Patricia Hernandez

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate has a release date in NA: March 5th, 2013. Coming to the 3DS.

ZombiU’s Marketing Team: Sure, Why Not. Let’s Make An Ad With A Half-Naked Woman.

ZombiU’s got plenty going for it—it’s Demon Souls meets FPS, for one. That’s pretty great. You shoot zombies in it; people love that. Really, there’s no shortage of possible ways to sell this game. But why sell it on sex, something that literally has nothing to do with the game itself? It’s a common advertising…

This Is A Bioshock Easter Egg In Far Cry 3

Apparently, this Bioshock Easter egg is only available if you preordered or if you have a special edition of Far Cry 3—so some of you may not actually be able to see this in-person. That’s okay. Would you kindly watch this video?

Dance Central’s Dancers Were Saved From Looking Stupid

The Creators Project video series continues, this time looking at Harmonix and how Dance Central uses the Kinect (amongst other things.) The most interesting thing to me, though, is how during development, the team found that certain choreography looked funny. This was puzzling. At first, they thought it might be because of gender—and that this…

Ash Ketchum Hasn’t Owned Very Many Pokémon, Has He?

Maybe I’m being unfair, but compared to the whole Pokedex—which has over 600 Pokémon, at this point—the number of Pokémon Ash has owned over the years seems laughable. Here’s an image that breaks down what Pokémon Ash has caught and when in the show, along with who his (human) companions were at the time. Click…

This Is One Way To Go About Making A Game Where You Slap Butts

Slight warning, this post contains talk of butt-slapping (just in case that wasn’t clear.) Earlier this year, we told you about a Kickstarter project for Makey Makey, an invention kit that allows you to turn nearly anything you want into an input device. The kit has been out in the wild for a while now,…

The Importance of Being A Bro

Few games understand the true meaning of being a bro. Being a bro is more than being a burly man in a group of burly men who shoot at anything that moves. The concept of “bro” reaches beyond polo-wearing frat boys double fisting red plastic cups. Bro is a mindset. It’s not even constrained to…

Can You Guess Which Of These Bioshock Infinite Influences Are Legit?

I love reading about what sorts of things influence people. I don’t know if I’d ever truly understand or approach genius myself, but the next best thing is to look at the things that inspire it. Then I can only wonder how people can take such random, disparate things and make them into art. It’s…

Eat ‘Toritos’ And Drink ‘Mountain Dude’ In This Game About Becoming A Pro Gamer

A game where you become a pro gamer… by playing games? How meta! This was made in 24 hours, so while not particularly fleshed out, it’s still worth spending a few minutes with it. My favorite bit is that going outside ends the game, though the stuff you can purchase comes close. The Toritos are…

This Mod Puts Some Mirror’s Edge In Your Team Fortress 2

Remember Brink? I initially looked forward to that game because it promised me a parkour competitive shooter, and that idea seemed awesome. Alas, that wasn’t what the game gave me. Not a good one, anyway. This Mirror’s Edge inspired server mod for TF2, though? Looks like it might just pull it off. The developer, explaining…

You Could Use The Wii U To Play Games. Or, You Could Use It To Find Love.

The Wii U sure has seen some creative usage. First there’s the Miiverse, which some people have experimented with to make awesome communities and artwork showcases. Others have found a way to use the Wii U to make movies. Let’s add a new one to the list: using the Wii U for love. Here’s a…

This Sure Wasn’t The Way I Expected Red Dead Redemption 10 To Be “Announced”

About a month ago I decided to finally play Max Payne 3, incidentally our “Best Drinking in a Dirty T-Shirt” GOTY. The game prompted me to make a social account with Rockstar, so I did. This came up when I was picking an avatar for the account—I knew Red Dead was a franchise, but damn!…

Far Cry 3’s “Racism” And Other Reasons People Aren’t Picking Up Some Of This Year’s Games

Sometimes it seems as if the end-all-be-all metric we use to determine if we will purchase something is “fun.” In actuality, there are things about a game that might make someone think twice about purchasing it—and they have nothing to do with how the game plays or how fun it is. Recently I noticed a…

Interested In The Tech Behind The Wii U’s GamePad? This Breaks Down How It Works.

Perhaps it’s not surprising, but what this video from The Clan of the Grey Wolf reveals is that much of the tech behind the Wii U’s GamePad is stuff you may already be familiar with—only used in a clever, innovative way. As the video points out at the start, this seems to be a thing…

This Might Sound Weird, But MMO Shopping Is A Real Thing. And It Looks, Err, Fun.

I’ve never been one of those people that considers shopping “fun.” I shop because it’s necessary, because I need something. If gamification has taught us anything though, it’s that all it might take for something to become fun and interesting is to make it a game. In this case, a start-up called Little Black Bag…

Looks Like Dragon Age III Will Definitely Be Influenced By Skyrim

Last year, we reported that Bioware had specific opinions about Skyrim. They went on the record and stated that they admired the scope of Skyrim, and also acknowledged that both Skyrim and Dragon Age are lore-heavy games where your actions mattered. While cagey on where they’d take Dragon Age next and whether or not it’d…

This Year’s Biggest Shooters Remind Me Why Multiplayer Unlocks Suck

The other day, a colleague mentioned that she felt like there was something off about Halo 4’s multiplayer. She was getting destroyed by other players, eventually feeling like she didn’t have much of a chance when up against people with advanced abilities or gear gained from Spartan point unlocks. This seemed like a marked difference…

This Game Mixes Wind Waker’s Cel-Shading With The Gameplay of Banjo Kazooie

While it’s just in alpha, Danish developer Jonas Kærlev’s game A Hat In Time still manages to look positively delightful. All one has to do is look at the many videos Kærlev has uploaded to get a sense of how charming this game is. Here’s a couple, though the game’s YouTube page features a good…

You Can Use The Wii U’s GamePad To Make Movies, Like This Short Horror Film

Remember the Blair Witch Project? I thought that crap was real thanks to how the movie was shot with “found footage.” This short horror film is shot similarly to that, only in one continuous take using the Wii U’s video call feature. The creator, Frank Howley, says it’s one of the first of its kind.…

Here Are A Couple of Assassin’s Creed Easter Eggs In Far Cry 3

Sure, it’s a small easter egg—just a logo, nothing major. But still, neat, right? And this is but one of many rumored easter-eggs in Far Cry 3 Update: One of our readers, Tails89, pointed us to this other Assassin’s Creed easter egg—this one mentions pieces of Eden as well as genetic memories.