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Mass Effect’s Miranda Lawson. Cosplay by KassandraLeigh
By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
I Hope Bear Senpai Notices Me…
Hatoful Boyfriend – a game in which you, a human, tries to get down with birds – has a lot to answer for. This is a new Kickstarter for a very similar project. It’s called Bear Senpai: Date The Bear of Your Dreams. Creator Toni Rocca says “My goal for Bear Senpai is to make…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2014 - Reviews
The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter: The Kotaku Review
Ethan Carter is a game about stories. It’s a disarmingly personal tale, a murder mystery about childhood alienation that resonated with me in unexpected ways. And yes, it was created by a guy who is best known for making an incredibly violent first-person shooter called “Bulletstorm.” I remember when I was little, I didn’t really…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Hackers Charged With Stealing From Valve, Microsoft And More
Two hackers, one from the United States and one from Canada, have plead guilty to U.S. federal charges regarding an elaborate international scheme involving the infiltration of gaming companies Valve, Epic, and Zombie Studios as well as attempted sales of counterfeit Xbox One development kits well before the console was released to the public. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedStreet Fighter, Improved With A Furious Goat
It’s probably Street Fighter’s biggest shortfall. The fact it focuses solely on bipedal, humanoid fighters. Imagine the possibilities if the roster could be expanded to include man’s surliest foe, the goat. It would also fill a gap in the market, since Goat Simulator leaves out the part where the humans try and fight back about…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Getting Started With The Pokémon Trading Card Game
Every year I watch the Pokémon National Championships, and every year it gives me the itch to return to the Pokémon Trading Card Game something fierce, but with store shelves flooded with countless colorful card packs, I didn’t know where to start. So I turned to The Pokémon Company for help. Why did I need…
By Mike Fahey Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhy Yes, I Would Like A Gritty Cyberpunk Grand Theft Auto
I very much like the look of Metrocide Metrocide is a top-down open-world-ish game in the vein of a classic (read: pre-GTA 3) Grand Theft Auto. Difference is, instead of grandly thieving autos or sticking to other small-time crimes, you’re a contract killer. Your goal? To hunt down various targets using an ever-expanding array of…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 4 May Have Just Fixed That Thing You Hate
Deagle is OP? Fixed. Movement was better in BF3? Fixed. Something about netcode? Fixed. The latest patch for Battlefield 4 lists almost 200 fixes and tweaks, including some of the biggest complaints that have come from players in the past year. Battlefield 4 has had an abundance of problems since it was launched last year,…
By Steve Marinconz Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedIn Destiny’s Old Russia, Computer Teabags You
Sorry. If there was ever a time to use that joke, it’s now.* Previously, we documented the fact that enemies in Destiny (seem to) glitch out and crouch repeatedly—making it seem as if they were, y’know, teabagging. It was only a matter of time before this started to actually happen to people after they died.…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedOne Way To Make Some YouTube Videos Way Creepier
The code that puts a first-person-shooter avatar and reticule on top of random uploaded videos doesn’t appear to be publicly available. That’s probably a good thing because it makes everything much more stomach-churning. YouTube Shooter is the work of intermedia artist Kent Sheely, who’s also swapped the old-school Nintendo Zapper for actual guns in a…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedThree-Year-Old Crushes Fools In Dark Souls II
Oh kids — one day they’re screaming at you, the next they’re demolishing invaders in PvP. How time flies! YouTuber ZOMBIEHEADZoCOM let his 3-year-old daughter try her hand at PvP in Dark Souls II. And while she didn’t pull off a parry or a backstab, she did vanquish two invaders and almost polished off a…
By Chris Person Published September 30, 2014 - Tips & Guides
Tips For Playing Middle-Earth: Shadow Of Mordor
Rangers of Gondor! Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor is upon us. The time has come to stand up to Sauron’s evil forces. But you know what they say about not simply walking into Mordor and so forth. So here are some useful tips to get your and Talion’s quest started. One quick note: I’ve focused heavily…
By Yannick LeJacq Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedJust Be Glad You Don’t Have Roommates (With Portal Guns)
If you’ve ever lived with one or more roommates, you know that things can get a bit messy and tense. Now just imagine the kind of jerk pranks would get pulled if you both had Portal guns. Oh sure, it’d be tons of fun at first — until you get cake thrown at your head…
By Chris Person Published September 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Super Smash Bros. Wii U, Shadow of Mordor, The Boondocks [Deals]
You’re buying Smash Bros. for Wii U, so you may as well save some money. Preordering on Newegg gets you $5 off MSRP, and if complete your transaction with Visa Checkout using promo code VISACHECKOUT you’ll get the game for 50 bucks. [Smash Bros. Wii U] We don’t generally lean in on credit card-specific deals,…
By Shane Roberts Published September 30, 2014 - Uncategorized
Hollywood Is Planning To Make An ‘Epic’ Sci-Fi Movie About Tetris
It’s being developed by the producer behind the Mortal Kombat films from the ’90s. A post from the Wall Street Journal‘s Speakeasy blog outs the upcoming film adaptation of Tetris, with Threshold Enetrtainment honcho Larry Kasanoff saying that there’s going to be an big story: “It’s a very big, epic sci-fi movie… This isn’t a…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow Ridiculous You Sound Arguing For Your Favorite Technology
Android versus Apple, PlayStation versus Xbox…it really doesn’t matter. All those arguments usually come out sounding just about as silly as any discussion defending any major corporation would. Which is to say: why? Warialasky’s fruit fanboys in the video above make a few references to actual complaints people have shouted over at each other in…
By Tina Amini Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedWhy Cosplayers Dress Up
People all over the world love looking at and performing cosplay. But it’s still relatively rare to hear the motivations and stories that spur folks to craft their elaborate costumes. A new documentary series aims to do just that. Cosplay Boom comes from producers Todd Kenreck and Meagan Sadler, who’ve been spending much of the…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 30, 2014 -
UncategorizedAdding DBZ Sound Effects to Glitchy Games Rules
Time to go into the time machine back to the distant past of 2012! Translation: here’s an old-ass YouTube clip that I still think is funny. Miau Coin took footage from a glitched-out, tilted cartridge of WCW/nWo Revenge for the N64 and added Dragonball Z music and fighting noises. It’s all too apropos. Enjoy it…
By Chris Person Published September 30, 2014
