F.I.N.E. A.R.T. Power

Alan Bay is an artist who has worked for companies like Ubisoft and Koei. That means he’s worked on the Assassin’s Creed series, but in more colourful news, also means he’s worked on a Ninja Turtles game (2009’s Reshelled) You can see more of Alan’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics…

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I was just listening to NPR and this story came up about some new very scientific study about how people who say “like” and “um” and generally take a long time to say things do so because they’re actually just SMARTER than everyone else. And then it occurred to me: hey, I take a long…

Sucks To Be A Viking Who Doesn’t Get Into Valhalla

This is Jotun. It’s an “action-exploration” game, where you control a viking who has died an “inglorious death”. That doesn’t sound good. Because that kind of death doesn’t get you an express ticket to Valhalla, you’re stuck in purgatory fighting a bunch of monsters until you rack up enough Valhalla Points to get to, well,…

This thing was firstshown off over a year ago. And it’s still not out. What’s up, Figma? Killing us softly? Anyway, now there are shots of Marth, in living colour. They got the feet wrong, since there are feet, but apart from that, it’s perfect. [via Tiny Cartridge]

​Watch The Last of Us: One Night Live, Right Here

Tonight in Santa Monica, something strange and wonderful took place: The actors, writers, musicians and game developers who made The Last of Us put on a performance, live onstage. The show was streamed live, but if you missed it (or want to catch it again), you can watch a recording of the whole thing right…

Mike Tyson Now Has His Own Cartoon Show. Where He Solves Crime.

Mike Tyson’s rehabilitation from ear-biting convicted rapist to popular culture hero is almost complete, with the former boxing star getting his own cartoon show on Adult Swim that’s a lot like Scooby-Doo. Only, with Mike Tyson in it. The trailer is below. Know that Adult Swim’s official description is “In Mike Tyson Mysteries, a new…

Tessellation, ​Anti-Aliasing, And Other PC Graphics Terms, Explained

You’ve successfully made a new gaming PC. Congrats! It was the best, and it was also the worst. (But in general, it was the best.) Now, it’s time to play some games. What’s the first thing you do? Well, the first thing you do is probably download a few games. But once you fire one…

Watch These People Speedrun Pretty Much Every Game You Can Think Of

Do you like speedruns? Of course you do. They’re incredible, mesmerizing feats of human determination. Do you like them enough to watch 135 of them for a week straight, though? Well, if you’d like to speedrun the very concept of speedrunning, now you can, with games ranging from Final Fantasy VII to, um, Rock Band.…

Fist Bumps Better Than Handshakes, Says Science

I knew it! I knew it. Looks like Army of Two was onto something after all How do you greet people when you first meet them? Do you reach out a hand and grab on for dear life, as though you’re about to slip off the deck of the Titanic into the icy depths below?…

Hercules Was A Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson-Sized Disappointment

You have to steel yourself before going to see a new movie starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. It’s an intense feat of mental conditioning, on par with the way Mr. Johnson hyped himself up before stepping into the ring during his glory days as a professional wrestler. You must do this because while The Rock…