Super Mario Bros. 3 Finally Comes To Wii U And 3DS Today

Rounding out today’s Nintendo Virtual Console update is Super Mario Bros. 3, generally considered one of the best platformers ever made. I have no idea why it took this long for Nintendo to release their NES classic on 3DS and Wii U, but hey. BABY STEPS. (Also out on Virtual Console today: the GBA games…

PC Mega Sale, Titanfall, GTAV, Tropico 5, Portable Gaming For Bosses

The GAEMS G155 Sentry Personal Gaming Environment doesn’t get a whole lot of attention, but it’s an essential piece of equipment in many a gamer’s life, from college students to military personnel. You strap your Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 into the protective case, which sports its own screen and speakers, find a wall outlet,…

​Sonic the Hedgehog Dances His Way Into Your Nightmares

Warning: the video below contains people in Sonic character suits doing some really terrible twerking. The dance routine featuring Sega’s mascot character has been around for a while but just popped up on my radar via the Facebook timeline of Twitch streamer RaquibMarvelous. The segment originally aired years ago on Puerto Rican variety show Entre…

Create Your Own Mortal Kombat Cosplay With This One Weird Trick

You may know the old trick to turn a t-shirt into a ninja mask, but throw in some pants and a lampshade, and you can have a pretty sweet Raiden costume. Redditor Aaragon posted an image titled “Cosplay for beginners” showing how to add to the t-shirt mask with a pair of pants: Which resulted…

Who would’ve guessed that this is what the Little Sisters in BioShock started out as? Eurogamer just published a thorough report on the origins of the seminal first person shooter that’s worth a close read.

A Puzzle Game That Makes You Kill Yourself To Win

Life Goes On embraces death in a way that most games don’t. Sure, lots of platformers embrace death in the sense that they know that landing the perfect jump will first require a lot of trial and error, but few make you intentionally kill yourself to get across from point A to point B. Here’s…

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​Coming Soon To An RPG Near You: Panic Attacks!

Life is stressful and sometimes even the bravest people shut down under too much trauma. Darkest Dungeon takes that emotional reality and weaves it into the game, giving players a band of warriors who can get so sick and tired of fighting all the damn time that they’ll just quit or run away. We’re used…

The second season of the The Walking Dead, Telltale Games’ renowned episodic adventure game, is coming to the PlayStation Vita next Tuesday, April 22, Sony announced this morning. In other words: if you have a Vita and you haven’t already started playing this phenomenal game, plan to set aside a few hours next week. We’re…

Ten Things You Might Have Missed in Dark Souls 2

Dark Souls II is a huge game. Even its world hub, Majula, has easter eggs in every corner that are really easy to miss. Some might be easy to discover, some need NG+10 to be unlocked (good luck). YouTuber Vaati‘s here to demonstrate his findings with a cool video. Here’s the full clip (with spoilers,…

They’re trying to put Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot on Steam. The pair of venerable MMORPGs, launched in 1997 and 2001, respectively, have recently come under the control of the newly-formed Broadsword Online Games, who took to Steam Greenlight in an effort to find a new audience for the two classics.