Telltale’s fantastic Walking Dead game was a surprise for several reasons. Not only did it reverse the studio’s reputation for middling-to-unsatisfactory games, it will no doubt be in the running for many a publication’s Game of the Year award. It proved that good writing and characterization can carry a video game, that the point-and-click adventure…
Far Cry 3 is a really, really good game. One of the year’s best, I’d wager. I’ve had so much fun with it that I’m playing it again, just for the heck of it, and shooting for 100% completion. One of my big gripes, however, is the unfortunate amount of screen clutter. The problem is…
Hitman: Absolution begins with 47 driving an ice cream truck, so it’s not that much of a stretch that one of the weirdest easter eggs in the game features the vehicle’s deadly return. Up top, the guys at Gamefront walk us through how to unlock a crazy easter egg midway through the game (I have…
You know how you can play Dishonored either violently or stealthily? I tended to opt for stealth, even though I liked how fun the game was when things got action-packed. But I have never, ever seen someone take on the game with the kind of violent aplomb shown by kekkoSoNicSyNdIcAtE in the video above. Dude…
Yesterday, Double Fine put together an interesting new idea to crowdsource the selection of their next “Amnesia Fornight” games. It’s a cool move, inviting people to support them financially while opening up their process to the world and giving fans a say in what games they make. In that same spirit, they’ve also made a…
Jason: Hey, Kirk. So you’re playing Persona 4 Golden, and I’m playing Persona 4 Golden, and we both have lots of things to say about Persona 4 Golden. Maybe instead of one of us reviewing it and the other one chiming in later, we should review it together? Kirk: Why, Jason, what a fantastic idea.…
Here’s what happened: I was soaring above a gorgeous tropical island in a hang-glider when I heard gunfire below. Waaaay down on the road below, a gang of friendly islanders was going toe-to-toe with a band of ruthless pirates. I banked around and dropped in low, landing just inside the treeline. I pulled out my…
It was only a matter of time until iOS devices got their very own roller coaster management game. There may not yet be an iOS version of Roller Coaster Tycoon, but now we’ve got the next best thing: Coaster Crazy, a new free iOS game from Frontier Developments, the studio behind RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Coaster…
Who knew that heart transplant surgery could be so romantic? I did not. And yet this video for “I Have Your Heart,” by artist Molly Crabapple, musician Kim Boekbinder and animator Jim Batt, is one of the most delightfully romantic things I’ve seen in a while. The whole project was funded by a Kickstarter campaign,…
Far be it from me to only harp on Hitman: Absolution’s less admirable qualities. The game is also frequently funny, and often very well-written. The overheard dialogue is often worth sticking around and listening to, and the crowd chatter is among the most convincing I’ve ever heard in a game. (The game itself is a…
There aren’t many custom Converse Chuck Taylors I’d wear, but if I were going to, I’d consider putting on these ones. The folks over at Comics Alliance hopped onto the Converse Design Your Own DC Comics Chuck Taylors and came up with their own custom Arkham City kicks. So, if you want to design your…
It’s almost Thanksgiving break, which means that a lot of you will be doing some traveling. And what better time to listen to delightful music than when on a plane or in the car? The game music bundle has got you covered, with a typically great collection of soundtracks all available for as little as…
Hitman: Absolution is a game that requires a lot of sneaking around, and like most sneaking games, you’ll find yourself regularly incapacitating guards and stashing their bodies. Every time you stash a guard in closet, his body will slump standing up over to the left side of the enclosure. Every closet can hold two bodies,…
Hooray: The notoriously difficult, hypnotic smartphone game Super Hexagon is coming to Steam next week
Well, file this USB Portal turret under “Things you can get me for Christmas that I’ll only use once but will still totally love.” You can buy one for the Portal fan in your life (or for yourself) for $40 at Thinkgeek (Via John Davison)
Hitman: Absolution is a wickedly smart, darkly enjoyable video game, one that’s as generous to players as its protagonist is merciless to his victims. You’ll stab, strangle and shoot your way through level after level, sometimes grimacing, sometimes scowling, sometimes laughing. When all is said and done, you’ll probably need a shower. To play Absolution…
Where do I even start with this trailer for The Baby, a 1973 cult classic about a gigantic baby that looks like a regular man? The crazy hammy acting? The insane premise (which is really, if I’m not mistaken, the same as a particularly late nightish Will Ferrell skit from SNL)? The constant, shrieking violins?…
More than two months ago, a pair of ArmA developers from Bohemia Interactive were arrested in Greece for suspicion of espionage. Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar have now spent weeks behind bars because of a legal system strike (jeez), and now, they’ve been denied bail. According to the Czech site Rozhlas (as translated by Eurogamer),…
I like modding Skyrim. I know, I know, there are lots of other games out. But I still play this one, okay? Stop judging me! I have a lot of great mods installed, but I’ve never installed one half as ambitious as Vilja, a mod that adds a new, hugely customizable follower (named Vilja) to…
I mean we all knew this was coming, but it’s still cool to see. Here’s a video of the progress of researchers working on a thought-controlled robot in a joint venture by the CNRS-AIST Joint Robotics Laboratory and the CNRS-LIRMM Interactive Digital Human group. We know this starts innocently enough, but it’s only a matter…
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