A New Sign That The Elder Scrolls Online Might Go Free-To-Play

The Elder Scrolls Online recently did away with its six-month subscription option, a change that the MMO’s developer and publisher have had very little to say about publicly so far. In the absence of any solid justification about its removal, fans are guessing this mean it’s going free-to-play in the near future. The timing is…

Old Sound Card Commercial Is Making Me Oddly Emotional

I’m not one for getting needlessly wistful about the past, but certain things will set me off from time to time. Take this old sound card commercial for the AdLib Music Synthesizer card. Oh sure, I was from a Sound Blaster household, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t see the AdLib pop up in local…

This is what two hours with The Sims 4 looks like when you map out all the mouse movements. So cool! Thanks to Reddit user LambdaCore27 for capturing this with IOGraph. Now, as one person asked in response: “Can you help me only play for only two hours?” Imgur via Reddit

A Wild Theory About Dragon Age’s Most Surprising Character

Without spoiling anything, not everyone in Dragon Age: Inquisition is who they seem. And if you delve into the game’s lore, things can get very, very interesting. Warning: if you haven’t beaten Dragon Age Inquisition, don’t read this post or watch the video! Those of you that have beat the game know that Solas is…

Modders Are Trying To Add Online Multiplayer To A Bunch Of Wii Games

The two brothers who hacked Mario Kart 8 are at it again, this time setting their sights on the original Wii console. The goal is to add online multiplayer to a number of Wii games. You can never get enough of that when it comes to Nintendo games! MrBean35000vr (or “Bean” for short) and Chadderz,…

‘Flinch’ Is Going Away For Halo 5, Developers Say

“Flinch,” or the penalty of your aiming reticle getting moved up when shot, has long been a controversial feature in the Halo games. But that flinch animation that players have been noticing in Halo 5‘s beta will soon be removed, according to 343’s Josh Holmes. The flinch feature appeared most notoriously in Halo 4, which…

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Couple Uses Abandoned Church For Perfect Final Fantasy Cosplay

This could have been superb even with just the clothes and the makeup, but cosplayers Malindachan and Ex-Shadow didn’t stop there once they learned there’s an abandoned church near their home. It became the famous Sector 5 church of Midgar from Final Fantasy VII, the perfect location for their cosplay shoot. They’re dressed as Aeris…

Seinfeld Characters Would Do The Silliest Things in eSports

The formula is given, and it’s worked before: Plot lines from Seinfeld with Kramer the visionary, George who just can’t pull it together, Jerry and Elaine whining about everything, and Newman plotting something evil in his apartment, all squeezed into short tweets with something extra added. This time it’s eSports. Esports Seinfeld’s twitter is full…

A Song about Stupid Deaths in DayZ

Oh hey, time to spend another few days trying to get this tune out of my head. Or weeks. Yeah, weeks. You might remember “Dumb Ways to Die,” the morbidly cute and catchy internet-sensation-slash-song-slash-PSA that made its rounds online in late 2012. This here is the DayZ version, written and animated by YouTuber Sam Waterfall,…

PC Game Traps Pirates Inside An Elevator

Continuing a fine tradition of developers finding creative ways to punish pirates, Croteam – developers of the excellent Talos Principle – have decided they’ll just trap them inside an elevator. Forever. The original posts on Steam have since been deleted, since they deal with piracy, but NeoGAF user Ryo Hazuki capped one discussion while it…