Joel Johnson's posts

You've seen the sexed up trailer showing what games based on Epic's Unreal Engine will look like in the coming…

Squawker rag The Sun says a "refund row" is hitting the UK around Nintendo's 3DS, with "record return levels were…

"MASS EFFECT: DECEPTION will be written by author William C. Dietz and will release in Fall 2011," says publisher…

Extra-solar probes Pioneer 10 and 11 have been confusing astrophysicists for the last decade: they're slowing down a…

It's the one iOS craze I've managed to avoid, so I must trust what I'm told about Doodle Jump: that it's fun. And…

Although you'll have to make sure they get a good randomizing rotation in the air before they land-they don't look…

Researchers trying to determine if getting dumped causes measurable, physical pain-and it apparently does show up on…

Adorable expert of adorability Meekakitty's latest jam is a morose take on what it must be like to be Navi. Which…

My darling Robert "the" Beschizza of Boing Boing made this wonderful video compilation of deaths from 8- and…

From time to time we like to publish a post from our ceiling-walking neighbors down under. Today Kotaku Australia…

MTV's hawk-eyed Mary H.K. Choi spotted the preternatural fashion selection of Willow Smith, best remembered for her…

Retro PC game players are surely familiar with Dosbox, the top-shelf emulator that makes playing games from the ‘80s…

Google has some pretty neat built-in tricks, and it seems they've just added another one: with just a quick search,…

The Nintendo 3DS comes from a long line of handheld game systems of a mostly refined pedigree. We thought it would…

Did you know you could use Nintendo's 3DS to do augmented reality on an iPhone? No, no. Not using an iPhone. I mean o…

Nintendo's 3DS, their new handheld console, can show images with depth—it's real 3D. But because you don't have to…

I'll admit, the biggest hook Turbo Grannies had for me was when their PR guy mentioned that it was about to beat…

Firemint, developers of Flight Control and Real Racing 2, say in this interview the full-blown 3D racer for…

Sure, it's prerendered. Sure, it's just a little teaser commercial. But it's totes adorbs*. And if all goes to…

One could forgive a child of 1991 if he were to look at a photo of Captain Lou Albano and say, "That's Super Mario,"…