You’re Basically Getting A New STALKER

We’ll likely never get a proper STALKER game again. But that’s OK! Some of the people who made STALKER – and Metro 2033 – are off to make a new game that’s a lot like STALKER, it just isn’t called that. That game is Areal, which is currently up on Kickstarter, described as the “definitive…

Rare Album Sells For Over $40,000 (Minecraft’s Creator Bought It)

Earlier this month, fans of British electronic musician Aphex Twin got a treat, with an entire album’s worth of unreleased music salvaged and sent out following a successful Kickstarter campaign. The actual record, though, could only go to one person. And that person was life-long Aphex Twin fan Markus Persson. The Minecraft creator won an…

​The Closest Thing To Walking Through Westeros

Have you ever wanted to travel to Castle Black, climb the wall, and look out over the frozen north? You’ll probably never be able to actually do that, but you do have options. The latest video from the people at Virtuix demonstrates their Omni VR treadmill, which has users put on slidey-shoes and slip around…

It’s kind of like XCOM, starring figures from the Revolutionary War. Upcoming sci-fi indie strategy game Outland 17 looks pretty interesting. The folks behind it are targeting a Q1 2015 release. More info on their website

The Sailor Moon Theme Song, As A Slow Jam

Not only is this R&B take on the Sailor Moon theme song sexier than the original, part of it is actually sung in Japanese. It’s kind of amazing. You can buy the track by ScottBradleeLovesYa on iTunes, along with other great songs we’ve featured before. Here’s the original theme song, for comparison’s sake:

​How Steam Sales Are Like Pokémon

Here in the midst of the Steam Summer Sale, it can be easy to lose sight of why we’re buying so many games. Is this really about actually playing things, or is it just about collecting ’em all? Dorkly‘s got another way of looking at things: Steam sales are just like Pokémon. A lot of…

Only One Minute to Play. Only One Life.

If this was 1985, Sixty Second Shooter Prime would be draining quarters from players’ pockets all over the world. Thankfully, in 2014, you only have to pay for it once. After debuting as a browser game and then moving to PlayStation Mobile/Vita as Sixty Second Shooter Deluxe, the latest mutation of Happion Labs‘ abstract twin-stick…

Attention: 24 fans—No recap this week because I’m really angry at the show after what they pulled last night. (There will be spoilers in the comments here.) We’ll return next week. Maybe.

Games Are Way Better With Wrestling Commentary

What would happen if wrestling legend Jim Ross did commentary for all our favorite video games? Hilarity, that’s what. My favorite moment in this video by TheBlueOwlPlays is between the Battlefield levolution moment, or the Zelda bit. What about you? WWE Commentary (Jim Ross) on Video Games – Episode 2 [TheBlueOwlPlays]

Steam Summer Sale Day 6, Injustice Vol. 1, and a Really Cheap TV

The Steam Summer Sale goes on with deals on Brothers and… well, this isn’t the strongest day so far, but definitely pick up Brothers and Nidhogg. [Steam Summer Sale] Pick up your your choice for best gaming mouse, the Razer DeathAdder 2013 today, and Best Buy will pack in $50 of Steam credit with your…