NASA deep-space hibernation

What most people are wondering when they read the title of this post is “what is “deep-space hibernation”?”, well basically it’s the stuff you see in movies.

2001 a Space Odyssey

Aliens

Prometheus

Some examples:

NASA’s reasons for pondering deep-space hibernation or cyrosleep or cyrostasis or anything you saw in a movie, are the symptoms of claustrophobia, anxiety,insomnia, and depression- plus many more. NASA has been looking at a few options and one proposed solution is to put these people into a state of hypothermia which will put them into torpor -a kind of hibernation. Instead of staying awake for years, astronauts or normal people at the rate of commercial transportation, will sleep until they reach their destination.

This may be familiar to science-fiction fans because of the extensive exploration in science-fiction movies. But instead of stepping into a tube to induce torpor ,NASA says torpor would induced via the RhinoChill- a device that uses invasive tubes to shoot cooling liquid up the nose and into the base of the brain.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-10-nasa-deep-space-hibernation-technology.html#jCp

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Pokemon Virtual Console+

 

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iPhone 6 Leaked!?

Of course, with every iPhone, the phone must be shown off before its time at the September Apple conference. Unlike the iPhone 4, this one wasn't left in a bar, but pieced together through seperate sources that claim they are manufacturing the iPhone 6. Stay skeptical as these images and post names can be bait to pull you in to a bunch of useless facts and information. Of course this would be amazing to see become the final product, as I think it combines the 5C and 5S into some great looking phone that could take a beating with the bumber-like edges and the sapphire screen. All of the leaks that I've seen seem to follow the same phone, and I have almost seen confirmation if the following video is legitimate. I'll be back with a recap of 9.9.14 when the new phone and possibly more is shown off.

WWDC 2014: Shown during preparation?

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Fish Plays Pokemon is Mind Numbingly Upsetting

   Fish Plays Pokemon, another spin-off of Twitch Plays Pokemon, has started and has not made almost any progress. Unlike the original, their is no way to really get much done, as so far a starter was picked and the fish has been stranded talking to his mom. As crazy as it is, the comments are enough to hold your attention and make you throw your arms up as a fish stumbles around a bowl never managing to hit the down button. Lets see how Grayson Hopper, the fish who wobbles through Pokemon Red, can get to the elite 4 with no help and his charmander, whos name happens to be AAABBK.

Check it out:
http://www.twitch.tv/fishplayspokemon

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Xbox One being released on Amazon first in India

   The Xbox One will be launching in India on September 23rd, and unlike many other countries, it is exclusively available online. Amazon has exclusive rights to the launch and the orders have other special offers including accessories and preorder bonuses. If you would like to order one now or you would like to check out the webpage on amazon.in, click the link below.

Check it out:
 http://www.amazon.in/gp/feature.html/

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Play Nintendo Tour 2014 - In Review

   Today the team visited the Play Nintendo Tour 2014, an event hosted to show off the 2DS system and the whole game library available for anyone who wants to  buy one of the systems. For starters, they handed out small packets with a few things to bring home with you, a 10% off any Nintendo item at Target stores, a Tomodachi Life Demo code, and a sheet of paper that you can collect station stickers. These stickers are collected when you answer a trivia question for any of the 6 games being displayed around the event, along with a bonus sticker from the Tomodachi Life booth. 2DS systems are placed at every stand and you can demo any of the select 2DS titles, such as Yoshi's New Island, Super Mario 3D Land, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and Pokemon X and Y. If you request a ticket, you can join the Mario Kart 7 trial races that happen during the event. If you have one of the best times out of the group you are in, you are allowed to move up to the semi-finals, and at that point you switch to the Wii U. You race across 4 tracks chosen by either staff or another player. If you pass the semi-finals, you move to the finals with narrators and a crowd watching. The winner of the finals wins a Mario Kart 8 poster and a small doll of Mario.

The seats for Mario Kart 7 Time Trails

Kirby running to the event

The finalists seats for the Mario Kart 8 Tournament

       We had an interview with Cory Alexander, a Nintendo employee working at the St. Louis Play Nintendo Tour event.

 Tyler: Do you have any Nintendo sneak peaks to share?
Cory: Maybe; next question.
Me: What's your favorite game here?
Cory: Kirby Triple Deluxe. I've been playing for the last 4 days straight now.
Tyler: Have you played Splatoon yet?
Cory: No, but on this tour I've mainly focused on the games here so I can demonstrate them to the consumer.
Tyler: What do you think of Yoshi's New Island?
Cory: Yoshi's New Island? I enjoy it. It's a side-scroller and is very much like the classic Super Mario Bros, where instead of playing as Mario or Luigi, you play as Yoshi with the help of Baby Mario to save Baby Luigi.
Tyler: Thank you!
Cory: Alright,

 If the tour is coming close to you, I recommend checking it out and to see more like this you can leave a comment about what you think.

