If developers put something inside of a game, players will find it. Even if it requires pulling the game apart, or in this case, going out of the bounds of a level. » 1/16/15 2:08pm 1/16/15 2:08pm

As a kid, I strapped a Nerf gun to my bicycle so I could dive bomb the neighborhood kids, while traveling—I imagined—at five times the speed of sound. As an adult, I've carried a foam-firing blaster to no fewer than three jobs. But a funny thing happened earlier this year: I realized my old guns weren't any good… » 12/18/14 4:56pm 12/18/14 4:56pm

Sunset Overdrive, the Xbox One's whacky new open-world shooter, got its first batch of downloadable content this week. The most important part of the DLC is a weapon pack that adds four new guns to the game. They're all really good—so good that I wish they'd been in the original game. » 11/26/14 11:45am 11/26/14 11:45am

300 hours and $200 was enough for popular modder Ikkalebob to build the real-life version of the Dahl assault rifle from Borderlands. It even has a working sight and with the tweaks he made it just looks really powerful. » 8/22/14 10:40am 8/22/14 10:40am

If you have even a passing relationship with video games, you've probably picked up a gun controller. It's a gimmick, sure, but it's a great one. And thanks to the Oculus Rift and Trinity VR's Magnum, it's about to get even cooler. » 7/21/14 10:40am 7/21/14 10:40am

The Asiimov skin for the AWP sniper rifle in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive can be a pricey one, $30 or a lot more if you're not lucky. So buying one might not be the best idea. But modifying a generic paintball marker to match the one in CS:GO? That's much better. » 7/18/14 11:00am 7/18/14 11:00am

Any time there's a new technology that's sufficiently impressive, chances are someone's going to use it to make guns work better. » 6/04/14 7:30pm 6/04/14 7:30pm

Gamers have fired billions of rounds out of virtual automatic weapons over the years, but have we ever paused to ponder the marvelous machinery that makes it all happen? The Slow Mo Guys have us covered. » 2/19/14 9:47am 2/19/14 9:47am

Owning a gun is not easy in Japan. But that doesn't mean some people don't try! » 12/10/13 12:30pm 12/10/13 12:30pm

Considering how violent video games have been scapegoated by gun-rights hardliners, this defense seems to come from an unusual source. But a man who sued the District of Columbia—and won—over a handgun ban says lawmakers scapegoat video games because they can't win on the gun debate. » 10/15/13 1:00pm 10/15/13 1:00pm

Guns for the Call of Duty generation: here's documentary by Motherboard about "smart weapons," or guns with scopes that incorporate HUDs that help even novices pull off one-shot-one-kills. The gun does all the accuracy calculations for you. Fascinating stuff, and yes, they do talk about people who play games. » 9/23/13 8:30pm 9/23/13 8:30pm

Did you know the infamous pirate Blackbeard (I hear he's scarier in real life) carried no fewer than six flintlock pistols with him at any given time because they took so long to reload? » 8/31/13 5:30pm 8/31/13 5:30pm

This is nothing like those branded Halo bullets we covered a while back: ucfnate's Halo Beretta M9A1 is custom. While I'm not into real-life guns myself, dang if this isn't well-made.Not only are the grips UNSC, but they also glow in the dark. » 8/16/13 11:00pm 8/16/13 11:00pm