Video Games Are Better The Second Time You Play Them

Everyone remembers the first time they played a really good video game. The constant surprises of Half-Life, or the drama of Final Fantasy VI, or the stress and catharsis of Far Cry 2. As good as those games were the first time around, they’d almost certainly be better the second. Or the third. Or the…

Rez Infinite’s Area X Is An Incredible Japanese VR Experience 

To be honest, I wasn’t that excited when I showed up at Enhance Games’ office in Tokyo’s Aoyama to play Area X, a new area in Rez Infinite for PlayStation VR. I’d played Rez and Rez HD, so I thought Rez in VR would be no big deal. Besides, VR usually makes me sick, and…

Mob Psycho 100 Finally Gets Its Own Dank Meme

Mob Psycho 100 is definitively the shit. It’s true. One tablespoon psychic kid, a quarter cup charlatan exorcist, strained, pressurized and mixed by One-Punch Man creator ONE is the recipe for an irresistible manga. But when baked by Studio BONES, it’s essential sustenance for your anime diet. It’s also the perfect set of ingredients for…

Mobius Final Fantasy Saved My Day

Last night sucked. The real world was a confusing pile of rotten politics and horrible tragedy. I needed to find some strength. As it turns out, it was right at my finger tips. Mobius Final Fantasy’s multiplayer let me stare down a monster and, with others by my side, fight back and win. Mobius Final…

The most recent Black Ops III DLC added more Gobblegum power-ups to the game’s Zombies mode. Here’s a snippet of a match we played with the Newtownian Negation Gobblegum activated: “Zombies killed fall straight up.” We’re still divided on whether Gobblegum is worth focusing on in Zombies. Thoughts?

Body-Bending Video Game Perfect Woman Critiques Female Stereotypes

Womanhood can be a contortion act. Prospering is often a matter of stretching, compressing and jaggedly code-switching like artists’ jointed wood mannequins—the kind girls buy in middle school when a Cosmopolitan quiz augurs the life of a painter. Perfect Woman, a Kinect game released last Wednesday, is about those contortions and uses physical posturing to…

Dress Your Pokémon Sun and Moon Character Up And Do The Pikachu Dance

The latest Pokémon Sun and Moon update video shows off character customization, pet grooming and some version-specific Pokémon, but Pikachu’s Z-Move dance steals the show. You know what Yo-Kai Watch has that Pokémon didn’t? Dancing with your pet monsters. But with the super-powerful Z-Moves in Pokémon Sun and Moon, there’ll be plenty of opportunities to…

Battlefield 1 Trailer Remade With Beta Glitches

Earlier this month, we saw a remake of the Battlefield 1 trailer that was very professional. This collection of beta glitches and bugs, set to the original trailer’s score and sound effects, is anything but.

South Korea Is Leading The World In Rest Stop Restrooms

It appears the greatest rest stop bathrooms in the world are located in South Korea. Besides chic places to pooh and tinkle, there are restrooms inspired by the Hollywood movie Roman Holiday, the book The Little Prince, and even the Apollo missions. Rest stop toilets are typically not so great. When they’re good, they’re clean,…

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That Time Space Ghost Gave Peter Molyneux Shit At E3

Thanks to Frank Cifaldi for pointing this out: there’s an archive online of a series of videos made for Gametap (ask your parents), in which Adult Swim’s Space Ghost interviews a bunch of people at E3, like Peter Molyneux, Bethesda’s Todd Howard and Peter Moore. Howard’s “we make power fantasies for adolescent males” might be…

When Steam’s Tagging System Goes Wrong

Come with me, friends. Come with me on a journey Study that image for a moment. You might notice that something’s not quite right about it. If you go to Steam’s front page, that “psychological horror” tag sticks out like a sore thumb as it clings precariously to True or False, a cute, animal-themed trivia…

Today in weird video game casting: Matt Walsh (Veep, The Hangover) as a very serious college basketball coach in NBA 2K17’s MyCareer mode.

Have Mercy, Overwatch Cosplay

While there is no shortage of folks cosplaying as Mercy’s default outfit, Hanehere has opted for her more devilish appearance, and done one…hell of a job. Sorry.