Give people the tools to build whatever they want, and they’ll probably create amazing technological wonders. Also, dicks. We’ve seen it time and time again: if people have the freedom to make things, they’ll probably make genitals. Even in Nintendo games, this axiom is true. Nothing is safe. So it’s probably not surprising to hear…
Super Mario World has a crazy glitch where players can warp to the end of the game without actually playing through it. Normally, this glitch might be impossible for all but the most hardcore of players—but with practice, it’s something you can do, too. Mind, doing the infamous “end credits warp” is not easy. Anyone…
Sixteen teams of two go in. Only one team survives. This is Survivor GameZ, a “last man-standing” deathmatch tournament that happens in DayZ every month. This weekend, the “finals” for the event were held, and they’re definitely worth a watch—months of invitationals have led up to it. If you haven’t been keeping up with Survivor…
With over six hundred pocket monsters to choose from, not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are better than others. And if you’re looking for the very best Pokémon you can own, your choices are limited. But what do we mean when we say “best Pokémon?” Certainly, there are better designed-Pokémon than others. There…
Normally, people play games to get high scores. But, when games are designed to give you points for whatever you do, there’s just as much challenge in playing a game without getting any score at all. Check out this fascinating run of Super Mario World by switchpalacecorner: they manage to beat the game with a…
The biggest news of the day is undoubtedly that there are plans to make a live-action series on Netflix based on The Legend of Zelda. While it’s not clear whether or not the series will happen, the very idea has people talking. Can you imagine it? Who would they cast? Hell, would it be good?…
Remember Fallout’s crazy superheroes? ShoddyCast gives us a neat machinima of one of Fallout’s more zany storylines, and it’s worth a watch.
It’s been called the “scariest game in years.” It’s at the top of iOS and Android app stores, it has torn up the Steam charts on PC. It has racked up millions and millions of views (and screams) on YouTube. It has hundreds of earnest fan games, and dozens of rabid fan theories. The Five…
When you have an issue on Steam, you typically send in a report, which Steam Support has to deal with. But one Steam user decided to take their problem to the man in charge of Steam itself, Gabe Newell. And amazingly, Gabe actually took time out of his day to fix the problem. In an…
Smash Bros. has dozens of items, all of which work in different ways. For whatever reason, one person’s copy of the game turns every possible item into a tomato, while still retaining the original item’s function. It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve seen all day. The issue, which is being encountered by Leron Tolmachev, is…
Last week, Nintendo started a controversial program lets YouTubers make money off of any Nintendo-related videos submitted for approval. The process was supposed to take two to three days, but today Nintendo announced that they’re having trouble keeping up with the demand. As spotted by Venture Beat, here’s what the Nintendo website says about the…
Not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are used more than others, and even elite Pokémon players have their favorites. Posted by Reddit user on r/Pokemon, here’s a look at the most popular Pokemon used by top players on Pokémon Showdown. For those that don’t know, Showdown is an online battle simulator used by…
Despite being nearly 15 years old and having had a couple of sequels, Super Smash Bros. Melee is still alive and thriving. The fans won’t let it die. Usually, the community enthusiasm around Smash Bros. is admirable. But last weekend, at the biggest Smash Bros. tournament ever held, fans’ endless love for Melee turned ugly.…
For some students, putting away their phones during class is an impossible task. Normally, schools develop rules and polices about cell phone use, and students happily ignore them. But at a couple of universities, the administration is trying something new: they’re turning “don’t check your phone during class” into a game. Using an app called…
For some people, yesterday was all about the Super Bowl. For me, it was about a better match-up, one of the best and most dramatic Smash Bros. matches I’ve ever seen. To tell the story of Sunday’s amazing match, we have to go back a day further, to Saturday and the Apex 2015 tournament, the…
Apex 2015—the biggest Smash tournament ever—almost didn’t happen. But thanks to the community’s rallying, the tournament was able to quickly find a new venue for the competition. Which means that we can start enjoying some great top-level play! The Main Stream Secondary Stream If you’d like to watch the newbie stream, you can catch that…
Here’s a simple question. Do you know what nacho cheese is? As it turns out, whatever it is that you use to define “nacho cheese” is probably wrong. Yesterday, Bloomberg published a mind-blowing article about the nature of nacho cheese. Get this: nobody, not even the people who make nacho-flavored things, or people who make…
We’ve updated our post about Nintendo’s new YouTube plan: Pewdiepie has weighed in on the issue, and he does not sound happy about it. Read what he has to say here.
Here’s an awesome resource that can get you up to speed with the latest and greatest anime running in spring 2015. Posted by Stargazed Charts, this visual gives you a quick rundown of upcoming anime, including the studio behind it, the source, the genre, and a synopsis. It even includes theatrical releases and special, one-off…
Are you playing Pokémon Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire right now? Good news. Game Freak is giving out a few rare Pokémon that you’ll want to pick up. All you have to do is go into the game, and select ‘Mystery Gift’ from the main menu, and put in a couple of codes. The code…
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