Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe might not have won fans over initially with its concept, but it looks to be getting there.  First, was the confirmation that there will indeed be blood within the game.  Now you can finally realize that fantasy of pummeling a bloody Superman.  Second, there’s this new render of Scorpion which appears to be from in-game.  It’s slick and his bone mask looks very cool.  Maybe there could be hope for this match made in Hell after all?  Click the image for a full sized version.

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Ever wondered what some folks did before video games?  Before they had a DS or a Wii to draw all those pretty graphics for them?  Well, they drew their own.  It seems some folks simply can’t give up that old lifestyle, though, as they’ve taken to creating their own hand drawn video games.  In this case, you get a pretty fun animation of Mario drawn on the fly.

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Remember the good old days of learning to type?  You didn’t need an Internet connection!  All you needed was Mavis Beacon’s smiling face telling you to type something about a quick brown fox who jumped a lot over canines.

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It may not sound like it at first, but Ninja Gaiden for the NES is the perfect title to get an anime redo.  The game was one of the first to really use cut-scenes to tell a story within what was otherwise a general action platformer.  This update is certainly stylish and adds the right amount of new while keeping the iconic shots from the original still in there.  It would be neat to see the entire game’s story remade this way.  If it has been, pass the info along below.

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Sure, you know the questions game designers want you to ask.  Do Mario and Peach end up together?  What is that planet Master Chief is drifting toward?  But what about the more obscure questions that break the very logic of the games?  Beware, spoilers lurk ahead.

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Interested in helping children?  How altruistic of you!  Now, what if you could help children and have fun at the same time?  Fantastic!  What if on top of all that, you could also make yourself smarter by doing so?  Sound too good to be true?  Joining the quickly crowded field of helping web games, Aid to Children is another vocabulary builder where correct answers get money donated to charity, or in this case World Vision.  Now where else on the web are you going to kill three birds with one stone?

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What goes better with playing video games than poisoning the environment for future generations?  Perhaps melting the polar icecaps?  Clubbing baby seals?  Okay, that last one went a bit far.

Still, the point is that video games can be very bad for the environment.  Take the following five games for instance.  Each is addictive to the point of chugging electricity where other games only sip.  Ban these five games, and the environment will thank you.

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Too often the big names of video games get all the attention.  You see plenty of art created honoring Mario, Master Chief, Sonic, etc., but what about the unsung heroes?  But some dedicated fans, such as Shuji Suzuki will not let the past fade away.  His clay models have been featured as part of the I Am 8-Bit art exhibition, and the above is one of the more colorful ones based on Bubble Bobble.  If you’re asking, "What is that?"  You’re obviously too young to have played one of the iconic games of the NES generation, which somehow got forgotten.

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Ever since EGM ran their infamous Simon Belmont in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gag, the gaming world has been obsessed with April Fool’s Day.  This has, sadly, led to many groan inducing jokes over the years, some of which can be credited to EGM (you can’t win them all).  Still, each year brings the promise of some actually good jokes and this year has delivered.

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What do you get when you cross Age of Empires with Halo and Lemmings?  Why, Age of War of course!  This little hybrid title is quite fun, if a wee bit on the difficult side.  The best winning strategy seems to be to mostly play defense until the last age, and then let loose on the opposing side.  Can you figure out a better strategy?  Be sure to post it in the comments section below.

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