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

An Anti-Bullying Video Game Where Mean Kids Become Demons

If you’ve ever been teased, it can seem like the human beings making your life miserable are monsters. The developers behind an in-development anti-harassment game are getting literal with that feeling, turning the bullies in Sumoboy into actual demons. As the name Sumoboy suggests, lead character Oji isn’t a buff, grizzled space war veteran. He’s…

Steam In-Home Streaming Now Live For Everyone

Steam’s In-Home Streaming feature is now out of beta, allowing any users on Valve’s PC distribution service to stream games between two computers on the same network. This means you can plop a high-end gaming PC in one room and let it handle all the heavy-duty work while you stream games to your laptop. Or,…

RuPaul Really, Really Likes The Matrix

I always love it when famous people come out of the nerd closet. Considering how proudly eccentric RuPaul is, I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised to hear that the legendary drag queen finds inspiration from any number of myriad quirky sources. But I found his recent interview with Marc Maron eye-opening all the same.…

$30 Off A PS4, Huge GameStop Digital Sale, PSN Update, Wolfenstein

This might just be the most obvious top deal selection ever. You can grab a brand new PS4on eBay right now for $370, which is the best price we’ve ever seen. No telling how long this will last. [PlayStation 4 Console, $370] GameStop is currently holding a huge sale on a variety of PC and…

There’s A Super Teeny Tiny Chance You Could Be In The New Star Wars

The latest installment of Star Wars is great for many reasons, but now there’s one more: You can donate to charity for a chance to fly to London, meet the cast, and be in the latest film. Director J.J. Abrams explains in the video above, this is the start of a new initiative called “Star…

Chuck E. Cheese Is Becoming Oculus Rift Compatible

Children’s parties are a curious ordeal for parents, other kids, and really anybody other than the birthday boy or girl. And they’re about to get a lot weirder. How much weirder, you ask? Well, consider the phrase “Chuck E. Cheese’s Virtual Ticket Blaster Experience.” That’s right: Chuck E. Cheese is officially becoming an early adopter…

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Clever Gamer Dresses Up As An Enemy In Dark Souls II, Confuses Everyone

Wearing an enemy’s costume in Dark Souls II and scaring the hell out of others when they invade? That’s absolutely doable. YouTuber GuardianHX tried it out and got some incredible results This trickworked as well in the first Dark Souls but is harder to pull it off in the sequel, since characters have unique stances…