Patricia Hernandez

It Took 11,000 Tries To Beat This Brilliantly Evil Mario Maker Level

I didn’t even know you could use Super Mario World bombs in all these different ways. Wow! The creator of the “hardest Super Mario World level ever,” PangaeaPanga, is taking his hellish designs to Mario Maker—and the results are intimidating. Take this course, titled Bomb Voyage, for example. It took around 11 thousand attempts before…

Destiny Team Smashes Taken King’s Raid In Seven Hours

Multiple teams raced to the finish over the last seven hours, eager to complete the newest Destiny raid, King’s Fall. But only one group can claim first. For comparison’s sake: it tooksix hours for a team to beat The Dark Below’s raid for the first time. Seems like killing Oryx was a bit tougher! Some…

Splatoon Players Are Damn Good At Throwing Shade

Wooooow. So that’s how it is, huh? Splatfest—the event where Splatoon asks players to pick between two sides and duke it out against one another—is happening this weekend, and some of the trash talking I’ve seen in the Miiverse plaza is FIERCE, as evidenced by this screenshot taken by Brittany Rolstad‎. It’s kind of unsettling…

20 Excellent Super Mario Maker Courses You Should Play

I have spent dozens of hours playing through hundreds of Mario Maker courses. Here’s the cream of the crop. One of the biggest criticisms I’ve seen floating around for Mario Maker is that it’s really difficult to find good courses. While that may be true, it doesn’t mean Mario Maker is completely bereft of great…

The Metal Gear Solid V Players Trying To Do The Impossible

One of the biggest secrets in Metal Gear Solid V may not actually be possible—but that’s not stopping players from coming together and trying to achieve it anyway. First, some background. Yesterday I wrote about a hidden ending of sorts that players found while datamining the game on PC. It looks like this, uploaded courtesy…

Metal Gear Solid V Has A Secret That Seems Impossible To Trigger

Holy shit. Some of the stuff hidden inside Metal Gear Solid V is ridiculous. SPOILERS FOR SECRETS INSIDE METAL GEAR SOLID FOLLOW. SPOILER SHIELDING DOG GO!! Right now, Metal Gear Solid V fans are racking their brains trying to figure out how to trigger a certain datamined scene within Metal Gear Solid V. Nobody has…

Amazing Mario Maker Level Roasts Overly Dramatic Games

We like to play the hero in video games, vowing to always do whatever it takes to save the day. But sometimes, getting the happy ending just isn’t possible. Even in Mario games. Or at least, this is what a lot of hokey games would like us to believe. You’ve gotta check out this hilarious…

Crappy Levels Are Not Ruining Super Mario Maker

Hardcore Mario fans are exasperated right now—it’s really difficult to find good Mario Maker levels. Want to play gimmick levels, auto run levels, slight variations on 1-1, and hilariously difficult levels with poor game design? You can find those anywhere in the brand-new Wii U game. It’s flooded with them. I’ve seen blame cast on…

Fallout 4’s SPECIAL Cartoons Are Excellent

I could watch an entire show in this style—it’s so good! Last week, we learned a little bit more about what the S in SPECIAL stands for in Fallout 4. This week, we’re learning more about Perception. For Fallout fans, much of this information will be old hat, but it’s still worth watching. The animations…

Lucha Libre Pikachu Looks Badass In The Pokémon Fighting Game

Why have one Pikachu in your Pokémon game when you can have two? I was ready to react to “Masked Pikachu” with “Fuck Pikachu,” but after watching its trailer, I’ve decided that actually, this version of the yellow mouse is pretty awesome. Masked Pikachu makes more sense to include than normal Pikachu, who otherwise looks…

Rockstar’s Salty Response To The BBC’s GTA Movie

Oh shit. For those of you that don’t know: today, BBC Two launched the broadcast of The Gamechangers, a movie starring Daniel Radcliffe and and Bill Paxton that takes a look at the controversy surrounding Grand Theft Auto and violent video games in the early 2000’s. Sounds like a cool concept, no? Except Rockstar isn’t…

Announced last night at TGS, these upcoming new PS4 controllers are beautiful. I especially like the see-through controller (aka “Crystal”)—it reminds me of my old-school GBC. I can’t decide if gold is tacky or not, though. Silver is definitely classy! Here’s hoping these controllers come stateside.

Amnesia, One Of The Best Horror Games Ever, Is Now Free On Steam

If somehow you’ve missed one of the scariest games of all time, now is your chance. Nothing beats free, after all. Download Amnesia: The Dark Descent here—even if you’ve played it before, it’ll be a good appetizer for Frictional Game’s next big horror game, Soma Some Steam reviews, in case you need convincing: I wouldn’t…

Mario Maker ‘My Wife’ Level Tells A Short, Sad Story

Uh…dang, dude. This is some heavy stuff. Floating around Mario Maker is a quick level made by “P Morty” titled “My Wife.” You can watch a ‘playthrough’ of it below: Spelled out in coins are four simple words. “My wife left me.” Could be a prank—Wii U owners have traditionally used Miiverse to say all…

Fan Game Will Let You Bring Horrible Pokémon Fusions To Life

Mashing together unlikely pairings results in hilarious Pokémon—that’s exactly why Alex Onsager’s fusion website, which lets people create Frankenstein Pokémon with a few easy clicks, blew up the internet a while back. I have a feeling fusions are about to make a comeback in 2015, though—and it’s all thanks to a cool upcoming fan game.…

Banned League of Legends YouTuber Defends His Trash Talking

Most people would tell you toxicity is something we should strive to avoid in games. One big YouTuber, however, doesn’t just embrace toxicity—he thinks it’s one of the few things that make games like League of Legends fun. Last week, YouTube jokester Dunkey was banned from League of Legends due to “toxic behavior.” Later in…

Pewdiepie Is Making A TV Show

Things seem pretty weird for YouTube’s biggest star right now. For months, Pewdiepie has been teasing a big THING happening this fall. In August, he said that whatever was coming up was going to force him to upload less often to his channel—from two videos a day, to one video a day (at least for…

Upcoming Dragon Ball Z Animation Looks Like A Pixar Movie

DBZ Tribute is not an official project—but damn if it doesn’t look hot anyway. The project is the work of a number of professional artists who have come together to create a computer-generated animated sequence that will act as a tribute to Akira Toriyama’s work. So far, there are only teasers. Despite that, what little…

The Newest Legendary Is Actually Five Different Pokémon In One

It might be in the running for “most ridiculous Pokémon yet.” If you play Pokémon at all, then you’re probably already familiar with Zygarde. It looks like this: Well, as it turns out, that’s actually one of many different forms that this Pokémon can take. First, the Pokemon starts out as a cell. Then it…

The Most Popular Levels In Super Mario Maker (So Far)

As of this writing, a level called “Don’t press anything” by Wii U owner Niramou is the most starred course on Mario Maker. It’s been played a whopping 74,847 times already. You can watch it below: It’s not alone, as you can see in the video above. Many stages of its kind are populating the…