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THIS WEEK: Slapstick fencing. DESTROY YOUR HOME. Mystical snake shit. (more…)

Valve was at work on a set of augmented reality glasses when several employees were let go back in the summer. Two of them are continuing to work on the project, with the company’s blessings. More »      

Decided to move on, though

The totally improvised, seven-and-a-half minute filibuster from an episode of NBC’s Parks & Recreation last month, in which Patton Oswalt outlines his vision of Star Wars: Episode VII (with Marvel crossovers) could not possibly have been more perfect, could it? Well, yes, it could, actually… More »      

Plus: Conker's Bad Fur Day and an awesome 1991 Nintendo training video. Retro Vault is our regular weekly feature in which we dive into gaming's past and share five classic nuggets of retro nostalgia. If you missed last week's Retro Vault you can read it here. Click here to read the full articleRelated Stories9 movie tie-ins that were better than the filmsHistory Lesson: The birth of KonamiAsk CVG Anything: Games based on books, the worst game of all time?

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … More »      

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is coming to PC, Hideo Kojima’s podcast revealed. More »      

The latest Nintendo Wii U eShop download charts in the UK reveal a huge surge of retro games being downloaded in the weeks after the service officially launched on Wii U.

Sundays are for telepathy and cake. But that’s not all there is to life. There is also the contemplation of electronic contraptions. And they are many. An important (for the desktop colonel) article on recent developments in the strategy genre: “Strategy no longer means what it once did. The prominence of League of Legends and DOTA 2 and the recent failure of games like Age of Empires Online and Fall of Nations has led to a shift in what publishers and developers think people want. MOBAs now dominate the online space, there’s no getting around that, and who can blame them? These games are easy to get into, have a huge and dedicated community. Why would you develop anything else?” (more…)

While not a direct confirmation, during the latest Major Nelson podcast episode, Aaron Greenberg, chief of staff for interactive entertainment at Microsoft, seemed to imply that whatever is shown during the Xbox reveal will be out this Christmas. More »