How A Blind Gamer Manages To Seriously Play Fighting Games

If you’re looking for something to read with your Friday coffee (beer?), look no further than Worth Reading, our roundup of the best in games writing. Hey, You Should Read These “Dwarf Fortress’ creator on how he’s 42% towards simulating existence” by Wes Fenlon Dwarf Fortress is, for me, in the same category as EVE…

GTA Players Almost Miss Their Flight

Today on Highlight Reel we have skeleton naps, spooky Rainbow 6 kills, jumps, secret admirers 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 Assassin’s Creed Syndicate…

Why It’s Taking Years To Shave Seconds Off The World Record For Super Mario Bros.

The fastest anybody has ever beaten the original Super Mario Bros. is with a time of 4:57.427.The man who currently holds that record isn’t happy with it, though. He knows he can do it faster. Meet Darbian. During the day, he’s a software engineer. At night, he’s a speedrunner who has spent months trying to…

Leap Of Fate Is Cyberpunk Binding Of Isaac

Leap of Fate popped up in Steam’s “popular new releases” section this week, so I decided to give it a shot on a whim. Surprise: it’s rad. Think Binding of Isaac in an occult-tinged cyberpunk setting, with a really cool structure, and you’re there. OK, that’s kind of… a lot. Maybe it would be better…

Oculus Founder Responds To Late Shipping Complaints [Update]

The Oculus Rift’s big launch week has been dampened a bit by the fact there apparently just aren’t that many headsets to go around. A lot of people who preordered have no real idea when their headset might ship, and Oculus has been mostly silent on what’s going on. That changed somewhat yesterday, when Oculus…

The Future of WWE Is A Women’s Wrestler Named Bayley

The future of the WWE is a 26-year-old woman who wears a side ponytail in a scrunchie and snap bracelets on her wrists. She’s an athletic hero to little girls and jaded, older male fans alike, and she wrestled in what may have been the WWE’s best match of 2015. Her name is Bayley, real…

Our Favorite Games from March

It’s the first of April, but the games listed here aren’t jokes. On the contrary! They’re actually quite good, in various ways. From indies to triple-As, expansions to re-releases, the 19 below were our favorite games last month. Bunker Punks An extremely cool, fast-paced, roguelike shooter that’s really fun to play, even in its current…

The Internet Reacts To Miitomo, Nintendo’s First Mobile App

Miitomo, Nintendo’s Mii-driven social network, is tearing up the app store charts right now with millions of new users on day one. The app’s explosive popularity is simple to explain: it’s hilarious to use. Folks on social media are sharing all sorts of images created with Miitomo, from jokes to memes and everything in-between. Here…

Fake Patch Notes Turn World of Warcraft Into A Hot Mess

A service called “HeirBnB,” Twitch Plays Raid Finder, underwater Ashran (hell no!), Arena matches on Vine… Well, even if these are for April 1, I can see some of the new World of Warcraft: Legion alpha updates working in-game and waking up the community one way or another. General After the success of Warlords of…

Koreans Show How To Play Overwatch Properly

Players from South Korea usually dominate the competitive MOBA and RTS scenes, but watching Veniac’s montage of Koreans playing in the Overwatch beta, I’m sure they won’t have issues with Blizzard’s online shooter either. Amazing edit, full of perfect snipes, air shots and frags. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

WoW’s Goldshire Inn Looks Great in Unreal Engine 4, Despite the Murder

Apparently, a card game session went wrong in the Lion’s Pride Inn’s basement and someone bled all over the place. Thankfully that doesn’t tarnish the beauty of this Unreal Engine 4-World of Warcraft map too much. Made by Mikhail Petaykin, a 3D artist from Russia, the build, called “Dawn in the Lion’s Pride Inn,” is…

Buy Official Final Fantasy XV Clothing for Thousands of Dollars

Final Fantasy XV might be a fantasy based on reality, but making that fantasy real sure is expensive. Japanese fashion designer Roen created in-game outfits for the game and even was working on the title back when it was Final Fantasy Versus XIII. As Fashion Press reports, the official site went up yesterday, March 31.…

And Now, Godzilla Versus Evangelion

I’m rather reluctant to call this an April Fools joke. Usually, Japanese companies are super incredibly clear about labeling stuff as an April 1st gag. This hit earlier today, appearing on the official Evangelion site as the “most maximum collaboration of 2016.” So, that’s what it is, really. A tie-up between two different properties, which…

Japan’s Best April Fools Jokes of 2016

Today is April 1st. Know what that means? Internet hijinks everywhere online, including in Japan. For the past few years, the country has done a solid job with April Fools (you can see previous coverage here and here), and this year is no exception. Here’s a roundup of some of this year’s standout gags. Drone…

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Japanese VR Game: Save The Cat Or Die Trying

Look, spaceships and guns are fine for hardcore gamers, but when it comes to VR and the masses, you need to start somewhere softer. Like cats. On April 15, Namco Bandai will open VR ZONE Project i Can, a demo and display centre in Tokyo that’s going to let people put on a HTC Vive…

Privisa Is A Beautiful New Animated Film

Privisa is an upcoming animated feature film made in Poland, which is all about a kid who just does not want to grow up. From the creators: It tells the story of Wilkan, son of the great hunter Borzymir who is about to get his first haircut. He finds out that the elders of the…