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Kickstarter's "Potato Salad" has been funded at $55,492

   The kick-starter project known simply as Potato Salad has been funded well over it's initial $10 goal. Zack Brown, from Columbus, Ohio. He has a promise to fulfill, and by that he must make quite a lot of Potato Salad. He once had original "stretch" goals which now look really small compared to the $55,492 that he has raised in total.

Stretch Goals:
$35 - I will make 4x as much Potato Salad. I know $40 isn't 4x $10, but you guys have earned it.
$75 - Pizza Party!
$100 - I will try two different Potato Salad recipes. 

Now that his crazy promises have been blown far out of proportion, he can't manage every goal so he has invited everyone that donated $10 or more on his kickstarter to a party hall to celebrate and eat some potato salad. What probably is the funniest think about this all, his biggest risk is that he has never made a potato salad.


 

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Get Heracross for Pokemon X and Pinsir for Pokemon Y via Special Distribution

   On the Nintendo Press website, they have announced a new release that is to come soon. Serial codes for Mega Pinsir and Mega Heracross, both level 50 with the mega stones will be distributed some time from now to September 17th.

The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo today announced that beginning August 13 in the United States and Canada, the Bug-type Pokémon Pinsir—normally only encountered in the Pokémon X video game—will be available to players of Pokémon Y via a special wireless Internet distribution. During the same wireless Internet distribution period, the battle-tested Bug- and Fighting-type Pokémon Heracross—typically only encountered in the Pokémon Y video game—will be available to players of Pokémon X. Fans of these powerful Pokémon will need to act quickly as this unique distribution is only available for a limited time, ending September 17.

    Nintendo Press
 
The Heracross, a Y-version exclusive, will be available to Pokemon X players with the moves Bullet Seed, Pin Missile, Close Combat and Megahorn. A Pinsir will be available for Pokemon Y players as it was only available in Pokemon X. It has the moveset of X-Scissor, Earthquake, Stone Edge and Return.

Players who visit participating GameStop stores to pick up the code can also pre-order the Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire video games, releasing November 21, 2014, for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, and receive a special pre-order bonus poster. Codes for the Heracronite and Pinsirite Mega Stones and the bonus poster are available while supplies last.

   Nintendo Press

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PokemonCenter.com coming August 6th

   The new PokémonCenter.com will provide merchandise and exclusives to Pokémon fans around the US. The shop closed in 2008 due to the waivering popularity of the franchise, but the reboot comes hand in hand with the sudden surge if popularity since Black and White, and most notably, X and Y. It comes out slightly before the release of the next games in the series, remakes of two titles that had been released in 2003, Ruby and Sapphire. More news will be coming as the updates happen, so check back soon!

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Minecraft PE 0.9.0 - Review

  Since I'll be traveling, I decided a good review should come out. July 10th marked the release of the biggest Minecraft Pocket Edition update as of now. It introduced biomes, patterns of land that have different characteristics, caves, to make mining easier than what previously was avaliable, and new blocks including End portal blocks, planned to be usable in a future update. It has a key feature making it unstoppable, the infinite terrain generater, similar to the XBOX and PS4 editions, along with the classic PC version. This makes the game jump the ranks and carry separate blocks than the other versions, as it has blocks that aren't avaliable anywhere else. If you have the time and cash to play the game, you can grab it in the Google Play Store and the App Store, along with certain Amazon Store devices.

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Cyberelevat0r: Untethered iOS 7.1.1 Jailbreak

   

   Right now, the news is developing and if the jailbreak becomes public we'll release the download link on our site. The exploit used for the jailbreak has a little to none chance of release until iOS 8's announcement, as it could give Apple a chance to patch this jailbreak exploit before the official release of the next operating system. If it is anything like iOS 6's jailbreak demonstrations, fake jailbreaks popped up all around the net until evasi0n released there untethered jailbreak. So if you are looking for a jailbreak, we'll be updating on Cyberelevat0r and the exploits.

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WWDC Announcements

The WWDC App, shown above, has been updated with an all-white iOS 7 design and an orange tint. Today, Apple has announced that WWDC will happen on June 2, at exactly 10 AM. During the event and post event we will keep you informed on all new devices or software announced by Apple or other representatives.

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New Reinforce Mode!

 New Reinforce Mode!

