Patricia Hernandez

Fake Toys Are Funnier Than Official Ones. Here’s Proof.

Sure, you could buy official Lego and official nerdy trading cards for franchises like Batman or Star Wars. The toys would probably be well-made and exactly what you’d expect them to be. It would also be booooring. YouTuber ashens obtained a number of bogus Asian toys, and he walks us through all the cheap plastic,…

What It’s Like To Play A Fighting Game With A Newbie

The first time you play with someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing in a fighting game, it always goes down a little like this: there is a lot of pausing. Lots of checking movelists. Lots of negotiating returning hits to keep it balanced because they initially got hurt when they weren’t ready. And lots…

Don’t Show Espurr To Kids, Or They’ll Never Play Pokémon

We’ve already established that Espurr is Pokemon X & Y’s most unsettling Pokemon—it’s the eyes, the blank, soulless eyes. Oh, but it gets worse. We’re talking “setting people on fire if you don’t give Espurr what it wants” worse, as you can see in this funny video by Megasteakman And this, folks, is why you…

A Year’s Worth of YouTube In Five Minutes

The average online-savvy person probably watches a ton of YouTube videos over the course of a year—and memes come and go so fast, it’s kind of hard to keep track of everything that was popular in 2013. Thankfully, this YouTube Spotlight video that features a ton of cameos of the most viral stuff this year…

Gabe Newell Learned Computers At Microsoft, Beer At Harvard

When people describe their success stories, it’s pretty common to hear about non-traditional career paths—so it should be no surprise that this was the case with Gabe Newell too. Recently, Gabe Newell did a Q&A about computer science with a bunch of students interested in computer science on Google Hangout. At one point (13:15 in…

High-Definition Pokémon: check out the awesome CGI work of Tako-ashi—they’ve modeled the final evolutions of all the original starting Pokémon, and even done some cool fake posters for Red and Blue. You can see it all here.

How To Play Project M, The Best Smash Bros. Mod Around

As of yesterday, you can download the newest version of a mod called Project M for Super Smash Bros. Brawl that improves the game so much, it practically seems new.But how do you get it to actually run on your Wii? Good question. Thankfully, you don’t have to actually mod the Wii itself to play…

Snoop Dogg Explains Why His Virtual Weed Costs Nearly $100

Back when we first covered the “Snoopify” app—which lets you stamp Snoop Dogg-themed stickers on personal pictures—it was hard not get stuck on just how much a digital joint sticker cost. Last night, Snoop Dogg showed off the app on Conan, and he explained why it costs so much. In a word? It’s cyber! Duh.…

A Link To The Future: what if A Link To The Past had the wall-merging mechanic that appears in the newer Zelda, A Link Between Worlds? Well, then it might look a little like this awesome GIF by johanvinet. (Via Tiny Cartridge)

Lego Mecha Pokémon. LEGO. MECHA. POKEMON.

What would be cooler than commanding fierce beasts to battle against other beasts, as you do in Pokémon? Easy. If the beasts were lego mechs instead—mechs which can be piloted. Does anything else need to be said, really? Check out these “Poke-Mecha” of the final evolutions of the original three starters Stormbringer, originally posted on…

Watch GTA V’s Trevor Try To Dispose of A Dead Body In Real Life

However deranged Trevor might be, he’s just a fictional character. But if he wasn’t? What if he was a real person that roamed our streets? It would be kind of amazing. And by amazing I mean slightly horrifying. Check out these series of pranks by Nathan Barnatt, where he pretends to be a Trevor. Trevor,…

Pay Attention, Steam: You Can Now Return These Digital Games

The convenience of digital downloads comes with a price: you might not have to deal with physical media, but you normally can’t return the stuff you purchase on major distribution platforms like Steam either. But increasingly, other smaller services are willing to treat digital games a bit more like physical ones. Today, DRM-free distribution service…

An emoticon future: check out this thought-provoking video by PBSoffbook, where they look at the history of the emoticon and where they are going. I for one want the future of language to be with ebooks and bots, but, y’know. Off-Topic is our nightly open thread where we show you something interesting beyond the world…

If Dota Were A Fighting Game…

…then it might work a little like this video by Chris Le The footage isn’t of an actual game, though, unlike the 2D League of Legends fighting game—not that that makes it any less cool! Obviously, you can see some Street Fighter influences in here, as well as Marvel vs Capcom. Neat. The video is…

The Stomping Land not only looks prettier since last time we saw it, it also has new artand gameplay videos you should check out—like this one, where you coordinate with other hunters to lasso a dino. Oh, and there’s a playable build coming sometime soon. Excellent.

The Seven Most Annoying Types of Gamers

You spend enough time online, you notice some patterns—characters of sorts, specific sorts of people that continually reappear. Sometimes, these stereotypes are pleasant. And sometimes, god, the types of people you come to meet online can be irritating. Dorkly has drawn up what they think are some of the most annoying gamers you’ll find online—from…

See PlayStation and Xbox Controllers Evolve Before Your Eyes

A new generation means new controllers—but the road to the current PlayStation 4 and Xbox One controllers was full of tweaks. Not all of these changes are visual, of course, but it’s still cool to look at these GIFs by Gadget Love and see just how much has changed since the PS1 and Xbox days.…

GTA V and Dead Island Called Out For Depiction of Women

When you look at the success of stuff like The Hunger Games, Gravity and Orange Is The New Black, it’s safe to say this was a pretty good year for the depiction of women in media. Just the same, though, it hasn’t all been peachy this year. Here’s a montage by The Representation Group (who…

Ambitious Morrowind Skyrim Mod Still Looks Stunning

Last time we looked at ‘Skywind,’ the elaborate mod that puts Morrowind into Skyrim, it was mostly eye candy. While the team behind the project still has a ways to go, it seems like they’re making progress on the mod judging from this new trailer. Seem familiar? That’s because this trailer is riffing off the…

Every Xbox dashboard, leading up to the current dashboard on the Xbox One—neat to see how much stuff has changed, no? GIF via(r/gaming)