Call of Duty: Black Ops II “Surprise” live-action trailer He may have perished trying to shield us all from Mass Effect 3’s shitty endings, but his legend will forever live on! One of countless memes to pop out of the Mass Effect 3 controversy, “Marauder Shields” was the name given to the final enemy of the game by “fans.” But don’t take my word for it: Marauder Shields has his own Tumblr tribute page, an official topic on the BioWare forums, and an illustrated backstory on DeviantArt. The episode below focuses on Bethesda’s Dishonored, where the almost-convincing Walken impersonator spends most of his time trying to toss dead bodies over a balcony onto a guard far below.
Look at us put all our marvelous technology to good use!Ĭhristopher Walken impersonations never get old, and the series of Walken-throughs have the thespian playing and narrating his time with various popular games. This video collects a bunch of teens up to experience what many are calling this year’s scariest game. What is Slender, you may be asking? It’s a game that people like to play while filming their facial reactions, apparently. Remember Mass Effect 3? Do you remember why everyone hated it? If not, here’s one of the better videos collecting the “variety” of endings you could earn after three games and five long years of buildup, before the world made BioWare do it right. The catchy beat and even catchier moves were not lost on the geek culture, with surprisingly good Gangnam Style parodies seemingly popping up every other day. This Mortal Kombat dance-off is pretty epic, but I have to say that Deadpool is still my favorite. Gangnam Style dominated the Internet in 2012, becoming YouTube’s most viewed video of all-time as it races towards 1B views. behaviors and gameplay mechanics and applies them to a modern-day scenario. You can read our detailed interview with Guinness World Record-holder Vasquez for more tips and analysis on this impressive feat.Ī multipart live-action parody of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Skyrim 2012 takes many of the game’s ridiculous A.I.
The episodic YouTube content coincided with the release of Halo 4, and it potentially heralds a new era for multimedia entertainment franchises.ĭark Souls is notoriously difficult, but that didn’t stop Fred “Thanatos” Vasquez from beating it in less than a half hour. To prove it, it threw a ton at Machinima and Sorority Row director Stewart Mendler to make a big-budget, live-action miniseries in the Halo universe. Microsoft has ridiculous amounts of money. Yet companies keep sending him games to review, often with much hilarity (and frequent perviness) ensuing. For someone so clueless about gaming, I wonder if Conan realizes just how perfectly he’s parodying the cluster that is actual game reviews. Conan: Clueless Gamer: Hitman: Absolution reviewĬonan O’Brian will be the first to tell you that he’s not good at games, nor does he even really like games. You know when people tell you “Don’t perform these stunts at home”? This is pretty much why. And to watch Altair take to the city, check out Ronnie’s urban exploits in the original AC IRL video. The gravity-defying stunts are coupled with beautiful forest and mountain backdrops, but unfortunately, there is distinct lack of beaver-assassinating in this video. Ronnie Shalvis does an extremely convincing job showing us what Connor’s free-running exploits would like in real life. Assassin’s Creed III meets parkour in real life It’s also pretty damn funny, and it gives high hopes for what season two may bring next year. Video Game High School is an episodic webseries with tons of in-jokes, viral video celeb cameos, and excellent visual effects. Speaking of Freddie Wong, his Kickstarter-funded tribute to all things gaming launched this year. Video Game High School: Season 1, Episode 1