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UncategorizedFive Years Later, Fallout: New Vegas Is Still Getting Great Mods
Modding communities are odd. Some dogpile on a game, try to build Rome in a day, get discouraged/bored, and leave. Others stick with the same game for years, feeding it a steady diet of tweaks and changes, eventually transforming it into something entirely different. Fallout: New Vegas is the latter. Here’s SkyttsTV running through ten…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Two New Steam Features You Might Not Have Noticed
Steam is changing all the time—even if it feels like it’s improving in Valve Time, not regular people time. That means key features can, occasionally, slip through the cracks. Here are a couple recent additions with big potential. First up, the feature with the biggest long-term implications. There is now a “follow” button in every…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedTaken vs Mario: Don’t Steal Princesses
The Taken movies are OK! If you think they’d be better swapping out Liam Neeson for Mario, though, you might want to watch this very well-done fan trailer. “I will-a find you…and I will-a jump on your head”.
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Destiny‘s Crota’s End Raid Gets Hard Mode Next Wednesday
Destiny‘s Crota’s End raid will get its much-anticipated hard mode next Wednesday, January 21st, Bungie has announced. Brace your level 32 characters for impact. In a new Destiny weekly update, Bungie’s David “DeeJ” Dague shared more details: Hard Mode for Crota’s End is ready. We know you are, too. The first Fireteam to sink their…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 15, 2015 - The Bests
The Best Video Game Controller For The PC
Over the last decade, as more and more console titles have found prettier homes on the PC, and more and more indie action games hit the big time, the controller has become just as important as the mouse & keyboard for playing games. But out of the countless options available to PC gamers, which one…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedAnimated Zombie Short Really Makes Me Wish Left 4 Dead 3 Existed
Look, as one Evan to another: when you wake up with blood on your body, always take the gun… There’s no co-operative team dynamics here and it’s not even related to a video game (as far I can tell) but Isolated manages to tickle many of the same places in my head that enjoyed the…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedHow The Hobbit’s Incredible CG Visuals Were Made
Wired and effects studio WETA have put together this video showing how many of the big battle (and dragon) sequences for the third Hobbit movie were put together. It’s pretty good! A little infomercial-y in parts, sure, but there are plenty of effects breakdowns, as well some interesting info: the fact that Smaug’s wings were…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2015 - CultureCosplay
Stormtrooper Armor Saves Man From Snake Bite
They might have been useless at stopping blasters, but the ol’ Imperial Stormtrooper armour has at least saved Australian Scott Loxley from being bitten by one of the most poisonous snakes in a country full of poisonous snakes. Loxley, who is walking across Australia in his Stormtrooper armour to raise money for charity, says in…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
You Need A Friggin’ Screwdriver To Change Memory Cards In The New 3DS
The most annoying thing about the new 3DS? You can’t just put in a new SD card, like you could in the old system. Instead of popping off the SD card cover, like you could on the older systems, the new 3DS requires the use of tools. Full disclosure: yesterday, Nintendo provided me with a…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedHope You Didn’t Just Pay $400 For An Xbox One
Did you buy an Xbox One at some point in the past two weeks? Well, Microsoft’s got some fun news for you: they’re dropping the price yet again That’s right, after selling the Xbox One at $350 late last year and then hiking it back up to $400 on January 3, Microsoft is now offering…
By Jason Schreier Published January 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
The ZX Spectrum is coming back in a radically different form, according to a report from BBC News. The Sinclair Spectrum Vega version of the old-school console is set to arrive in April, with plans afoot to have 1,000 games from the Spectrum back catalog preloaded on the new hardware.
By Evan Narcisse Published January 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedWhat It’s Like To Play The Hottest Upcoming Games On The New 3DS
Majora’s Mask. Xenoblade Chronicles. Code Name: Steam. Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate. The 3DS’s lineup for the next few months is strong, of that there is no doubt. What’s less certain is whether or not these new games are worth playing on the newest 3DS. Luckily, yesterday I had a chance to test drive all of…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
A StarCraft Tournament That’s Only For Robots
We are training robots to excel at outer space future war. In a video game. This is sure to end well for humanity. The Student StarCraft AI Tournament pits 42 bots—all programmed to excel at stars and the crafting thereof (also war)—in a total of 861 games against each other. Each match is 1v1, and…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Dark Souls II Patch Doesn’t Really Fix Multiplayer Problems
Bandai Namco’s has released details on a major patch forDark Souls 2, which both tweaks a bunch of game elements and tries to address a major flaw with the game’s multiplayer. This patch also lays the groundwork for The Scholar of the First Sin, an expansion arriving in April. Some mysterious story elements are being…
By Patrick Klepek Published January 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Rifick, an avid Super Smash Bros. stage builder who’s made some of the coolest custom levels I’ve seen for the game, just posted a handy tutorial for some of the mode’s trickier parts. Give it a look if you’ve been having any problems with your own custom stages. And let me know if you have…
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 15, 2015 - Uncategorized
Twitch Is Trying To Solve Its Music Problem
Twitch kicked up a huge storm last August when it started muting users’ archived footage that used copyrighted music—a sudden and unpleasant change that lead many to accuse the service of taking the worst possible cues from YouTube. Today, the company offered a concrete idea for a new way forward: a music library. The newly-minted…
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedThe Hackers and Cheaters Who Break Pokémon
Nearly every Pokémon player I know has, at one point during their career as a trainer, handled a hacked Pokémon. Even prominent Pokemon players have been suspected of cheating, and in a single competition, The Pokémon Company has caught thousands of cheaters at once. Pokemon’s online bank system, which stores monsters for players, has also…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 15, 2015 -
UncategorizedOfficial Minecraft Simpsons Somehow Look More Deformed Than Fan Ones
It was only a matter of time before Minecraft put out an official licensed something related to The Simpsons thanks to its new corporate overlords at Microsoft. What’s genuinely surprising about the Simpsons “skin pack” announced today is just how…unsettling it looks. The Simpsons “content packs,” which will cost $1.99, are coming out for the…
By Yannick LeJacq Published January 15, 2015