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Too Bad Steam’s Summer Sale Game Is Kinda Broken
This year’s Steam Summer Sale comes with a twist: an entire game you can play to unlock new deals, trading cards, and the like. There’s just one problem: it’s not really doing the whole “working” thing at the moment. Monster Game, as it’s known, is playable in your browser. It’s kinda like once-you-pop-the-fun-don’t-stop-infesting-your-life-like-a-flesh-devouring-bacteria sensation Clicker…
By Nathan Grayson Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedLeague Of Legends Player Hits Highest Rank With The Weirdest Character
Very few League of Legends players will ever make it to Challenger, the highest rank in the ultra-competitive multiplayer game. Fewer still will reach the upper-most echelons of League’s ranked mode by only playing as a single character. And until this morning, I didn’t think anybody would do that with Heimerdinger But that’s just what…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedIt’s Even Grosser When Other Mortal Kombat Characters Act Like Mileena
Oh god. What nightmare fuel. YouTuber Life And Death shows us what happens when characters other than Mileena have access to Mileena’s moveset and, more importantly, have her propensity for biting. It’s…disturbing. This grossness is possible thanks to a PC mod which swaps the meshes available to the characters—in this case, Mileena and Kitana have…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedI’ll Never Get Over The Original Jurassic Park
Today is both the best and worst day of my life. Today, there is a new Jurassic Park movie. (Before moving on, I’d highly recommendlistening to this piece from the soundtrack while you read.) When I was a kid, there were two things on my mind: aliens and dinosaurs. If there had been a way…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedPlayer Wrecks Other People By Becoming Bloodborne Boss
Bosses are the most terrifying and challenging part of Bloodborne—so what better way to intimidate other players than to become the spitting image of a boss yourself? Watch as Bloodborne player “jam” apes the ever-wailing Micolash in PVP battles against other people. Not only does jam go for Micolash’s signature look, jam also adopts a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Space Sex Game That’s Surprisingly Good
Starfighter: Eclipse may sound like a title for a run-of-the-mill sci-fi game involving spaceships, but don’t let the name fool you. It’s actually way steamier than that. I spent last night playing through one story arc within Starfighter: Eclipse, an erotic visual novel where you play as a starship fighter who has to investigate a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published June 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Yet Another JRPG Is Coming To 3DS
Today, the publisher Atlus officially announced a U.S. localization for Legend of Legacy, a video game that, like most video games, probably should’ve been called something else. Terrible title aside, Legend of Legacy is a rad-looking RPG for the 3DS with turn-based combat and seven protagonists, not unlike the classic SaGa Frontier. It’s also got…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Sims 4 Just Added A New World For Free
Well here’s a nice little piece of content. In its latest update for The Sims 4 today, EA added a whole new world to the game. No, not the Aladdin kind. But that would be pretty awesome too. The new third world is called Newcrest. EA explained in an announcement that the new world is…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedAll The Oculus Rift Games Announced Today
Virtual reality device Oculus Rift is finally releasing early next year, and at their first ever E3 press conference, the company announced the initial slate of games. The company released a brief teaser highlighting the early games: The most noteworthy announcement came from Insomniac Games, who are producing an Oculus-exclusive game called Edge of Nowhere.…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Reminder: Saga Is One of the Best Comic Books in the Entire Universe
I’ve been taking Saga for granted. Some of you have been taking Saga for granted. Let’s not do that. This comic book is a miracle. One that will make you cry. There’s a new issue of Saga out this week and it’s simply harrowing. Don’t get me wrong: the latest chapter is still funny, heartbreaking…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
For The First Time, FTC Takes Action Against Failed Kickstarter
Kickstarter projects not following up on promises isn’t new. The FTC getting involved, as they did with this one, is. The board game creator settled for $111,793, though he can’t actually pay it. The Doom That Came to Atlantic City hit Kickstarter in May 2012, looking for $35,000. The Lovecraftian board game soared on the…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Steam Summer Sale Starts Now
The bad news: your credit card bill might be a disaster next month. The good news: at least now you can get refunds? It’s time for the Steam Summer Sale Today’s big deals include Valkyria Chronicles for $5 (yes!), Don’t Starve for $4, and all of Tales From The Borderlands for $12.50, among many others.…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Watch The Oculus Rift Press Conference Here
You don’t need no fancy goggles to watch today’s Oculus Rift press conference, where the Facebook-owned helmet peddlers will share some new details about their much-hyped VR device. Maybe they’ll tell us about the price, or the release date, or how they’ll turn what appears to be niche hardware into a mass-market device that’s viable…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2015 - CultureSplitscreen
Even Halo‘s Scaling Back On Split-Screen
One of Halo’s staples has been the ability to play the game’s campaign in split-screen with a friend. Halo 5 won’t have that feature, in favor of maintaining a solid 60 frames-per-second. It’s one of many small details we’ve learned about the latest Halo game in the last few days. Halo franchise development director Frank…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedOne Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Their E3 2014 Promises?
Nintendo’s digital event at E3 was one of the best “press conferences” in history, not because it was full of particularly great announcements but because it was short, sweet, and bullshit-free, setting an example for what an E3 event should be. Since it was a pre-recorded 45-minute show with lots of gameplay trailers and very…
By Jason Schreier Published June 11, 2015 -
UncategorizedSometimes, Every Single Person Dies In A Heroes Of The Storm Team Fight
The goal of team battles in a MOBA like Heroes of the Storm is to keep yourself (and your teammates) alive while simultaneously killing your opponents. That way, once you succeed you have a valuable time window where the enemy is sitting through a cooldown, just waiting to respawn. I mean: if you succeed. In…
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Fan Theory Uses Super Mario To Predict Jurassic Galaxy
These can’t be a coincidence, right? Stop looking at me like that. I’m not crazy! Jurassic World comes today in theaters. I’ll be there at 10 p.m. with a beer sneaked in through my wife’s purse. I also love Mario games. Maybe, just maybe, there’s a way merge those two worlds. This “theory” comes courtesy…
By Patrick Klepek Published June 11, 2015 - Uncategorized
Prepare For Battle, TheBigD
By Yannick LeJacq Published June 11, 2015
