The Gamble To Make A Video Game About Infiltrating A 1970s Cult

“You’re sort of buying a lottery ticket,” the game developer Richard Rouse recently told me while explaining the mindset of trying to make an indie game after spending many years doing big budget stuff for Microsoft, Ubisoft and others. “It might be really successful,” he said. “I certainly hope it is. But you shouldn’t go…

How A Total Novice Built A Solid YouTube Following Beating Dark Souls

One of the biggest misconceptions about Dark Souls is that it’s only for super-hardcore macho gamers looking to prove their mettle – players who are looking to test their already hardened gaming skills. The challenge is too intimidating, runs this line of reasoning, for anyone else to contemplate attempting. [The following is an excerpt from…

First-Person Action Movie Hardcore Henry Is a Great Idea That Might Make You Sick

Hardcore Henry is the dream of 1990s video games come to life. It’s a movie that fully realizes some video game makers’ horny pursuit of the hyperreal, only to invert that desire with viscerally cartoonish results. In this action movie, the real world operates on video game logic. You’ll probably wish you had a gamepad…

The Chocobo Theme Performed With Drum And Flute Blocks In Stardew Valley

Here’s a really neat way to use note blocks in farming sim Stardew Valley. Instead of growing vegetables, Chinchilla made a small field with note blocks, playing the well-known Chocobo Theme from Final Fantasy Pretty hard not to smile after watching it. And it gets even better at 1.5x speed. To contact the author of…

There’s No Such Thing As An Unreachable Spot In Just Cause 3

Platforming through lamp posts with a pogo stick or using vehicles as slingshots to reach some unreachable top of a building in Just Cause 3? No problem for the folks at EvolveStunting Their latest montage is full of crazy highlights: To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

Reimagining an Undertale Date

Undertale, naturally for an RPG where you can befriend monsters, has dates. A fan decided to slightly expand one of them. Note that there’s spoilers for Undertale’s Pacifist Route below. This series of concept art pieces, done by Redditor Agentalex9, shows what Frisk’s encounter at Undyne’s house could have been like if it had started…

Elderly Woman Mistakenly Prays to League of Legends Character

Or, who knows, maybe she knew exactly what she was doing? As pointed out on Sina (via ShanghaiIst) and IT Home, an elderly woman was making incense offerings and kneeling before League of Legends character Garen. These images appeared on Chinese social networking site Weibo and were taken outside of a internet cafe, explaining the…

Insanely Small Donuts Made Before Your Very Eyes

It’s time for more miniature cooking. This time, donuts! Because everyone loves donuts, even if they’re teeny tiny. You might be familiar with Japanese YouTube channel Miniature Channel, which is devoted to micro-sized meal making. Today, via IT Media, let’s take a look at YouTuber Mimine from South Korea. If you are wondering what’s up…

Sailor Moon Museum Exhibit Opening in Tokyo

Starting April 16, a special Sailor Moon exhibition opens in Tokyo to celebrate one of Japan’s most successful manga and anime. The exhibition will be held at the top of Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills. On display, there will be original color art as well as Sailor Moon anime cells. There will also be new…

Nipponbashi Street Festa. Osaka, Japan. By Nelson Diaz. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line!

If Link Was An Overwatch Character…

Jeremy Vitry is an artist from France who has worked for companies like Ubisoft and Tokkun. The Link stuff you see here was done for a recent Character Design Challenge, where he re-imagined Nintendo’s hero to “look a bit like an Overwatch character, since I’ve been playing the game a lot lately and the designs…

Let The Final Fantasy XV Cosplay Begin

While I’m sure cosplayers the world over are busy looking for some friends, black suits and a fancy car for a main cast shoot, Byndo Gehk has gone the solo route and made this cool Cidney outfit.

Lost Beavis and Butt-Head Arcade Game Found, Restored And Now Playable

In 1996, Atari started work on a Beavis & Butt-Head arcade game. It tested poorly, was never completed and few of the 12 prototype machines were believed to be alive and obtainable. Until Galloping Ghost Arcade got their hands on one and got it working again. Built using 3DO-based hardware and incomplete at the time…

Nintendo’s New Amiibo Stands Are Terrific

Nintendo Japan are selling these things for people who want to display their Amiibo with a little pizazz. The Kirby one is cute, but the Smash stage one is amazing Going on sale later this month, they’ll run for ¥864 (which is around USD$8). Best part? That’s nice.

Teleportation Kinda Ruins Baseball, Huh

Today on Highlight Reel we have magic catches, Quantum breaks, fire keys, last-second Battlefront power-ups and much more! Watch the video above or on our Youtube Page, then talk about your favorite highlight in the comments below. Be sure to check out, like, and share the original videos via the links below MLB The Show…

Steam’s Latest Hit, Enter The Gungeon, Kicks A Lot Of Ass

Enter The Gungeon has been near the top of the Steam best-seller list for the past couple days, and I get why: it’s the type of roguelike shooter you can lose hundreds of hours to. Also the enemies are bullets. You get to kill bullets… with bullets. Enter The Gungeon is a roguelike (or roguelite,…