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UncategorizedThat Time Ridge Racer Got Its Own Super Weird Controller
There have been some weird controllers made for video games over the years. Namco’s NeGcon was one of the strangest, but it was awesome. It’s been a long time since Ridge Racer was a definitive franchise, but it used to be that a new Ridge Racer was a platform-defining moment. The series was no stranger…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 25, 2016 - CultureCosplay
Can’t They All Be President?
Normally, cosplay involves dressing up as fictional characters, not real people. But this year’s Presidential primaries have been so absurd that I think this now counts. Amazing how a wardrobe change suddenly makes Trump look like a dude you’d wanna party with. As for the other two, your feelings are yours and yours alone. The…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 25, 2016 -
CultureBig Boss Has Gotta Go Fast
Today on Highlight Reel we have new Dark Souls 3 PvP strategies, hedgehog costumes, Fallout Pac-Man 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 The Last…
By Chris Person Published April 25, 2016 -
UncategorizedFallout 4 Prank Call Has Preston Garvey Asking Strangers For Help
So many settlements need our help that Preston Garvey is hilariously bleeding out into the real world now. Watch as YouTuber ICEnJAM uses a Preston Garvey soundboard to prank call real-life social services while asking for help with ghouls, raiders, and other post-apocalyptic things that don’t exist in real life. It’s kind of a dick…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 25, 2016 - Culture
Hunger Games And Other Movies Come To Steam, Which Is Not A Great Place To Watch Movies
Steam’s had a movie section for a little while now, but for the most part it’s been home to indie flicks and Naruto. Recently, though, that’s been changing. Case in point: Lionsgate just added 100 movies to Steam, including Hunger Games and Twilight. While Lionsgate’s mess of moving pictures varies in quality (Reservoir Dogs! Cabin…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 25, 2016 - Esports
ESL Bans YouPorn’s eSports Team Because Porn
Popular porn destination YouPorn has an eSports team. Team YP, as they’re known, appeared in a burst of promotional confetti, then promptly disappeared for months. Later, however, they returned with new teams focused on new games. Now that, too, is in jeopardy. The ESL recently dropped the hammer on Team YP and its many heads,…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 25, 2016 - Uncategorized
Star Wars: Galaxy Of Heroes Gets Guilds, Raids And Huge PvPness
After spending several months sitting alone in the bathroom clicking Star Wars themed things on my phone, Galaxy of Heroes gives players the ability to sit together in the bathroom clicking Star Wars themed things, complete with horrible guild names. Three months after reporting playing EA’s free-to-play mobile Star Wars collectible RPG every day for…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2016 - Uncategorized
A Dark Souls 3 Checklist For Finding The Biggest Secrets
There are so many tiny details you can miss while playing Dark Souls 3, from elaborate side quests to hilarious gestures for use during multiplayer. Thankfully, one player crafted a meticulous checklist to help guide you Dark Souls 3, like the Souls games before it, are okay with players missing out on huge chunks of…
By Patrick Klepek Published April 25, 2016 -
UncategorizedPewdiepie Talks About How Horrible He Used To Be
Pewdiepie has been on YouTube for about five years now. Inevitably, some fans who have stuck with him the entire way through now think they miss the “old” Pewdiepie. That’s why Pewdiepie took to YouTube last weekend to talk about how awful and amateurish his early days actually were. “Obviously, I’ve undergone a massive change…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 25, 2016 - Uncategorized
Preacher Writer Garth Ennis Will Write A New World of Tanks Comic Book
Most fans know Garth Ennis as the co-creator of signature series like Preacher or killer runs on the Punisher. But he’s also written a slew of crackin’ good war comics as well. His next return to battlefield-centered sequential storytelling comes via the biggest military video game in the world. Starting this fall, Dark Horse Comics…
By Evan Narcisse Published April 25, 2016 -
UncategorizedEven Fox News Is Mad About The Division
Everyone’s bummed out about The Division these days, from internet message boards to cable news channels. Ubisoft’s online shooter is going through some growing pains, and although the folks at developer Massive have been updating the game on a regular basis, they can’t seem to stop all the exploits. People have been complaining rather loudly…
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2016 - Uncategorized
Blackroom is the new shooter teased by John Romero last week, and he’s trying to raise $700,000 on Kickstarter. Romero describes Blackroom as a “return to fast, violent and masterful play on the PC.” If funded, they’re aiming to release in “winter 2018.”
By Patrick Klepek Published April 25, 2016 -
UncategorizedAliens Is Not Nearly As Scary In Pinball Form
The movie Aliens scared me almost as much as the first film back when I was a kid. Alien Vs. Predator wasn’t so bad as I was much older and immune to fear, at least until Alien: Isolation proved otherwise. Now all three are digital pinball tables. These I can handle. The Aliens Vs. Pinball…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2016 - Uncategorized
Someone Pranked The Hell Out Of Persona Fans
Over the weekend, Persona fans got some tremendous news: the next game in Atlus’s quirky series would be out in July, not just for PS4 but for PC as well. Then they found out it was all a big lie. It all started Friday, when Atlus launched a Persona teaser page that’s been counting down…
By Jason Schreier Published April 25, 2016 -
UncategorizedTechnically The Worst Game Of This Console Generation
Frame rates in the low teens with frequent stutter. Loading times upwards of two and a half minutes. Persistent screen tearing. Lichdom: Battlemage is a fun game on PC, but on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One it’s the worst. Originally posted 4/23/16 The animated GIF atop this post is running at 10 frames per second.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 25, 2016 - Uncategorized
Things To Do In World of Warcraft Before Legion Comes Out
World of Warcraft: Legion comes out on August 30, which means we won’t see a new update in the coming months. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to do in WoW. It’s the perfect time to prepare for all the gameplay changes. We collected the achievements and content that will be removed from the game…
By Gergo Vas Published April 25, 2016 -
UncategorizedThe Stylish Way To Win A Hearthstone Match In One Turn
Here’s Crypt with a quite classy Hearthstone one turn kill. He manages to defeat his opponent with pirates, an almost too perfect symmetry on board, parrots, a funny friend request at the end, pirates and more pirates. And even though it’s not a ranked game, pulling a combo like this looks pretty effective and fun.…
By Gergo Vas Published April 25, 2016 - Kotaku East
The Beauty of Martial Arts and Self Defense in GIFs
This is virtuosity. Truly. Via 2ch, here is a collection of martial arts and self-defense GIFs that feature the likes of Tetsuzan Kuroda,Doug Marcaida, Vladimir Vasiliev, and Seiji Nishimura, among others. There’s an incredible series of moves in an array of styles on display here. Feel free to add more martial arts and self defense…
By Brian Ashcraft Published April 25, 2016
