Patricia Hernandez

Your Selfies Aren’t As Good As These Selfies

Pointing your phone’s camera at yourself and just snapping a picture is so amateur—especially when you’re competing in the Selfie Olympics. You see, the Selfie Olympics are all about taking the most awesome, ridiculous selfies. Taking a simple selfie just won’t do. You’ve got to go all the way. And thanks to the Selfie Olympics,…

We Take The Steam Controller For A Spin

Straight from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Kirk has some hands-on impressions of the Steam Controller for you—in case you’re curious about what Valve’s new, somewhat bizarre controller is like. And in case you want to see more of the controller in action, make sure to check out our previous coverage here. Valve…

One Minute Mash-Up: check out this wonderful medley of classic video game songs by Chad Neidt—he mashes up over twelve different songs/games flawlessly.

A Bold Solution For Your Steam Backlog Woes

Backlogs: most of us have ’em, and most of us don’t have a chance of wading through it. Well. Not unless we’re willing to go all the way with ’em. For some, this will mean taking their backlog seriously—making schedules, sticking to certain amounts of play time every day. But there’s another solution, which Dorkly…

Good Thing Pokémon Isn’t Real

Some things are improved by realism, sure. But most things, especially when it comes to games, are probably better because they’re not realistic. Case in point: Pokémon, which would be way different (read: way worse) if its society and creatures worked more like they do in the real world. Here’s a silly but entertaining video…

What It Looks Like To Smoke Out Of A GameCube

We’ve been covering the GameCube-meets-e-Hookah ‘Vape Cube‘ for a while now, but in case you’re wondering what it actually looks like to use one of these puppies, welp. Here ya go. The Vape Cube used in the video above by Nebula Vaping is a wireless one—there’s also a wired version. Both are out-of-commission GameCubes, though—so…

Check out this interview with Gabe Newell by the Washington Post—its all about the fascinating work culture at Valve, and it gives some insight as to how things function at the company. As always, Valve sounds like an amazing if not slightly bizarre place to work at.

And Here’s Why The Average Person Shouldn’t Try Parkour

Characters like Ezio in Assassin’s Creed make parkour seem so easy—you’re literally just a couple of button presses away from doing some cool move or trick. It’s not so easy in real life, of course. The fact that the average person would probably mess themselves up trying advanced parkour moves is not surprising, but it’s…

Kanye Coins: first there was Bitcoin. Then there was Dogecoin. Really, it was only a matter of time before we got Coinye, the Kanye West-themed “cryptocurrency” that launches in nine days. It’s not Kanye-official, but, still: no one man should have all that Coinye. (Because my guess is that this won’t really take off, but,…

The Pokémon Daycare Sure Can Be Gross

If you’re actively trying to breed a new Pokemon, then the daycare is a godsend. Just drop two Pokemon off and, provided they’re compatible, a Pokemon egg will pop out. But if you’re not trying to breed? Things can get pretty weird. Two seemingly incompatible Pokemon will totally get it on with each other sometimes.…

Smoke up: if you wanted to vape using a GameCube, good news:the VapeCube is now on sale. There are two versions, and both come with e-liquid of your choice. You can purchase the VapeCube here.

Make Your First Video Game Using This Guide

Why not start the new year by learning something new? Like, say, learning how to make a video game? If that sounds overly ambitious—like the type of resolution or goal people set for themselves that they’re never, ever going to accomplish—fear not. Anyone can make a video game. Even you. Yes, you! In fact, you…

Step Aside, Preschoolers. This Man Is Gonna Show You How To Jump Rope.

And here I thought using one leg to jump rope was impressive. Ha, no. Nick Woodard is a world champion jump-roper—and watching this slo-motion video by BeyondSlowMotion of Woodard pulling off jump rope tricks, it’s easy to easy to see how Woodard won multiple jump rope championships. As the kids say these days: dat shit…

Good news for those of you patiently waiting for A Bird Story, the follow-up to indie darling To The Moon: the developers, Freebird Games, have released free TTM DLC for you to play. It’s a quick, lighthearted minisode meant to celebrate the holidays a little, andyou can download it here.

Read Up: Critical Distance compiles a weekly round-up of the best games writing around—and today they published a round-up of some the best games writing of the year.Definitely worth perusing: it’s been a fantastic year for games criticism. You might even find a new site or author worth following, to boot.

Humans Optional: Remember that machine that dekuNukem built, which would find shiny Pokemon for you? Somehow, it’s gotten even better. Now it requires no human input. It’ll find and catch shiny Pokemon for you, in almost all situations. Hell, now it even breeds, names and clones Pokemon for you. Jesus.

Aww, The Pokémon We Wonder Trade Have It Rough

Breeding is easier than ever in Pokemon X & Y–-and you know what that means, right? More people have picked breeding up, which inevitably led to more not-quite-perfect reject Pokemon. And the more you think about what these imperfect Pokemon have to go through, the more depressing the whole situation seems. Now that Pokemon introduced…

Awakened In 2013: first, we imagined what the new wall-merging mechanic might look like in an older, classic Zelda game. Today, we’re going to imagine what a 2013 remake of Link’s Awakening might look like—here’s a rendition by artist Jonatan Iversen-Ejve. (Via Tiny Cartridge)

Gotta store ’em all: check out this overview video which details some of the things you’ll be able to do with Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter—both of which are quite useful for those of you who like to collect pocket monsters.

Lego The Last Of Us Isn’t For Kids

Don’t be fooled by the cute and super charming Lego minifigure versions of Joel and Ellie in this video by Brian Anderson. The Last of Us remains as brutal as ever in this version of the game. If only it were real! I’d play the heck out of this. LEGO The Last of Us [Brian…