When Fallout Mods Turn The First Town Into Hell

Sometimes, you just don’t know what you’re getting into with mods. Sometimes, mods turn the familiar into delicious chaos. I’ve seen plenty of wacky mods in my time. But that still didn’t prepare me for the stuff A Jolly Wanker encountered on this playthrough of New Vegas—which had them scrambling to figure out how to…

Check Out Upcoming Games At The GameStop Expo Live, Right Here

Today’s the day gamers from across the country converge on Anaheim, California for GameStop’s annual consumer gaming show. If you’re not there, you can watch it here. I don’t blame you for not showing up. Unless you’re in Anaheim, it’s a pretty long way to go for a one day event. You should get enough…

How To Be A Ghostbuster Without CGI

You kids today with your fancy computer graphics. Back in the old days, folks had to do everything with mirrors and trickery. That’s what Shanks VX did! In the video above, Shanks FX uses complicated light painting (long exposure photography) to recreate the iconic proton stream from Ghostbusters without CGI. Granted, it’s not exactly how…

Destiny Day Two Discount, Humble Bundle 12, Arkham Batmobile [Deals]

Soften the blow of missing out on Destiny’s Limited and Ghost Editions, and not playing on launch day by getting 20% off. PS4 Xbox One Update: Limited Editions currently in stock. Follow us on Twitter to never miss a deal! Get these deals and more, and earlier on Deals.Kinja. Connect with us on Twitter and…

Grant Morrison’s New Sci-Fi Comic Is About How F***ed-Up Hollywood Is

Grant Morrison writes weird comics. Comics filled with streets that talk, a Joker that squeezes Batman’s ass and a Superman who saves the universe by singing to it. Some of those lovingly bizarre ideas get pulled from his own life and experiences. But the head-trip material from his newest stuff comes from this reality’s nexus…

Watch Dogs Is Finally Coming To Wii U In November

Rejoice, Wii U owners—you, too, will get a third-party game this fall. Ubisoft just announced that their open-world hacking game Watch Dogs comes to Wii U on November 18 in North America. Watch Dogs was first released for Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4, and PC in May. It’s not great. But maybe the Wii…

Highlight Reel: Mario Kart AI Finally Gets Revenge

Maybe Wario was just having a bad day. Maybe he was beaten one too many times. Either way, now he’s pissed. It’s Highlight Reel, the show where we round up great moments from around the gaming world and put them all in one easy-to-find video! Today, Mario Kart’s AI finally gets some revenge on a…

There’s A New SimCity Game Coming To Mobile

Looking very much like the mobile counterpart to last year’s troubled city building simulator, SimCity Build It has been announced by EA as “an all-new SimCity game like you’ve never seen before.” There are so many ways this could go wrong. Three screenshots and very little concrete info is what we get with the announcement…

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Troy Baker And Nolan North Together In The Shadow of Mordor

If I wind up picking up a copy of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, it will be because of these two men right here. Well, mostly. I’m a fan of Monolith Productions, despite some recent missteps, and I’m no stranger to the setting, so there’s some pull there as well. But the main draw of the…

The New Godzilla Movie, Retold As a Weird 16-Bit Game

CineFix is back with their old school video game reconstructions of movies. This time they processed the story of this year’s Godzilla, and it turned out to be a strange mixture of Metal Slug and SNK’s King of Monsters On thing is sure: there’s more Godzilla in this one than there was in the movie.…

What Would a Dreamcast be Like in 2014?

Fifteen years ago, the Dreamcast launched in North America, five weeks before hitting the UK. D.R.E.A.M.C.A.S.T. It was a games console. No, it was nothing like the PlayStation 2. Yes, it was really called Dreamcast, even in the UK. This post originally appeared on Gizmodo UK It was revolutionary, and we’re not just saying that…

Why NPCs Always Have The Same One-Liners

Dorkly has the answer in their latest comic about why all the NPCs in various stores act weird and repeat the same sentences over and over again. It’s absolutely not because their AI is simple. Check out more Dorkly comics here. Why RPG NPCs Always Repeat Themselves [Dorkly] To contact the author of this post,…

First Look at Sherlock Holmes in the New Ace Attorney

London’s super sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, will be making an appearance in the upcoming newAce Attorneygame, Ace Attorney: The Adventures of Ryunosuke Naruhodou According to his character description in this week’s Weekly Famitsu, Holmes is, “The most famous detective in the world. His unparalleled observation and deductive skills see not only the ‘truth’ but sometimes go…

In Japan, Burger King Has a Black Cheese Burger

The black buns? We’ve seen those before. But why, Burger King, why black cheese? Why? NariNari reports that Burger King Japan is rolling out another “Kuro Burger” (“Black Burger”), with buns made from bamboo charcoal, an onion and garlic sauce made with squid ink, beef patties made with black pepper, and black cheese, which is…

Giant Minecraft Map Has 10 Different Game Modes

Minecraft has a genre of maps, called Complete The Monument or CTM, where you have to collect a set of items while overcoming various challenges, be that defeating bosses or getting through an obstacle course. In Diversity 2, there’s ten challenges to beat—and each of them is wildly different. Diversity 2, as its name shows,…