all of them… zing!), and you’d probably much rather be reading this than listening to your family argue about the proper way to cook a turkey
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