Kirk Hamilton

No Big Deal, Just Some Ninja Turtles Made Out Of Twist-Ties

Not only do they strike hard and fade into the night, these particular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can be a great help with keeping loaves of bread fresh. This fantastic twist-tie sculpture comes to us from Deviantartist JustJake54, and has got me reflecting on the many uses I’ve found for twist-ties over the years. The…

A Gorgeous-Looking Adventure Game Starring A Trans-Dimensional Rabbit

Point-and-click adventure gurus Daedalic Entertainment have a solid track record when it comes to strange, artistically vibrant games. From Deponia to Harvey’s New Eyes to The Whispered World, the German studio’s games conjure strange lands, mystical beasties, and grim/Grimm fairy tales. The trailer above is for Daedalic’s latest, The Night of the Rabbit. I’m not…

Battlefield 4 Will Have At Least One More Pretty Rainbow Than Expected

I sure wasn’t expecting there to be any pretty, pretty rainbows in Battlefield 4, but from this new screenshot released by EA, it looks like there’ll be at least one. And aw, look at that, it’s got a flower, too! And Michael “Omar” K. Williams’ character, holding a huge machine gun. Use our image-annotation to…

Ambitious Superhero Game Project Awakened On Hold, Backers Get Refunds

Project Awakened, Phosphor Games’ highly ambitious make-your-own-superhero game, fell short of its $500,000 Kickstarter goal in March. After missing the mark on Kickstarter, Phosphor started its own fundraising drive, which also failed to meet expectations. Rather than continue raising money, Phosphor is putting the project on hold and refunding all backers. In an update on…

Pay What You Want For A Buncha Double Fine Games (Broken Age Is Extra)

The folks at Humble Bundle have teamed up with Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions to launch a Double Fine-themed bundle, where you can pay what you want and get DRM-free cross-platform copies of Costume Quest, Psychonauts, Stacking, and if you hit the right price, Brütal Legend and a preorder of Broken Age You can pay…

This video shows how Resident Evil: Revelations will work on the Wii U’s two screens. It’s interesting to see it in action, since the game was initially released as a (very good) 3DS game before being up-scaled to set-top consoles. So, you’ll be able to play the Wii U version of the game much the…

What Did You Think Of Last Night’s Game of Thrones?

I’m back after taking a week off, and happy to get to write a Monday night off-topic about two of the best episodes Game of Thrones has done to date. So here’s something interesting: The last two Sunday nights, Benioff, Weiss and company have stepped farther from the source material than ever before, and they’ve…

See How Four Players Take On A Cellist (Yep) In Cello Fortress

We’ve gotten glimpses at Cello Fortress before, but it’d be understandable if some readers still had questions about how the game works. Four players with controllers take on… an improvising cellist. Okay, that’s amazing. But how does it work? Here’s how. The cellist can choose from a number of pre-set options like “High, fast notes”…

Gawker‘s Max Read takes an excellently in-depth look at what, exactly, is going on with the accents on Game of Thrones.

If Mario Had Starred In Metal Slug…

…well, it’d look something like this. This video comes to us from GameBill Studio, who combined assets from Mario and the classic Neo-Geo series Metal Slug as well as some other classic games, to come up with Super Mario Slug X. I’d play it. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or…

Duncan Harris of Dead End Thrills has posted a new gallery of artful screenshots from Tomb Raider, which capture the game’s dark beauty. (He’s got a snazzy new site design, too!)

Which Element Is Gollum On The LOTR Periodic Table?

Funny you should ask! He is element number 91, abbreviated to Go. That comes via the “Periodic Table of Middle Earth,” an amazingly thorough creation from the LOTR Project. The project, headed up by Swedish chemical engineering student Emil Johansson, is dedicated to assembling an exhaustive amount of data from J.R.R. Tolkien’s worlds and creating…

The sixth playable character for Borderlands 2, Krieg the Psycho Bandit, will be available on May 14th, according to a post on the character’s (official) Twitter feed.

Box Catches Cat, With A Final Fantasy Twist

I’ve always wanted to headline an article “Box Catches Cat.” Now, finally, my moment has arrived, thanks to YouTuber SirAshquatch. It’s nice to see someone else agrees that many of life’s most triumphant moments deserve their own victory music Thanks to io9‘s own Meredith Woerner for sharing.

You can now watch the “Hotheaded Developers Rant Back” panel from the Game Developers Conference. Panelists like Eric Zimmerman, Anna Anthropy, Kellee Santiago, Anna Marsh, Naomi Clark and Mitu Khandaker all talked frankly and often rousingly about issues ranging from poor planning to crunch time to racial and gender inclusivity in games. Rant-panel veteran Chris…

Proof That There’s No Such Thing As Too Many Video Game Composers

Sure, it’s cool when a talented musician makes an album paying tribute to video game music. But what about when a whole bunch of composers assemble, locking their various musical tics and tricks in place for a single grand collection? That’s more or less what’s happened with World 1-2, a video game tribute album featuring…

Spot Your Favorite Fire Emblem Character In This Amazing Fan Art

One of the most endearing qualities of the fantastic Fire Emblem: Awakening is its massive cast of characters. Over the course of the game, we really came to know Chrom, Frederick and the gang as we fought alongisde them, watched them fall in love and get married, and sometimes watched them die. It’s what sets…

Seems Like Thief Really Is In Serious Trouble

We’d been hearing rumors that the new Thief was in trouble, which made for a worrisome combination with the findings of our columnist/sleuth Superannuation, who last June dug up a distressing amount of turnoverat the game’s developer Eidos Montreal. A new report at Polygon backs up those earlier concerns, describing a laborious creative process, conflicting…

They Bought Dead Island: Riptide But Got Dark Souls Instead

It’s like the universe was trying to tell them something. This week, some British gamers found that the retail Steam codes they redeemed for Dead Island: Riptide instead unlocked Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition The jokes really make themselves, don’t they? It’s easy to say, “Hey, you’re better off! One of those games is…

Professor Teaches Game Theory By Letting His Students Cheat

You know the drill: Biology professor tells students their upcoming exam is going to be insanely difficult. But that’s okay, he says, you can cheat! Anything goes. As long as it’s not a crime, go for it. Students band together and get creative, and voila! They learn game theory in the process. UCLA professor Peter…