Sorry Ubisoft, Nintendo Beat You To The Top (Of The Mountain)

Ubisoft is spending a lot of money on a competitionwhich promises to let one person become the first to ever play a video game on Mt Everest, using custom hardware built to withstand the “harsh conditions”. It sounds amazing! Pity it’s already been done. As this epic thread bump on NeoGAF shows (the original Kotaku…

The history of sex in video games is… not so sexy. Cara Ellison’s “Gloriously Stupid History Of Sex In Games” feature on Vice looks back on the early days of sex in games, all the way up to the present. And you thought Custer’s Revenge was a travesty. It gets worse—but also thankfully better.

If you somehow hadn’t already got into the Destiny beta already, know that the thing is now open to everyone. Even if you don’t have a beta key.

Batman’s Greatest Villain Is Not The Joker, Penguin Or Ben Affleck

Batman’s origin was already depressing. Dorkly has found a way to make it even more traumatic. I’ve read a lot of Batman stories over the years but I can’t remember anything with this particular take. Yeah, you can laugh at it… if you’re the Joker.

I’m Pretty Sure Sunset Overdrive is Ratchet & Clank Reskinned

Back in the day Insomniac was top tier PlayStation. The Ratchet & Clank series ruled (unless you preferred Jak & Daxter, in which case: arguments) and it had nailed a perfect mix of run and gun controls and ‘what the hell did I just shoot’ weapons. Why any of it was happening didn’t matter, only…

Here’s a short and very shiny-looking teaser that San Diego Comic-Con attendees got to see for the new Transformers series, Robots in Disguise. Those Autobots sure love their three-point landings, don’t they? The show kicks off Spring 2015.

I really liked Clone Wars, but this? The art style is bugging me. It’s too… simple? I can’t put my finger on it. I’m interested in a series set in this era, but I’m not feeling the character designs or the overall look.

What GTA V Is Like For A Law-Abiding Citizen

A messed-up dad who’s in jail. Angst-filled childhood memories. A rocky romantic relationship. Weird dudes at the bar. Some players go to video games to try and escape this kind of stuff but one person’s using GTA V to create a life filled with it. You can see the outlines of a normal—if very sensitive—picture-taker…

“His beard alone required 2½ hours of careful yak-hair application.”

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson takes his job very seriously. As he should!

Here’s What World Of Warcraft’s New Tauren Will Look Like

Blizzard’s ongoing overhaul of World of Warcraft’s character models has wound its way towards the majestic bovine class known as the Tauren. This is a standard female model, shown in a post today on the studio’s Artcraft blog by senior art director Chris Robinson. On the left is what she once was. On the right,…

Timeless Life Advice, Brought To You By Mario Kart

Video games rot the brain? Pffft, hardly. I’d like to think some of my most valuable life lessons have come from games, lessons like “be cool to people” and “that jerk took the piece of loot I wanted, nevermind.” How about Mario Kart 8, though? What can we learn from that? Let’s find out with…

Hacking In 80s Movies Was Super Cheesy

Movies have never been that good at accurately representing interfacing with computers, especially in the early days. But it’s still a riot to watch what people thought it looked like. Founditemclothing put together a montage of some of the cheesiest hacking and computer moments in 1980s cinema. Of course, a bunch of them involve Matthew…

Our First Look At The Halo Live-Action Series

Microsoft just showed off this teaser for the Ridley Scott-produced Halo live-action series, which will start airing this November on Xbox platforms. There’s no word on whether Halo: Nightfall will be televised, too, but we did just learn that series protagonist Agent Locke will be a playable character in Halo 5: Guardians, which will be…

​James Joyce is Back, In VR Form

James Joyce’s Ulysses is a classic novel (I hear), but you know what could make it better (I assume)? Virtual reality (hopefully)! Look, I haven’t finished Ulysses. And that’s okay! Even nerds that celebrate Bloomsday can agree that it can be a daunting novel. Which is why Dublin filmmaker Eoghan Kidney is trying to make…