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UncategorizedThe Hottest New Game On Steam Sure Lives Up To Its Name
It can’t be all that fun to be a character in a game called Darkest Dungeon. You spend all your time in caves and ruins, risking your life while fighting horrible monsters, watching your friends suffer and even die. The emotional toll must be high. Turns out that idea—that heroes can suffer from mental fatigue…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Awesome Skyrim Cosplay Even Includes Horse Armor
This. This is dedication to the source material. Ewenaehasn’t just built a damn fine set of Skyrim armour for herself, but her horse is suitably protected as well. Shame she’s not riding vertically up a cliff while the horse’s legs go all weird, but then, there’s a limit as to how accurately you can recreate…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Game Of Thrones: TV Actors vs. Game Characters
Game of Thrones finally has a good video game series, with solid cameos by some of the TV show’s most memorable ladies and gents, to boot. With episode two out, many of the major players—Jon Snow included—have made their polygonal debuts. But do they actually look… right? Let’s find out. Cersei Lannister Cersei’s pretty close,…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 5, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Now That’s How You Do Fantasy Cosplay
We live in an age where people are cosplaying characters from games that aren’t even out yet. Sometimes this is advertising, sometimes it’s just excitement, but when it looks this good, I don’t know if many people are going to care. This is cosplayer Lady Lemon dressed up as Senua, from Hellblade, the next game…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Every Country That Has Ever Been In The Civilization Games
England is obvious. So too Japan, and China, and Egypt. But there have been a lot of Civilization games featuring a lot of Civilizations, so let’s take a look at a map (made by sirprizes) showing every nation that has made it into the series and those who, sadly, have not. You want to pay…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedDark Souls II Patch Radically Changes The Game’s Ending
When you reach the end of Dark Souls, the players is presented with a big choice. You help decide the fate of the world. When you reach the end of Dark Souls II, the game simply ends. Not many players were satisfied with this conclusion, and the game’s new patch changes this. We’re gonna need…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
The Sculptor Is the First Must-Read Graphic Novel of 2015
Would you shorten your life to be really good at something? As in the best in the world? What if you couldn’t negotiate and the deal meant you died in 200 days? Would you take it? That tempting deal is offered to David Smith, the titular lead character in a new graphic novel called The…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedUbisoft’s Surprise Game Is Worth Your Time
The most pleasant surprises from Ubisoft seem to be coming in downloadable forms. Child of Light, Valiant Hearts, Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry. We can now add Grow Home to the list, an utterly charming experimental platformer about climbing higher and higher and higher. I’d intended to start Dying Light yesterday. Zombie are kind of my…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 5, 2015 - Culture
Ask Dr. Nerdlove: I Got Sick And Our Sex Life Fell Apart
Hello, Internet! Welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column that is a registered agent of the Shadow Proclimation under clause 2814 subsection G. This week we have a reader who wants to know: can he save his relationship? Should he even try? Meanwhile, another reader wants to know: how can he get…
Harris O'Malley Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedGamerGate’s Latest Conspiracy Theory Doesn’t Hold Up
Last night, members of the GamerGate campaign exploded with glee as they read through a brand new set of damning, dramatic allegations that seemed to prove serious wrongdoing in the indie game scene. Here it was. A smoking gun. But like with many of the red-lined imgurs and conspiratorial posters that have fueled this controversial…
By Jason Schreier Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedSecret Super Mario Level Found In Dying Light [UPDATE: More Secrets]
The latest Dying Light easter egg that’s been uncovered transports players to a Super Mario-esque stage, only with a lot more zombies inside. YouTuber Arekkz Gaming discovered the secret portal to zombie goomba (zomgoomba? goomzombie?) killing goodness, and was kind enough to show us all where to find it: As he explains in the video,…
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Gabe Newell Shows Us How Customer Support Is Done
When you have an issue on Steam, you typically send in a report, which Steam Support has to deal with. But one Steam user decided to take their problem to the man in charge of Steam itself, Gabe Newell. And amazingly, Gabe actually took time out of his day to fix the problem. In an…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
Witcher 3 Price Slash, Logitech Gaming Mouse, and More Deals
Newegg is continuing their impressive run of preorder cash discounts with The Witcher 3 today. Preorder The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ($53) | Newegg | Promo code EMCANAS53 Preorder The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ($53) | Newegg | Promo code EMCANAS53 The Crew isn’t a perfect racing game by any means, but its sprawling reimagining…
By Shep McAllister Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedRacing Game Makes You Drive On Three Roads At Once
I have enough trouble getting from start to finish in a racing game, but Drive!Drive!Drive! wants to push everyone a little further. In Drive!Drive!Drive!, racers are not only managing their position on the track in front of them—they’re managing position on several tracks at once. The trailer provides a slightly better understanding of the madness…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 5, 2015 - Uncategorized
How To Make Dying Light More Difficult
Dying Light has only been out for a week, but many players are already itching for bigger and better challenges than those in the base game. Since there isn’t a “hardcore mode” or anything like that yet, the best way to turn up the difficulty dial is imposing your own custom rules. Here are some…
By Yannick LeJacq Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedSomeone Got Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out Running On Kinect
Even though Microsoft appears to have given up on Kinect as a serious gaming platform, the motion device still has some tricks up its sleeve. Programmer Paul DeCarlo found a way to play Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out by waving his fists around, and it seems to work pretty darn well! This experiment was possible due to…
By Patrick Klepek Published February 5, 2015 -
UncategorizedFinal Fantasy XV Sure Knows How To Do Nostalgia
Look, Square Enix—you can keep your fancy graphics and high-octane magic swordfights or whatever else you’re shoving into the next Final Fantasy. You guys know that all it really takes to reel back your old fanbase is a few bars of Uematsu. I mean, listen to this. LISTEN. This is the newly-released trailer for the…
By Jason Schreier Published February 5, 2015
