Here’s One Thousand People Doing the Ice Bucket Challenge

Not sure if this can be topped, but supposedly, over a thousand people in Xiamen, China gathered to dump ice on their heads in the name of ALS research. This, wait for it, throws cold water on the previous record. According to Guinness World Records, 428 people simultaneously dumped ice water on their head on…

The Dudesons vs Minecraft

This might be the tamest thing I’ve ever seen Finnish pranksters The Dudesons take a swing at. Nothing explodes, nothing bleeds and the only things broken are some (impressive) cardboard Minecraft suits.

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EA Says They’re Fixing The Sims 4’s Gay Filter

Since The Sims 4 launched last week, some players have discovered that the game won’t let them share Sims through its online “Gallery” system if they use words like “gay,” “homosexual,” or “queer” in the character’s name or description. EA told Kotaku today that it’s aware of this problem and is fixing it. Kotaku first…

Sad, Beautiful Photos Of Video Games

Photographer Pavel Vesnakov is trying something cool: a blending of screenshots and real-world photography techniques to create images that are very different to what you’d normally see coming out of a game. “First I am taking normal screenshots, which I post-produce with a template that I’ve developed”, Pavel tells me. He then takes out his…

Up In The Club, Doing Our Own Lil’ Thing

Tina and I are enjoying our sweet new outfits.

Heroic Kickstarter Wants To Build A 13-Foot Star Destroyer

LEGO builder Thomas Benedikt has big dreams. He wants to build a LEGO version of a Super Star Destroyer. And yes, there’s an official model of an SSD already available, but it’s only 4-feet long. Thomas wants to build one over three times larger One catch: that takes a lot of LEGO bricks. So Thomas…

The DuckTales Theme Song With Real Ducks Is Just Too Much

DuckTales. Real ducks. I think I speak for everyone when I say, “[collapses into cutestolgia overload coma].” And/or “woo-ooo.” For comparison’s sake, here’s the original opening, which the real duck version apes (mixed animal metaphors!) gamely, pretty much scene-for-scene. And yeah, you’re probably gonna have this song stuck in your head for the rest of…

Guy Trades In 203 Copies Of Controversial Old Sega Game

This isn’t something you see every day. Earlier this week, a man walked into a used game store in Albuquerque, New Mexico (what is it with New Mexico and treasure troves of old games?) and sold a bunch of old Sega stuff. Among it was a box that contained 203 copies of Night Trap, one…

The Stories Behind League of Legends‘ Biggest Championship

League of Legends‘ World Championship series—featuring the absurdly popular MOBA’s best players—is about to kick off. Major matches will be held all around, you know, the world, culminating in what will easily be one of the biggest eSports events ever. Still don’t care? Then watch this video. Truth be told, I’m not as up on…

Zerg Impersonator Is Disgusting (But Also Accurate)

The Zerg from Starcraft don’t make noises I would call pleasant, and trying to imitate them with a normal human larynx is no easy task. Lucky (?) for us, one fan has our back. UPDATE: Looks like he removed the video. Ah well. In the video above, Starcraft fan Alex Paler tries to imitate various…

Old Game Boy Ads Weren’t Exactly Family Friendly

Nintendo’s cultivated an image as the most squeaky clean creator on game company block, but it wasn’t always that way. And by that I mean the ’90s were weird, you guys. Gaming tumblr Pxlbyte brings us a smattering of old ads for the Game Boy and Game Boy Pocket, a few of which are oddly……