Cracked Archive - Video Games

After over 20 years, gaming was back in my home. What follows are the details of my inspiring exploration.

• By Gladstone
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• January 10, 2013

The game industry has birthed some absolutely baffling spinoffs, taking the new games so far away from what made the originals great that they barely reside in the same solar system.

• By Chris Snipes
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• January 02, 2013

If you can't figure out a way to have a hell of a lot of fun with a bottle of whiskey and a python, then some measly video game certainly isn't going to fix the giant black hole in your soul.

• By Robert Brockway
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• December 19, 2012

In the early days of the Web, a spectacular amount of disinformation was spread about video games around the vindictive nerds and eaten up by the gullible masses.

• By Chris Bucholz
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• December 11, 2012

Games are slowly moving out of our monitors and into the real world ... but damn it, it still feels like there's something missing. And that something is insanity.

• By Adam Hirschfeld
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• December 08, 2012

More time and money have gone into video game assholery than real proctological research.

• By Luke McKinney
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• November 30, 2012

• By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell, Chris Rio
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• October 28, 2012

I just picked up Dishonored, the new stealth game from the people who brought us Skyrim, and already I'm learning things about myself. Awful, terrible, disappointing things that I wish I could forget but will probably haunt me forever.

• By Robert Brockway
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• October 17, 2012

There are some beloved games that weren't so much 'inspired by' other games as they were 'the exact game, with a minor paint job.' Those knockoffs then went on to make millions of dollars.

• By Ridley Davis
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• October 11, 2012

Real dedication means going past hard mode and thinking way, way outside the box.

• By Maxwell Yezpitelok, Karl Smallwood, M. Asher Cantrell
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• October 08, 2012

For the most part, when we refer to a game's 'addictiveness,' we mean it as a positive thing. Of course, the definition becomes blurred when Borderland 2 enters the picture.

• By Robert Brockway
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• October 04, 2012

It's never clear how video game bosses ascended to their positions. We just kind of go with it and find the shiny spot we're supposed to shoot. But you can't help but feel sorry for some of these guys.

• By CRACKED Staff
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• October 02, 2012

Some Easter Eggs have no discernible purpose other than making the player question their sanity.

• By Codie Martin
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• September 23, 2012

Cutting scenes from games isn't so easy, so the code is usually lurking around in there for you to find, if it's not sitting right out in the open in some early or foreign edition of the game. This can lead to some bizarre discoveries ...

• By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell
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• September 18, 2012

We know that video games are not, by their nature, strictly for children. But that's why we have a rating system for them. Of course, sometimes that's not enough to stop the unnatural, keening screams coming from inside the house.

• By Codie Martin
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• September 11, 2012