This. This is what a ‘conganado’ is. Unhinged Gamer posted a video of Team Fortress 2 in which this… thing was born. Here’s the video: And here’s how it works: “By forming a circle of alternating team members, and connecting them with the grappling hook, it’s possible to make a thrill ride out of thin…
This is Elvis, from the San Diego Zoo. He’s a real hedgehog, and Mashable’s The Watercooler wanted to see how he went running through a Sonic The Hedgehog-style course. He was, spoilers, pretty terrible. But in the cutest way. (via Laughing Squid)
Naked Trevor is Trevor in his prime. Here is the proof. (NSFW warning.) Abstract Mode decided to take Trevor’s clothes off during key GTA V cutscenes, and honestly? It makes everything way more hilarious. It almost works a little too well. Behold: Somebody say…yoga?
As part of this whole running-a-site-dedicated-to-Steam gig, I check for new releases every day. Last week, a peculiar thing happened: there were hardly any. At all. I kinda wish it would happen more often. Giving games a chance to breathe—what a novel idea. I think Valve could stand to turn that into a Proper Thing,…
Have you ever pirated a video game? Do you still pirate video games? Do you play emulated games? Do you make video games that have been widely-pirated? Are you involved in trying to stop piracy? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, let’s talk. Piracy is the elephant in the gaming room. It’s…
Faces and skin tones? Just the beginning. Now we’re getting to the real meat of the conversation. Beware: NSFW. Multiplayer survival game Rust (you know, the one from the dude who created Garry’s Mod; I think his name is Jeff or something) randomly generates players’ physical characteristics for them, imitating the screaming chaos of biology…
“4J studios has been doing a great job, and we’ll continue to [work with them]” — PlayStation’s Adam Boyes to us at E3, confirming 4J will keep improving Microsoft-owned Minecraft on PlayStation platforms. Boyes wore a Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary pin when he talked to us, but Mario isn’t coming to PlayStation.
True story: my initial reaction to the Dishonored 2 reveal last week was, embarrassingly, ‘who is Emily?’ I had apparently forgotten a good chunk of Dishonored since its release in 2012. So, here’s me freshing up on the game before the sequel comes out. I’d love it if you joined me! I am not a…
When the developers of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst introduced their new game at E3, they mostly focused on how players would be free to explore a large open world. Cool, I thought. Good. This is a good thing. During my brief time playing Catalyst after that demonstration—our remaining minutes precisely marked by a screen-corner countdown timer—that…
I judge an Assassin’s Creed, crazy me, by the overall quality of its world design and the quality of the high quantity of things these games give us to do. I therefore cannot judge the not-yet-released Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, of which I’ve only played for five minutes in the South Hall of the Los Angeles…
Dust2 is the undisputed king of Counter-Strike maps. But as my colleague Nathan Grayson reported back in April, the very awesomeness of the level that’s made it such a classic has also posed a risk of making the shooter feel stale. What better way to liven things up than with the living dead? YouTuber SlenderDan…
There’s always a dissonance when one of the most promising new games you see at E3 is also one of the least traditionally “exciting” ones. Last Thursday, I smushed myself into meeting-room theater alongside 30 or 40 other members of the press to watch a demonstration of Dark Souls 3. As someone else played, the…
Nuclear bunkers are not meant to save people in the world of Fallout. Vaults are for experimentation, and even though Fallout Shelter gives you no built-in way to conduct experiments, creative players are still finding ways to do “research.” Sure. Lets call it that. Research! Okay, look: this post is not for the faint of…
Another E3 has come and gone. We’ve had a weekend to recover, and it’s time to take stock. Who did well? Who did poorly? You tell us. Last year, I made a bunch of polls so that y’all could vote for how you thought everyone “did” at E3. I thought I’d do the same thing…
Last week I flew to Los Angeles for E3, an annual event in which all sorts of video game people gather to complain on Twitter about how busy they are. At this event, I discovered many Japanese role-playing games. I tried to play—or at least watch—as many as I could. But JRPGs are impossible to…
So this is scary. Pac-Man, one of the cheeriest-looking characters ever known in video games, has unlocked what looks like one of the biggest trolls moves in Smash Bros. thanks to a recently discovered glitch. Nicknamed the “trampoline stage drop” by the influential Smash forum Smashboards, the glitch makes the Pac’s opponent fall through through…
Streamer Sethbling is teaching a computer program to play Super Mario Kart, and you can watch the thing learn (and occasionally drive off the road) in real-time on his Twitch. I for one welcome our new Kart-playing overlords.
After several delays, Projects Cars finally arrived in early May. Just weeks later, developer Slightly Mad Studios have announced plans to crowdfund a sequel. That seems…soon. As with the last game, Project Cars 2 is raising money on the World of Mass Development platform. There’s no stated budget or goal for the sequel, but it…
What’s old is new again. Unfortunately, it’s also pricey. GameStop launched its long-discussed retro store today, and most games are available for pretty reasonable prices. $12.99 for Metal Gear? Sure. $6.99 for Sonic the Hedgehog 2? Alright. Even $34.99 for Mega Man 2 isn’t ridiculous, considering what it’s going for over on eBay. It doesn’t…
Catching up with with Final Fantasy XIV’s main storyhas taken its toll on my mouse finger. Still, Shiva’s about to go down, so I’m in the home stretch. Heavensward here I come!
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