Of all the video game bad guys I’ve faced–the Bowsers, the face-huggers, the Giygases, it’s the passive-aggressive homicidal A.I. GLaDOS from Portal and Portal 2 that still gets to me. The final scene haunted my dreams for months after I beat the first Portal. Even just hearing her make fun of me in Poker Night 2 throws off my whole game.
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Super Best Friends Play will be making their 3rd consecutive appearance at MAGfest this year! These goofy YouTube gamers are returning to bring provide their signature brand of comedy. Continue reading 12 Days of MAGfest: Super Best Friends Play
Rapper, producer, teacher, gamer, Ivy League Ph.D student—Sammus does it all. The Ithaca native started her career making beats on MTV Music Generator for the PlayStation while she was still in middle school. She graduated to better equipment as she studied at Cornell and taught in Houston. Sammus took her stage name from the classic Metroid because she and the character are women who kick ass in a tough world.
Ashly Burch is a writer and collaborator with her brother Anthony Burch on ‘Hey Ash Whatcha Playin’?” or HAWP, a hilarious YouTube series that has been running for a few years now, and never fails to elicit a guffaw or chortle.
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