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Culture
Drawing Spaceships The Old-Fashioned Way
Jeff Zugale is a concept artist who has been working in and around the video game business for over a decade. Currently at Blind Squirrel Games, he’s also done ad work on series like Call of Duty and Super Mario. He’s currently giving me vivid high school flashbacks with a project where he’s drawing one…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 16, 2015 -
Culture
You Must Construct Additional Skylines
I suppose this Cities: Skylines StarCraft pylon mod, created by gido505, was inevitable. And yes, it’s functional. Here’s the description: You must construct additional pylons! Based on Wind Turbine. Can be placed anywhere 1×1. Cost 20,000. Upkeep 80/week. No Noise pollution so can be placed near residential places with good wind speeds. Produces 32MW of…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 16, 2015 -
CultureAsk Dr. Nerdlove: Help, She’s Way Out Of My League!
Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating column that knows what to say when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. This week: what can you do when the person you like is out of your league? Is there even a point…
Harris O'Malley Published April 16, 2015 -
CultureValve Rejected Some Really Cool DOTA 2 Mods
In another dimension, people are playing DOTA 2 as a giant ice cream cone wielding a nacho glaive. Valve’s Steam Workshop, where players can submit their own mods for possible addition to games like DOTA 2 (among many others), has a rather strict set of guidelines. In places, however, these guidelines can be somewhat vague,…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 15, 2015 -
CultureEven Fatalities Can’t Shut Scorpion Up
On today’s Highlight Reel we have loud fatalities, GTA V short films, vanishing Jackdaws and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Bloodborne – Tricky Bloodborne area – Duraigo Bloodborne…
By Chris Person Published April 15, 2015 -
CultureAmnesia‘s Pokémon Mod Lets You Battle And Evolve… Furniture
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is regarded by many as one of the scariest games of all time. Now it has monster battling. Some of the monsters are furniture. Amnesia‘s Monster mod is the most beautiful sort of absurdity. It’s a Pokémon-inspired custom story where instead of creeping through a haunted castle from hell, you explore…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 15, 2015 -
Culture
Nice Town. It’d Be A Shame If Something Happened To It.
Rhys Griffiths is a freelance concept artist and illustrator from Melbourne. You can see more of Rhys’ work at his personal site and ArtStation page. To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2015 -
CultureCosplay
Building Badass Destiny Hand Cannons
Say what you will about Destiny, I think it’s one of the best-looking games in years, with some very cool weapons just lying around for people to cruelly and unfairly pick up. My personal favourite is the hand cannon, because I am a Titan, and that’s just how I like to get shit done. Normally,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2015 -
CultureCosplay
When A Cosplay Rookie Takes Awesome Cosplay Photos
Mario Giancini is a professional photographer who until April 2015 had zero contact with the cosplay scene. Not that you’d know it by looking at these sweet photos. Being a big gamer, and with MegaCon 2015 going down ten minutes away from his house, Giancini went along with his camera and shot the cosplaying attendees.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2015 -
Culture
Titan Souls Is An Infuriating Game, But I Love It
“FUCK,” I shout, as I stomp my foot in anger. I hope my housemates can’t hear me, but they probably can. I’ve lost to this Titan Souls boss for something like the 25th time in a row. Some of the losses came after minutes that felt like they stretched on for hours, grueling dances where…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 14, 2015 -
Culture
Someone Beat Pillars of Eternity In Under 40 Minutes
Thanks to a combination of glitches, sequence breaking, and some seriously skilled clicking, speedrunner Jiseed has turned Obsidian’s epic new RPG into a 40-minute cakewalk. In this speedrun, which appears to be the current world record for Pillars of Eternity, Jiseed takes advantage of a few different game-breaking glitches to bypass chunks of the game…
By Jason Schreier Published April 14, 2015 -
Culture
Death Is Coming To Eat Your Heart
You know what, we’ve coveredthe work of French artist Michel Donzé twicehere on Fine Art, but both times it’s been as part of a larger piece. It’s about time the guy got his own showcase. An artist who has done a ton of work for Ubisoft over the years (on stuff like Watch Dogs and…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2015 -
CultureCosplay
A Superhero Romance Blossoms
Has this actually been in a comic? I don’t know, superhero canon is impossible to keep track of. But if not, well, here’s Superman and Green Arrow kissing like they mean it. Or at least like Superman means it. Black Canary is AlyCat Cosplay, Green Arrow is Epyon Merquise (Canary’s fiancée IRL) and Wonder Woman…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 13, 2015 -
CultureHero Generations Is Civilization: The RPG
Should I care about Hero Generations? For sure. It’s a turn-based strategy RPG where each turn equates to one year of your hero’s life, and death is permanent. You have to make every move count as the world shifts and ages around you. What’s it about? The game’s Steam page does a pretty good job…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 13, 2015 -
CultureBloodborne Ghouls Just Hanging Out
On today’s Highlight Reel we have leisurely motorcycle rides gone awry, good sniper shots, stuck ghouls and much more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Battlefield Hardline – Ghost Ride Roadkill…
By Chris Person Published April 13, 2015 -
CultureZelda-Inspired Game Hopes To Be Different Every Time You Play
A Legend-of-Zelda-like game where you get to explore a different world each time you play? Sounds too good to be true. That, however, is exactly what Songbringer is trying to do (emphasis on trying). Songbringer‘s pitch sounds like something retrieved from the dusty libraries of my childhood dreams. I mean, listen to this: “What if…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 13, 2015 -
Culture
Bored Of The Same Old Counter-Strike Maps? This Mod Should Help
We’re playing on Dust2? Again? Hey… wait a minute. Counter-Strike has some of the best, most precisely made maps in video games. However, the most popular maps have been around for quite some time, and they tend to show up… a lot. That’s where Steam user Blade x64 comes in. They decided to give three…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 13, 2015 -
Culture
Future Korea Has Sure Let Itself Go
Sense Collective is an “international art collective” that features a number of artists we’ve showcased before on Fine Art, like Nurzhan Bekkaliev, Anton Fadeev and Mikhail Rakhmatullin. The image above (and the other Korean pic below) was done by Michel Donzé You can see more of Sense Collective’s work at their ArtStation page To see…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 12, 2015 -
Culture
This Week In The Business: Taking Baby Steps
QUOTE | “I don’t think VR is a now thing. I’m not saying it’s five years from now, but it’s not really a now now thing.” – Xbox head Phil Spencer, talking about why Microsoft is sitting on the VR sidelines right now QUOTE | “So far, cloud gaming is the Coleco Adam of online.…
Steve Peterson Published April 11, 2015
