Whose Bright Idea Was It To Put Mario Kart Underwater, Anyway?

There’s a reason Nintendo keep a very loose leash on “realism” in stuff like Mario Kart. Oh come on, don’t try and tell me you’ve never wondered how they survive so long down there…

Not Sure If Actual Thorin Oakenshield Actor Or Cosplayer

A physical likeness to the character you’re cosplaying as is never a necessity. But if you’ve got one anyway, boy does it have an effect. If you’re wondering, this was the winner in the cosplay stage event at the Salt Lake City FantasyCon.

If You Play Too Much Civilization, You Need Help

It’s not a problem, OK? It’s a disease I reinstalled Civ V the other day, and it has fucked me up. My family is away on holidays for a few weeks so I’m home alone, meaning that I’ve been sliding back into the very worst habits of a Civ fan, from ignoring my own “one…

“Jake” Sparrow. Cute. Cosplay by Stoic-Ambience, photo by Estrada Photography

On Cliff Bleszinski, Zynga & Meetings

Cliff “Cliffy “Dude Huge” B” Bleszinski, formerly of Epic but on a break for a while, has a new gig. It’s being published by Nexon, but before signing on that dotted line, he met with pretty much everyone. And that included Zynga. In a Reddit AMA, Cliff says: I know so many folks at EA,…

Suggested reading: Michael McMaster’s thoughts on Mountain. “It’s not aspiring to anything greater. It’s iconography. This is fine.”

If you liked Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and weren’t already psyched for the sequel, this new trailer should do the trick. See you soon, Monokuma.

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How Owning A PC Is Kind of Like Owning A Dog

PCs and dogs have lots in common, you know. No, really! Well, OK, owning PCs and dogs are mostly similar…until you get to the part where you have to consider buying a new PC. That’s when the similarities drawn by this Dorkly comic start getting a bit more heartbreaking: 🙁 You can read more Dorkly…

How To Eject From Your Titanfall Mech With Style

It sucks when someone destroys your Titanfall mech. But it sucks even more to safely eject, only to be blown from the sky by an eagle-eyed opponent. This video from FrothyOmen goes over some advanced ejection techniques, including how to set yourself spinning in the air to make yourself harder to hit, as well as…

Fan Pirates Game, Accidentally Tells Developer About It

When fighting game fan “Dan Hibiki” got a strange message while playing Skullgirls, he did what anyone with a Twitter account might do: he contacted the game developers to ask what was going on. Little did he know that the message, pictured below, was something that only those who pirated the game could see. The…