Evan Narcisse

A Twin-Stick-Shooter That’s One of the Toughest Games for the iPad

The sometimes-justified rap on mobile games is that they’re too casual, too easy. Too oriented to delivering distraction, instead of challenging design. Inferno 2 is not one of those games. Inferno 2 is the latest release from Radiangames, a one-man indie studio who’s been making agile, small-scale games since the days of Xbox Live Indie…

15-Year-Old Kid Spends 37,000 Euros on Gold in Free-to-Play Game

That’s $46,381.90, according to today’s conversion rates. More than some people make in a year! Horror stories about how much money people have spent on stuff you can buy in games have been around as long as there has been microtransactions and in-app purchases. But one teenager in Belgium went absolutely crazy with the amount…

A Video Game Trying Its Damnedest to Be the Most Otaku Thing Ever

Two hours. At most, three. That’s all the time you’ll need to blaze through a trippy video game hallucination that zips players through everything from old-school NES games through Akira and Sailor Moon. It’s probably the most otaku thing you’ll do all year. Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day is the video game component of Short Peace,…

​Looks Like Mortal Kombat‘s Evil Sorcerer Will Annoy You More Than Ever

There’s a move at the end of this character reveal that made me wince and go “Ooooh….” Quan Chi, I’ve always hated you. After teasing series creator Ed Boon teased Mortal Kombat fans for two days on Twitter, a new video reveals the return of the fighting game franchise’s demonic necromancer to the upcoming Mortal…

​Hollywood’s Hero Dudes Really Want Them To ‘Let Her Go’

It’s one of the worst action movie clichés: bad guy captures female character and the hero yells at the villain to release the love interest/partner/sister. How much does it happen? Entirely too damn much. This supercut of mostly male protagonists saying the same three words—there’s one instance of ‘let go of her,’ to shake things…

“There’s no way that more teraflops don’t equal more emotions!” This very funny video serves as an announcement that charming indie creation Thomas Was Alone is coming to PS4, Xbox One and Wii U this November.

One Way To Make Some YouTube Videos Way Creepier

The code that puts a first-person-shooter avatar and reticule on top of random uploaded videos doesn’t appear to be publicly available. That’s probably a good thing because it makes everything much more stomach-churning. YouTube Shooter is the work of intermedia artist Kent Sheely, who’s also swapped the old-school Nintendo Zapper for actual guns in a…

​Hollywood Is Planning To Make An ‘Epic’ Sci-Fi Movie About Tetris

It’s being developed by the producer behind the Mortal Kombat films from the ’90s. A post from the Wall Street Journal‘s Speakeasy blog outs the upcoming film adaptation of Tetris, with Threshold Enetrtainment honcho Larry Kasanoff saying that there’s going to be an big story: “It’s a very big, epic sci-fi movie… This isn’t a…

​Why Cosplayers Dress Up

People all over the world love looking at and performing cosplay. But it’s still relatively rare to hear the motivations and stories that spur folks to craft their elaborate costumes. A new documentary series aims to do just that. Cosplay Boom comes from producers Todd Kenreck and Meagan Sadler, who’ve been spending much of the…

The much-anticipated next part of the Longest Journey saga comes out on October 21st. Dreamfall Chapters, Book One will have PC and Mac versions hit Steam on that day, with a PS4 version to follow next year. Find out more here

The iPad version of the Pokemon Trading Card Game—already out in Canada—now has a U.S. release date of September 30.

Destiny‘s Loot Cave Lives On Forever In Goofy Tribute Game

Destiny‘s infamous loot cave is dead. But a cheeky developer has paid homage to the beloved engram-farming location with a game you can play right in your browser. Sure, other caves are being touted as successors to the magnetic exploit in Bungie’s popular new shooter. You still need to fire up Destiny to get to…

Nintendo Character Quiz Is Not What You’d Expect

I wound up with Yoshi. Boy, it sure is depressing. The funny-makers at Dorkly have built a quiz to help readers figure out what Nintendo characters they are. Like a lot of internet question queues, you click on a bunch of answers and some algorithm spits out an answer at you. But, unlike the answers…

​Someone Beat Ninja Gaiden II‘s Hardest Setting Without Taking Damage

If you’ve played Ninja Gaiden II, you know that it’s a game that’s pretty tough on its third-hardest Mentor difficulty. On the Master Ninja setting, it makes grown men cry. Except for the Chinese player who seems to have beaten the game at its hardest without getting a scratch. A set of four videos on…

A Game About Two Girls Gleefully Breaking the World

Remember how playing Katamari Damacy felt? How it seemed like you could roll up nearly everything in sight onto your candy-and-cat-and-house-filled magic ball? One new game shown in New York City last week is sort of like that PS2 classic but with one big difference: you’re slamming yourself into the world as hard as you…

Watch Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare’s Multiplayer Right Here

Can’t wait to go head-to-head against a bunch of other exo-suit-wearing players in the next Call of Duty? You can get a taste of what it’ll look like in a livestream that’s happening right now. Twitch broadcaster AliA is currently streaming Advanced Warfare‘s online portion over on his channel. If you want to see how…

​Phew, Ex-WipEout Devs’ New Racing Game Looks Just Like WipEout

WipEout games have been synonymous with PlayStation platforms ever since the PS1. When Sony closed the studio responsible for the futuristic racing series in 2012, it looked like the PS4 wouldn’t be getting a WipEout game. But it—and the Xbox One—might be. Sort of. Formula Fusion—a newly announced game from R8, a new collective made…

$99 Wii U Super Smash Bros Game+Controller Bundle Spotted on Amazon

Yes, the October 3 North America release date for the 3DS version of Nintendo’s all-star fighting franchise is just around the corner. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get excited for the home console version. Here’s what thepreviously announced game bundle looks like on Amazon. Note: Headline changed for clarification. There’s been no date announced…

Ah, so that’s what’s going to be happening in Vane. The open-world adventure game—being made by some folks who’ve worked on The Last Guardian—still looks pretty and mysterious but this new trailer seems to reveal at least one gameplay feature.

​Your PC Must Be This Nefarious To Run The Evil Within

Old-school survival horror fans have been waiting for the next game from the creator of Resident Evil for a little while. It’s almost here so let’s take a look at how much of an abomination your PC will need to be to run The Evil Within well. The PC version of The Evil Within isn’t…