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A Racing Game I’m Actually Really Excited About

I don’t like very many racing games, but Distance‘s high-flying antics and F-Zero-style looks have got my attention. I mean, check that out. It’s all speed, air, and pulsating lights that are one-part Tron and one-part skeezy underground rave. Also, cars can get cut in half and regenerate, and—unlike a not insignificant number of cars—these…

Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Star Lord Dance Recreated In Destiny

Good job, the Internet. You’ve made us all proud with this one. If you’ve seen Guardians of the Galaxy, you’ll recognize this whole bit—music, dancing, and all—from the beginning, right before Star Lord (also known in our significantly more boring universe as Chris Pratt) steals the Important Thing from Those Jerks Who’ve Never Heard Of…

President Obama Showed Up in Smash Bros. Today

POTUS vs Samus. The Commander-in-Chief vs. the galaxy’s most feared bounty hunter. Who wins? Let’s watch. A Mii character done up as Barack Obama showed during the Smash Bros. portion of today’s mega-long Nintendo Treehouse livestream. The armored Obama—who looked like a gunner specialization—faced off against Dark Samus. For a while, POTUS appeared like he…

Wow, People Are Actually Trying To Buy Smash Bros. Demo Codes

Certain lucky Club Nintendo members got four special codes today, which can be redeemed for a demo of Super Smash Bros. 3DS. Almost immediately, people started trying to sell these codes—which they got for free. For a demo everyone can play in a week. It’s not even the full game; it only has five characters!…

A Good Spot To Farm For Weapons In Destiny

Wow. That’s a LOT of loot waiting to get picked up. Update 9/16: This spot is all well and good, but there’s another place, on the moon, that lets you rack up engrams much faster. YouTube user Completionist found the perfect spot on Venus to sit patiently as mobs of enemies roll in, ripe for…

I’m Pretty Glad The Original Doom Wasn’t A Modern Shooter

This isn’t the Doom you know. It’s… it’s something else This video combines some mods (including the ever popular Brutal Doom) and clever After Effects usage to re-imagine Doom—first-person shooting’s great grandcyberdemon—as a modern shooter in the vein of, say, Call of Duty or Counter-Strike. I’m mixed on this. On one hand, that actually looks…

Total Prize Pool for the League of Legends World Championship It’s been some time since I discussed eSports here, but with the League of Legends World Championships just around the corner, I thought it might be time to start it up again. While it’s important to realize that becoming a professional eSports athlete is damned…

Captain Toad Is Too Cute And Needs To Stop It

I don’t own a Wii U, and I was fine with that. But I have to admit that my cold hard heart softened a bit watching Captain Toad running around on the Nintendo Treehouse stream earlier today. I mean look at him! He puffs out his cheeks when he holds his breath and doggy paddles…

Super Smash Bros. Players Come Up With The Best Mind Games

The rules of Smash Potato, a new mini-game created by Rush Hour Smash, are simple. Pick Villager. Take turns pocketing the tree with another Villager. And most importantly, try not to die. The results? Hilarity. It helps that, despite being so simple, there are a lot of mind games you can play when it comes…

‘Speed Mario Bros.’ Is Mario, But Twice As Fast

Introduced today during Nintendo’s Treehouse livestream, this is Speed Mario Bros., a hyperactive take on the original Super Mario Bros. that will be included in Ultimate NES Remix, which is out for 3DS on December 5. It’s essentially Super Mario Bros. sped-up like you’re holding the frameskip button on an emulator, which will surely lead…