Patricia Hernandez

A BitTorrent study tackles some common misconceptions about video game piracy, mainly finding that that the “previously reported magnitudes in game piracy are too high.” It also (unsurprisingly) finds that there is a correlation between a game’s review score on Metacritic and how much activity that game sees on BitTorrent.

These Video Game Fans Are Gorgeous

No, not as in enthusiasts. Not even mechanical fans, either. We’re talking about video game themed hand fans by deviantART user SarurunKamui—like the Okami one above. Pretty fantastic, right? SarunrunKamui has a bevy of them on deviantART which you should check out, but here are some highlights. Arcanine, from Pokemon Espeon and Umbreon from Pokemon…

The Sexiest, If Not Silliest, Skyrim Beard Porn

Step one: get a pin-up mod, and the True Vision ENB’s filmic preset for Skyrim. Step two: have a beard (here are some good beard mods). Step three: take a picture. Reddit now has a “Skyrim Beard Porn” subreddit, and despite being somewhat new, people are showing off some ridiculous beard action. Not all of…

Did you catch the gaming poster in the trailer for the return of Arrested Development? It’s the periodic table of game controllers! …which is a real poster, by the way. You, too, can be like George Michael.

No The Multiplayer column this week—sorry folks! Patricia ain’t feeling so great. The column will be back next week, though.

A Game Where You Can Control Your Powers Using Your Mind

Buttons, controllers, keyboards, motion controls? Been there, done that. Mind-controlled games, people—or more specifically, games controlled by brain activity—are something else. Son of Nor is a game about controlling the elements and terraforming—we’ve called it an Avatar game of sorts before, we’ve likened the abilities you have to “force powers.” Both of these things are…

If BioShock Was A Film, It Might Be A Little Like This

Despite being made on a tight budget, The Brothers Rapture is a well-made BioShock fan-film which takes a look at two men who who relocate to Rapture in search of a clean slate. And, naturally, the brothers end up grappling with the moral quandary of using plasmids along the way. Good stuff by TheBrothersRapture,though the…

Maybe Adventure Time Can Redeem Monopoly

Monopoly kind of sucks as a board game, let’s be real. And yet I’m tempted to have another go at it, if only because there’s an Adventure Time themed Monopoly set—and it looks excellent. Chance and Community Chest? What are those? I think you mean “Algebraic” and “What the lump” cards. Houses and hotels? Actually,…

This Company’s Formula For Rip-Offs Is Minecraft Plus Anything Else

Infocom Games (edit: no, not this Infocom games) seems to have a serious problem with creativity—but they’ve found a way around it. Here’s their secret. Take Minecraft. Combine it with some other popular or good property. Possibly profit? REPEAT. Ace Combat: Block Sniper? It’s Assassin’s Creed plus Minecraft (plus…shooting? Can’t say it’s completely unoriginal, then.…

Nearly Every Item From The Original The Legend of Zelda, Printed Out

Bless 3D printers, which let people fulfill dreams of owning items that previously didn’t actually exist—provided they know how to model them in the necessary software, that is. In this case, Hyrule Foundry set out to print, in full color, all the items from the original Zelda. These are the designs used to print the…

Iron Man Would Totally Wear This Power Glove

Clearly, every superhero needs a power glove. Or something. Check out these awesome prints by Josh Ln—they’re rad superhero-themed Power Gloves, which you can purchase here. Iron Man Batman Wolverine Spider-Man The Thing (Via it8bit)

Oh My God, This Sesame Street Game Can Be Horrifying

Having Elmo’s Letter Adventure glitch out like this on me would have scarred me as a child, dear lord. Now this compilation of an effed up Sesame Street game by vinesauce just makes me crack up. Oh, glitches, I love you so [Vinesauce] Vinny – Sesame Street Corruptions [vinesauce]

It’s Pokémon Red…As A Ballet Performance? What The Heck?

Well, I’m baffled that this exists—but it does. Pokémon. As ballet. Seriously. This performance doesn’t skimp out either: it goes through everything from the initial ‘chose your Pokemon’ part with professor Oak, to battles, to team Rocket, to visiting places like Lavender Town. I kind of lost my shit at the part where the Pokemon…

You Probably Wouldn’t Be Able To Afford Hyrule Castle In Real Life

Let’s say you were in the market for something grandiose and fictional—like maybe The Legend of Zelda’s Hyrule Castle. How much money, hypothetically speaking, would you have to drop for a pad like that? Real estate blog Movoto took the time to calculate how much a property like Hyrule castle would cost if it were…

Finally, You Can Play Dress Up With Drake

Nothing was the same…because now there’s a an app that lets you dress Drake up. You know, the rapper? Take Care? YOLO? Yeah, that guy. Just what you always wanted, right? I’m being flippant and yet I’m amused enough that I would actually give this a try. The app is called Dress Drake, and, well.…

The Gay Joke In Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Is Harmless. Or Is It?

The first thing that immediately stood out to me when I initially previewed Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon wasn’t the neon, it wasn’t the hark back to the ridiculousness of the 80’s, it wasn’t even the blood dragons themselves. That’s because I didn’t get to see much of any of that before being hit with…

World of Warcraft…as a fighting game? Hey, it could work judging by this mock-up by Redditor GuardianReflex.

Our Gears of War: Judgment review has been updated with a multiplayer segment as well as an overall verdict on the game (finally). To sum: you might have a better time picking up Gears of War 3 instead.

This Game Is Stupid and Makes Little Sense. You Should Play It.

I promise you, this is not a trick. You should play Dream Island, the silliest, most absurd game I’ve played in a while. Think of it as an episode of Adventure Time; it has the same type of weird randomness. What you can expect: DAWGS that don’t look like dogs. Boom box T-Rex. Men repeatedly…

151 Pokémon Recreated By 151 Awesome Artists. For Charity.

Take the original 151 Pokémon. Get a different artist to do each one in whatever medium they want, all as a part of the same collection. What do you get? A Pokémon gallery called Rare Candy. Currently you can view all 151 of the Pokémon in the gallery here, where you can also bid for…