The new Reinforce mode can only be played in private match.. This is a mix of Search and rescue and Domination. You win by capturing all the enemy flag or kill their team with out them respawning. 

To get your teammate respond you have to capture a flag. The main thing that i want to talk about is the Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare! This game has been getting worked on for 2 1/2 years. This is set to the year of 2054. Sledgehammer Games previously described Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare as "ambitious" and "creative," while Activision says it is "perhaps the best Call of Duty game ever!

You play as a character named Private Mitchell. The game runs on a new unspecified engine. Also like all other COD games the DLC will come out on Xbox first. You get coins or tickets in the campaign then once you get enough you can upgrade your EXO-suite. Also some of your guns are energy based than the normal bullet. They will also have some type of Co-Op mode. You can cook a grenade and while its cooking you can switch the type of grenade.  The new Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare will be a revolutionizing game!

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Buying a 2DS and Pokemon

   Recently, I bought a 2DS. This was the day before the announcement of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. I bought the 2DS at Best Buy when it was only $100 and along with a new copy of Pokemon Y. All of this was around $140, so I decided I could review the product on the site, but an announcement pushed me to delay this review until I can show off some gameplay of a view titles, and Omega Ruby had caught my interest. Yesterday, the "Pokemon" channel in Japan showcased a 30 second clip of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. It shows Kyogre, a large whale-like creature in the world of Pokemon, emerging from the water and Groudon in a Volcano-like setting, him being the dinosaur-like creature in Pokemon. So when more games are announced, who knows how valuable a 2DS could become? The sales have been rather decent and it is the best selling Nintendo console right now, so if you have a chance, getting a 2DS would be a great decision for Pokemon fans.

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Nintendo Updates - May 2014

Weekly Updates for May 2014

Welcome back to Nintendo Updates! With April being much of a barren land for posts, we're going to push it up a notch with this month. Be ready for some May updates in about a week! :)

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MLG In X-Games

MLG (Major league Gaming) has officially been placed in the 2014 X-Games. This is amazing because the highlights are going to be on ESPN, ABC, and all other types of TV shows that show the. X-Games. So it could be like a couple of guys at the bar and that don't know what MLG is and are watching the snowboarding, then it could be like " now back to the match between Optic and Faze. 

The Call Of Duty franchise has just shot up in numbers in the past couple of years, especially in Major League Tournoments. In China right they are say stuff like "heis the person I look up to". In America we want to say that to like baseball, soccer, football players and now I think soon it will be like that. Call of duty is going to to flourish from hear on out. This is going to make the X-Games a whole another experience.

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Call of Duty Ghost Extinction Mode (Chaos Mode)

 Recently Ghost has released a new mode from Modern Warfare 3, (Chaos mode). This has been released on all forms of the Call Of Duty. This new game mode when you start has a multi bar type thing and you need to get combos to keep it going. Like in Modern warfare 3 when you killed someone you had to pick up a tag, but in Ghost when you kill an alien you kill it you have to pick up its eggs. You can also only use one weapon once. As you keep shooting you get extra perks. A great video that explains this new mode great is Ali-a's video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIEfBjGDLpU. This mode is very crazy and chaotic.

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Google Glass: Future or naw?

          The Sci-fi looking Google glasses are going to revolutionize us. Its something you will see in movies and shows and soon on the streets. Many people have questions on how they work."How can they project a picture in front of you"? "Are they just an advanced version of Siri"? Well I'm here to answer your questions and more!

The Google glasses have a big bulky frame but still weighs only just 42 grams (1.48 oz). You can often time forget that your wearing it. At first the very small prism could strain you eye vision. It will warn you about this. Just like a smart phone today there are very phew physical buttons. It has the power button on the temple part of your head. Also has some plugins for ear phones on the bottom. New futures have been added but it is still $1,500 (about £897, AU$1,593) plus tax. Getting WiFi for the first time is easy. All you need to do is connect it to your iPhone then you will get a QR code, as simple as that.

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April Fools: Hacker Typer

Happy April Fools Day! Hope you get pranked and prank just as much. For one of the many pranks that you play on people you should act like you are hacking into the CIA with this website called Hacker Typer. Open and Enjoy! Hope you catch a lot of people off guard! 

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Call Of Duty: World Championships Result!

Call of Duty competitive team, Complexity, Won $1 Million!

by Brock Bila

   Call Of Duty has been hosting a tournament for 2 years now for Call Of Duty players, and 2014 is no different. The 32 finalists will compete on the Xbox One version of Call of Duty Ghosts, hoping to take home the top prize of  $1 million. This is some mad cash. Faze and Optic are some of the most known teams out there. But in the end Complexity won! Optic went out in the semi-finals.

