Chris Person

The Best Things In Games Are Pointless

If you’d told me a while back that the best part of Mario Kart 8 would be Luigi’s cold, unyielding stare, I wouldn’t have believed you. But here we are, and there’s Luigi’s icy death gaze, and the truth is it is actually my favorite part of the game. As soon as people started playing…

When The Mountain Dresses As The Hulk, Small Children Cry

Hafþór “Thor” Björnsson, aka The Mountain on Game of Thrones, is monstrously huge. So of course if you’re gonna get someone to dress up as the Hulk, it should be him. Note: turn closed captions on for English subtitles. Watch as the competitive Icelandic strongman (and seemingly all-around cool guy) gets a full body Hulk…

​An Indie Game That Nails The Joy of Swinging

A Story About My Uncle gets a few things very right. Jumping, swinging, not throwing a gun in your face and forcing you to murder aliens. In the video above, I give my impressions of the game, of a game that’s lineage is squarely in the vein of games like Portal and Jumping Flash A…

Guy Makes Pyro Backpack, Shoots Flames Everywhere

Pyro from X-Men isn’t one of the best known characters in the Marvel universe, but that doesn’t mean his backpack mounted flamethrower isn’t cool as all heck. And for our amusement, one tinkerer decided to bring it to life. Watch inventor Colin Furze (the same guy who made retractable wolverine claws) takes on a nerdy…

An Artist Is Faithfully Recreating System Shock 2‘s Greatest Scene

Playing System Shock 2 is a frightening experience, and no moment is quite as shocking as seeing the face of the villain SHODAN for the first time. Now, one modeler is taking the time to render that scene in all its glory (Spoilers ahead). Over at the Polycount forums, user Mr Smo has uploaded his…

My God, It’s Full Of Emoji

Sometimes in our workaday life, we get dragged down by the little things in life — the humdrum of it all. We often forget that there’s a sublime universe of limitless icons out there. So here’s something that might help: Step 1: open up Emoji.Zone. Blow it up to full screen. Step 2: Play some…

What the 2014 Version of Another World Would Look Like

Éric Chahi’s Another World (AKA Out of This World) is a timeless cult classic, one that holds up because if its stunning cinematography and narrative. So what happens when fans respectfully recreate a part of it? Magic. Polish director Bartek Hławka and crew made this fantastic recreation of the Amiga classic’s intro, dubbed Project 23.…

Mark Wahlberg Doesn’t Seem Too Shocked By Transformers. Or Anything.

Mark Wahlberg didn’t sound particularly jazzed to see Optimus Prime in the original trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction. Lucky for us, the folks at Fox’s ADHD have figured out how the movie will probably go down (fictional spoilers ahead): For context, here’s the original trailer: Real talk, though: I am incredibly excited to see…

A Drone Ballet Straight Out Of The Cyberpunk Future

Drones have a lot of potential applications — blowing stuff up, fictional delivery services, flying cameramen. But Cyberpunk ballet dancer? That’s a new one to me. Watch as the Japanese dance troupe elevenplay coordinate their movements with three aerial drones. The end result is a kind of hypnotic, futurist, Butoh dance; one where the humans…

​Pharrell And Hatsune Miku, Together At Last

It’s always interesting when two pop stars from different parts of the world collaborate. It’s even more interesting when one of them isn’t real. Last Night, Good Night (Re:Dialed) -Pharrell Williams Remix- is a remix by Pharrell of the popular Hatsune Miku song by Livetune. The collaboration is for the surrealist film Jellyfish Eyes, the…

Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen is a Pizza Savior

Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones is known by many names — The Mother of Pepperoni, Lady Regent of The Seven Toppings, Breaker of Munchies, The Unburnt Crust, First of Her Parmesan. Warning: The video below may contain Pizza-related spoilers. Long may she bake. (For context, the original scene came from Season 4, Episode 4…

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, one of the most visually unique RPGs for the PS2, is out today on the Playstation 3. You can pick it up here on the Playstation Network Store.

How To Eat, According To Different Video Games

Eating is almost always strange in video games — from conspicuously placed hamburgers to blocky representations of what food is supposed to be. It makes you wonder, how weird would that look if it were brought into the real world? In the video above, Michael Tivikoff reimagines How Animals Eat Their Food with different video…

If Michael Bay Designed Yoshi

We haven’t been too impressed with how the Ninja Turtles look in the upcoming Michael Bay-produced movie. We aren’t the only ones, either — illustrator Shmorky tried to imagine what Yoshi would look like if Michael Bay redesigned him. via Shmorky To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find him on…

Watch A Mariachi Band Perform Zelda Music At A Wedding

Geek nuptials can be wonderful when they’re done right. And what better way to celebrate a marriage than with a mariachi band playing Zelda music? Watch as a new wife surprises her Zelda fan of a husband with a big band version of the Gerudo Valley theme from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.…

Pokémon Google Maps Rewards Players Who Catch ‘Em All

Well, this is a nice surprise. Remember that time Google filled their Maps app with Pokémon for April Fools day? It looks like some of the people that caught every one of them are in for a treat. On April 15th, Google Maps shared the following over Twitter and Google+: According to Android Police, people…

A Retro Horror Game Pulled Right From Silent Hill

You don’t need a giant budget to scare the living daylights out of somebody — some of the most frightening experiences are done on a shoestring budget. I hope that proves to be the case with Uncanny Valley Uncanny Valley is an indie horror game in development by Cowardly Creations. According to the developer, you…

​The New Madden 15 Trailer Is Straight Out Of Zoolander

Well this is a little creepy. The GIF above is from the short teaser trailer for Madden 15. In it, Carolina Panthers player Luke Kuechly questions what he’s becoming, like some sort of football Robert Oppenheimer and/or werewolf. He then proceeds to give the Magnum look from the movie Zoolander Here’s the trailer: To contact…

​A Game That Captures What I Love About Secret Of Mana

It can be hard to dissect what made a classic game great. Trying to recapture that spark can often lead to something desperate — a game without its own identity. Wayward Souls does not have that problem. In the video above, I take a look at the retro stylings of Wayward Souls for iOS. It’s…

Tips For Playing Dark Souls II

Dark Souls II can be notoriously difficult for the uninitiated. Sometimes we all could use a bit of help. Well I am here to help you! Here are some general tips to get you started. 1. Prepare to die. If you’ve never played a Souls game, be prepared for a pretty sharp learning curve. Chances…