The Story Behind Uncharted 4‘s Press Conference Snafu

Sony decided to close out its E3 press conference this year with Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. After a brief cutscene played, Nathan Drake was supposed to start moving through a crowd…but he just stood still…for a long time. That’s when co-director Bruce Straley started panicking. If you read my E3 demo piece from last…

The Funniest Things That Can Happen In Fallout Shelter 

Turns out, things can get pretty silly when you’re stuck inside a vault for most of your life. Who would have thought? Fallout Shelter has been out on Apple devices for almost a week now, and players are sharing all sorts of awesome shenanigans that they encounter or create while playing. We’ve rounded up some…

E3 2015: A Postmortem

E3 is over and we are all tired and less than human now. Specifically Jason, who is now a Sith Lord apparently. Kirk, Jason and I caught up over breakfast this morning (the eggs were delicious) and talked about the games and our experiences over three days of E3 2015’s showfloor. We answered your questions…

You Can’t Play Zelda: Triforce Heroes With Only Two People

You can play the newest Zelda game alongside two other people. You can play it by yourself. But you can’t, according to director Hiromasa Shikata, play Zelda: Triforce Heroes with a party of two. Bad news for anyone who was hoping to plow through the co-op dungeon game—announced for 3DS during Nintendo’s conference on Tuesday—with…

Angelic Diablo Is A Walking Contradiction

Hey there big guy. What the heck happened to you? Aren’t you supposed to be a Lord of Hell? Heroes of the Storm doesn’t have the best character skins in the MOBA game, but they’ve been getting a lot better recently. Exhibit A: the new “Angelic Diablo” skin for the classic Blizzard villain, which was…

Basketball Injury Takes Out Top League Of Legends Player

Oh, the irony. Professional League of Legends player Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng has been sidelined from his position on the North American team Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) due to an IRL sports injury. Peng gashed his pinky finger playing basketball recently, deep enough that he needed to get stitches: DoubleLift told The Daily Dot that he’s…

The Most Interesting Games at E3, Day 3

I played 59 video games, demos and prototypes at this year’s E3, a mere 16 of them on the expo’s third and final day. Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst or Just Cause 3 would have made it an even 60, but EA took close to 90 minutes of my two-hour booth tour to get me through Star…

StarCraft II Legend “MC” Retires

Korean Jang Min-chul (a.k.a. MC) is one of the most consistent pro players in StarCraft II. Make that was, because he announced on Twitter that he’s retiring. He’s not just skilled, but has been a very entertaining personality (a rare thing to have in esports). So, this announcement is a quite the shock. MC rightfully…

Stormtroopers Make Sure Japanese Children Plant Rice

The rice planting season has wrapped up in Japan. Imperial Stormtroopers ensured everything went as planned. [Photo:cinematoday_stf] As noted on Japaaan and Game Over, the children were from a local nursery school in Aomori Prefecture, and they were enlisted for the day to help plant rice for rice paddy art. This is actually a publicity…

The Newest Ghost in the Shell TV Show Is an Utter Mess 

Over the course of 2013 and 2014, four hour-long Ghost in the Shell: Arise episodes were released in theaters. This past anime season, these were broken up into eight episodes—along with an extra two new episodes that continue the story—in Ghost in the Shell: Arise: Alternative Architecture. The result is a mess. Alternative Architecture is…

This Man Bought So Much Batman Stuff

This is the Batman collection of Somchai Nitimongkolchai. It’s the largest in Thailand, and Nitimongkolchai thinks it might be the biggest in the world. Ten years ago, he began collecting Batman toys after seeing Batman Begins. According to Coconuts Bangkok, he liked that Batman, unlike Spider-Man, doesn’t have any super powers. Now, his collection is…

The Controversy Surrounding Konami’s New Music Game

Konami just unveiled a new music game for arcades called Museca. Isn’t that exciting? Sure it is! But, as some folks claim, it might look familiar. Look at all the people lined up in shit Tokyo weather to play the game at today’s location test. [Photo:9c5s] Famitsu was also on hand to check out the…

Rhythm Heaven’s Remix Stages Are Genius

The normal levels in the Rhythm Heaven series are good, but it’s the Remix Stages that make the games great. The Rhythm Heaven games are essentially musical mini-game collections. But unlike most music games, you aren’t playing music per se. Rather you are pushing buttons in time with the beat based on the aural cues…

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