Kirk Hamilton

A Quake-Engine FPS Roguelike That Channels Binding of Isaac? Nice.

Check out this video demonstration of Tower of Guns, one of the coolest surprises at the Indiecade booth during E3. The roguelike FPS is the work of one man, ex-38 Studios developer Joe Mirabello. After 38 imploded, Mirabello decided to pursue his own personal project, and Tower of Guns was born. In this video, he…

Tips For Playing The Last of Us

Naughty Dog’s much-anticipated (andexcellent) action/horror game The Last of Us is fairly straightforward: Keep moving and try not to die. But between the various upgrade trees, the open-ended combat and the crafting system, we thought it would be helpful to offer some tips. So, here are some tips for playing The Last of Us. These…

The Hottest Booth Cars Of E3 2013

Sure, E3 is a place where you can check out the latest video games and video-game hardware. But we know what all those randy young convention-goers really want to see: The sexy, curvalicious eye-candy spicing up the booths on the expo floor. Fear not, readers! We’ve got you covered with our gallery of The Hottest…

A Video To Show You What Playing The Last Of Us Is All About

Sure, I’ve written a lot of words about the terrific new PS3 game The Last of Us But I haven’t really gotten to show you the game. That’s largely because, doubtless in a fit of spoiler-phobia, Sony put draconian restrictions on the amount of pre-release video footage they allowed the press to show. Those restrictions…

Up Close And Oh-So-Personal With The PlayStation 4 Controller

At Sony’s E3 booth, they’ve got a PlayStation 4 on display and playable. You can’t get to the console itself, but the controller is just hanging out, waiting for people to mess around with it. So that’s just what we did. In the video above, I’ll take you on a quick tour of the controller.…

DayZ Fans Sent Us Questions For The Game’s Creator. We Asked Them All.

DayZ. It’s a wonderfully complicated, extremely hardcore game. Soon the online zombie survival sensation, which started as a mod, is getting a standalone version. Many questions remain about how the standalone game will work, and how it will differ from the original. Today at E3, I had a chance to ask a lot of those…

The Division‘s Most Interesting Idea Is Happening On An iPad

The neatest thing about Ubisoft’s just-revealed The Division wasn’t the graphics (they’re fine) or the guns (they shoot stuff) or even the intelligent grenades (they roll around and blow up). It was the way the game works with an iPad. (Or really, any tablet. But let’s go with iPad.) At a hands-off demo at Ubisoft’s…

Sony’s Entire E3 Press Conference In 4.5 Excellent Minutes

Sony’s E3 press conference was a heck of a lot of fun. It was also very long. Maybe you wish it was a little shorter, but no less fun? Well then, I’ve got just the thing for you. The elastic-voiced Matt Lees of Videogamer has followed up on his Microsoft recap with this outstanding one…

Let’s Rate The Major E3 Press Conferences

Sure, you may think you know who “won” yesterday’s E3 press conference throwdown. But there’s only one way to know for sure: A reader poll. And so I turn it over to you, fine readers: how would you rate yesterday’s press conferences, and this morning’s Nintendo Direct?

Jimmy Fallon Wants To Watch You Play Games With Your Mom

Do you ever play video games with your mom? If so, Jimmy Fallon wants to put you on TV. In honor of Late Night‘s upcoming “video game week,” the host wants you to shoot a video of yourself playing video games with your mom. He explains in the clip above. If your submission is good…

It’s Time To Decide: Call of Duty Dog or Super Mario Cat?

Like the Highlander, there can be only one. Call of Dutydog. Mariocat. Only one (Popular Video Game + Animal) can win. And you will decide the winner. It’s time to settle this.

Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, Made Shorter And Much Funnier

Maybe you’re curious what Microsoft showed at their E3 press conference this morning. But maybe you don’t have time to watch the whole thing? Also, maybe you’d like it to be much funnier than it was. You’re in luck! Matt Lees from Videogamer.com has done another of his “abridged version” videos, this time for Microsoft’s…

Francis Is Crying Because Sony Won The Console War

Well, he’s still mostly just mad at Microsoft. Furious, even. But you know Francis; he’s pretty much mad all the time.

Assassin’s Creed IV Sure Looks Impressive. But I’m Still Wary.

At this point, there may be no hands-off preview I’m less willing to trust than an Assassin’s Creed demo. Last year, Assassin’s Creed III just looked so good, so full of potential… and the final product was a mess. So when I went and watched a big chunk of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag in…

Ubisoft’s Next-Gen Racing Game Is Always Online. They Explain Why.

Ubisoft’s just-announced The Crew is an ambitious, impressive-looking game. A Need for Speed-like street racing game with a ton of singleplayer and multiplayer options, set on a ridiculously massive map that spans from Los Angeles to New York City. But if you want to play it, you’re going to need an internet connection. Yesterday at…

Here’s How Ubisoft’s Massive Next-Gen Racing Game The Crew Works

Yesterday, I got to spend some time playing The Crew, Ubisoft’s ambitious next-gen, open world racing game. It looks, at first blush, like any other street-racing game from the last few years. And then you see the map. The humongous, size-of-America map. In this demo video, the game’s developers give a tour of The Crew‘s…

Here’s A Complete Schedule Of E3 Press Conferences

E3 is almost here, a merry time of hype and trailers and demos and of course, press conferences. From June 10—13, video game publishers from around the world will descend on Los Angeles like a swarm of eager beavers, ready to try to sell us on the next big thing. Yes, beavers. A massive swarm…

Well-known vocalist Peter Hollens has put together this very nice a cappella version of “The Rains of Castamere” from Game of Thrones You may recognize Hollens from such YouTube performances as “Game of Thrones theme with Lindsey Stirling,” “Skyrim theme with Lindsey Stirling,” and recently, “That one song from The Hobbit.”

Don’t Freak Out About That The Last of Us “Spoiler” You Saw Just Yet

Last week, I was chatting with my boss Stephen about The Last of Us. We were both playing through the game, and he was acting as a sounding board as I worked on my review. Suddenly, I got a worrying text from him: “A reader just let me know some asshole is in our comments…

Microsoft Denies Participation In PRISM Data-Gathering Scheme

Yesterday was an unusually troubling day for online privacy. Microsoft clarified the potentially problematic privacy settings for the Kinect video and audio sensor that must be plugged into the Xbox One for it to operate. And yet according to a stunning, unrelated report, Microsoft has also been offering up its users’ data to the NSA…