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Only Female Protagonist in Assassin’s Creed To Get Console Missions

by Susana Polo | 2:04 pm, June 13th, 2013

When Ubisoft initially announced the creation of Aveline de Grandpré, the first female playable character in the Assassin’s Creed franchise, you could tell she’d hit a chord by the best of indicators: despite her costume involving multiple layers, distressed fabrics, studs, buckles, leather, and custom weapons… there was cosplay immediately. This was despite the fact that the game she starred in was available only for a poorly selling handheld device rather than a major console release. But Ubisoft has just confirmed that Aveline will be getting her console debut with the upcoming Assassin’s Creed IV: Pirates Black Flag.

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Cake or Nerdy Cake?

by Susana Polo | 10:13 am, May 21st, 2013

The Black Cherry Cake Company is all out of cake. They didn’t realize there’d be such a rush. All they have left are these adorable geeky cakes.

Okay, the Walker ears definitely don’t count as adorable, but Daryl sure does.

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Do Try This At Home

Cross Stitch Your Heart Out With These Fandom Sprites

by Susana Polo | 10:14 am, February 5th, 2013

Has there ever been a more harmonious conflation of style and medium than the pixelated aesthetic popularized by early computer graphics and the comparatively ancient craft of cross-stitched embroidery? Perhaps the triple conflation of cross stitched sprites for popular cultural touchstones whether or not they’re related to video games. XStitchMyHeart has a great wealth of patterns for the cross stitchy nerd, or anyone who knows one.

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For A More Civilized Age

Michael Fassbender’s Assassin’s Creed Movie Is Definitely Happening

by Jill Pantozzi | 10:59 am, October 22nd, 2012

Over the summer we heard Prometheus star Michael Fassbender had landed the lead role in Ubisoft’s film adaptation of their video game, Assassin’s Creed. Not only that, he was co-directing it as well. Then…nothing. Thankfully we can all breathe a big sigh of relief. The project is a go thanks to new financing.

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Things We Saw Today

Things We Saw Today: The Shining, Starring Deadpool

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:02 pm, September 21st, 2012

Head to Comic Book Resources for a smorgasbord of comic book/Stephen King mashups, including this Deadpool meets The Shining piece by Marco D’Alfonso.

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Elsewhere on the internet

A Song Of Ice And Bananas

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 1:14 pm, July 9th, 2012

Ever wonder what would happen if bananas were added to your favorite fantasy and sci-fi stories? Probably not, but the internet did, so hit the jump for a bunch of laughs!

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And So It Begins

Michael Fassbender Cast in Assassin’s Creed Film

by Kellie Foxx-Gonzalez | 12:31 pm, July 9th, 2012

Michael Fassbender’s role repertoire is pretty impressive — from morally ambiguous android to executive sex-addict, he’s played it all. Well, except for a time-traveling assassin, but not to worry, his role in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed film adaptation will fill in his resume quite nicely.

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