The comment is from my Shadow of Mordor review

How Nintendo Convinced The World To Buy A Weird Mario Game

Gail Tilden used to work at Nintendo. She was one of the founding editors of Nintendo Power, so knows better than most people how the company was able to sell one of Mario’s strangest moments – a game that wasn’t even really a Mario game – to the world. In this excerpt from Jon Irwin’s…

The iPad version of the Pokemon Trading Card Game—already out in Canada—now has a U.S. release date of September 30.

Luis Suarez Can’t Bite Any FIFA Players Until October 26

FIFA 15 is out already. And while he’s in the game, notorious Uruguayan strike Luis Suarez has had his availability cut to match the suspension he received in the real world for biting during the World Cup. I never actually tried this, since playing as Barcelona is practically playing the game on auto-pilot, but if…

Okay, So It’s A… Narwhal Jousting Game

Starwhal is a narwhal jousting game. It’s set in an ’80s neon rendition of outer space. What more do you really need to know? Oh yes, and it has OVER 9,000 NARWHAL COSTUME COMBOS. Also it’s pretty fun. I guess that’s important too. For real though, Starwhal is a fun concept—flip-flopping physics-based unicorn fish combat—that’s…

Graham Smith has written a fantastic piece on RPSthat argues the need for the BBC – a public body, not a company – to get involved in making games. “America, of course, embraced commercial television. Britain was different. We had a tradition of broadcasting as a public service.“

31 of the Most Satisfying Feelings In Board Games

Picking up a wild draw four card in Uno. Letting all of the Connect Four pieces drop after a match. Playing a dirty word in Scrabble. Being an ace at Jenga. If you’ve ever played many of the classic games in this video by BuzzFeedVideo, then you know exactly what I’m talking about. But the…

​Look at The Insane Moves You Can Pull Off In This Indie Shooter

Part of the reason I still hold a candle for the multiplayer shooters of the late 90s is their insane mobility. The characters in games like Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament, and Serious Sam all move like the Flash on the Moon. Reflex is hoping to capture a bit of that. Above is the “movement”…

Years Since the Nintendo 64’s American Release

As a child of the 90s, the Nintendo 64 was the console I remember. It had some of my all-time favorites, ranging from great-but-weird titles like Blast Corps and Pokemon Snap, to works of absolute genius like Paper Mario and Majora’s Mask But now it’s 18 years old today. If my console was a person,…

Pokémon Would Make Awesome Monster Hunter Enemies

I feel like the Pokémon games’ assessment of what would happen if the world were overrun by giant super-powered creatures is a little… optimistic. DeviantArt user Arvalis—of Pokemon-as-giant-friggin’-dinosaurs fame—has taken to pointing a Monster-Hunter-fication beam at some of his favorite no-longer-pocket-sized monsters. The result? Creations like this awesome Charizard, a beast of majesty, harrowing size,…

Destiny‘s Story Is, Uh, Hard To Explain

There’s the Traveler, and you’re supposed to be fighting the Darkness, and also there’s something named Rasputin that speaks Russian and, uh, look, let’s just shoot things okay? Critical reactions to Bungie’s slick new MMO-shooter have varied drastically, but there’s one thing we can all agree upon: the story is a mess. Comedy group Mega64…

The Game Release Calendar, Mordor Edition

Days before the Q4 release rush, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor lands with critical acclaim from Kotaku, joined by Forza Horizon 2 and Persona 4 Ultimax. The already-contentious season pass for Shadow of Mordor is also available. Over on our Movie and TV Calendar , Transformers: Age of Extinction is the big release this week, coming…

Ryse Looks Better On (Very Beefy) PCs

Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome was noteworthy for its amazing visuals, its extreme gore, and the amazing visual fidelity with which its extreme gore was rendered on Microsoft’s new console. Given the categories PC games normally excel in, its upcoming port must look even snazzier than the original, right? The hardware pros…

Game of the Year Editions Are So Silly

You’ve probably noticed this by now, but every year, nearly everything gets repackaged in a Game of The Year Edition. And when everything is apparently a Game of The Year, does that label even mean anything anymore? Here’s a funny take on the subject by videogamedunkey, which looks at some games that got a Game…

Korean League of Legends Announcer Hype Is The Best

It’s hard not to get pumped while watching Korean shoutcasters comment League of Legends matches—they’re just so freakin’ excited! You don’t even have to play League of Legends to appreciate the hype. The group stages for the 2014 League of Legends world championship took place last weekend, and it featured not just great top-level play,…