Cracked Archive - Video Games
5 Ways Video Games Are Saving Mankind
Yeah, no -- we're just as shocked as you are.
- By Patrick Thomas, Rich Solomon
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- April 13, 2013
5 Life Lessons Learned from the 'Left 4 Dead' Franchise
I'm going to explain these all to you right now so I can pretend I'm not wasting my life playing video games in my basement.
- By Gladstone
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- April 09, 2013
5 Awesome Flaws in the New 'BioShock' Game
Some people will get furious if you so much as mention the protagonist's name. If that's you, you might want to stay away from this article, the entire Internet, other people, and possibly small children, because it sounds like you've got some rage issues.
- By Robert Brockway
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- April 03, 2013
The 5 Most Offensive Attempts at Video Game Marketing
We're just going to go ahead and wash our eyeballs with bleach. Thanks, marketers!
- By Fletcher Wortmann
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- March 25, 2013
24 Details That Would Make Video Games Too Realistic
After years of demanding more realistic games, we're at a point where realism is starting to get in the way.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- March 23, 2013
The 7 Best Ideas for Video Games (That Will Never Get Made)
Within, you'll find just a small sampling of games so ingenious you'll punch your own crotch just to distract you from the pain of not owning them.
- By Robert Brockway
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- March 20, 2013
The 7 Most Impressive Dick Moves in Online Gaming History
If we programmed cancer into an online game, it would be cured within a week, but humanity would be wiped out by some dickhead creating super-leprosy-AIDS-cancer of the scrotum.
- By Luke McKinney
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- March 08, 2013
6 Moments in Video Game Adaptations That Improved the Movie
It turns out that video game makers don't give two craps about canon, even if the game is based on an all-time cinema classic. And sometimes that's awesome.
- By Jose Luis Lopez
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- March 04, 2013
The 6 Most Absurd Product Placements in Video Game History
Apparently some companies want an entire game devoted to peddling their brand. The results are ... very unfortunate.
- By Lance Carrigan
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- March 02, 2013
6 Unintentionally Hilarious Glitches Hidden in Video Games
A good glitch can transfer you from boring, gritty realism into a magical world full of the most physics-defying, madness inducing randomness this side of a mushroom trip at the bottom of a ball-pit.
- By Dustin Koski, Sever R.
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- February 24, 2013
5 Bizarre Ways Online Gaming Is Affecting the Real World
It turns out that while you're going around innocently shooting zombies or running people over in colorful virtual worlds, other people are abusing the same games to plan actual murders, carry out Ponzi schemes, or finance kinky virtual red-light districts.
- By Matt Culkin, Jack Hall
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- February 14, 2013
6 Reasons a Great Game Developer Just Went Bankrupt
A giant has fallen. Video game developer and publisher THQ filed for Chapter 11, and like the death of any loved one, it seemed to come out of an impossible nowhere.
- By Luke McKinney
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- January 26, 2013
The Truth About Guns and Video Games
When it comes time to tackle tough issues in the wake of unimaginable tragedies, politicians are at just as much of a loss as we are. But it's their job to act, so they start throwing wild swings, hoping they're going to hit the right target but too scared to open their eyes to see where the punches land.
- By Robert Brockway
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- January 16, 2013
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