Kirk Hamilton

These Game Controller Pencil-Holders Are Oddly Nightmarish

I don’t know what it is exactly about Graeme Abraham’s pencil-holder game controllers that horrifies me, but when I look at them, my first thought is, “gah!” They just seem unnatural, don’t they? Like someone’s stabbed their wee little eyes out. But they’re also strangely hypnotic… and probably somewhat less terrifying when they’re sitting on…

All The Stuff The Green Lantern Movie Got Wrong

You may be shocked to hear this, but the questionable 2011 Green Lantern film had some problems. In seven minutes and forty-nine seconds, the folks at CinemaSins went ahead and tallied the sins in the film. The final number is…. higher than you might be expecting, even if you were expecting a high number. How’s…

‘Texts From Zelda’ Imagines Hyrule Infested With iPhones

In Ocarina of Time, heroic Link had a musical instrument that let him change day into night. But what if he’d had an iPhone? That’s the question asked by Texts From Zelda, and the answers they supply are outstanding. And of course… You can find more over at their site. (Thanks, Alex!)

Fire Emblem‘s Chrom Is Now Gaming’s Most Bootylicious Prince

Chrom fans, rejoice! The handsomest prince in Ylisse now has a mousepad dedicated entirely to his most admirable… asset. The mousepad in the picture, made by Deviantartist Toonikun, is one of only two in the world, and you can own one of them. The spare pad will be given away to one person who reblogs…

Play A Demo Of The Crafty PC Stealth Game Gunpoint Right Now

Gunpoint, an upcoming stealth game by PC Gamer writer-slash-game-designer Tom Francis, earned a “this is pretty cool” judgment from our own Luke Plunkett. But you don’t have to take his word for it: The PC game, which comes out next week, has a free demo you can play right now. If you’re curious how Gunpoint…

No Big Deal, Dude Just Made Link And Mario Out Of Twist-Ties

Sometimes you just want to make a model of Link from The Legend of Zelda, and the only thing you have on hand are some twist-ties. The rest, as they say, is history. At least, that seems to be the approach of Deviantartist JustJake54, who recently made those TMNT twist-ties we posted, and now has…

This 20-Minute Supercut Of Cinematic Video Game References Is A Saga

Hollywood sure does love a good video game reference, as evidenced by this remarkably thorough supercut of cinematic video game references and arcade appearances edited by Travis Greenwood and Brett Roberts for Slacktory I cannot even begin to imagine the research that went into this. That must’ve been fun. They even managed to get The…

Well Of Course This Neon Cyberpunk Hacking Game Is Called Wetware

Welcome to Wetware, an upcoming 80s-tinged cyberpunk strategy game from Reality Council that puts you in charge of a “megacorporate network” and tasks you with, well, taking over the internet. From the description on the Reality Council website: Hire elite hackers to attack other networks, steal information, crash their nodes and protect your assets. Get…

New Anita Sarkeesian Video Calls Out Gaming’s ‘Women in Refrigerators’

Feminist Frequency blogger/video host Anita Sarkeesian is back with the second in her “Tropes vs. Women in Games” series, in which she analyzes sexist tropes in video games. The first video in the series looked back at the origins of the “Damsel in Distress” trope, focusing mostly on Nintendo games. The new video puts more…

In a lengthy interview published Friday at Gamasutra, DayZ creator Dean Hall says that a handful of people are already playing an alpha of the standalone version of the game, and that the public alpha will begin in or around June. He says they’ll follow Minecraft‘s example for allowing players to buy in for early…

The Games That Make It Hardest To Say Goodbye

There haven’t been a ton of new games out lately, so maybe you’ve had time to finish one or two that had been sitting on your backburner. And maybe, if you were lucky, one of those games was good enough that you had a hard time letting go. It’s a unique and lovely thing, the…

Check out Anamanaguchi’s newest video from their album Endless Fantasy. Go ahead, jean-jacket pizza-delivery science girl. You can help them expand the album beyond mere music by supporting them on Kickstarter

DayZ Creator Summits Everest, No Zombies In Sight

Dean Hall, the lead designer of the multiplayer zombie sensation DayZ, has achieved his goal after setting off for the Himalayas last month: He has summited Mount Everest. Must feel pretty good. Probably at least like, half as good as stumbling across a wrecked helicopter full of supplies and weaponry. In all seriousness, good show,…

This Song Argues That “Gif” Is Pronounced “Jif”

Is it Gif? Or is it Jif? Someone should write a song! Oh look, someone did. That someone is musician Jonathan Mann, who recorded this song “Don’t Say GIF” after GIF-inventor Steve Wilhit set the internet ablaze by announcing that his invention is meant to be pronounced “Jif,” like the peanut butter. Is it gif?…

A new Retro Game Music bundle is underway, where you can get a bunch of classic game music for minimal bucks. Myst, The 7th Guest, Jazz Jackrabbit and Duke Nukem join a list of other notables, some of which have never been previously released.

Monster Hunter‘s ‘Prance’ Goes On World Tour, Next Stop: Your Dreams

If ever there was a Monster Hunter gesture that deserved a dance-party video, it was the Prance. And so the guys at Explosive Alan have given us this excellent montage of pitch-perfect prancing, taking their MH characters on a tour through the world of games, cinema, television and beyond. They even stop off at the…

Get ready to lop off some heads—first-person slasher Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is having a free weekend on Steam. From now until Sunday at 4PM Eastern, you’ll be able to leap into battle and slice and dice for zero bucks. And, if you decide you want to buy the game, it’s on sale. Just watch out…

New CGI Destiny Trailer Features Massive Nightmare Space Marine

I bet you thought that huge thing behind the space marines was going to be a giant worm, or an alien bug or something! Nope, it’s an even bigger space marine, with a gatling gun the size of a mid-grade sea vessel. Some very Halo-y piano in there at the end, too. No gameplay yet,…

Arrested Development‘s Best Running Gags

If you’re anything like me, you’re pretty psyched about the ever-nearing premiere of Netflix’s new season of Arrested Development. That said, it’s been a little while since the last episode aired, and the show is a complex web of in-jokes and callbacks, tricky for newcomers (or rusty oldcomers) to decipher. Of course, Arrested Development‘s tightly…

Curious what a Call of Duty game might be like if it actually starred Call of Duty Dog? Check out Brandon Sheffield’s interactive-fiction game Call of Doggie: Ghosts. Oorah.