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Today's cleanest game video: Super Rub 'a' Dub trailer
With the foolingest day of the year behind us, we welcome a trailer for Super Rub 'a' Dub, a game that at first glance looked like a joke. But, no, the game is a real downloadable title for the PS3, and the trailer quickly turned us from skeptical to interested. Players pilot a rubber duck through elaborate pools with the Sixaxis motion controls, herding up smaller ducks in the process. Elements of the game remind us of Lemmings and ChuChu Rocket; we hope the final title lives up to those classics.See the video after the break.
Today's most recursive game video: Third Life
Some of you, the exact number, we're not sure, have a Second Life. Others have a First Life. Today's video pick introduces the Third Life as part of a Kit Kat ad in the Netherlands. Created by UbachsWisbrun/JWT (caution: website resizes your window, plays sound, and otherwise annoys), Kit Kat only loosely ties into the joke. Regardless, the humor scores high with us gamers, and we highly recommend the video.Watch the ad after the break.[Via Adverblog]
Today's franchise face-offiest game video: Bauer versus Riker
It's Riker versus Bauer in tonight's video pick. (What, you thought we'd post about that other video again?) Through the magic of editing -- and a rocking soundtrack -- these two leaders face off in a game of Street Fighter. Bauer uses his ability to multitask to get Gamefaqs tips, while beardless Riker has only his grimace and guile. This YTMND mash-up loops soon after it starts, but the quick editing is dense with detail; we laughed through several repetitions.The video isn't embedable, so you'll have to venture into the dangerous tubes beyond Joystiq. But be sure to come back to tell us what you think.
Today's stop-motionest game video: Lego SMB
For tonight's video, we chose the Super Mario Bros. Lego video that's been floating around recently. This stop-motion animation shows Mario as a regular-shaped Lego man; instead of making a video as close to SMB as possible, Mario, mushrooms, enemies, and other items are warped through the Lego lens. There's a place for literal Lego game tributes, but we still like this short. Love those sound effects!See the video after the break.
Today's most vocal game video: Devil May Cry 4 trailer
Some of you wept over Devil May Cry 4's multplatform ambitions, but we welcome the fall of another console-specific franchise. (Well, some of us remember a simpler day.) We've picked this action game's trailer for tonight's video.We tried the game late last year, but rational analysis aside, we're sold on all of Dante's different grunt and attack sounds. Can we get a remix? See the video after the break.
Today's juiciest game video: Fruit-for-blood sound effects
A video showing Foley effects for Dark Sector wins our pick of the day. There's nothing new about using abusing fruits and vegetables to make game sounds, but we still like this demonstration by the action game's sound designers. You'll never look at an orange the same way again.See -- and hear -- the clip after the break.
Today's most relative game video: GTA clock
While some of us are counting the seconds until the Grand Theft Auto IV release, others are so GTA-hyped that they count the seconds until the game's trailer. Rockstar apparently took its online promotion to late-night TV, featuring 30 minutes of the countdown to the ad to the game. YouTube user "nospacesinmyname" lets us all bow down to the clock.Alas, the clip only shows a few minutes of the entire 30-minute "commercial." We've watched it four times with the hope that some GTA IV magic will reveal itself, but nothing has differed. Maybe on the fifth try.Watch the TV clip after the break.[Thanks, Godfree]
Today's mutantest game video: TMNT
Gametrailers posted footage from the main TMNT characters: Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael. Is this the rebirth of a franchise or just another excuse to ring-up nostalgia sales with older gamers? We tried an early version and are looking forward to time with the final release. Watch each half-shell hero's special abilities in turn, or view our pick -- Donatello -- after the break.
Today's sketchiest game video: Real Life Mario Kart
Real Life Mario Kart, created by Panda Smash, is our pick for today's video. While this comedy short runs a little long at six minutes, we laughed at this group's Mario Kart race staged with tricycles. Our favorite part was finally recognizing one of the players as Fishin' Lakitu, resetting the racers after the many times they tipped over.See the video after the break.
Today's best-looking mech video: Armored Core comparison
It's an old-fashioned PS3 versus 360 graphics showdown in today's video pick, with GameTrailers running a side-by-side comparison of Armored Core 4. Which version of this mech title looks best? Judge for yourself after the break, or visit the HD version -- it doesn't embed like the SD file -- on the GameTrailers site. Let the scrutiny begin!Image from CSG_Starfury's account of life-sized BattleMech project.
