This is what happens when a talented Minecraft player Google image searches “modern house” and rebuilds what he finds in-game. I’d say redditor ELWORRIER did a darn good job. Look below for the full comparison pic, and an imgur album filled with more exterior and interior shots. [Copied] Modern House [r/minecraft] Dayshot is an image-based…

Sword Art Online Finishes Strong with a Powerfully Human Tale

Sword Art Online is an anime with a great first half plagued by a mediocre second half. Luckily, Sword Art Online II does not suffer from a similar affliction. Vastly different from its murder-mystery first half, SAO II ends strong with a powerfully human tale that serves as the emotional high point of the franchise.…

The Persona 4 Arena Musical is an Uneven Mess

A few months back, I got to see the second Persona 3 musical—and I rather enjoyed it. So needless to say I was excited heading in to the new Persona 4 Arena musical. Sadly, I got my hopes up for nothing because, even being charitable, Arena is an uneven mess of a play. Good –…

Xbox Live And PlayStation Network Knocked Offline For Much Of Christmas [Update 3]

We hope you weren’t planning to play many games online on Christmas. Xbox users in North America and Europe are having difficulties logging into Xbox Live today, and PlayStation owners are suffering similar problems. Some Internet troublemakers are claiming they knocked both offline. Bah humbug to this. While most of our team are away from…

The Best Games To Get For Your New Gaming System, Phone Or Tablet 

Get a new gaming system for Christmas today? Or a new phone or tablet that plays games? We’ve got some recommendations for you so you can play some games (and maybe ignore your more annoying relatives in the process). Below, you’ll find lists to our 12 favorite games for every major game-playing device. The vast…

The Official Awesome Holiday Gift Sharing Post

The only thing more fun than receiving holiday gifts is… I’m going to go with giving them here, for the sake of not sounding like a monster. But a close second is telling everybody about the presents you secured during the winter festivities. I’ll go first! Honestly this year was more about my kids than…

Holiday Greetings from 7 Game Developers

’tis the season, and Kickstarter’s game dev community is making sure none of us forget it. In the past weeks, they’ve been sending out holiday wishes with their project updates, sometimes including some rather nice art. The GIF up top was shared today by Discord Games, creators of the metroidvania Chasm. And here’s a greeting…

Man or Woman, This Guy Cosplays Everyone

Cosplay is great. It can be well done, it can be poorly done, it doesn’t matter, so long as it brings joy to both the cosplayer and the viewer. Just take a look at this “coser’s” amazing cosplay! Currently trending on various Chinese gaming news sites and social media is a set of images supposedly…

In Final Fantasy XV, Your MP Isn’t for Magic

As far as we currently know, the combat in Final Fantasy XV is going to be your basic action RPG format with single button presses for attacks. So how is the magic going to work then? While he wouldn’t offer specifics, director Hajime Tabata did reveal some interesting aspects of the combat mechanics in his…

Nathan’s Top Ten Games Of 2014

Did I do this right? I’m not sure if I did this right. 2014 was an amazing year for games. 2014 was the worst year for games in recorded history. I don’t think there’s been a more polarizing time for video games and those who play them in, er, ever. Busted, hunk-of-scrap big-budget releases are…

The Coolest Custom Stages For Super Smash Bros. Wii U (So Far)

Super Smash Bros. finally came to the Wii U last month. Creative types that they are, avid fans have been having a lot of fun with the game’s new level editor—making neat-looking custom stages and posting them online for others to draw inspiration from. Let’s check out some of them, why don’t we? Before I…