A Scary Choose Your Own Adventure, Now Playable On…Twitter

“They’re here. Oh God! They’ve found you!” And so it begins. You have two choices: run, or hide. This is the beginning of a new and thoroughly disturbing adventure game I played earlier today. What makes it stand out from another terrifying horror game like Outlast or Amnesia is that the whole thing takes place…

Fans Are Bringing Counter-Strike‘s Most Popular Maps To Halo

Halo and Counter-Strike both have guns, but otherwise they couldn’t be more different. And while I really hope someone focuses on upping Halo‘s chicken count soon, for now a couple classic Counter-Strike haunts will have to do. MyHouseRules is recreating fy_iceworld and perhaps one of the best known video game maps of all time, de_dust,…

When games break, the developer isn’t usually encouraging it, but rules are made to be broken, right? Such is the case with Vlambeer’s Nuclear Throne. In the pursuit of madness, developer Rami Ismail kept sending increasingly broken versions of the game to YouTuber STAR_. The results were messy, hilarious, and full of explosions.

Three Shady Marvel Characters Join Disney Infinity 2.0 

One wants to wipe out an entire planet. Another was driven insane by mad science. The third really likes Troll dolls. Today Ronan the Accuser, the Green Goblin and Blue Merle join Disney Infinity 2.0. This fresh injection of evil and shady not only gives players new characters to work with in the game’s Toy…

Star Wars Comics Are Getting Better

Thirty some-odd years ago, Marvel Comics started putting out a Star Wars series that aimed to tell the continuing adventures of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Leia Organa after the Rebel Alliance blew up the Death Star. Tomorrow, they’re doing the same thing. A lot has changed since Marvel last published anything Force-related, most of…

Bungie Still Hasn’t Fixed All Of Destiny‘s Raid Exploits

What do you do when cheese expires? You go get some new cheese, of course. When I re-reviewed Destiny last week, I talked about the narrative that has emerged in this game over the past few months: Players come up with an exploit. Bungie patches it. Players find a new exploit. Yesterday, Bungie patched a…

Second Shadowrun Returns Sequel Funded In Two Hours 

Today at 1pm Eastern time, Shadowrun Returns developer Harebrained Schemes launched a $100,000 Kickstarter forShadowrun: Hong Kong. By three o’clock the third game in the series was fully funded. It’s all “co-development goals” from here. The rapid funding was largely due to rabid fans overjoyed at the thought of more turn-based tactical adventure in the…

Har Har Har

I know. I’m sorry. But once I saw this on the Amiibo Subreddit, I couldn’t resist. But seriously: who would win in a fight?

Looks Like The New 3DS Is Coming Out Next Month

Rumor suggests Nintendo’s New 3DS—a poorly-titled yet excellent hardware revision of the Old 3DS—will be officially announced for North America tomorrow, and that it’ll come out on February 13. Though nothing is official yet, there’s a lot of compelling evidence. The above flier, via NeoGAF, showing a “2.13” release date. A report from the fan…

~Video Games~

Above: Excerpt from a press release sent out today by 2K Games, the publisher of the upcoming shooter Evolve. Video games.

Great Video Game Sex Scene Involves People With Guns For Heads

There is absolutely NO WAY this game is intended to say something about the state of modern video games. None whatsoever. But even if you don’t care about that, its lone sex scene is one of the best I’ve ever seen in video games. Warning: maybe NSFW, but also maybe not depending on how your…

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Mario Kart

You can never get enough of Mario Kart trivia, if you ask me. Thankfully, the internet seems to feel the same way. Appropriately named YouTubers Fun Facts recently gave their standard treatment to Nintendo’s flagship kart racing game (I poured one out for Diddy Kong Racing after typing that). Watch the short clip here: Mario…

Save 10% on Nintendo’s eShop, Xbox Live, Far Cry 4, and More Deals

Nintendo eShop credit doesn’t go on sale often, so if you own a Wii U or 3DS, here’s a great chance to save 10% on games and DLC. [10% off Nintendo eShop Cards] Own an Xbox? Live doesn’t really get cheaper than this very often, so stock up now. [Xbox LIVE 12 Month Gold Membership…

Boba Fett vs. Mario, Mega Man and Pokemon Ends Exactly How It Should

The only possible reason for Mario not running from Boba Fett is that Nintendo’s flagship character doesn’t know who he is. Then, unfortunately for him, Princess Peach’s boyfriend finds out the hard way why he’s the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy. Ouch. This video by YouTuber NicksplosionFX mashes up two beloved parts of…

The Hottest New Dinosaur Game On Steam Is Harder Than It Seems

Look, I’m not a professional dinosaur hunter by any means. But instinctively I need to shoot them in the face. theHunter: Primal gives me the perfect opportunity to do so. But tracking down dinosaurs is easier said than done. Would I find them? Spoilers: Yes I would. You can see how I got on in…

Remember Ridge Racer‘s amazing Galaga mini-game on PS1? Bandai Namco patented the concept of mini-games in loading screens, but video game lawyer David Hoppe noticed Bandai Namco’s patent is about to expire. The patent was filed November 27, 1995, which means developers can build their own on November 27, 2015.