   Ghost has not been a hot game. When it was came out, it was the latest and greatest thing to buy. Ghosts tried to hard on its features like creating your own character, the iOS and Android apps, leaning and all of the other details, but as the game went on, a DLC came out and the game got better. All of my friends and the friends of those friends said that the game isn't what it could have been. You have to think of how "real" it  is I say. They added moving objects around, which is a great and new thing to come to the Call of Duty franchise. I think this game is the start of greatness for the series.

   Patrick Price is the captain of the Complexity Call of Duty team, and he has been playing Call of Duty since the original released on Xbox. Ian Porter, another member, had his start in Call of Duty 4 after discovering that he didn't like Halo 3. Tyler Polchow was a friend of Patrick. He won two championships in Black Ops 2 with him. Damo Barlow is the fourth player of Complexity, and holds the team together.

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Bad Games: Sonic R

Welcome to Bad Games, where I like to show off some of the worst games I've ever played or seen. Of course, by bad, I mean the game isn't fun. The graphics may be great, the sound effects could redeem it for others, but if you actually play it, it doesn't hold up.

Sonic R for the Sega Saturn

  Now since I will be starting slow with some of these "okay games" I decided to kick it off with two poorly made things, The Sega Saturn and Sonic R. Both had great ideas and then those thoughts were carried on to future games, but neither sold well or saw a lot of investment for development of the system and game. I like this game, but a lot of people don't see the decency within the title. Now, I have played it for only short times, but the controls are "meh" and the graphics aren't bad. Being the first true 3D Sonic racing game had to be tough on development, having to code and rebuild a new engine with a system that needs a lot of unnecessary coding. Mario Kart 64, the first true 3D racing game featuring Mario and his friends from Nintendo, was well done and is a great game for the Nintendo 64, a console that had much more power than a Saturn and sold fairly well in the United States. The music isn't good though, it has a lot of soundtracks that sound a lot like Sega ran out of ideas and had to use the CD-quality sound that is possible with the Saturn. So they decided that "Can you feel the Sunshine?" would be the best song to go with. Many fans of the series didn't enjoy the choice and some cannot stand it. Here is a small bit from the lyrics;

Can you feel the Sunshine?

Can you feel the sunshine?
Does it brighten up your day?
Don't you feel that sometimes
You just need to run away?

You play as your character without any vehicle, and ramming in to walls is very common. I don't understand exactly how to use items or move around, but I can get through the game without any problems, albeit in last place. In conclusion, I wouldn't pay for the game, but if some old man offers it for free, I'd take it. You can waste about 30 minutes on it and complete it, so if you were to spend around $40 when it was available in 1997, then you could feel a little bit scammed. Of course, you probably felt that when you bought the Saturn in the first place.

Final Score: 6.5/10



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COD Ghosts Devestation DLC

DEVASTATION DLC

          Number 2 DLC coming out for xbox on April 3rd. This DLC has 4 small-medium maps. And a really cool looking hybrid weapon. Also another extension to the Extinction saga.
 

 

(Map #1 Ruins)

          Ruins is a map that is in South America. In a Mayan temple. This map is a triangle type shape map. Towering over the temple is a massive volcano that is about to erupt. If some one from either team complete a field order they will get a kill streak that will cause the volcano to erupt and kill your enemies.

                                                       

(Map #2 Behemoth)

           Behemoth is a map that call of duty has never done before. The map is based of a earth excavator. With a big saw in the middle. This map is a medium-long range map. It's also really high up so be careful not to fall off. When you complete a field order you get a helicopter that you sit in with a mini gun and can just rain bullets down on the enemy.

 

 

(Map #3 Collision)

          This map is a small-medium size map. It is a BIG boat that is crashed into a bridge. This map is really flat and great for run and gunning. Maps that have poles everywhere are really dynamic because it's hard to see people. This map has two sniper points. If you were to play domination the B flag would be right in the middle. You will be constantly fighting for the middle. If you complete a field added you will be able to be in a A10 and rain bullets and missiles over the map 

 

                                                                  (Map #4 Unearthed)

          This map is a copy of the map Dome from Modern Warfare three.  This is a very small compact map with a lot of fun sniper spots. This map was remade from Dome to a old excavation site. Like every other map in ghost there's a special ability or kill-streak when you get a field order completed. We'll in this one you get 3 aliens that with run up to the other team and explode to kill them. You can also find a Easter egg ;) that will get you the Venom X which is like the m2 grenade launcher.

