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UncategorizedMonstrous $30,000 Rig Can Be Seven PCs At Once
Those of you who struggle to play one game on your PC, you might want to look away. Using donated gear that’s worth around $30,000, LinusTechTipsput together a PC comprised of 256GB RAM (8x 32GB), 7x AMD R9 Nano graphics cards and 8x 1TB SSDs. The trick here being that all of that was plugged…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedNew Katamari Damacy Game Is Hot Garbage
You may have heard there’s a new Katamari Damacy game on both iOS and Android. There is! It’s called Tap My Katamari. It is awful. I played it yesterday so you don’t have to. Things start pretty well! Some nice new Katamari splash art, some funky music to accompany it. After a lengthy loading screen,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2016 - Culture
Player Creates Crowd-Sourced Trash Talk Generator For Steam Games
For many players, friendly (or unfriendly) trash talk is as much a part of competitive games as, well, gaming. Truly clever quipping, however, ain’t easy, so one Steam user decided to crowdsource an automated trash talk generator. This being the Internet, things of course went horribly wrong—at least, at first. Davis Ford’s Shittalk Generator allows…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 5, 2016 - Uncategorized
Bless This Sweet Little Star Wars Kickstarter [Update]
Devin Tripp, from Grapevine, Texas, says he is 20 years old. His is not the first name that springs to mind when you’re thinking of development of a new Star Wars “open world RPG”. Nevertheless, Tripp—who is “not a very good programmer” and “an even worse artist”—has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Star Wars Open…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2016 - Uncategorized
I Started These 138 Video Games In 2015, ‘Finished’ 24
For the 10th year in a row (!), I’ve tallied the games I played in the past 12 months and have counted the ones I’ve “finished.” It’s clear that it’s time for some changes. I started this practice in late 2006, a year in which I played 102 games including the likes of The Legend…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedUndertale Has One Of The Greatest Final Boss Fights In RPG History
For a few hours, Undertale is a solid, charming game. Then you get to the ending—the real ending—and suddenly you get why everyone’s so obsessed. In fact, I’d argue that Undertale’s true final boss—which you can only see by completing the game as a pacifist—is on par with the best finales in RPG history, rivaling…
By Jason Schreier Published January 5, 2016 -
CultureOne-Handed Transformers: Devastation Speedrun Lights Our Darkest 45 Minutes
Here we see speedrunner Halfcoordinated taking out the Autobots’ most feared enemy with one punch during his Awesome Games Done Quick run of Transformers: Devastation on its highest difficulty level. That’d be an impressive feat even if he were playing with both hands. But Halfcoordinated is not playing with both hands. He’s playing with one…
By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2016 - Culture
SOMA Mod Stops Monsters From Attacking, Improves The Game
SOMA is a contemplative horror game dripping with psychological, oftentimes existential dread. It’s also about running from scary monsters. Surprisingly, however, stripping out that second part actually makes the game more enjoyable and, in some ways, scarier. The Dreamer’s rather derisively named Wuss Mode: Monsters Won’t Attack mod is actually really cool. They describe it…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedDeathclaws Are No Longer Fallout 4’s Scariest Enemy
The wasteland has terrifying secrets, the likes of which you’ve never seen before. A darkness has awakened. Witness it before it swallows the Commonwealth whole: This hilarious horror was brought to us via Pastaspace, and you can download the mod here.
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 5, 2016 - Esports
New ‘Smart Gaming Mouse’ Has A Tiny Screen On It For Some Reason
What’s the main thing you look at while PC gaming? Besides the monitor. And the keyboard. And the random things on your desk. And the window near your desk. And the ceiling. That’s right—your mouse. That’s why SteelSeries put a small OLED screen on theirs, I guess. To be fair, SteelSeries’ new Rival 700 gaming…
By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2016 -
CultureFIFA Celebration Gets A Little Out Of Hand
Today on Highlight Reel we have wrestling confusion, Just Cause 3 explosions, dog warping, good goals and much more! Watch the video above, 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. Just Cause 3 – Heads up –…
By Chris Person Published January 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedJust Cause 3 Becomes Pure Chaos Even If You Do Absolutely Nothing
Sandbox games offer players fully functioning worlds in which characters go about their daily business until somebody starts lobbing rockets or blowing up bridges. But what happens if you just leave NPCs be? In Just Cause 3, things still find a way to go topsy turvy—fast ThingsWePlay decided to just stand still in Just Cause…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedMy Mario Maker Rivalry Is Over, And Evil Won (For Now)
Sometimes, good guys lose. That’s what happened on Sunday; I was unable to beat the latest stage from Giant Bomb’s Dan Ryckert: The Armageddan. I was close—a few times, very close—but in the end, despite my facial hair on the line, I lost. There are Mario Maker levels, and there are Ryckert’s Mario Maker levels.…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedPony Island Is One Seriously Twisted Game
Pony Island is not about ponies. It’s about escaping a demonic arcade game developed by the devil to capture the souls of the living. It just features strong pony themes. I downloaded Daniel Mullins’ bizarre adventure on Steam last night at around 2 AM, intending to spend a couple of minutes getting a feel for…
By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedRey Gets Premium Placement On The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Pinball Table
The Force Awakens’ biggest star didn’t make it into the Monopoly set and toys are few and far between, but look how much love Rey is getting in the upcoming Episode VII pinball table from Zen Studios. Not only will she be appearing as a 3D figure during some of the table’s more cinematic moments,…
By Mike Fahey Published January 5, 2016 - Uncategorized
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Game Leaks So Much There’s No Need To Announce It
Yesterday, the Xbox achievements leaked for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan. This is not unusual; achievements almost always leak before a game comes out. What’s unusual is that nobody has actually announced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan Info on this new TMNT game has been circulating since November, when intrepid database…
By Jason Schreier Published January 5, 2016 - Uncategorized
Oculus announced today that Kickstarter backers of the original Oculus Rift will receive the final hardware—for free! It’s a nice gesture towards virtual reality’s biggest evangelists the day before pre-orders officially begin for the Oculus Rift. The biggest problem? We still don’t know how much it’ll cost. You can reach the author of this post…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 5, 2016 -
UncategorizedMan Runs Through Fallout 4’s Glowing Sea Completely Naked, Actually Survives
Most of us probably walked through the Glowing Sea, Fallout 4’s most irradiated area, decked in Power Armor or a Hazmat suit. Because we’re wimps, apparently. Watch as stanleyx2002 braves the entire Glowing Sea without a single piece of armor or weapon. Judging from the commentary, Stanley didn’t really think he could do it! Somehow,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 5, 2016
