Bummed Tester Explains Why He Couldn’t Love Valve’s Steam Machine

Only 300 people have gotten to test out the Steam Machine that Valve itself is making. After six months with one of the hotly anticipated high-powered gaming PCs, one such man made a video talking about his experience with it. Watch it. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll ask “why, why, why? As most people probably…

Misconceptions about Space Battles You Probably Believe

“In space, no one can hear you scream.” Thanks to 1979’s hit Alien, that maxim’s been part of the popular consciousness for a while now, but there’s countless films and movies that just don’t seem to get it. Mass Effect, Star Wars, Halo and plenty more play fast and loose with science so often that…

Three Guys Left BioWare, Now They Make Games In A Van

The “Indie Van Game Jam” was supposed to drive around the country, making games and interviewing developers. Their kickstarter project didn’t make enough money, but they decided to do it anyway. Zeb, Chad and Diego met each other while working on Star Wars: The Old Republic at BioWare Austin. After the game’s release, there were…

Finally, A Game Where You Can Get Huge Points For Sniffing Dog Butts

You see them barking, jumping and running around in their little dirt track fiefdoms all over your cities. No jobs, no bills, no deadlines. They look like they’re having so much fun. How much fun? A new game breaks it down for you. Dog Park lets you be a dog. Not an anthropomorphized, talking, walking-on-two-legs…

Blizzard Cancels Titan

Technically, Blizzard never announced their long-in-development MMORPG Titan. It was always one of those big open secrets. And now, seven years later, the game is cancelled, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime tells Polygon “I wouldn’t say no to ever doing an MMO again,” Morhaime said to Polygon. “But I can say that right now, that’s not…

NES To USB, Corsair Gaming Gear, More Destiny Deals [Deals]

Need to plug an NES Controller into a PC or Mac. Now you can with this adapter, which is down to $11 today. [Tomee NES Adapter] More of a Super Nintendo person? This SNES Retro USB Controller was a nominee is Lifehacker’s Best PC Gamepad Hive Five and #13 in our list of the 13…

I Hope Someone Brings This JRPG To The West

A new 3DS RPG by the folks who worked on the SaGa series? Yes, please. This one had better get out of Japan. Meet Legend of Legacy, not to be confused with Beyond the Beyond or Divine Divinity, a newly-announced JRPG by the company behind Unchained Blades that comes out in January. The staff roll…

GameStop Now Accepting Old Toys For Store Credit. Great. [Update]

Remember back in 2012 when GameStop started allowing customers to trade in original Skylanders figures for store credit, and the customer service folk were completely miserable? Now GameStop is accepting Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures. Update: I traded some, check out what I got for them below. The original Skylanders trade-in plan did not last…

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Facebook Status Wars As Street Fighter, Only More Brutal

A never-ending battle to promote yourself, now with multiplayer. Director Dennis Liuputs my constant unease with the social network in terms I can relate to. I’ve been guilty in the past of basking in new baby likes. I may have even milked the fact that they were twins, but since then I’ve maintained relative radio…

A World Map Showing Where People Are Playing Smash Bros Right Now

Here’s a cool new feature in the newest Super Smash Bros. game for 3DS: a map of the globe that shows where everyone’s playing at any given time. As you can see in the shot above, right now most Smash players are based in Japan, though that’ll likely change when the game comes out in…

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Six Wild Metal Gear Solid V Fan Theories

With TGS and a handful of new Metal Gear Solid V footage behind, Outside Xbox’s clip weaves further the web of never ending fan theories about the game’s plot and the characters’ backgrounds. All of them sound a bit crazy and compelling, but my favorite is the one that says the mute sniper Quiet is…

Spider-Man Video Games Need More Mysterio

Sure he wears a purple cape and a fishbowl on his head, but Mysterio’s special effects-based powers make for a really trippy introduction to Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes‘s Spider-Man playset. Mysterio’s made his way into plenty of Spider-Man video games — he was the main villain in the Questprobe Spidey game, after being passed…

Iron Man Looks Badass In Samurai Mech Armor

Iron Giants is a series of Iron Man art made by artist Clog Two, with Tony Stark posing in various cool Iron Man suits. Some are redesigns of already existing ones, like the War Machine, some are completely new. Here’s a few in their full glory. You can find a lot more over here Iron…

Sony: Delaying Games Is ‘The Right Call’

It’s been a year of high-profile delays. Evolve, Battlefield Hardline, The Division, Batman, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Assassin’s Creed Unity, The Order and GTA 5 on PC are just a few high profile slips on the list. Chances are: if you want it, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer. This post originally appeared…