                                                                      

 (Extra gun)

          The Ripper is the ideal weapon companion for DEVASTATION’s mix of multiplayer maps. Providing players with two different configurations: medium to short-range capability as a Sub Machine-Gun (SMG), and medium to long-range as an Assault Rifle (AR). This unique 2-in-1 weapon has the ability to switch from SMG to AR and back again on the fly in the midst of battle, at the touch of a button, giving maximum flexibility to adjust to a variety of map types and tactics.

 

                                                                (Extinction Episode 2)

          In Episode 2: Mayday, the Quick Reaction Force team is sent in to investigate a high-tech ghost ship adrift in the South Pacific. To deal with the insidious wall-crawling “Seeder” and skyscraper-sized monstrosity known as the “Kraken,” your team will need new tactics and new weapons.

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Nintendo Updates - March 2014

March 2014

   Welcome to the first month of our Nintendo Update section. Here we talk about new developments in Nintendo products, game titles, or characters that have made news recently.

(3/27/14) Ubisoft Sale on the Nintendo eShop:

Right now, most Ubisoft games are 50% off on the Nintendo eShop. Rayman, Rayman Origins, Zombie U, ESPN Sports, Rayman Legends, and much more. Wii U and 3DS titles are currently having the prices sliced in half while a few games are left in the dust. Almost every title is a 2012 or newer game, meaning the graphics are standing with some of the best looking games for the 3DS and a launch title for the Wii U.

March 24, 9:00 A.M. PT - March 31, 8:59 A. M. PT

(3/20/14) Pokemon X and Y is free, with a purchase:

  

 Pokemon X and Y will be free to anyone who purchases a 3DS, 2DS, or 3DS XL and a game from now until March 31st. This may save some money and for anyone in the market for a portable the deal may give the final push to own a 3DS. According to the promotional website, the offer has a $39.99 value. The largest issue with the offer is the requirement to buy a new system and a game, while a $149.99 2DS packed with Pokemon X and Y is already available.

(3/19/14) Diance will be the first event-only legendary:

  Diance will be available soon to X and Y players and is the only legendary to only be avaliable through an event. Like in previous games some legendaries were exclusive to an event, but they were also Pokemon from previous generations. Diance is all-new and event-only. So far, no dates or details other than this and the level and health points have been given. Diance will have 125 HP and be a level 50 Pokemon when caught.

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Android Wear: First Look

Android Wear: First Look

   Android Wear was announced yesterday, and it is a whole new operating system by Google. Above, I show an image found on the developer site showing the "Ok Google" function on a square smartwatch. Multiple editions of the OS are available for different shaped watches. Apps developed for one system are universally compatible with other devices running Android Wear. Text is made centered so it will be visible through the square and circle displays. Google will release their own smartwatch soon some sources report, and the operating system looks promising as Samsung and other third parties continue to design sub-par operating systems to be compatible with their devices, but Google seems to want to put a stop to the limited compatibility. When the SDK is released, a better understanding of communication with other devices will be shown off in app development. A few apps are already compatible, such as Hangouts, maps, and most apps with notifications. 

   Apps are easy to design by the looks of it. The text is centered and the image is shown on the top portion of the screen. The visibility is easy to see with a circle display and a square. The Moto 360 is a new smart watch that will be released soon with the Android Wear operating system and circle display, while others like the Galaxy Gear 2 run a custom OS made by the developers. Soon enough, the rooting community hopes that they can port the new Android Wear operating system to the Gear.

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GBA4iOS 2.0 Released

   If you've seen our website before, chances are you've read one of our most popular articles from last year. It explained the blocking of the app, and reasons for it.

Check it out: http://www.fitzweekly.com/2013/07/gba4ios-blocked-no-more-pokemon-on-your.html

   The new app, GBA4iOS 2.0 will be distributed from a different source with a new means of distribution. It was released, Febuary 18th, 2014.

Check GBA4iOS 2.0 out: http://gba4iosapp.com/

UPDATE #1: The new distribution developer account has been shut off, so to download or play the app after a reboot or first time download, you must set your date back to February 19th, 2014 or earlier.

UPDATE #2: The dropbox sync has not functioned due to development pieces still being involved, so in a few days the app should update through the auto-update function.

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Goat Simulator Takes Over the Internet

   The gaming community has gone a bit nuts for the new Steam game, Goat Simulator. Other games like Surgeon Simulator and Farming Simulator have made everyday things become hilarious, so what happens when you put a human in control of a goat who is super strong?

  Everything.

   The story goes your a goat and now go do stuff. It places you into a virtual world full of people and obstacles to destroy.

You can preorder now for $10 and get it 3 days before it officially is released/

Check it out: http://goat-simulator.com/

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