Portal: No Escape

There have been lots of fan-made Portal movies since its release in 2007. But it seems like this one takes the cake! Get it? Because … cake? Seriously, it’s great. The entire thing, and the ending especially, captures the feeling of … Read More

PAX 2011: More than Games, All About Friends.

Muttonchop flies all the way from Australia to attend PAX 2011, and more importantly, to get introduced to America.Read More

Farva: Resident Asshole

I’m an asshole. I don’t mean to be, and deep down inside I’m a pretty good guy, but on the surface I’m a real dick.Read More

Farva’s New Friends

We played a prank on Farva at PAX involving some characters from Plants vs. Zombies. Let’s just say they weren’t the plants.Read More

The Aussie Pub-Crawl

Farva gets a visit from our resident Aussie, Muttonchop, and takes him for an epic pub crawl through Texas.Read More

Facebook Conversation with Mama Jitterbug

This is the conversation I had with my mother on Facebook this morning.Read More

Gizmodo Interns and the Cult of Geek

We live in strange, wonderful times.

I love Magic the Gathering.  I have played it since they released the Revised Edition, way back in 1994.  When I was in college, I worked at a card shop and spent the majority of my life during that time sorting through cards, building decks, and geeking out over the Black Lotuses and Moxes (rare cards from earlier sets) that people would buy from us for well over $100 a piece.  If my parents ever dreamed of spawning an uber-elite superhero progeny, this period of my life utterly crushed their fantasy. That’s why the recent story to take over the internet about a nasty little article that made fun of a girl’s date with a Magic tournament champion caught my eye.

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PAX Preview – Rocksmith

Well, something magical is coming that may one day propel me into the ranks of the amateur musician. This magical device, Ubisofts’ Rocksmith.Read More

Glass Case of Emotion

What happens when the Pedobear refuses Nerves’s love? Nerves lets him know about it. Him, and the entire expo floor of PAX Prime.Read More

Super Portal Mario

It’s just a video for now, but just like Super Mario Crossover, this is a game that is currently being made. Your new shit and your old shit just got mashed up.

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