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UncategorizedThe Silent Hills Playable Trailer Can Be A Little Frustrating
Released as under the abbreviated name “P.T.”, the playable trailer for Silent Hills features a lot of wandering down the same two hallways. This webcomic by Bryce Corbett captures the frustration of trying to figure out the game’s puzzles: Speaking of the demo, have you seen the balcony ghost? And this video shows off the…
By John Struan Published August 13, 2014 - Culture
Who Watches The Watch Dogs? Oh, She Does.
Fabien Troncal is an artist who has worked for a while now at Ubisoft, first at the company’s Paris studio and now in Montreal. A lot of the stuff he does is promotional and production art, meaning he works on the kind of images you see on posters, or website ads, or magazine covers, or…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf You Want To Play This Arcade Game, You’ve Gotta Find It
The MAME emulator has, for over a decade now, let people play arcade classics in the comfort of their own home. But it’s worth remembering that while the vast majority of games are out there and playable, at least in some form, not all of them are. Some, you simply have to play on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedSalmon Cannon Shoots Fish At 22mph
We can put a man on the moon, but we can’t fire fish over a dam in an enormous salmon cannon and…oh, wait, we can do that. This is quite literally a cannon for salmon. Just say that name a few times, test it out, see how it sounds like caramel dipping off the end…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2014 - UncategorizedBy Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2014
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EsportsComing Soon To Steam… A Baseball Fighting Game
Yes, you read that right. Baseball fighting game. Two combatants, two bats, one deadly, deadly ball. Oh, and some of the characters are skateboarding robots. The game is called Lethal League, and we wrote about it back when it was still a squalling baby flash game. Now it’s all grown up, feature-packed, and set to…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
Xbox One Will Soon Let You Play Pirated Movies & TV Shows
It’s not the kind of news that makes the headlines during a press conference, but it is the kind of news that can help sell systems: the Xbox One is getting native, official support for .mkv, one of the world’s most popular video formats (well, containers). Let’s get real: while they have many technical benefits,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedTitanfall Domination, Courtesy Of Grenades
Grenades: They sure do explode! In this video, YouTuber GameInReview demonstrates some high-level uses for frag grenades in Titanfall. I doubt I could pull off half of this stuff, but it sure is fun to watch him wreck other players seemingly at will.
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedMan, This Guy Is Pissed at Madden
Few things in life give me joy like watching a friend lose it because of a video game glitch. This guy, however, takes it to the next level. Watch as Nflpanthers07media flips out over a Madden play gone horribly wrong and starts screaming. To be fair, I’d be pissed too — the physics and the…
By Chris Person Published August 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
It’s Easier To Bring A New-Gen Game To 360 Than PS3, Ubisoft Says
Today Ubisoft announced that country-sized racer The Crew will be coming to Xbox 360 in addition to Xbox One and PlayStation 4. PlayStation 3, however, has been left sputtering at the starting line. Fans aren’t pleased, but Ubisoft claims it’s much easier this way. While Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are roughly comparable in terms…
By Nathan Grayson Published August 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Best Pokémon Cards Are Like Mini Comics
Look closely, and you may just notice that separate Pokémon card backgrounds actually come together to form a single picture—or even better, tell us an awesome story. The three cards above, for example? Those are the legendary dogs from the “Neo Revelation” trading card expansion, Suicune, Raikou and Entei. If viewed separately, you might have…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedHell Breaks Loose When You Mod Skyrim
PC Skyrim players all must have a moment where they get bored of vanilla Skyrim and then look into mods. What happens after that key moment may be completely bonkers, depending on what someone actually decides to download. Or at least, that’s the stereotype people have about PC Skyrim players according to this parody by…
By Patricia Hernandez Published August 13, 2014 - Uncategorized
Damn, This Super Smash Bros. 3DS XL Is Hot
Nintendo announced this baby for Europeon October 3, when the new Smash Bros. launches on 3DS. I hope it comes to the U.S. too. Very sleek. Cluttered, but sleek. (Hard to beat my black/goldZelda XLthough.)
By Jason Schreier Published August 13, 2014 -
UncategorizedOk, This Move Should Be in the Next Titanfall Game
Sure would be useful if the giant robots in Respawn’s hit game could pick you up and throw you at enemies, right? There are a few scenarios in Titanfall where Titan robots and on-foot human pilots team up in combat. But none of them are as cool as the move seen here in the latest…
By Evan Narcisse Published August 13, 2014
