Someone Paid Over $750,000 For The World’s Largest Video Game Collection

When Michael Thommason put it up for sale earlier this month, the prospect of taking hold of the world’s largest video game collection probably seemed like a tall order for gamers lacking the necessary funds or storage space. But one had the luck and $750,250 necessary to take home the prize. According to an update…

A Charming Platformer About Coffins And Chariots

The passing of a loved one can always be tough, but just be thankful you don’t have to do physics puzzles to get them to their final resting place. In the video above, shot at E3 last week, the folks from Frima Studio walk us through their game Chariot. It’s a physics based co-op game…

‘Cheating’ Scandal Hits $10,000 Hearthstone Tournament

Yesterday, competitive Hearthstone player Radu “RDU” Dima won the DreamHack tournament for Blizzard’s digital card game, going home with $10,000. But the big win comes with an asterisk: during the second match of the finals, observers saw Dima’s in-game Hearthstone friends sending him in-game messages that included information about the cards in his opponent’s hand.…

Have a PS4? Never played classic adventure platformer Another World? You can change that starting next week when Eric Chahi’s beloved 1991 title hits Sony’s latest console

Deals: Free Peggle, Big Pre-Orders, Dragon Ball Z/GT, The LEGO Movie

There are a ton of great pre-order deals happening at the moment, so let’s round them up. pre-order Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth steam key with $5 credit pre-order Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney to save $8 pre-order EA Sports UFC and get UFC: Best of 2013 free pre-order Evolve with $5 credit…

Hear Optimus Prime Tell Us About Our Next Space Telescope

Some days, it feels like it can be difficult to get people excited about space exploration. It’s space! It’s the universe! Get excited already! Which is why NASA, being the lovable nerds that they are, have decided to use Peter Cullen, AKA the voice of Optimus Prime, to get you pumped about the Hubble’s successor.…

The Kickstarted documentary Video Games: The Movie is coming to screens both big and small next month, Variance films just announced. Watch the new trailer up top and check on the movie’s website to see if it’s coming to a theater near you.

The Dolphin Simulator Designed To Help Rehabilitate Stroke Patients

Animal simulators are all the rage these days, with games about playing as goats, cats, and bears all popping up in one form or another thanks to the magic of the internet. Playing as various members of the animal kingdom isn’t all fun and games, however—though that’s certainly an essential part of any such experience.…

Zelda Boss Promises To Stop Overdoing Tutorials

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword was, by most accounts, a very good game. It was also, by most accounts, excruciating until you could actually play it. See, the Wii’s second Zelda game is packed with introductions and tutorials, to the point where it takes four to five hours before you can actually start playing.…

Zelda Producer Dances Like A Chicken

I could watch this gif of Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma all day. Via this Facebook video (We’ll have more… substantial stories about Zelda and Aonuma later this afternoon.)

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24 Recap: Holy Crap, They Just Did That

PREVIOUSLY ON 24: Simone gets hit by a bus; her mom tries to blow her up; Jack outruns a drone in a car; Steve Navarro tries to get one of his analysts killed; Heller’s chief-of-staff talks to a Russian guy with ridiculous facial hair; Heller agrees to surrender himself to Lady Stark; Jason goes to…

StarCraft Pro Foiled By His Biggest Foe Yet: A Champagne Bottle

You might think the grand finals are the hardest part of any eSport tournament, but for some players that’s not the case. Korean StarCraft II player TaeJa, who—after winning 17 tough matches at Dreamhack—got defeated by the champagne bottle. He was simply unable to open it. And since it’s not the first time something like…

Watch Us Play Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Have you been wondering what a game filled with cute versions of your favorite Persona 3 and 4 characters plays like? Well wonder no longer. We’ve got you covered. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth is a spinoff Persona RPG that plays a lot like the Etrian Odyssey series of games—which is no surprise as…

Eating Mushrooms Would Have Horrible Effects On Mario In Real Life

Pete Holmes‘ latest clip puts poor Mario into the painful situation we all probably joked about before: Filling yourself with mushrooms in a realistic Mushroom Kingdom would have different effects, and it would be a nightmare. Scroll to the 44 second mark for the worst part of his trip. It’s brutal. Realistic Mario: Mushrooms [Pete…