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Battle Duty: Modern Field 3′s everything you expect it to be

battle duty modern field 3

If you enjoy having a little satire on your smartphone or tablet, then Imba Entertainment has you covered with what could be the true handheld game of the year. Battle Duty: Modern Field 3 is that illusive gem that makes everything in the FPS world make sense. Suddenly, it’s clear. This is what all those more »

PETA goes after Tanooki Mario

PETA is once again on the warpath. (What else is new.) Yet another video game has earned its ire. It’s not Skyrim, where you can kill animals like chickens, cows, dogs or bears though. No, instead the group has directed it’s wrath on Mario. Super Mario 3D Land, to be exact. Why? Because Super Mario 3D Land has brought back the Tanooki. PETA’s upset because it immediately sees Tanooki Mario and figures he had to kill and skin a cute little animal to get the outfit and ability to fly.

Anyways, let’s give a quick summary of what’s what Super Tanooki Skin 2D is all about…

Duty Calls: The Calm Before the Storm successfully mocks Call of Duty

What happens when you take a billion dollar franchise and combine it with a jaded internet community? You get Duty Calls: The Calm Before the Storm. Duty Calls is a playable parody of modern CoD games that is available as a free download. It takes some of the franchise’s clichés, and pulls out their most hilarious qualities.

Team Meat bringing Tofu Boy to Super Meat Boy

PETA, in response to Team Meat’s successful PC and Xbox 360 indie game Meat Boy, released a computer game called Super Tofu Boy. Super Tofu Boy was packed with “fun” anti-mean facts and starred Tofu Boy, who was now involved with Bandage Girl and trying to rescue her from her ex-boyfriend, Meat Boy. Team Meat has now issued an official response back at PETA, part of which is pretty much them saying “Thanks…”

If video game characters aged realistically

Artist Katie Hampton has created some amusing images that feature classic video game characters aging in real-life situations. Most of her drawings focused on classic Nintendo characters.

Pandemic Studios ex-employees recreate scene from Office Space (with video)

A few days ago we commented on the unfortunate situation involving Electronic Arts Inc. and Pandemic Studios. Due to the current economic situation, EA was forced to close Pandemic as part of a plan aimed at restructuring the company.

In an effort to make some light of the situation a group of Pandemic’s former employees made a video recreating one of the most famous scenes in the movie Office Space.

Our 44th president stars in Zensoft’s political Mario parody Super Obama World

Zensoft’s just released an entertaining and well designed, Super Mario World parody called Super Obama World. Well, more like made it available online for everyone to play. Super Obama World is a browser-based, free action game where you guide President Obama through six levels (and possibly 2 secret levels) through Alaska.

As tempting as it was to start from “I Can See Russia From My House,” I decided to start with “For Everything Else, There’s the RNC.” Our 44th president is surprisingly frail. You can collect a pie powerup that makes him into a sort of “super” Obama…

Gamertell Review: Quark on DVD

Title: Quark: The Complete SeriesPrice: $19.95Release Date: September 2, 2008Studio: Sony PicturesRating: Not Rated.Pros: A relatively unknown sci fi parody TV series resurrected for home video for the first time. Hokey humor, cheesy Star Trek homages, blatant stereotyping and over-the-top acting make this so bad it’s funny.Cons: Complete lack of extra features.Overall Score: One thumb up, one thumb sideways; 80/100; B-; * * * out of five.

Yes, the name might be a bit confusing to some. This is not a desktop publishing application. This is not about subatomic particles. It is not even about a big-eared bartender from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Quark is, simply put, a disco parody of mid-’70s sci fi that’s so bad, it’s good…

Smooth Few Films releases Portal: A Day in the Life of a Turret

Smooth Few Films, creators of “The Leet World” and “Halo 3: The Over-Achiever“, have released a new short humorous film set in the Portal world. “Portal: A Day in the Life of a Turret” offers a short vignette detailing what life is like as an automated gun turret whose only role in life is to shoot at escaping test subjects in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center.

Click through to watch the video.