For years our coverage of classic arcade game Q*Bert has been limited to hardcore players attempting to break longevity records. No normal person has time to play a game for 80 hours straight these days. That's what Q*Bert Rebooted is for. » 7/07/14 6:30pm 7/07/14 6:30pm

The last two guys to try and beat the Q*Bert world record had to pull out due to fatigue, because they'd need to have played the game for over 70 hours to beat it. » 2/17/13 10:00pm 2/17/13 10:00pm

Lots of gamers threw their goodwill towards the various stunts and trailers that Disney spooled out for Wreck-It Ralph, even if they made fun of modern-day games. » 11/05/12 9:30am 11/05/12 9:30am

OK, well, not just "some dude." The record-seeker is Ed Heemskerk, who set the marathon record for Q*Bert at 68.5 hours back in March, and now is bidding for a 100-hour stretch on a single quarter. He started yesterday morning at 8 a.m. EDT, meaning that, by now, he's a little more than a quarter of the way toward his… » 6/09/12 12:00pm 6/09/12 12:00pm

We previously reported that Disney's Wreck-It Ralph would feature cameos of iconic video game villains, but seeing them in an actual trailer is something different. After watching this, I can't wait for this film to be released. It looks like it could be the greatest video game-related movie ever made. » 6/06/12 3:50pm 6/06/12 3:50pm

Filled with rusty meet hooks, jumping snakes, and the odd retractable bridge over a pit of bubbling lava, video game real estate isn't exactly burning up the market. Well, in some cases it is, but only literally.

Bowser's castle from Super Mario Bros. isn't a safe place to raise a family, but a good real estate… » 5/07/12 3:45pm 5/07/12 3:45pm

If George Leutz hasn't gone completely Ahab already, I'd advise him to let go of the Q*Bert world record. His latest assault on the mark, whose 33 million score is believed to require more than 70 hours of nonstop gameplay, ended in exhaustion after 57 hours, 40 minutes on a single quarter at the joystick. His final… » 12/31/11 12:00pm 12/31/11 12:00pm

Say this for George Leutz: that man is determined. Undaunted by the 70 hours of nonstop gameplay it is estimated to take to beat the 28-year-old all-time world record in Q*Bert, Leutz is at this moment 25 hours into his third assault on the record. » 12/30/11 1:00am 12/30/11 1:00am

The all-time high score of 33 million set 28 years ago on Q*Bert has this year proved to be one of the most unassailable marks in video game history. » 11/13/11 1:00pm 11/13/11 1:00pm

It was estimated that George Leutz would have to play Q*Bert for more than 70 hours -nearly three days straight- to break a 28-year-old all-time world record. If you, like me, wondered if there was some way to stick Q*Bert in the corner of the board and grab a nap during the record attempt, evidently there isn't. » 5/21/11 11:00am 5/21/11 11:00am

Last month, George Leutz set out to topple a high score nearly 28 years old: Q*Bert's all time mark of 33,273,520. It's believed that it would take playing for 70 hours on a single quarter to beat that score. Halfway into it, someone kicked a power cord, (seen above) and all of Leutz's work was lost. » 5/18/11 9:30pm 5/18/11 9:30pm

Thirty-six hours into what was expected to be a 70-hour assault on an all-time world record, and with hundreds of lives to spare, someone unplugged a cabinet elsewhere in the arcade, resetting the Q*bert George Leutz was playing. » 4/16/11 11:00am 4/16/11 11:00am

Cracked takes a thoughtful look at what five iconic v8-bit video game characters would look like if their sprites were magically granted life. The results are just a wee bit disturbing. » 1/06/10 12:20pm 1/06/10 12:20pm

We've seen dodgy, unlicensed games on Apple's App Store before. But rarely have we seen a dodgy, unlicensed game that takes the words "copyright infringement" to heart quite like CuBert. » 2/10/09 4:30am 2/10/09 4:30am

Boy I don't know about you, but when I shuffle off this mortal coil, I hope that I leap into the air waving my arms, and then plunge out of view as a merry oh-shit tune plays. With my loving family around my deathbed of course. » 5/18/08 2:00pm 5/18/08 2:00pm