“It’s 2002, that shit will never work.” A character in story game Emily Is Away—which takes place in a fake version of AOL Instant Messenger—finds out about Steam. They are (probably) not wrong. Emily Is Away is now free on Steam, if you’re interested.

Tense Star Wars: Battlefront Duel Ends In Best Way Possible

Two enemies lock eyes on the battlefield. One, a Rebel soldier. The other, an Imperial Stormtrooper. This can only end in one way. And it’s probably not the way you’re thinking. This clip, uploaded by Nick Nixon, is one of the funniest things I’ve seen come from Star Wars: Battlefront.

The New Archie and Betty Broke Up For Heartbreaking Real Reasons

Ever since the new modernized relaunch of Archie hit a few months ago, it’s been a mystery as to why Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper abruptly broke off their seemingly perfect romance. This week, we found out why. The crucial element in most of the old-school Archie comics was that Archie never had to definitively…

Shakedown Hawaii is Brian Provinciano’s 16-bit-themed follow-up to Retro City Rampage for PS4 and Vita. Besides getting announced today, anyone attending the PlayStation Experience next month will get a chance to play it. You can watch the brief teaser trailer here, too. Contact the author at [email protected]

The State Of The 3DS In 2015

Though it launched with a whimper, the 3DS has long since roared to life. Even after a soft 2015, Nintendo’s DS successor remains great: If you like Nintendo games, there’s really no reason not to have a 3DS these days. This is part of our 2015 “State of” series, a look at how the five…

Why Some People Still Care About Killing Children In Fallout 4

Fallout 3’s “Killable Children” mod was released in 2008, and since then, it’s been downloaded over 150,000 times by PC players. It’s probably no surprise this relatively popular type of mod made a comeback with Fallout 4, too, right? OK, maybe this seems weird to some of y’all. But, this type of mod has a…

Our Favorite Toy Gifts That Won’t Just Sit On The Desk

Action figures and tiny vinyl statues are great for taking up work real estate and making employers question professionalism, but toys are meant to be played with. Here’s a selection of toy gifts that they won’t be able to keep their hands off. (Or something.) Fifteen years ago I bought my stepfather, a huge baseball…

Graphics Mod Makes New Star Wars Game Look Like A New Star Wars Movie

After wowing us with his gorgeous (and still unreleased)graphics mod for Grand Theft Auto V, Martin Bergman applies his Toddyhancer tweaks to Star Wars: Battlefront with ridiculous results. The Tatooine survival mission in Star Wars: Battlefront isn’t too hard on the eyes in its unaltered form. But once Bergman applies his signature mix of reshade…

League Of Legends’ ‘Snow Day’ Skins Add Hot Cocoa And Penguins To Your Arsenal

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: League of Legends is just the cutest. EXHIBIT B: The new “snow day” accoutrements made for all those blisteringly cold nights ahead when you don’t want to leave the house and freeze your butt off, so you play League instead. The influential League of Legends news…

Jessica Jones’ Terrifying Villain Has A Brood Of Evil Comic-Book Children

Millions of people are binging on Jessica Jones right now. They’re watching as a sadistic predator named Kilgrave makes the title character’s life a living hell. Kilgrave’s even worse in the comics, though: he’s a crappy absentee dad who passed his powers to a bunch of angry, neglected sons and daughters. Mild spoilers follow for…

Star Wars: Battlefront PC Benchmarks: A Small Show Of Force

It’s been a big year for PC gaming with plenty of blockbuster releases including GTA V, The Witcher 3, Fallout 4 and Project CARS, but there was one more game on everyone’s radar since its first teaser videos were unveiled by EA in 2013. Star Wars Battlefront has been met with tremendous anticipation. Its 5-day…

That Time Someone Else Was Making Fallout 3

The open world Fallout 3 that Bethesda Game Studios shipped in 2008 was not the original idea for a third Fallout game. Until it was cancelled in 2003, Fallout 3 was to be a turn-based RPG in the same vein of the original two games. Yes, that actually happened. Fallout didn’t become a blockbuster until…

If The Legend of Zelda Were A Ghibli Movie

It’s a collaboration that won’t happen anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean one can’t imagine it. Matt Vince made these fantastic concept illustrations of a Studio Ghibli x Zelda movie and its posters. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]

An Early Look At World of Warcraft: Legion‘s New Wardrobe Feature

We already knew WoW’s transmogrification system—a feature that allows players to alter the appearance of their gear—would get a complete revamp in Legion and now, that selected players can access the very early alpha of the expansion, we also have an idea of how it’ll look. So instead of keeping cosmetic gear in a Void…

A Minecraft Spider Mech, Crawling Under the Night Sky

Very serene, up until the point when the spider mech starts shooting boxes of TNT at another mech. But that’s just what Minecraft mechs do. This spider-bot is the latest from Minecraft enthusiast Cubehamster (whose other, similarly awesome creations we have discussed here and here). Called the Stryder, the mech is fully controllable, and can…

Watch Out America, McDonald’s Japan Is Releasing a 48-Piece McNugget Meal

In case you’re counting, and even if you’re not, this bucket of 48 nuggets clocks in at well over two thousand calories total. But who’s counting? Seriously, don’t count. While in the U.S., you can order a 40-piece Chicken McNugget meal, which is kind of amazing in itself, in Japan, the most you can get…

Extreme Minimal Living in Japan

Could you live like these Japanese minimalists? Then again, maybe you already do. In Japan, a recent buzz word is “minimalist” (ミニマリスト or “minimarisuto”). The word has a long history and various associations with art, design, and literature, but here, the idea is to simplify one’s life with a bare minimum of possessions. [Photo via…