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Sunday, May 22, 2011

  

Penguin in Batman: Arkham City

ArkhamCity.co.uk has word that the Penguin will be included in Batman: Arkham City, Rocksteady's upcoming superhero sequel. They offer details from an article on the Australian Sunday Herald on how the character will be depicted. "The way that penguin has always been portrayed is as quite an aristocratic, well-spoken gentleman who's got these twisted delusions of grandeur," says Rocksteady's Dax Ginn. "So we've made him a really horrible, nasty piece of work - but still with the delusion of grandeur. He dresses well, but in a poor taste, and we've made him this brutish, brutal guy but also key into collection fascination that he's had through out the years." Thanks GameInformer.

Rise of Immortals Beta Key Giveaway

We have still more keys for the closed beta testing of Rise of Immortals for those interested in going hands on with Petroglyph Games' upcoming Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. This post outlines the simple process for getting a key.

Steam Top 10

Here's Valve's report on the ten bestselling games on Steam for the week:

  1. Terraria
  2. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Digital Premium Edition
  3. BRINK
  4. Portal 2
  5. Fallout New Vegas: Honest Hearts
  6. DiRT 3
  7. Singularity
  8. Worms Reloaded
  9. RIFT
  10. Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation Content Pack

On Sale

  • Cities XL Regular Edition on Steam. Save 66%.
    Still on sale (previously reported). Continue here to read the full story.

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Out of the Blue

I'm happy I held off on returning my birdfeeder, as it turns out I jumped the gun a bit in deciding it was bird-proof. Just a couple of days after drawing that hasty conclusion, the feeder started attracting more and more birds, and at this point it has turned into the avian hotspot that the previous feeder was. It has also continued to be squirrel-proof, as I have watched dozens of attempts on the birdseed by rodents, none of which were even remotely successful. The squirrels seem resigned to dining of scraps that fall to the ground... for now at least. I'm not declaring victory just yet after seeing the resourcefulness of the squirrels in action, but it's a good start.

Squirrel-Proof Links: Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play: Doodle God 2.
Diepix Arena 2.
Siegius.
Link: 20 More Awesomely Untranslatable Words From Around the World. Thanks Neatorama.
Stories: Hampshire 'tiger sighting' causes major alert. Thanks Paul.
City Dwellers Are Drawn to Big Big Hunter Arcade Game. Thanks Neutronbeam.
Science: New method 'confirms dark energy'.
Mammals' large brains evolved for smell.
Images: TF2 Pinups. Thanks reddit.
Media: Freeman's Mind- Episode 33 (Half-Life Machinima).
Sexy Girls Have It Easy.
Dog Gives Kitty a Scooter Ride.
A Girl Plays DDR while playing the violin at the same time.
Follow-ups: 'Rapture': Believers perplexed after prediction fails.
Instruments saw Japan quake lurch.
Indian Point nuke plant lacking firefighting equipment.
Matt Modine, Tom Conti & Joey King join 'TDKR'. Thanks Huffington Post.



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