Dark Souls fans looking for a new challenge will be very happy with Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin. I took a short break from the Souls world after marathoning through Bloodborne, but Bandai Namco smartly timed its Dark Souls 2 remix to Bloodborne’s release. The moment credits were rolling on Axiom Verge,…
This week’s edition of Worth Reading, a collection of the best writing from the past week, goes behind-the-scenes with the mysteries of Bloodborne and the connections we share with family. Hey, You Should Read These Bloodborne creator Hidetaka Miyazaki: ‘I didn’t have a dream. I wasn’t ambitious by Simon Parkin So many people are familiar…
Nintendo fans have Amiibo fever, and sometimes fevers can induce hallucinations. Amiibo fans recently started worshipping a customer service representative named Esteban. For a time, he became their prophet. It’s understandable that desperate Amiibo fans would put their hopes in a mysterious figure like Esteban, as ridiculous as that sounds. Amiibos are hot commodities that…
As it turns out, Mortal Kombat X is a surprisingly decent mobile game. Unfortunately, it’s also free-to-play, and the way it dishes out the experience pretty much ruins it. Unlike this Fatal Fury abomination SNK recently released for mobile devices, Mortal Kombat X isn’t a hardcore fighting game. Instead, the mechanics of Mortal Kombat have…
We’ve known for a while that Splatoon, Nintendo’s take on a third-person shooter, wouldn’t have voice chat. But we know why they’ve left it out now, and I think it’s the wrong move. Splatoon is the featured game in the latest issue of Edge magazine in the UK. I haven’t read the whole piece just…
If you’re still trying to make sense of Bloodborne’s cryptic story, Kotaku UK has a terrific analysis of what’s actually happening in Yharnam. I don’t know how Rich Stanton managed to piece all of this together, but I’m sure glad someone did. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter…
When I finished the second episode of Life Is Strange, I put the controller down, and considered playing the episode again. I didn’t want to live with the choices I’d made. Warning: As you might expect, there are spoilers for Life Is Strange ahead! One of the more important subplots in the second episode involves…
If you wanna be grossed out by a bump on your hand, tempted into making a sexual mistake, or run from a pack of velociraptors, the ongoing Twiny Jam has a little something for everyone. What’s great about Twine game is that anyone can make one. Seriously, even I gave it a shot. Most Twine…
The servers for NBA 2K14 were scheduled to be shut down, but fan backlash has prompted 2K Sports to reconsider. Polygon reports NBA 2K14 is back online, and future NBA games will receive 18-to-27 months of support after launch. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek
You’re probably familiar with this image, the infamous “trollface” that’s circulated the Internet for years. Someone drew the original trollface, and it’s 24-year-old Carlos Ramirez. Back in 2008, Ramirez should have been working on a college paper, but as was the case on most nights, he found himself scrolling through the anonymous image board 4chan,…
Who knows when or if we’ll get Half-Life 3, Half-Life: Episode 3, or whatever Valve calls Gordon Freeman’s next outing. Thankfully, modders like Shokunin are picking up the slack. It’s been too long since I’ve played anything Half-Life, but there’s comfort in returning to City 17, even if said comfort’s wrapped up in fighting aliens…
Edmund McMillen is hard at work on The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth’s upcoming expansion, Afterbirth, and one of the new items will feel familiar to Nintendo fans. Is that a pokeball?! Of course, it’s not actually a pokeball. Then again, maybe Nintendo should consider giving McMillen the license, now that The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth…
You might not be playing Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 anymore, but plenty of people still are, and they’ve noticed something really weird. Poster art has been subtly changed, and it appears to be linked to a reveal for the next Call of Duty. We try to avoid falling into the marketing machine at…
If you wanted to grab digital code for a copy of Earthbound with your expiring Club Nintendo points, for a while, you were. For whatever reason, the game was “sold out.” UPDATE (11:45 pm): It’s back! The code fairy apparently visited Nintendo. Over at Club Nintendo, the company has outlined what you can use your…
Joe “Angry Joe” Vargas, who commands nearly two million subscribers on YouTube, has decided to stop covering Nintendo games, following a dispute over a Mario Party 10 video. Angry Joe’s Mario Party 10 video was flagged by YouTube, and while it’s possible for him to keep the video online, he can’t make money off it.…
When this happened to me, I couldn’t stop laughing for a straight minute. Perhaps the most dastardly section of Bloodborne—the one I was happiest to leave—was the Forbidden Woods. There are hidden traps, powerful enemies, and endless twists and turns. One section of the Forbidden Woods starts off innocent enough. There are two enemies near…
We’re back with another collection of excellent games writing. Can you think of two games to talk about that more wildly different than Shadow of the Colossus and Battlefield Hardline? Hey, You Should Read These “In Shadow Of The Colossus, you bond with giants before you slay them” by Nick Wanserski I’ve wanted a reason…
A new set of amiibos went on sale yesterday at GameStop, and it was a disaster. They’re already sold out. One day later, Nintendo’s acting as though nothing happened, and fans are pissed off. The GIF above comes courtesy of /r/amiibo, home to one of the highest concentrations of dedicated amiibo hunter and gatherers. Most…
You’re looking at Super Metroid, but you’re also look at Metroid Fusion. Slowly but surely, the two Metroid games are becoming one, thanks to an intrepid modder. While we patiently wait for Nintendo to consider another Metroid game, fans continue to experiment with the series. For years now, modder Metaquarius has been dropping elements from…
The notes scattered throughout Yharnam in Bloodborne can be helpful, trickery, or somewhere in-between. In the case of author Natalie Zed, however, she’s trying to leave behind poetry. When playing Bloodborne, players carry a notebook. This notebook allows you to leave comments for other hunters by stringing together a set of different words and phrases.…
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