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Video Game Characters Read Mean Tweets

Twitter is mean. Take it easy on Sonic, guys. He’s had a tough couple of years. This is a pretty awesome skewering of all those celebrities read mean tweets videos. Link’s one is good, but I’m gonna say Liara’s one takes the cake. This post originally appeared on Kotaku Australia, where Mark Serrels is the…

Send In The Clones

Matt Gaser is a concept artist and illustrator who has worked on everything from the Clone Wars cartoon series to gigs with Blizzard, Riot, EA and 2K. You can see more of Matt’s stuff here. He’s also just released a book collecting his work, which you can grab here To see the larger pics in…

100 Fallout 4 Enemies Battle To The Death

Remember when Skyrim launched, and one of the first things people did was build huge battles between the game’s AI enemies? Yeah, same story with Fallout 4 Here, Tyrannicon (who made some of the best Skyrim vids) has set 50 Raiders up against 50 Synths. It is as gory as it is glorious.

Fallout 4 Is Having Shipping Issues [Update]

You probably haven’t heard, but Fallout 4 is out. After months of eager expectation, countless fans are tearing into it. Some, however, still don’t have their copies, and they’re not sure why. Today was supposed to be the big day. Fallout 4 fans of all shapes and power armor sizes planned to “call in sick”…

For Two Months, All I Played Was Destiny. I’m Taking A Step Back

Over the last two months, I played a lot of Destiny. Too much, if I’m being honest. I have few regrets: It was fun, it was challenging, it was rewarding and ridiculous. I’ve finally run out of things to do in the game, so I’ve decided to reclaim some hours of my life. Destiny’s The…

We Can Do It!

Tis’ the season for Fallout, and Baty Alquawen knows how to do it right with this killer Vault dweller/Wendy the Welder cosplay. Photos by Lifestalking

It’s Not Clear Who Alienware’s Steam Machine Is For

Alienware’s Steam Machine is on the right track, but I can’t wholeheartedly recommend it. [This post originally ran on 10/15/15. It’s been updated to reflect changes (primarily to Steam) that have occurred over the past month.] Alienware’s Steam Machine officially launches today. I really like what it tries to do. Since time immemorial, PC gaming…

StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Starts With A Bang

In July of 2010, Blizzard released StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty with promises that the next two parts of the trilogy would be out soon. Five and a half years later, “soon” has finally arrived. The release of StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void might have been overshadowed by Fallout 4 and Tomb Raider—seriously, why…

Fallout 4 Just Gave Me An Achievement For An Embarrassing Death

Wow, Fallout 4. What a troll! So I was playing Fallout 4 today, when I came across a character labeled “Raider Scum.” That NPC wasn’t shooting at me or anything, but with a name like that? I figured I had to kill him. Right? Uh…about that. Welp. I got wrecked. It wasn’t even a contest.…

How To Play Final Fantasy XIV‘s New Strategy Mini-Game, Lord Of Verminion

Step one: Watch what I do here. Step two: Avoid doing any of that. Today’s update 3.1 for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward brought a slew of fresh content to Square Enix’s MMORPG, but nothing quite as exciting to me as the chance to take all of the pets I’ve collected since the game relaunched and…

League Of Legends Announces Playable Barnacle Monster ‘Illaoi’

A pro-tip I heard straight from a Rioter: it’s pronounced “ill-OW-ee.” Not to be outdone by all the other exciting video game (and, specifically, MOBA-themed) content coming out these days, Riot just started to roll out its announcement for its next playable champion in its hit multiplayer game League of Legends. Her name is “Illaoi,…

One Month With The Steam Controller

Valve’s new Steam controller is a bold experiment: an attempt at fusing a PC mouse with a traditional console-style controller. It still hasn’t entirely clicked with me. [This post originally ran on 10/15/15. It’s been updated with some more impressions, brought about by The Inexorable Passage Of Time. The Steam controller officially launched today.] This…

Why We Like Yo-Kai Watch So Far

The most colorful game any of us are playing this busy video game season is Yo-kai Watch, the creature-collecting Japanese 3DS phenomenon that has finally made it way to America. What’s so good about it? I talked it through with the most youthful member of our staff: Stephen Totilo: Mike, I hadn’t realized you were…

Overwatch’s New Mech Warrior ‘D. Va’ Is A Total Badass

Shortly after Blizzcon 2015 ended, Blizzard added three playable characters to its excellent new shooter Overwatch. Most of the hype is centered around the pro gamer-turned-mech pilot “D. Va,” which makes sense, since she fights with a gigantic friggin’ mech that’s bright pink. Awesome. In Overwatch lore, D. Va is actually a fictional former StarCraft…

Fallout 4 Has A Ton of Junk, And It’s Stressing Me Out

Everything in the world of Fallout is now useful. And that’s exactly the problem. As you may have heard, Fallout 4 now has a robust crafting system. Anything you find, no matter how broken down or random it is, can probably be used to modify your weapon, customize your settlement, or perhaps even to make…