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Nintendo Will Make Smartphone Games As Part Of New Deal
Oh, don’t be upset. You knew this day would come. Nintendo announced today that the company has entered into a “business and capital alliance” with Japanese online giant DeNA. UPDATE – Nintendo also revealed that the company will remain in the “dedicated video game hardware business”, and that their next gaming platform is code-named the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Leviathan Is An Awesome Sci-Fi Short About A…Giant Space Whale
This is The Leviathan. It’s probably the best way you can spend four minutes of your time, at least for today. It’s by Ruairí Robinson (director of The Last Days on Mars), and is a pitch/proof of concept. One that shows, yes, the world might be ready for Moby Sky Dick. Fingers crossed this gets…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2015 - Uncategorized
142 Beautiful Photos Of Blade Runner’s Model Cars, Buildings
I’m not kidding with that “beautiful” up there. These aren’t even photos, they’re scans of slides, and you just would not think they were taken over 30 years ago, during the making of one of the greatest science fiction films of all time. They look like they were shot yesterday, on a very expensive modern…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 17, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Twilight Princess’ Midna. Cosplay by Jinglebooboo, photo by Torremitsu
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2015 - Culture
Jupiter Ascending, What Are You Doing
I haven’t seen Jupiter Ascending. I’ve only seen its concept art. I’m guessing it’s a movie about “holy shit what is happening there are space things and what”. We’ve seen some art from the movie before, but today we’re looking at the contributions of Adam Kuczek, an artist who has also worked on stuff like…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedSid Meier’s Starships Is Not Great
For all I know, Sid Meier’s Starships is a fantastic iPad game (and yes, it’s also available on iPad). But I don’t know, because I’ve been playing it on PC, where it kinda sucks. It’s funny how playing the same game on two systems can completely change your experience. On iPad, a game like this…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Cities: Skyline’s Mods Are Already Going Crazy With Road Porn
Cities: Skylines hasn’t even been out for a week and already the game’s selection of mods is becoming overwhelming. Some of these mods are great, and genuinely add worthwhile new content to the base experience! Most, however, seem to cater towards one thing: road porn. By ⊁ĴōｿﾞŚťĪ⊄Ӄ⊀ Oh, don’t roll your eyes. We’re not talking…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2015 -
CultureSurvival Games Have Gotten A Bit… Predictable
Alternate headline: “Every PC Game Released In The Year 2015.” This video by Crazy Boris Productions imagines a survival game (think DayZ and H1Z1 and Minecraft and Stranded Deep and Reign of Kings and The Forest and The Long Dark and Don’t Starve and) that combines every other survival game. It’s one of those things…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedA Horror Game That Haunts Your Phone When You’re Not Playing
Because why only be creeped out some of the time when you can be horrified all the time? 1214 is a PC horror game that might, at first glance, look pretty familiar. You roam forlorn hallways positively dripping with dread, acutely aware that something terrible is gonna happen at some point. You just don’t know…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Goat From Goat Simulator Would Make An Excellent Dota 2 Courier
The “courier” is a specific type of ally minion in Dota 2: one that carries stuff to you when you’re too busy fighting in lane to make that tiresome trek back to your base. So imagine playing Dota 2, one of the hardest games ever created. You’re in the heat of battle, wondering if you…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 16, 2015 -
CultureThe Biggest Counter-Strike Event Yet
Over the weekend, all eyes were on Counter-Strike. Well, maybe not all eyes, but more than a million pairs of them—at once, no less. This year’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive ESL One Katowice event managed to smash previous CS eSports records, topping out at more than a million concurrent viewers—700,000 on Twitch and heaps more in-game.…
By Nathan Grayson Published March 16, 2015 -
CultureSilly GTA V Jet, This Isn’t Tony Hawk
Today on Highlight Reel we have jet drifting, invisible bikes, air sniping, over enthusiastic orcs boats in cities skylines and more! Watch the video above, then link any of your favorite highlights in the comments, and be sure to check out, like and subscribe the original videos via the links below. Battlefield Hardline – Invisible…
By Chris Person Published March 16, 2015 - CultureCosplay
A Cosplayer Might Be One Of The First People On Mars
American cosplayer Maggie Duckworth has a chance at being one of the first human beings to set foot on Mars. And, when that’s done, be the first human being to cosplay on Mars. As one of the finalists in the Mars 100 competition, Duckworth was picked from over two hundred thousand applicants. You might think…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 16, 2015 - Tips & Guides
One Crucial Tip For Surviving GTA Online‘s Heists
Last week, GTA Online added 4-player cooperative heists. If you’ve been waiting until now to hop in and start playing, I’ve got a tip that’ll make it much easier to survive your first big score: Pack lots of snacks. In some ways, GTA Online works just like the regular, offline GTA V. The map is…
By Kirk Hamilton Published March 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Demon’s Souls Troll That Made Me Rage Quit
It’s been a long time since I’ve done this, but I have my limits! While playing Demon’s Souls over the weekend, a player forced me to turn off my PlayStation 3. Screw off, Potato Marshal! “Screw off” is the polite way of putting it. “Fuck you” is what I actually want to say. In preparation…
By Patrick Klepek Published March 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedRonin: The Basics
What is it? Ronin, a turn-based action/platformer hybrid where you play as a teenage ninja girl who needs to plan her moves very carefully. Who is making it? One-man dev studio Tomasz Waclawek Here’s a trailer… Did we play it? Nope, but we took in a live demo at PAX East in Boston two weeks…
By Evan Narcisse Published March 16, 2015 - Uncategorized
Welp, I’ve Spent More Than $250 On League Of Legends
Hello. My name is Yannick, and I have a problem. It’s called spending money in League of Legends. It started out innocently enough a few weeks back. I wanted to purchase Shyvana, a tanky fighter I’d grown accustomed to using when she was on League’s free champion rotation the week prior. Unlocking her as a…
By Yannick LeJacq Published March 16, 2015 -
UncategorizedFive Nights at Freddy’s, Built In Halo
This isn’t your typical Five Nights at Freddy’s clone game. Built entirely in Halo 2, this take on Five Nights at Freddy’s makes the horror game a hell of a lot more combat-oriented. As this video by RecklessRiley shows, the mini-game starts out with a phone call, just like the actual FNAF games do. And…
By Patricia Hernandez Published March 16, 2015
