Former Doctor Who to Play One of Marvel’s Creepiest Villains

Of all the many bad guys in the Marvel Universe, the one that’s always disturbed me the most has been Zebediah Kilgrave, otherwise known as the Purple Man. The guy’s superpower is make people do whatever he says. Gross, no? And now he’s going to be played by David Tennant, one of the most affable…

The Original Legend of Zelda Beaten In 30 Minutes, A New World Record

Watch in awe as someone demolishes old-school Legend of Zelda on the NES as fast as possible. According to How Long To Beat, a typical Zelda run takes about ten hours to beat. This speedrun by Darkwing_Duck_sda, though? 30 minutes and 29 seconds. The next Zelda record, according to Zelda Speedruns, is also held by…

Dying Light, Wii U Bundle, Final Fantasies, and More Deals

Dying Light’s release is imminent, preorder the PC version for $48 preorder Dying Light ($48) | GreenManGaming | Use code 20PERO-FFDIGI-GAMESX The Wii U Bundle you want is close to its Black Friday price low, grab it while you can. Wii U Mario 3D World Bundle ($260) | eBay If you’re stuck inside this winter…

If Doctor Doom Was a Character in Destiny…

He’d look a lot like this cosplay. Pretty much exactly this. “Doom has no need of your exotics. Doom is his own exotic.” One of 2015’s first big fan conventions happened this past weekend, bringing some great costume-crafting with it. Ever wonder what the Fantastic Four’s greatest enemy would look like if he favored kick-ass…

Latest GTA IV Mod Reminds Us That PC Games Always Look Best

The PC version of GTA V might be just around the horizon, but PC gamers are still happily modding GTA IV to make it look incredible. Here’s the latest update to the well-known iCEnhancer GTA mods, which, while not finished, still makes the 2008 game look like it was actually released in 2015. Kind of…

Destiny Players Embarrass Opponents With Gimmick Matches

Watch as a team of Destiny players win matches despite having handicaps. This match, for example? It’s melee only. No shooting. The team still wins. By a lot. It’s amazing to watch this set of Destiny players bob and weave around the enemy team, especially as the other team tries to frantically shoot down the…

Resident Evil Modders Have Removed The Game’s Doors

If there’s a new Resident Evil, there will eventually be a mod to remove (or mitigate) the series’ iconic door animations. The latest update to the original game has now joined the club, thanks to a modder named Sectus, allowing people to move from room-to-room a few seconds faster. One of the most popular Resident…

It Takes Nine Minutes To Break Down The Amazing Super Mario Timeline

There are a lot of Mario games out there. Though most of these games aren’t particularly story heavy, some people have still set out to try to place these games in chronological order in an effort to make a single Mario timeline. Here’s the latest crack. If you include every single Mario game you can…

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The Beginning Of A Beautiful Live-Action Naruto Battle

Fighting filmmakers Epic Rivals teases its upcoming live-action Naruto short film, with the most perfect Tenten and Neji ever prepare to test their might. I love a good live-action fighting short, and Epic Rivals, creators of last year’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-as-humans videohave certainly established their pedigree. It’s also great to see Tenten and Neji…

Eight Crazy Hacking Scenes That Shouldn’t Exist

Hack the planet! And I thought Hugh Jackman’s dancing scene with the 3D cubes from the 2001 movie Swordfish was weird, this recent video from Dorkly proves some movies and TV shows had much crazier scenes with hackers doing the impossible. Here are eight of them where typing fast and not hitting Enter or Space…

Taiwan To Fine Parents of Kids Who Spend Too Much Time on Mobile

I used to think that Taiwan was less archaic and draconian than the Chinese mainland. Turns out I was wrong. Taiwan’s ETTV reportsthat last Friday, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, think Congress, approved new regulations that would fine parents of children under the age of 18 are using electronic devices for extended periods of times. The heaviest…

Four Creative (if Bizarre) Games from Global Game Jam Beijing

The Global Game Jam, where thousands upon thousands of gamers join together to create a video game over a weekend, is over, and this year, for the first time ever, the game jam also came to Beijing. China has had development teams participate in the GGJ in the past. Over the last four years, Shanghai…