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In Other News – 1 December 2015

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Caril

I don’t really enjoy food eating food that requires me to take a shower afterwards. It’s why I’m not particularly fond of ribs, because I have no real co-ordination, so I inevitably end up plastering my face with barbecue sauce. I hate that. And I generally hate being dirty and covered in remnant of dinner – but despite that, despite hating eating foods that require a bib, I just can’t say no to a good crab.

Whether it’s done, as the Chinese like it – steamed with some ginger, garlic and spring-onion, A Thai Crab curry, or as a Mozambican-styled Caril de Caranguejo, there’s just something about a well-cooked crab that I can’t refuse. No matter how messy it may make me, and how much of a fight it is to get to the actual meat, it’s hard to turn a good crab down.

In Other News – Steam Sales may not be so steamy, GTA Mod looks like hyper life, celebrate the end of Namco’s minigame patent and play XCOM in XCEL.

Here’s the news we didn’t post because we were too busy giving our plants Brawndo: The Thirst Multilator. It’s got what plants crave!

News

Star Wars Battlefront patch brings Battle of Jakku DLC support, balance changes
Steam Spy accuses devs of raising game prices ahead of Steam sale
Destiny’s first raid challenge is now live
Just Flight becomes independent of Mastertronic
Monster Hunter X has outsold Monster Hunter 4G in less than a week on the Japanese eShop
Grand Theft Auto 5 modding project wants to make Los Santos like real life
It’s burgers vs. pizza in the newest Splatoon Splatfest
Loading Screen Jam celebrates the end of Namco’s dumb minigame patent

Stuff

Scrappy Jedi have seen better days
Four awful realities of binge-playing all the Falout games
XCOM recreated…in Excel
Xbox 360 at 10: Conquering Crackdown’s Pacific City

What’s on at The Movies

Director Adam McKay wants ANCHORMAN III vs the Internet
Christopher McQuarrie returns to helm MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 6
The script for Shane Black’s “genius” PREDATOR sequel is done
There’s something different going on in this trailer for BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT
Watch new footage for BATMAN V SUPERMAN here!

Last Updated: December 1, 2015

35 Comments

  1. oVg

    December 1, 2015 at 16:04

    Would somebody please explain why a DEMO “Ground Zeros” can make more money than a AAA exclusive called Tome Raider?

    RUNS

    http://www.siliconera.com/2014/04/17/metal-gear-solid-v-ground-zeroes-sells-278000-u-s/

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    • oVg

      December 1, 2015 at 16:08

      They sold over 1.5 million copies at $40.

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        December 1, 2015 at 16:12

        Because fools and their money?

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    • Hammersteyn

      December 1, 2015 at 16:10

      • oVg

        December 1, 2015 at 16:12

        tehehehe rub that into the wound Brian Horton 😛

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      • miaau

        December 1, 2015 at 16:45

        even though I know that is more or less natural movement for the cat (drink water sometimes or smell a particular thing), this looks awesome!!!!

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      • DragonSpirit009

        December 1, 2015 at 16:47

        This just reminds me of the Puss in Boots movie!

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        • miaau

          December 1, 2015 at 16:53

          I did not enjoy it. Or Frozen. Or the Minions movie. Yet I love that sort of movies (and Sci-fi, of course).

          I loved the Shrek stuff, the christmas specials as well, just the Puss in Boots movie, was ok (better than Frozen by a country mile) but it did not blow my mind, like, for example, Shrek 1 did.

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      December 1, 2015 at 16:14

      Although to be fair, it only had to sell 1 copy to make more than Tome Raider.

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      • Hammersteyn

        December 1, 2015 at 16:16

        hehe gg

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  2. Alien Emperor Trevor

    December 1, 2015 at 16:07

    If Steam Spy’s right, that’s some seriously shady shit.

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    • Hammersteyn

      December 1, 2015 at 16:15

      How dare they take advantage of the penniless master race

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        December 1, 2015 at 18:02

        Exactly! Don’t they know our custom controllers cost R3k?

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        • Hammersteyn

          December 2, 2015 at 08:15

          rofl

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    • HvR

      December 1, 2015 at 16:25

      Dion Wired probably bought a couple of developers.

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  3. VampyreSquirrel

    December 1, 2015 at 16:18

    PSA: There’s a massive botnet currently sending mass amounts of e-mails with viruses on them, these viruses are set in macros in Excel and Word documents… DO NOT OPEN FILES from people you don’t know!!!!

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    • miaau

      December 1, 2015 at 16:34

      Yeah. I remember the old days: get virus in e-mail, read source code, make own “virus” to reverse effects, e-mail out to entire company. AND you did not even have to tell them to open, people back then double clicked on anything mailed to them.

      Not so easy today………….

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      • VampyreSquirrel

        December 1, 2015 at 16:36

        Yeah, but it’s fun watching over 1000 e-mails hit your mail server from one e-mail address that has almost 200 source IP addresses. And that’s just part of it… not even close to the entire problem.

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        • Admiral Chief - CHAAARGE!

          December 2, 2015 at 07:27

          You need Mimecast then

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  4. Lardus-For the Emperor!

    December 1, 2015 at 16:18

    New Predator? YES PLEASE!

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  5. HvR

    December 1, 2015 at 16:21

    Crab too much effort for little meaty reward. Nou ‘n weskus seerot aan die anderkant…

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      December 1, 2015 at 16:25

      That is exactly why I don’t eat crab… unless someone else is shelling it for me.

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  6. HvR

    December 1, 2015 at 16:24

    LOL, the top comment on the Xcom in Excel article

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    • miaau

      December 1, 2015 at 16:31

      “This is probably better quality than half of the stuff that shows up on Steam Greenlight.”

      Damn.

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  7. Fnuik

    December 1, 2015 at 16:32

    I’m off to LA on Friday. For everything there is to do, the thing I’m most looking forward to is the FOOD. I’m gonna get my DDD on. Will be rolling off the plane when I come back!

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    • HairyEwok

      December 1, 2015 at 16:33

      DDD….. Domestic Dancing Donkey’s?

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      • Fnuik

        December 1, 2015 at 16:37

        Diners, Drive ins and Dives. Best cooking show on TV. It shows exactly why Americans are the most overweight people on the planet.

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      • VampyreSquirrel

        December 1, 2015 at 16:38

        Doubly Delicious Donuts?

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        • HairyEwok

          December 1, 2015 at 16:41

          Dunkin Donuts Deluxe

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          • VampyreSquirrel

            December 1, 2015 at 16:48

            Now I want donuts! *cries*

    • HvR

      December 1, 2015 at 16:47

      At the Cape Town Festival of BEEEER, was pleasantly surprised about the number of American diner and foodtruck style food available in town. Spicy beef empanadas, brilliant gourmet styled beef sandwiches, pulled pork dishes, brilliant proper BBQ ribs and burgers from Hudson’s.

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      December 2, 2015 at 06:59

      LA has some crazy awesome food – but don’t ignore the food trucks. And get your fill of decent Mexican food while you can. 😛

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  8. miaau

    December 1, 2015 at 16:39

    I have something to say. …………It is better to burn out than fade away.

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  9. Gavin Mannion

    December 1, 2015 at 19:56

    I have never once had a good crab… ever…

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