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Freddie Wong Shows Why Playing With Inverted Controls Is a ‘Bad’ Idea

Dave Oshry — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:15:29 +0000

Most people don’t play with the same control scheme as their friends. Everyone has their own way to play. Some people prefer keyboard and mouse, others prefer a controller. Some people like to play with their aiming natural, and some people like to play with their controls… inverted.

Friends don’t let friends play inverted.

Friends also don’t usually let friends use their controls at all because then they go and rebind all their keys and when you go back in to play a new game your keybinds are all fucked up and you get your ass handed to you and then have to spend 10 minutes rebinding all your keys when your asshat friend could have just created a new control profile but nooooooooo he was too lazy and now your life sucks… #Rant

Stay tuned to RipTen for continued coverage of Freddie Wong and all his awesome videos.

Threadless T-Shirt Explains Where Tetris Pieces Come From

David Oxford — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:41:20 +0000

Simpler than any so-called “casual” game, yet more addictive than perhaps any other title to carry the “hardcore” label, Tetris has been a tested, tried and true phenomenon for decades. No story, no flashy cutscenes, not even any real characters to speak of.

But admit it: you’ve always wondered where those pieces come from.

The answer is amazingly simple, as it turns out, and yet it will shock and amaze you just the same. As you can see above, a t-shirt from Threadless has stumbled upon the secret. For those of you who wish to have a closer look at what is transpiring, just cast your gaze below:

It all seems so obvious now: the tetrises (tetrii?) of the future are built upon the bones of video gaming’s past.

To get your own shirt so that you may better inform those around you of the truth behind Tetris, just click here. They cost $18 a piece, and come in all variety of sizes… well, except for men’s double-XL. For some reason, that one seems to be sold out.

Source: via Destructoid

Mega64′s TruthPhones™ Reveal What E3′s Big Three Presenters Were Really Thinking

David Oxford — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:53:11 +0000

As anyone who saw the presentations of Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony at E3 can attest, not everything went right, or well, for that matter. As malfunctions occurred and new titles were rolled out that also managed to roll eyes, one was left to wonder just what the people on stage were thinking. Alas, we may never know…

…that is, we would never know, were it not for the latest and greatest invention of our time (until the next one, that is), the TruthPhones™ from Mega64! Behold, as all such questions are no answered in crystal-clear clarity:

They definitely saved the best for last. Also, serious props for the VR Troopers reference. Hopefully, we’ll see an extended cut featuring the Konami and Ubisoft conferences at some point.

Now, we just need to pick up a few of these for next year.

Source: Mega64 (via Destructoid)

Joker’s Gag Gun Fatality Ends with a BANG!

Chad Lakkis — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:41:25 +0000

I got some hands-on time with Hector and the MK vs DC game at E3 this year, and while I was impressed with the amount of blood they worked into the game, the Fatalities and Brutalities demonstrated at that point were a little on the lighter side.

So when I saw the Joker’s Fatality (and yes, it appears that DC Villains will be able to perform Fatalities) I almost shit my pants. If you are one of the many gamers out there who vowed they would never buy a Teen Rated Mortal Kombat game, you may want to check this clip out before you utter another word.

The clip above was zoomed in and cut out from a GameTrailers video interview (shown in full below). I opted to feature the animated gif because it highlights the Fatality, but if you want to see the full video, and check out the rest of the Joker’s moves, have at it.

Afterthought: What say you? Are you impressed by the creativity and graphic nature of the Joker’s Fatality, or is this type of thing still not good enough?

Update: The Joker’s second fatality has surfaced online. Click here to check it out.

Source: Neogaf