Dozens Of Sega Mods Suddenly Removed From Steam Workshop  [UPDATE]

Earlier this year, Sega opened the floodgates on mods of its classic games, enabling Steam Workshop support for Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics. This week, dozens of those mods made like the cast of Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) and vanished. As PC Gamer points out, some mods were uploads of entire games like NBA…

GameStop Now Accepting Trade-Ins Of Select Retro Games And Gear

GameStop stores across North America are now accepting games and hardware trade-ins from as far back as the original NES, but not everything. They’ve got lists. I brought a sack of older titles to a local store to see which were worthy of trade-in credit. As part of its continuing effort to stay relevant and…

Sony Announces New Third-Party PS4 Controllers

Posting on the Playstation Blog, Sony showcased two new controllers by Razer and Nancon that will be released sometime this year. The first is the Razer Raiju. Razer’s done some console stuff before. Notably, they have a controller for the Xbox that our own Mike Fahey enjoyed. The Raiju is designed for “conquering professional eSports…

Girlfriend Allegedly Calls Out Overwatch Character’s Name During Sex, Fandom Replies ‘Same’

On r/relationships, posts about someone’s partner calling out the wrong name during sex are a dime a dozen, but rarely do they involve Overwatch. User whotheheckisjesse wrote on the subreddit to inquire, well, who the heck is Jesse, and why did his girlfriend call this mysterious name during sex? “Basically we were having sex and…

A Few Good Mods For Mafia III

Open-world games benefit massively from thriving mod scenes, and while Mafia III is no Grand Theft Auto V, it’s seen a trickle of mods since launch. Here are a handful of good ones. Mafia III’s mod scene is still pretty tiny (Mafia Mods lists 26 Mafia III mods total), but there’s some solid quality of…

Destiny Clan Does An Absurdly Elaborate Michael Jackson Tribute

It’s Halloween in Destiny, a game about traveling the solar system destroying evil aliens and green engrams. Halloween brings with it goofy masks, novelty items, and if we’re lucky, dance routines. Enter the tenacious terpsichoreans from Husky Raid, who are back with their most elaborate dance routine yet. They’ve tackled Gwen Stefani, Backstreet Boys, and…

Counter-Strike Adds Harsher Penalties For Repeat Griefers

As part of the latest patch to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , Valve has made changes to their policy for bad behavior. Two strikes and you are out, pal. The patch notes read as follows: A temporary griefing conviction assigned by Overwatch will now be elevated to a permanent conviction if the suspect had a previous…

VR Developers Add ‘Superpower’ To Their Game To Fight Harassment

Over the last few months, several women have reported facing or witnessing sexual harassment online in VR. Most recently, author Jordan Belamire explained on Medium last week that the avatar of someone she didn’t know virtually groped her in the online mulitplayer game QuiVR. Yesterday, QuiVR’s developers responded by modding their game to prevent non-consensual…

Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture Headlines PlayStation Plus Lineup For November

PlayStation Plus members can get Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Costume Quest 2, and several other games for PS4, PS3, and Vita this month. Remember, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription. PlayStation 4 Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture The Deadly Tower of Monsters PlayStation 3 Dirt 3 Costume…

Windows 10 Gets Built-In Game Streaming This Spring

The Xbox One has built-in game streaming, so why not Windows? During today’s Windows 10 event, Microsoft announced that Beam interactive broadcasting technology would be built into the operating system with this spring’s free Creators Update. Streaming from a PC can be a complicated affair. Microsoft aims to make the experience as easy as it…

Somebody’s Making ‘The Ultimate Gaming Deodorant’

Why settle for one of the dozens of stink-suppressing products available at your local supermarket when you can have Plus Five, a deodorant aimed specifically at your favorite hobby? Practicality? Convenience? Okay, I can see that. It really says “the ultimate gaming deodorant” at the top of Plus Five deodorant’s Kickstarter page, where Tim Cooley…

Cancel Halloween in Japan, This Famicom Costume Has Already Won

Now, this is brilliant. The dad from YouTube channel RuiRei Channel created a Famicom console costume to wear with his twin sons. Famicom, Family Computer, family costumes, geddit? Told you it was clever! This kids, of course, enjoy playing the Famicom. First, as IT Media reports, the dad designed the outfits. Then started making them:…

One Piece, Naruto, and Attack On Titan Turned Into Crappy Statues 

Well, these aren’t very good. A shopping mall in Beijing recently kicked off an anime exhibition with life-sized statues of famous characters from One Piece, Naruto, and Attack on Titan. As you can see in these images via GamerSky and Toutiaoabc, the results are not so good. Smart money says these are not licensed (obviously!),…

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Get Me Cosplay Pictures Of Spider-Man!

This is TrevRay Cosplay, hitting the streets of New York to get some very authentic-looking shots of Spider-Man in action. Before you ask, no, we did not pay $300 for them. All photos by Jason Laboy. You can see more shots at Jason’s site