Yannick LeJacq

My First 20 Hours With Wasteland 2

“Forsaken by his people, he strode into the wasteland,” the narrator intones in the intro to Fallout 2. 16 years later, and creator Brian Fargo has delivered that promise anew in a very literal way: by making Wasteland 2, a spiritual successor to his Fallout games that’s also a…sequel to their predecessor. That’s a mouthful…

The Wasteland 2 Intro Will Never Beat Fallout’s

Wasteland 2 comes out today, and the question on many an OG CRPG gamer’s mind is: “How does it compare to Fallout?” I’ll have a fuller answer to that soon, but there’s an elephant in the room that must be addressed first. Come on, Brian Fargo: where is my Ron Perlman? If you don’t understand…

You Really CAN Sleep With Anything In The Sims

It’s like some anti-gay douchebag’s nightmare vision of what same-sex marriage will unleash upon our world. And people ask me why I loveThe Sims 4… via Imgur

so good.

The Small, Weird Way Nintendo Changed Mario Kart 8’s Online Multiplayer

Mario Kart 8 received its first big update at the end of August. Most of the changes were welcome improvements. But one took some time to sink in: the new online ranking system. Now that it has, some players are left feeling confused and upset. If you’re playing Mario Kart 8 regularly and didn’t notice…

Terrorists Are Using First-Person Shooters To Spread Their Message

“ISIS has refined the mechanics of the sale of violence.” Writing for the New Yorker website, Jay Caspian Kang thoughtfully examines how the terrorist group invokes well-worn motifs from shooters like Call of Duty in its recruitment materials. Much like the organization’s use of modern social media, selling prospective recruits by promising a life “better…

Remove The Sky, And Mario Kart 8 Gets Pretty Weird

Ah, Moo Moo Meadows. So calming. So picturesque. Wait a minute…something’s not right here. Luigi, now what’ve you done?!?! Ok, Luigi’s not the one to blame here. This is the latest piece of Mario Kart 8 trickery done by brothers Chadderz and Bean, the first—and only—two people to hack the game that we know of.…

Krispy Kreme’s Ghostbusters Donuts Look Too Cute To Eat

I love Ghostbusters. I also love donuts. So why am I intimidated by the prospect of Krispy Kreme’s newly announced “exclusive offer of two new marshmallow Kreme™-filled Ghostbuster treats?” Well, can you imagine biting into that face? These two cheerful-looking deserts are part of a seasonal campaign that Krispy Kreme is conducting in partnership with…

Goat Simulator, the best game we’ve played about being a goat, is now available on iOS and Android for $4.99. Developer Armin Ibrisagic promises that it has “all the bugs from the PC version.”

There’s putting form over function, and then there’s making a themed Game Boy case that’s so ornate I’m not sure it’s playable. This Donkey Kong-themed skin is one of the best custom console jobs I’ve seen. But it also raises important questions like: do those directional buttons actually work? Are those buttons made with actual…

The Most Helpful Sims 4 Cheats (So Far)

The Sims is one of those game series that doesn’t just allow cheating; it invites it. For many fans, tinkering with the game’s inner guts is the best part of playing. The Sims 4 is no different. But it’s also very new. So let’s walk through the game’s earliest secrets. First off: here’s how you…

Watch People Play Minecraft For The First Time

Remember the first time you tried to step into Minecraft’s vast, Lego-like world? You probably found yourself wondering: “What are these pigs doing here?” or, “Why can’t I just shoot things?” or, “Uh…what am I supposed to be doing?” A BuzzFeed demonstrates, you’re not alone. In the video above, several stock gamer-types (the curious first-person…

‘Listen To Space Woohoo’

You know how they say: “In space, no one can hear you woohoo?” Or, um, something like that? Well, your Sims can! via Reddit

Have a wonderful Tuesday

Alright, internet. We’ve got a new day ahead of us. Here’s perfect rainy day pick me up to get us all started:

The Sims 4 That Could Have Been

Last week, I wrote a quick post about some beautiful concept art for The Sims 4 that stood out because of how…different it looked compared to the final game. Unsurprisingly, I soon found out I wasn’t the only one interested in alternate versions of The Sims Over the weekend, I received a few emails asking…

The brothers who hacked Mario Kart 8 are back with another video that gives many a new perspective on the game’s racetracks. It it just me, or does Grumble Volcano start to look a lot like Mount Doom up close? This latest video is actually a rehashing of one of their very first hacks, when…

Downton Abbey, Made In The Sims 4

Continuing the tradition of giving popular TV shows the Sims 4 treatment, one talented player has recreated the iconic setting and main cast of Downton Abbey. Impressively, this was done using the game’s modern set-pieces. I mean, sure: they’re not perfect. The Sims version of the Downton Abbey estate… …doesn’t exactly measure up to the…

All four members of The Beatles, created in The Sims 4. D’awwww. The Sim versions of celebrities (Simlebrities?) are gonna be so good this time around aren’t they? via Reddit

“…a form of cultural necrophilia.”

I’m hesitant to even bring this up because I find the “are games art?” debate useless at best, but Eric Zimmerman makes a good case for how it’s a more damaging fixation than a purely tiresome and annoying one. “Obsession with the question ‘are games art?’ is a form of cultural necrophilia,” he argues, suggesting…

One Diablo III Feature That Gets The Game Back To Its Roots

Every Diablo fan remembers the first time they encountered The Butcher. Hearing the demon growl as he strode out of a room littered with bloody corpses gave us a terrifying glimpse at the hellish things to come in all our journeys: At least, that’s The Butcher from the original Diablo, which first came out for…