Island In New York Looks Like The Last Of Us

One of the refreshing things about The Last Of Us’ vision of the apocalypse was that it didn’t involve destruction. Mankind hadn’t been killed off by bombs, or aliens, but by nature itself, which was only too happy to reclaim our cities. It’s an aesthetic you don’t see very often in this, our real and…

Blizzard Is Suing Starcraft II Hackers

Blizzard is taking legal action against a group of StarCraft II players who created a set of cheats and hacks for the real-time strategy game. First spotted by TorrentFreak, Blizzard filed papers in a California court on May 19th alleging that an unidentified group of programmers infringed on the publisher’s StarCraft II copyright with a…

Popular Marijuana-Growing Game Pulled From The App Store

You can find places to buy weed on the app store. You can rate different strains of weed. You can download apps that teach you more about marijuana, or get apps that will give you various cosmetic weed changes to your phone. You can even roll fake joints. You can’t, however, download a game where…

There Is Beauty Inside Every Box Of Lucky Charms

Creating a submission for the hypnotically pleasing Things Organized NeatlyTumblr, General Mills’ Hello, Cereal Lovers put an entire box of Lucky Charms cereal in order. It’s breathtaking. As a certified lover of breakfast cereals, I’ve often considered performing similar projects on General Mills’ 50-year-old sweetened oat and marshmallow masterpiece. The problem is I generally get…

​PS4 Karaoke Puts The Phone in Microphone

Listen, being able to use your smartphone as a microphone for the just-announced PS4 version of SingStar just-announced PS4 version of SingStar is a brilliant idea. But there’s no escaping the fact that it looks a little silly, too. Previous entries in the PlayStation karaoke series had players warbling pop hits into microphone accessories. This…

Here’s A Fully Functional Stargate In Minecraft

We’ve seen many things built in Minecraft, but not all of them are functional. This Stargate actually spins, encodes chevrons, and most importantly, has a big watery explosion after the critical “Chevron 7 locked!” SethBling is an extremely talented Minecraft player and YouTuber who has made some amazing creations before, but as a Stargate fan,…

Consoles Are A Lot Prettier When They’re Made With Wood

The dream of boutique video game consoles has been alive for a while now. But has wood paneling ever looked this good on a PlayStation 4? This Balolo cover certainly puts last year’s attempt to shame. Check out more of Balolo’s work for the PS4 and Xbox One below. If you like what you see,…

ZeniMax Sues Oculus [UPDATE: Oculus Responds]

The folks who publish Doom are suing the new employer of the man who helped create it. Following a number of verbal barbs swapped between both companies over the past few weeks, the game publisher ZeniMax announced today that they’ve filed suit against VR company Oculus for “illegally misappropriating ZeniMax trade secrets relating to virtual…

The studio that helped bring many a Littlebigplanet to life is spreading its wings with an original game of its own. It’s called Hunger, and its concept art looks gorgeous in a gloomy sort of way. Learn more about it on the Tarsier Studios website