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 Protesters take to the streets in GrešŸƒece

Protests erupted in Greecā€e after a 34-year-old musician descrišŸ™ˆbed as an anti-fascist activist was allegedly stabbed to death by a neo-Nazi.

The Tribute in Light

š’…Œ The twin beams of the annual Tribute in Light commemorating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks shine above the cšŸ˜¼ity's skyline in New York.

When a drunk chiš“„§pmunk robs a bank 

 What happens when a drunk chipmunk (drunkmunk?) decides to rob a bankš†?Special guest Sgt. Max ButtThrust is here to answer that very question with šŸŸsome folks in Payday 2.(As always,...

Payday 2 is coming

Let's celebrate the immšŸ²inent release (August 13) of Payday 2 with just one more video. This one doesn't go all that badly, actually. (We will be playing the hell out...

Our wonderful lowlights from Payday 2's beta

 Payday 2's official launch is just a few days away -- August 13th. To celebā™›rate, here's some of our lowlights with the beta. And I do mean low.We'll have one...

Rockstar's 'Red Dead Redemption' breeds awesome grindhouse fan film

The idea of not likišŸ”œng Spaghetti Westerns -- or Westernsš“” in general, actually -- is horrifying and sad to me. I love them. When Rockstar released Red Dead Redemption, to...

PaydašŸ·y 2 Beta 4-player Co-Op part 3: Doubleheader 

It's Monday. It's Payday 2 day. This time, we manage to really rock the first mission ... and then I kinda screw it all up inšŸ’™ the second.WARNING: PAYDAY 2...

Ouya: what's in the boooox?

I knew I was in a little bit of trouble when the controller wouldn't pair. I waited. And waited some more. Then the Ouya needed to update. It rš“°estarted. The...

Payday 2 Beta 4-player Co-Op part 2 (with bonšŸ­us stupidity)

We couldn't stop after just one robbery.šŸ˜¼ We had to keep going. And while the road has been rocky (mostly because we had no idea what we were doing), Overkill's...

Payday 2 Beta hands-ošŸ¦¹n (gameplay videoš“†‰)

It's a million-dollar idea. Overkill's Payday: The Heist was a welcome switch in the co-operative forumla. Instead of playing with friš“†ends as good guys, why not play as real, real...

 Star Wars Left 4 Dź§…ead 2 is finally over

š“°I would love to say that this has been a fun ride. But it hasn't. It was fun in the beginning, and then the game started to hate us. And...

šŸ¦‹ Wrath of the Kool-Aid manāœ±

Our horrifying journey through modą¼’ded Left 4 Dead 2 campaign (while playing as Star Wars characters) is drawing to a close. But if there's one thing we've learned, it's that...

šŸ„ƒ We might be the reaš“€son The Empire failed

 It's a well known fact that The Empire are jerks. It's also well-knšŸ¼own that they failed in their bid to truly exterminate thešŸ§œ Jedi and rule with the Dark Side....

Give Insection your money š’…Œ

As you may have noticed, we're pretty big fans ofšŸ…° co-op games. In particular, ones that let us either chainsaw zombies Osama bin Ladens or blow up alien bug monsters.ā™So...

 Sš“°tar Wars Left 4 Dead 2: Our triušŸ§ømphant return goes terribly 

We decided that, for our return to the Left 4 Dead 2 campaign, a Star Wars-themed adventure woulšŸ—¹d be great. So we donned our new Survivor suits: Imperial Survivors. I...

 šŸŒŸ Alien Breed 2: Apparently a game about standing in a corner while shooting ā™’

We really wanted to like Alien Breed 2: Assault. But it was kind of ... How do I put this?Crap. It was kind of crap. Check out our YouTube šŸƒchannel.

Arma 3 tomfoolery: The thrilling concāœƒlusion

ź§’ By thrilling conclusion, I mean about seven minutź¦es of stupidity and even some team-killing. We'll also be playing a lot more Arma (as well as other games), so really, this...

š’†™ ARMA 3 Zombie Test Of Terror 

It lšŸƒooks like the fine peoź¦”ple of Agia Marina ate some bad beef. And because it's a video game, everything goes bonkers. Of course. Visit our YouTube channel.

Arma 3 hijinks

The ARMA series is, in a word, ridiculous. The game strives to maintain pole position in terms of military simulations. And it mostlyź§‘ succeeds. Except for some wonky physics issušŸŒŠes....

From the living room to the front lines: video games are mošŸ’®re than just entertainment 

Video games do a lot of heavy lifting these days.They entertain. They make coš“†‰mpanies billions. They're a platform for art ā€“ for expression.And now they're helping our men and women...