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Steam Greenlight Is Still Broken
In an ideal world, Steam Greenlight would’ve opened the floodgates on an endless cascade of great games. In reality, it’s led to a service stuffed with trash. Game makers scramble to get noticed, sometimes with underhanded tactics. Valve’s introduced a new rule to curb this, but it doesn’t solve the underlying problem. It’s become a…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedMeet the Hacker Who’s Spent Six Years Inside Shadow Of The Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus first came out in 2005. Since then, millions of people have played the beloved PS2 game, driven by its lonesome charm, moved by its mysterious ending. But one man never stopped playing, as a result, he’s found stuff that the game’s creators never intended anyone to see. [Note: Lambert got in…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedOne City-Building Game Still Looks Cool…
SimCity was a disaster. Cities XXL is a scam. But there is still hope, fans of building cities on your personal computer: there is still Cities: Skylines. Due next month on PC (and Mac, and Linux), this trailer is showing features and little touches (overpasses!) that are making my urban planning glands pulse with excitement.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Jon Stewart Is Leaving The Daily Show
According to reports on social media (via The AV Club) from people in the audience at the taping of his latest episode, Jon Stewart has announced he’ll be leaving The Daily Show. UPDATE: Comedy Central has since confirmed the news. He’ll be stepping down “later this year”. Stewart has been hosting the show since 1999,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Wild Theory Explains Pokémon’s Biggest Mysteries
The twist at the end of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire doesn’t just make the Pokémon timeline bonkers. It might explain some of the stuff that Pokémon fans have been wondering about for years. For those of you that don’t know, in the extra chapter included in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, players are…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Steam’s Latest Survival Game Comes From An Unexpected Place
In the near future, Atari will be launching one hell of a reinvention of the arcade classic Asteroids. The company just announced Asteroids: Outpost will be a multiplayer-focused survival game for PC that’s launched through Steam’s Early Access program. That’s a surprise. Here’s how Atari describes Asteroids: Outpost in its press release: “Set in the…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Here’s a cool new way to try playing The Sims 4: the creator of one of popular “legacy challenges” recently came up with an idea for another custom mode he’s calling the “moments challenge.” It adds neat short-term objectives and funny punishments (like grounding your Sims). Check out the rules here and give it a…
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedPeter Molyneux’s Godus Is Having Serious Problems
Legendary game designer Peter Molyneux, creator of the god game genre, has a history of over-promising and under-delivering. So when he took his latest game, Godus, to Kickstarter, people were a little wary. Turns out, they were right to feel that way. After a £526,563 Kickstarter that conjured up divine dreams of a Molyneux return…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedBuff Dude Is Pretty Much A Real Life Dragon Ball Z Villain
Reality TV may not be the best place to find anything realistic, but it can be a good place to find people who would fit right in an anime. Take Chris, for example. Chris was a contestant in Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge. Broken Skull Challenge is one of those shows where (really fit) people…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
Five Months In, Hardcore Destiny Players Are Hitting A Wall
A couple of weeks ago, my regular Destiny crew stopped playing. It wasn’t some big announced event, or something we had planned. Our loss of momentum started with a confluence of other, smaller occurrences. We took a few days off, then a few more. Then we weren’t playing at all. Once or twice, I’d be…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedBesiege Players Have Built Some Amazing Dicks
Give people the tools to build whatever they want, and they’ll probably create amazing technological wonders. Also, dicks. We’ve seen it time and time again: if people have the freedom to make things, they’ll probably make genitals. Even in Nintendo games, this axiom is true. Nothing is safe. So it’s probably not surprising to hear…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 10, 2015 - Uncategorized
A Look At Metacritic’s Many Problems
Today, the gaming website Eurogamer announced plans to ditch review scores, joining outlets like Kotaku and Rock Paper Shotgun in Fighting The Good Fight against the arbitrary and meaningless quantification of video game quality. That’s good news both for Eurogamer and for video game criticism in general. It’s also good news for anyone concerned about…
By Jason Schreier Published February 10, 2015 - Culture
Beware, The Cheat Police
By Nathan Grayson Published February 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedSkilled Dark Souls II Player Makes Toughest Enemies Look Like Chumps
Parrying is an advanced move in the Souls games, as you can deflect an enemy’s attack. Remarkably, a number of bosses can be dismantled with a parry, too. Most players (i.e. me) are too busy rolling out of the way of a sword to worry about knocking it back, but it’s impressive to watch a…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedDLC: Defined
Just about everybody knows that the acronym DLC stands for “downloadable content”, but do they know what it really means? Probably, but we’re going to define it anyway, because that’s what the XXX: Defined series is all about. DLC noun dee-elle-see At its most basic, DLC is any content for a video game not included…
By Mike Fahey Published February 10, 2015 -
UncategorizedMidweek Steam Sale, Mario Kart Slot Cars, and More Deals
Steam’s offering a surprisingly huge midweek sale on a ton of mystery-themed games, including Gone Home ($8), L.A. Noire ($5), Alan Wake ($5), and a lot more. [Steam] There’s a lot to like about the Corsair M65: Eight programmable buttons, metal scroll wheel, configurable weights. What really sets it apart though is the three-zone backlighting…
By Shep McAllister Published February 10, 2015 - Esports
League Of Legends Team Fires Manager For Threatening One Of His Players
German eSports team Meet Your Makers (MYM) has “released” its manager Sebastian “Falli” Rotterdam following the revelation that he had threatened League of Legends player Marcin “Kori” Wolski to intimidate him against quitting the team. MYM announced that Rotterdam has been “immediately released” from the team as part of a lengthy message posted on its…
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 10, 2015
