"I refuse to buy microtransactions in any game. They're trashy, greedy, and their existence shows nothing but disrespect for players. No matter how they're implemented they cause me nothing but unbridled hatred toward whatever marketing department decided to infect an otherwise decent game with the hyper-capitalist video game equivalent of herpes."
King of the endless runners Temple Run has entered the age of virtual reality. Imangi Studios has officially released Temple Run VR, a new chapter in the running from creepy monkeys saga, for play on the Samsung Gear VR Innovator Edition. Since I don't have a means to strap a phone to my face, I am spared the nightmares of this beast coming at me.
Sometimes you love a game so much you've just gotta create a short animated holiday special based on it, and so we have Wind-up Dog Animation's short but sweet Shovel Knight Animated Holiday Special.
Here's proof that you don't necessarily need thousands of dollars to build something unique with LEGO. Although you might need a lot of blue blocks (and around 1,900 pieces total), the simplicity is perfect in BrucilSprout's microbuild of Wind Waker's sea chart.
So there's a mechanical corgi in the cave near Metzen the Reindeer? And it's been there for years? Too bad it's not obtainable as an actual pet or toy, but there it is, well-hidden among all the other stolen stuff. Crendor has this and 9 other fun things in WoW's holiday event in his latest machinima.
It's Christmas time here at Destructoid and what better way to celebrate than this adorable fan animation about Shovel Knight at Christmas. It's short, it's sweet and it's certainly heartwarming.
If you want to see more of their videos you can check out Wind-up Dog Animation on Youtube.
The Scout tries to reach through the fourth wall in redditor Karhunperse's Source Filmmaker photoshop, aptly named "4th Wall." It might also be a reference to the thematically similar Saxxy Award-winning short, Animation vs. Animator, mentioned by Karhunperse in the post's comments. Full pic below.
