Jason Schreier

This Is Valve’s Steam Machine Prototype

Via The Seattle Times, here’s your first look at Valve’s Steam Machine prototype—a super-high-end machine that will be sent out to 300 beta testers later this year. (Those are Valve employees standing with it: from left to right, Eric Hope, Anna Sweet, Greg Coomer and D.J. Powers.) If you’re one of the lucky few beta…

Of Course NASA Has The Most Badass Pumpkin-Carving Contests

Because who else but actual rocket scientists would make pumpkins that shoot laser beams and smoke? Happy post-Halloween festivities. Try not to eat too much candy.

No Random Encounters today, but feel free to talk about all things RPG right here. How about that South Park game? Looks awesome, don’t you think?

Indie Dev Says People Stole 30,000 Steam Keys From Him

On Wednesday, Dave Gilbert launched a promotion for one of his PC adventure games, Blackwell Deception. Two days later, he says people have exploited that promotion to steal over 30,000 copies of his game. Gilbert, an indie developer who has been making adventure games over at Wadjet Eye Games for quite a few years now,…

Minecraft Gets An Official Skyrim Make-Over

You could take the time to rebuild all of Skyrim in Minecraft, or you could play Minecraft: Skyrim Edition, announced today by Microsoft and Bethesda for the Xbox 360. This one takes less effort. Via Microsoft: Developed by 4J Studios, “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” Mash-Up features an exclusive Skyrim-themed texture set, 40 character skins,…

Bowser Makes For An Incredible Halloween Costume

Behold: Halloween Costume of the Day. Via Brian Davis of Next Level Games (Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon), who says this is his co-worker, rendering programmer Randy Cavanagh’s Terrifying Paper Mâché Bowser. Do you think he can actually walk around in that? Do those arms move? Does it breathe fire?

Shameless Angry Birds Clone Shows Up On Nintendo 3DS

There are clones of video games, and then there are clones of video games so shameless that you wonder how the hell Nintendo approved them. Today on the Nintendo eShop, for $9, you can buy Angry Bunnies, a game that I really don’t think should be on the Nintendo eShop. It’s developed and published by…

South Park: The Stick of Truth Delayed… Again

Bad news for anyone who was hoping to play the South Park RPG in December: the folks behind it have delayed the game again. Now South Park: The Stick of Truth is scheduled for March 4 of next year. It’ll be out on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. This is the third *official* delay…

What It Could Be Like To Play Games On PS4

Yesterday, Sony dropped a massive FAQ full of PS4 tidbits and details. While it’s certainly interesting, it’s also very long. You might not have the time or energy to read it all. So based on this FAQ, we thought we’d try a little thought experiment: let’s zip ahead to November 16, the day after the…

Flight Attendants Will Soon Stop Asking You To Turn Off Your Game Boy

It’s official: by the end of 2013, flight attendants will stop asking you to turn off your Game Boy during the first and last few minutes of plane rides. If you haven’t used a Game Boy since 2003, that’s okay too. All electronics will soon be allowed during landing and takeoff, although you still can’t…

Sources: Studio Behind Deus Ex And Thief Cancels New Game

Eidos Montreal, the studio behind Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Thief, has just cancelled a third game they had planned, multiple sources have informed Kotaku This isn’t Thief, which is out in February, or the next-gen Deus Ex planned for the future, but a third, unannounced game, sources say. We first heard the news from…

FFXIV‘s Got 1.5M Players. Guess That Massive Overhaul Paid Off.

Final Fantasy XIV hit 1.5 million registered players in its first two months, and if you’re wondering what that means, here’s one suggestion: A Realm Reborn was worth it. First, let’s put that number in context: 1.5 million might be negligible for a free-to-play game, but Final Fantasy XIV is a subscription-based MMORPG. All of…

Here’s An Xbox One The Size Of Fifty People

Why is there a giant Xbox One in Vancouver? Why is it in a parking lot? Is it functional? Can it play Titanfall? Does it require an Internet connection to use? Is it sold without Kinect? These are just some of the questions we have to ask here. Seems like it’s part of some marketing…

PS4 Remote Play Might Not Work So Well When You Leave Your House

One of the PlayStation 4’s coolest announced features is Remote Play, the service that will allow you to use WiFi to mirror and play PS4 games on your Vita. Today, Sony revealed some specifics about how that Remote Play will work—and they caution that it might not work so well when your Vita is on…

Here’s The PS4’s Launch Lineup [UPDATE]

The full list of PS4 launch games is here, and it’s a little… underwhelming. Via today’s massive PS4 FAQ, here are all of the games that will be available when the system launches on November 15. Sony: Flower, Killzone: Shadow Fall, Knack, Resogun, Sound Shapes Third-Party: Angry Birds Star Wars, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag,…

PS4 Won’t Support External Hard Drives

Sony has just posted a massive PS4 FAQ on the PlayStation Blog, and it’s full of granular details surrounding the next-gen console. One noteworthy piece of news: the PS4 won’t support external hard drives, although the internal hard drive will be swappable. So no, you can’t plug another hard drive into your machine for extra…

Witcher 3 Makers Promise: ‘Absolutely No DRM’ On PC

In a world full of season passes and online-only restrictions, the folks behind The Witcher 3 have one hell of a promise to make: no DRM restrictions. None. At all. “Hey, following our recent announcement of the distribution deals of The Witcher 3 in North America and Europe, there have been some concerns regarding DRM…

There Are Now 65 Million Steam Accounts

Steam is pretty friggin’ big: the folks at Valve just announced that their digital distribution network now has 65 million accounts. For comparison, Xbox Live has 48 million.

Sonic, Other Sega Games Go 3D Later This Year

If I could go back in time and tell 1990s Jason that one day, he’ll be able to play Sonic the Hedgehog on a portable 3D system, he would probably say something like “Whoa, is the Game Gear gonna have 3D?” 1990s Jason is not very good at predicting the future. I’d have to explain…

Nintendo Wants More Dragon Quests… What Are They Waiting For?

Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime says he wants more Dragon Quest. That’s great! Bring’em over! Yesterday afternoon, Fils-Aime took over Nintendo’s Twitter account to answer fan questions in hilarious and ridiculous fashion. The most noteworthy comment: “I’d love to see a new Dragon Quest game, too!” Well, okay. So do some wheeling and dealing…