Good News: Rockstar has fixed the annoying Social Club bug that was making the PC version of Max Payne 3 such a nuisance to play. Because hey man, some of us still like to play Max Payne 3.

1980s Game Of Thrones Has The Best Music (And Credits)

You may have seen this video (by hunterlsanders) before. You may have heard this song (by Steve Duzz) before. But put them together and boy, you’ve got something special.

Why Spam Emails Are So Weird

You’ve been there before. A spam email pops up in your inbox and it’s utter nonsense. A rancid word jambalaya of “Hello dears,” a bunch of names you never even knew could be names, and sentences not of this world. Why? Why does anyone do that? Let me explain. With the help of Harry Potter…

Pacific Rim 2 Announced For 2017

Guillermo del Toro is getting his kaiju on once again, and we’ll see the results in a few years—Pacific Rim 2 is coming in 2017. April 7, 2017, to be specific. Del Toro is also working on an animated Pacific Rim series to be released before then. “The characters I love will return,” del Toro…

Behold, A Fleshlight Case…For Your iPad?

Watching this ad for Fleshlight Launchpad—a real iPad case that Fleshlight has been working on for a couple of years—I couldn’t decide if I was more amazed/baffled at the dupstep, or at the fact this probably wouldn’t work so well on a Skype call at all. Not without the entire thing becoming somewhat, err, turbulent…

Rust Is Getting Scrapped For A New Rust

If you didn’t like the way things were panning out in survival sim/trouserless apocalypse Rust, that’s cool. The developers are chucking it in the bin and starting over. Garry Newman, boss of developers Facepunch (and creator of Garry’s Mod), tells PCGamesN that Rust was actually built atop the code of a different game the team…

There Are Few Things As Impressive As Mega Man Speedruns

I’ve been watching Summer Games Done Quick all week, and though there have been a whole lot of great moments—Zelda: Oracle of Seasons was awesome!—my favorite runs so far are the Mega Mans. Between the crazy strategies and the tight little tricks that help these guys shave a few seconds off their final times, all…

How I Got My Sex Game On iTunes

“That stick… the one going down the center of the screen? I mean, if you ask me, it looks a lot like a penis,” Ryan said, referring to the video game I made. Ryan is an App Store employee with whom I recently discussed sex for about a half hour. I should back up. I…

​Watch Us Play Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight is out today! And if you saw Jason’s excellent review of it, you’ll know it’s definitely worth your time. But how does it play? What does it look like? Watch as I try to shovel, bounce and jump my way through Yacht Club Games’ NES inspired masterpiece. Thrill as I go from checkpoint…

Super Mario Bros. Beaten In Under Five Minutes, A New World Record

You’ve gotta watch this impressive Super Mario Bros. playthrough by speedrunner “Blubbler.” Blubbler beats the game in a bewildering 4:57.69. Previously, the world record for an “any percentage” completion run was held by andrewg, according to the SMB Leaderboards Wiki. The time? 4:58:09. A second can make all the difference in a speedrun! Here, the…

How George R.R. Martin Sees Game Of Thrones

If this is what it looks like inside George R.R. Martin’s head when he’s writing, no wonder he’s already written thousands of pages for this series. And of course, if you aren’t caught up on the series — Spoilers ahead This look into the writer’s brain brought to you by Mr.TVCow. Go visit him on…

Guacamelee and BattleBlock Theater Hit Games With Gold In July

After bringing Games with Gold to Xbox One for the first time in June, Microsoft is following up with the best selection of games the program has seen so far in July. Xbox One owners will get the excellent Guacamelee: Super Turbo Championship Edition on July 2, the day it debuts, while 360 owners can…

How To Train Your Dragon Cosplay Is Too Good

Hiccup, is that you? Where is Toothless? No but seriously though: this How To Train Your Dragon 2 cosplay by Liui Aquino nails it. I can practically see Aquino starring in a live-action version of the movie: There are also some shots of this cosplay as it was in-progress, in case you’re curious as to…

About Damn Time Someone Made a Yoshi SNES

This glossy piece of retro tech was made by Zoki64 on request. Which means you might be able to commission your own… but it won’t be cheap. Zoki64 [DeviantArt]

The Weirdest Things My Miis Are Saying To Me

One thing people have always loved about The Sims is its quirky made-up language. It’s become so popular since the series debuted that fans now affectionately refer to it as “Simlish.” It doesn’t make much sense, but half the fun comes from deciphering what sims are trying to tell you by the tone of their…