Steam is a fantastic service—of that, there’s no doubt. It’s so good, that many PC gamers use it as a filter of sorts: if it’s not on Steam, then it won’t be played. Not happily, anyway. Thing is, if you stick exclusively to Steam, you might miss a ton of genuinely worthwhile games. I’m not…
The unfortunate reality is that society has a certain impossible if not destructive ideal of masculinity that affects both men and women alike. PBS Game/Show here takes the time to talk about what some hurtful and problematic stereotypes video games present of men, and it’s stuff that is definitely worth keeping in mind when we…
Just because the High King of Skyrim mod lets youorder people and do whatever you want doesn’t mean you have to be an absolute jerk to your subjects. You can use your limitless power to do good, too! Uh. Kind of. Here’s what trying to be a ‘nice’ High King of Skyrim pans out like,…
We already know that Pokemon X & Y’s world is based on France—earlier this year, Junichi Masuda, Game Freak founder and director for the latest Pokemon, explained that the games picked up on France’s love of fashion and beauty. We’d even seen an artistic rendition of the game’s map, pictured above, which seemed to feature…
Sure, the characters on Attack on Titan use their ‘maneuver gear’ to get around because GIANT HUMANOID MONSTERS WANT TO EAT THEM, but you can’t say that mode of transportation doesn’t look like a ton of fun anyway. And in this regard, the 3DS version of Attack on Titan seems to indulge. Look at how…
Most of the footage we’ve seen of Battlefield 4 so far has been gorgeous. There’s a reason for that: we’ve either seen next-gen footage, or PC footage. Natch the graphics will be a step up from current-gen systems. Even so, you don’t realize how much of a step-up it is until you see the different…
You just need to shoot more bullets! Check out this awesome paint/mod job on a NERF gun by SnarkyArts on Reddit—it’s a Vladof-brand gun from Borderlands 2. Curious about the construction/steps involved? Here’s thestep-by-step album documenting all that.
Breaking Bad has an ending—maybe you’ve watched it? And maybe that ending played out the way you thought it would. Or maybe you had your own ending in mind…perhaps something more like these fan-servicey endings created by CollegeHumor? Obviously, if you haven’t watched the ending of Breaking Bad, I’d steer clear of watching this video!…
GaymerX, the con that focuses on queer geek culture, will return next year on July 11-13th. Held in the Intercontinental Hotel in downtown SF, it’ll also be home to a wedding for that Portal proposal couple we featured this year. You can read more details here, and buy tickets here. Full disclosure: some of the…
OoOo Pretty: here is the first early footage of Mighty No. 9, the spiritual successor to Mega Man. It’s a “super-short, super-rough engine test” on the Unreal engine, and the final product may end up looking rather differentaccording to today’s Kickstarter update.
If Gabe Newell laid down some real talk: then maybe he’d say some of the things in this fake but hilarious open letter written by Dorkly about Half-Life 3.
Yes, being mean or trolling someone isn’t exactly recommendable or even particularly empathetic, but that doesn’t mean both are completely off the table all the time. Not if you’re playing a game, anyway. Sometimes, being a jerk can be a playful thing. That’s why we like banter and teasing. It’s also why games are often…
Here’s round two of DefendTheHouse‘s GTA Mythbusting series, where they test out stuff like, will your dog fetch grenades? Will you piss people off by stalking them? The answer to both of these is hilarious—and they’re not the only myths tested out here, either. The attention to detail in these games, man! Here’s thefirst round…
There are plebs, and then there’s you, the High King of Skyrim. And as the High King of Skyrim, you’d best believe you can do damn well nearly anything you please, no matter how silly or ridiculous. If you’re thinking that this must involve mods somehow, you’d be right—this one in particular, which was brought…
A Photobomb Master: Ain’t nothin’ wrong with liking PDA…it just so happens that you might find yourself in a photograph with the ever-serious DrewPhillips, a man who keeps a Tumblr featuring pictures of himself standing next to couples who make out in public. (Via Buzzfeed)
Oh, the places you can go and the tricks you can land while on a BMX bike in Grand Theft Auto. It’s the kind of thing that almost makes riding around in a car seem boring. Kirk vouched for going around in GTA on a bike recently, but it’s watching YouTubers like Ready Up Live…
Valve is not the type of company to go unnoticed—it shouldn’t be surprising, then, that online gaming communities everywhere are buzzing about the newly-announced Steam Controller. And with good reason, too: not only is having Steam optimized for the living room experience potentially game-changing, the controller itself is…well, it’s kinda funny lookin’. Which is why…
If you’ve ever visited Train Simulator’s page on Steam, you may have noticed something surprising about the game: somehow, it has thousands of dollars worth of DLC. The exact value of the DLC fluctuates, depending on what DLC is on sale—but as of this writing, Train Simulator 2014, which launched yesterday on Steam, has DLC…
Maybe you picked up on the fact that Robin Williams likes The Legend of Zelda—just, you know, based on subtle stuff like being in Zelda commercials and having a daughter named Zelda. But that’s not all he likes, you know! Yesterday, Williams did a fantastic Ask Me Anything on Reddit, where folks asked all about…
You know what they say, you shall love your troll as yourself. The Doubleclicks take this edict to heart by performing an amusing song dedicated to nasty internet trolls…it’s kind of sweet! But I’m sure you can suss a sense of genuine annoyance with trolls, too—with good reason, I’m sure. Trolls aren’t pleasant, and I’m…
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