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A Sentient Android is “Born” in Project KARA

Post author By prawn1
Post date March 9, 2012
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Project KARA is a short film created by Quantic Dream. That name may be familiar to those who experienced the psychological crime thriller, Heavy Rain.

In this seven-minute short, the French video game company uses their new motion-picture technology and the processing power of the PlayStation 3 to create a story of a humanoid robot that is being assembled. Conversant in over 300 languages and designed to be a general house helper (and sexual companion if need be), a third generation AX-400 android is being put through some standard tests, it soon becomes apparent to the operator that there are some ghosts in the machine…

Quantic Dream are quick to downplay the talk that Project KARA may be a scene from an upcoming game. It’s reportedly just a tech demo.

[via io9]

Tags automaton, CGI, David Cage, feeling, KARA, project Kara, PS3, Quantic Dream, short film

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Anime Ping Pong

It’s a common myth that all Asians know kung fu. Freddie Wong’s Kung Fooled certainly reminds us of that. This is also true for the game of table tennis, however when a friendly game between two Asians becomes heated, it quickly turns into a match of epic proportions. This is Ping Pong.

[via Stuff I Stole From the Internet]

Tags animation, anime, Asians, Barking Dog, epic, match, ping pong, table tennis

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“At Doom’s Gate” Played on Eight Floppy Drives

Post author By prawn1
Post date February 27, 2012
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In the right hands, a bunch of floppy drives can make some very beautiful music (see Phantom of the Floppera). YouTube user MrSolidSnake745 makes uses of eight floppy drives to recreate the music from the first map of the first episode of the venerable FPS title, Doom.

Check out the floppy drive version of “At Doom’s Gate” below.

Doesn’t that bring back memories? Hit the jump to hear the original piece of music.

Tags At Doom's Gate, DOOM, E1M1, floppy, floppy drive, Knee Deep, Music, soundtrack

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A Special “Shadow of the Colossus” Valentine’s Day Message

Post author By prawn1
Post date February 14, 2012
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From Olly Moss, the man behind the wonderfully minimalist Star Wars posters and Resistance 3’s Saul Bass inspired artwork, comes a very special Valentine’s Day message. Moss based it on the events in a certain PlayStation 2 game by venerable game designer, Fumito Ueda.

Moss tweets, “I made this dumb valentines thing for the girl” but anyone who has experienced the love and loss in Shadow of the Colossus will surely empathize with the message. It lies in wait after the jump.

Tags loss, love, Olly Moss, shadow of the colossus, SoTC, valentine's day

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World in Motion: A Skyrim Time-Lapse

Post author By prawn1
Post date November 29, 2011
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We’ve seen our fair share of time-lapse videos here at Onelargeprawn. We’ve been treated to the amazing vistas from the American southwest, bright city lights, majestic night sky panoramas, and even views of our world as seen from space.

The time-lapse video featured today has all wonderful shots that we’ve become accustomed to, but it is not of this earth. It is in fact set in the northern realms of Tamriel, a fictitious continent created by Bethesda Game Studios for the critically acclaimed action-RPG title, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. And in their latest epic video, Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry takes a scenic trip through the snowy tundras, pine forests, and jagged mountains of Skyrim. There is even an aurora to be experienced along the way. Have a look at Skyrim: World in Motion below.

You can watch the video in high definition at Eurogamer.

[via Google+ Search]

Tags aurora, Bethesda, Elder Scrolls, fiction, mountains, RPG, Skyrim, snow, Tamriel, time-lapse

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Retro Warfare

Created by and starring Andrew McMurry, Retro Warfare is a funny little short that has our real life hero fighting off enemies from classic video games. Does McMurry make it to the end of the level or does the game have the last laugh? Find out below.

McMurry has shot other films including real life games of Metal Slug and Super Mario Bros., and in another, show how a minecrafter would deal with a zombie attack. See those short films after the jump.

Tags Andrew McMurry, IRL, Metal Slug, Minecraft, pixels, retro, Retro Warfare, Super Mario Bros

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The Birds Of Anger: A Video Game Horror Film

Post author By prawn1
Post date November 1, 2011
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As part of the their Epictober Film Festival, G4tv has created a set of three video game-related horror films. The Birds of Anger, directed by Gregg Bishop, takes the immensely popular mobile game Angry Birds and transforms it into a rather disturbing tale. Inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 horror masterpiece The Birds, Bishop’s 8-mintue short film tells the story of the the Bacon family who are paid a visit by their neigbour, Anne. The unwelcome guest has brought them a basket of eggs and has unwittingly ruffled some feathers. See The Birds of Anger below.

The other two Epictober films include twisted takes on Mario Kart and Duck Hunt. See those horror flicks after the jump.

Tags Alfred Hitchcock, Angry Birds, Birds Of Anger, Duck Hunt, Epictober, G4, horror, Kart Driver, Mario Kart, parody, short film, spoof, The Hunt

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Hilarious “Game of Thrones” RPG

Post author By prawn1
Post date October 5, 2011
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You may have heard the chiptune remix of the Game of Thrones opening theme and wondered what the game would be like. College Humor takes a stab at it.

Complete with elements from typical dungeon crawlers, this hilarious animation tells the happenings in season/book one of the excellent Game of Thrones, as if it were a 16-bit role-playing game. Be warned, there is some foul language, sexual content, and plot spoilers if you have neither seen nor read about the seven kingdoms.

[via +Anja van Staden]

Tags 16-bit, animation, collegehumor, game, Game of Thrones, retro, role-playing game, RPG, sex

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We Review: rAge 2011

Your favourite gaming reviewer (that’s me, by the by) went to the 2011 rAge expo at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg this weekend.

I got a good look at some of the most exciting up and coming games for the next few months, and even got hands on with a few of them, where I was able to kick, punch, hit, and beg my way to the front. Hit the jump to find out what went down at the event.

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Pixel Video Game Characters

Post author By prawn1
Post date October 5, 2011
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It’s not the first time illustrator Michael B. Myers Jr. (DRAWSGOOD) has worked with pixels portraits. He has already created a series of pixel renderings of popular Star Wars characters and various comic book super heroes. In his latest set of posters, Myers Jr. has drawn five pixel video game characters created for a gamer community, High Score Society.

Despite their simple blocks and colours, these badass video game characters are instantly recognizable. Have a look at them after the jump.

Tags art, Drawsgood, illustration, minimalism, minimalist, minimalist posters, pixel, pixel portraits, video games