Evan Narcisse

Trying to Speedrun the Game of Life is Pretty Disgusting

Speedrunning a video game can be a funny, beautiful gasp-inducing feat, sometimes done for the benefit of others. But blazing through all the important stuff that you’re ‘supposed’ to do in life in as little time as possible? Kinda gross, in more ways than one. IRLDQ (In Real Life Done Quick) is a fake speedrun…

Watch Patton Oswalt Trash (and Defend) the Watchmen Movie

It was a weird thing when the Watchmen movie came out in 2009. There it was, a cinematic adaptation of one of the most-loved superhero stories of all time and… it was bad. Mostly, according to comedian and uber-nerd Patton Oswalt, because it was too much like the comics it was based on. At an…

Tingle’s Coming to Blow Up Hyrule Warriors on February 5

A new Majora’s Mask-themed DLC pack for Hyrule Warriors will be arriving in a few weeks, giving the beat-em-up its most unlikely combatant yet. That’s right, Tingle. Zelda’s weirdest rupee-lover is here to kick butt. Just revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct, Tingle will be battling hordes of enemies with a giant bag of money as…

Star Wars Comics Are Getting Better

Thirty some-odd years ago, Marvel Comics started putting out a Star Wars series that aimed to tell the continuing adventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Leia Organa after the Rebel Alliance blew up the Death Star. Tomorrow, they’re doing the same thing. A lot has changed since Marvel last published anything Force-related, most of…

Boba Fett vs. Mario, Mega Man and Pokemon Ends Exactly How It Should

The only possible reason for Mario not running from Boba Fett is that Nintendo’s flagship character doesn’t know who he is. Then, unfortunately for him, Princess Peach’s boyfriend finds out the hard way why he’s the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy. Ouch. This video by YouTuber NicksplosionFX mashes up two beloved parts of…

Green Arrow Isn’t Quite as Grim in Lego Batman 3‘s New DLC

The TV version of DC Comics’ Emerald Archer is decidedly more gloomy than his comic-book counterpart. But the Oliver Queen showing up in today’s new Arrow add-on for Lego Batman 3 still might manage to make you laugh. Just look at that Lego stubble. An Arrow-themed expansion makes sense for Lego Batman 3, given how…

Things Look Bad in the New Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer

The newest teaser for Marvel’s upcoming super-team sequel shows a collection of superheroes not getting along at all. Too bad they’re going to be facing down a super-intelligent, human-hating robot. So much for teamwork? Tonight’s trailer gives up a longer glimpse at the throwdown between Hulk and Iron Man, along with a few more glimpses…

Watch the First-Ever Smite Tournament Right Here, Live

2.5 million dollars is on the line this weekend, as players from all over the world face off against each other in Hi-Rez’s online arena game Smite. You can watch the god battles go down in real time. The actual team-vs-team action starts at noon today (Friday), preceded by a preshow at 11 A.M. The…

GTA Game Slowly Descends Into Glitch Hell

At first, it’s a few small oddities. The floating car glitch we’ve seen before. A character model disappearing for a few seconds. But, by the time that this drug-running mission in Grand Theft Auto Online ends, everything’s gone to hell. Or heaven, by the looks of it. Things don’t seem that weird at the beginning…

“If you own a PlayStation, you may have killed him at some point.” Grantland‘s got a great profile of Reuben Langdon, a motion-capture stuntman who’s lent his physical and vocal talents to games like Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Devil May Cry 3 and Street Fighter

A Perfect Glimpse of How GTA Is Disturbing and Funny at the Same Time

It’s the kind of thing that, were it to happen in real life, would be appalling on multiple levels: dude talks shit while walking by, another person pulls out a weapon. But because it happens in GTA V, it becomes comedy. It helps that the timing in this quick, 9-second clip by YouTuber something i…

A Snow Day in GTA V‘s Fake Los Angeles

The central city in Grand Theft Auto V is supposed to be, essentially, Los Angeles. In real-world LA, snow is pretty much a mythical phenomenon. But Rockstar made flakes fall from the sky in GTA V over the holidays and it looked downright peaceful. The timelapse video above is courtesy of YouTuber 8-Bit Bastard, who…

The New Mortal Kombat Comic Isn’t Even Bad in a Good Way

It’s one thing to have low expectations for a comic book spinning off of a video game. It’s entirely another to have the project come in under those expectations. Unfortunately, the new Mortal Kombat X digital comic out this week does the latter. Look: like many fighting games, the story driving Mortal Kombat‘s to-the-death fights…

How To Play The Independent Games Festival’s Grand Prize Nominees

Each year, the Independent Games Festival rounds up standout games made by solo developers and smaller teams, awarding prizes to the best. The nominations for the 2014 calendar were announced today and, no surprise, they’re all titles that are worth your time. Here’s how you can play the titles in the running for the Grand…

New Ant-Man Comic Book Is The Perfect Trailer for Marvel’s Next Movie

“Ant-Man.” You have to laugh at it. It’s a name that’s screaming to be made fun of, a relic of goofy 1960s-era comic-book-making. But, while there’s tons of humor in the first issue of the Marvel character’s new series, Ant-Man #1 will pull at your heartstrings, too. The timing couldn’t be any better for Ant-Man…

Here’s the First Trailer for Ant-Man

“Ant-Man” doesn’t invoke much fear, does it? The best part of the promo clip for Marvel’s next big superhero flick is Paul Rudd’s reaction. Sure, he’s getting handed an opportunity to put on a suit that gives him superpowers and redeem his pretty screwed-up life. But he’s got doubts about that moniker. Wouldn’t you?

Mario Kart Music Makes Classic Action Movie Car Chase Better

Ronin is one of those movies people talk about when they list the best car chase scenes in all of cinema. But those tense automotive sequences really needed was a change in soundtrack. Because Mario Kart tunes can improve just about anything. The video above is the work of Josh Moore, who threw the Mount…

There Really Should Be a Booster Gold Comic in 2015

Unless you’re a diehard DC Comics fan, you might not know who Booster Gold is. But you should, because he’s the perfect superhero for our times. Basically, he’s a selfish asshole with a robot sidekick. Even though he’s been in various incarnations of the Justice League over the years, Booster Gold is a C-lister. Maybe…

What GTA V Gets Right (And Wrong) About The Real World

Grand Theft Auto V is a game caught between two distinct impulses: it wants to be real but needs to be fake, too. In his newest Errant Signal video, Chris Franklin takes a look at how Los Santos is constructed both as a place meant to closely mimic reality and as a virtual space meant…

Guys Make Devil May Cry Sword In Real Life

Look, it’s great that the folks at Man at Arms got around to making Dante’s fearsome sword from the old-school Devil May Cry games. But if you’re not putting on a trenchcoat when you’re swinging Rebellion around, you’re doing Son of Sparda all wrong. Sartorial missteps aside, the Rebellion sword crafted in the latest Man…