Today's spoilerest game video: God of War 2 ending
If you're the sort who reads the last page of a book before its beginning, bask in the various recordings of the God of War 2 ending that have found their way to YouTube. We picked the extra-long seven-minute cut; witness several missteps by Kratos in addition to the finale.Need we say "spoiler alert?" Watch the video after the break.
Today's flattest game video: Super Paper Mario
We fought through the GDC crowds to give you our impressions, and this GameTrailers interview about Super Paper Mario shows off the game's creative controls. While it's just one of the Wii's titles, here's hoping this April game brings showers to counter the perception of the Wii game drought.Anticipate the rain -- and watch the video -- after the break.Paper cutout Mario and friends image from Paper Forest and GotOrion.
Today's best friendiest video: Fable 2 dog
We previously covered Peter Molyneux's Fable 2 talk at GDC, and now the most-watched video at GameTrailers shows off Fable 2's dog, letting us take a closer look for tonight's video. Molyneux stresses not to scrutinize the graphics and that only the dog is worth looking at in the demo's current state. Overlooking the work left to be done, the dog seems to be well animated and deliver a lot of emotion; hopefully this companion will add more depth to the game.See the dog demo after the break.
Today's most freakin' sweet video: Family Guy, Clinton and DDR
"Hey, do you remember the time I went to Chuck E. Cheese with former president William Jefferson Clinton?"Bill Clinton, Chuck E Cheese and Dance Dance Revolution. O, those manatees doth weave a clever tale. Game site 1P Start proves how fast the internet works by already having this clip from last night's Family Guy uploaded and blogged.We laugh, but only because we can see the actual former U.S. President Bill Clinton playing DDR. Maybe not to an Aqua song, but perhaps .59 or Afronova. Video embedded after the break.
Today's hottest video: New Battlefield teaser
A new EA/DICE Battlefield game is in production for release this year, and a GameTrailers video of the title scores our pick for the day. The self-referential machinima of Battlefield: Bad Company features two soldiers verbally sparing with an announcer, dodging enemy fire while trying to stop the "In a world..."-style announcements. But behind this gimmick, the video shows a few gameplay elements, like how buildings crumble when shot.See the video after the break.
Today's hottest game video: Calling All Cars
The most-watched GameTrailers video, a trailer for Calling All Cars, is our pick for today. We've been wanting this title ever since we saw a tiny glimpse of it at Sonys Gamer's Day back when it was called Criminal Crackdown. The trailer shows some of the party title's fast, overhead racing gameplay.Look for the downloadable PS3 game soon, and watch the trailer after the break.
Today's retroest game video: NES Batman
Today's video pick, an overview of the NES classic, Batman, is the top-watched segment at GameTrailers. The game follows parts of the Tim Burton movie, and we agree with GameTrailers that it's among the best movie-IP games of all time. The batarang rocks.Top off your nostalgia-meter -- and hope for a Virtual Console release -- after the break.
Today's hottest game video: Hellboy trailer
We plunge GameTrailers for today's video pick, a Hellboy trailer that makes us tentatively look forward to comic franchises again since the Neversoft Ghost Rider game that never was. Of course it's still just a trailer, and a lot can change before the game is released this summer. But Hellboy looks good, with its 3D engine rendering in a style that fits its comic history.Judge for yourself after the break.
Today's hottest game video: Command & Conquer 3
Today's most-popular GameTrailers video is a trailer for Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars. RTS fans hope that the third C&C title lives up to the classic original, and the early word is that the March (PC) game should be fun. RTS aside, we're most excited about the return of full-motion videos with real actors. Bring on the emotion. Watch the FMV-free trailer after the break, and take a peak at a bonus video from last year that shows Joe Kucan as Kane.
Shhh: Today's hottest game video: Zelda secrets
Spoiler alert. Today's video pick is a GameTrailers tour through Twilight Princess secrets. The fanboys have surely won this game at least once by now, so the video will either show tricks they can recreate on their own, or they'll feel smug knowing they handled the game perfectly the first time.If you haven't bested the Zelda game yet, know that you'll never be able to un-watch the surprises after the break. Do you have the willpower to finish exploring the game first?
