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Nintendo’s YouTube Plan Is Already Being Panned By YouTubers [Update]
Nintendo launched a new affiliate program yesterday for YouTubers that, on paper sounds like a good thing. It’s a way to let YouTubers make money off their Nintendo-related videos on YouTube, after all. But if you look at the finer details, things don’t look so great. Called the “Nintendo Creator’s Program,” the scheme lets people…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 29, 2015 -
A Badass Supernatural Steampunk Fight
If you have a couple of minutes to spare, you need to watch this visually stunning fight that breaks out between cowboy skulls and steampunk humans. Trust me. While watching, I didn’t even realize that this was a music video—I just thought it was an awesome short film or something. But no, this is actually…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 28, 2015 -
A Horror Game Where Aliens Abduct Your Baby
The Hum: Abductions is a horror game that looks like what you would get if you mixed P.T., Gone Home, and aliens. Meaning: it looks excellent. From the game’s website: In “Abductions”, you will play the role of Holly Sanders, a mother and wife, who is living hard days since her husband’s mysterious vanishing, months…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 28, 2015 -
The Most Infamous Pokémon Bootleg
There’s Pokémon Crystal, the third game in the second generation of Pokémon games. And then there’s Pokémon Vietnamese Crystal, the bootleg version of the game with mistranslations. There’s a difference. Pokémon diehards have probably heard of Vietnamese Crystal, but for those of you that haven’t, it’s worth checking out. According to Bulbanews, back in the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 28, 2015 -
Dad Says He’s Mourning His Son; WoW Community Rushes To Help
Everyone deals with death in different ways. For one man, the best way to navigate a son’s death was to try to dive into his son’s interests. Yesterday, a post on Reddit popped up that described a father’s recent dive into World of Warcraft—a game that his son loved, but that he was having trouble…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 28, 2015 -
Sure Seems Like The Newest Metal Gear Lets You Smoke Weed
Here’s a small detail that seems to have slipped everyone’s radar. Like many Metal Gear Solid games, the Phantom Pain lets you smoke. Only this time, the game says that the cigar contains a “medicinal herb.” While this “medicinal herb” could be just about anything, The Game Theorists argue that the fact the herb alters…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 28, 2015 -
The Four Actresses Who Might Be The New Ghostbusters
Looks like the rumors are true: the next Ghostbusters movie will have an all-female cast, and now we know exactly who those actresses will be. According to The Hollywood Reporter,Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon are all in talks for leads in the reboot, which is being directed by Paul Feig (of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 27, 2015 -
GTA Player Breaks Physics With His Bike Skills
For GTA players that know how to shred, the laws of physics just don’t apply. ErasableNinja spent 2014 doing all sorts of cool BMX stunts, and now that the year is over, they’ve shared a compilation of the best tricks they managed to land. Twenty seconds into the video, I couldn’t help but ask myself,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 27, 2015 -
A Bonkers Theory About What The Darkness In Destiny Actually Is
Destiny players spend the entire game fighting against something called “the darkness.” But does anyone really know what the darkness actually is? “Darkness” sounds more like a concept than an actual thing. Maybe that’s intentional. Maybe the darkness isn’t real in the way we think it’s real. Or at least, I’m starting to reconsider what…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 27, 2015 -
Blacksmiths Made Kill la Kill’s Scissor Blade Out of Actual Scissors
Being able to 3D print anything you’d like is great and all, but it’s not exactly the most fun thing a modern blacksmith can do. So in an effort to be creative, the folks at AWE me decided that they wouldn’t just make Kill la Kill’s iconic blade. Instead, they hammered down a ton of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
Smash Bros. Players Turned The Falcon Punch Into A Great Mini Game
The rules of “Falcon Potato” are simple. You get two Mario players, and one Captain Falcon player. You turn up the launch rate, and you go timers-only. Once in the match, you slow down time, start a Falcon Punch, and try your best to cape the punch, back and forth, until someone gets hit. Creative…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
What People Google About Sex, According To The Numbers
People type their deepest, darkest secrets and fears into Google, all in search for answers. Sex, while a taboo subject, is no different. The New York Timestook a look at the data behind Google searches, and what they’ve found is mighty interesting. What do people pair the most with the word “marriage,” for example? Sexless…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 Looks Freakin’ Terrifying
Another teaser for Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 has landed, and this one gives us a look at what the game will look like in motion—and the animatronics you’ll be screaming at once more. Looks like this one will be focusing on Golden Freddy. And now to await the million things that fans will pick…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
The Latest Game Tearing Up Steam’s Charts Looks So Typical
If the last couple of years didn’t make it clear, Steam players sure love their survival games. DayZ. Rust. The Forest. Starbound. theHunter: Primal. These are just a few of the many, many survival games that have exploded, however briefly, on Steam. The latest survival (early access) game to follow that trend is called Stranded…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
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The Original Legend of Zelda Beaten In 30 Minutes, A New World Record
Watch in awe as someone demolishes old-school Legend of Zelda on the NES as fast as possible. According to How Long To Beat, a typical Zelda run takes about ten hours to beat. This speedrun by Darkwing_Duck_sda, though? 30 minutes and 29 seconds. The next Zelda record, according to Zelda Speedruns, is also held by…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
Latest GTA IV Mod Reminds Us That PC Games Always Look Best
The PC version of GTA V might be just around the horizon, but PC gamers are still happily modding GTA IV to make it look incredible. Here’s the latest update to the well-known iCEnhancer GTA mods, which, while not finished, still makes the 2008 game look like it was actually released in 2015. Kind of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
Destiny Players Embarrass Opponents With Gimmick Matches
Watch as a team of Destiny players win matches despite having handicaps. This match, for example? It’s melee only. No shooting. The team still wins. By a lot. It’s amazing to watch this set of Destiny players bob and weave around the enemy team, especially as the other team tries to frantically shoot down the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
It Takes Nine Minutes To Break Down The Amazing Super Mario Timeline
There are a lot of Mario games out there. Though most of these games aren’t particularly story heavy, some people have still set out to try to place these games in chronological order in an effort to make a single Mario timeline. Here’s the latest crack. If you include every single Mario game you can…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 26, 2015 -
The Top 50 Smash Bros. Plays of Last Year
The Smash Bros. community has seen a lot of hype in the last year, culminating in a lot of excellent plays. Now that 2014 is over, let’s look back at some of the best moments in competitive Smash Bros. plays. EvenMatchupGaming has been counting down the best plays of 2014 this entire week, and their…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 23, 2015 -
Destiny’s Best Rocket Launcher Doesn’t Need Advertising
Destiny players sure love the Gjallarhorn—and it’s created a hilarious culture around the weapon. Mr. Fruit Gaming Channel pretends to be a Gjallarhorn salesman here, and in doing so, jabs at all the silly things surrounding the Gjallarhorn, and the people that use it, including: How everyone wants the rocket launcher And yet, people don’t…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 23, 2015
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