LEGO Top Gun Should Be On The Front Page Of Every Newspaper

Ralph Savelsberg wanted to build a LEGO fighter jet, so he figured he may as well build one of the most iconic out there: not just an F-14 Tomcat, but Maverick’s F-14 Tomcat from 1986’s Top Gun. How LEGO builders conceptualise this stuff, just knowing what pieces will work where, never ceases to amaze me.…

The Top 100 Games On Steam Are (Probably) These Ones

Yesterday, Ars Technica published an exhaustive look at Steam sales figures. A day later and some slight adjustments have had to be made, thanks to some corrections to their data (it’s not a big deal), but something has been added to the report. A list of the top 100 games on Steam. Like the rest…

‘Attack on Titanfall‘ Would Be A Horrible Combination

Good thing Titanfall doesn’t have actual titans in it—that seems like a recipe for disaster. And by “real titans,” I mean the type of titans you’ll find in Attack On Titan. You know, the man-eating giant humanoids? Yeah, those. Those types of titans would be bad news, as this mash-up by happyhour shows. I think…

Boy’s Dying Wish Was For A Star Wars Funeral

Jack Robinson, from Portsmouth, England, was just four years old when he died earlier this month of an inoperable brain tumour. It’s the most tragic of passings, but if there’s any consolation to be had from such sadness, it’s that Jack’s dying wish (well, wishes) were granted. Jack’s parents, Terence and Marie, had helped him…

The Ultimate Cosplay Hero

Cosplayers work hard to bring your favorite characters to life—but that doesn’t prevent things from going wrong come convention time. In fact, it’s not uncommon to experience small disasters when wearing a costume out in the wild. And that’s exactly where Captain Patch-It comes in. Discovered in Supanova Melbourne earlier this year, Captain Patch-It may…

People Are Playing Frogger On A Skyscraper

The comparison has been many many, many times by people trying to run and dodge through traffic: it feels just like playing Frogger. Except it’s terrifying, because you’re the frog. This is particularly troubling in developing countries still in need of a robust public infrastructure to regulate traffic. Spanish game studio Noobware is trying to…

Here’s What Happens When You Throw A Marshmallow Peep Out An Airlock

Ever wondered what would happen if a marshmallow Peep was exposed to the cold, uncaring, probably Easter-hating vacuum of space? Of course you have. Slate brings us this landmark moment in science straight from Texas A&M’s Physics and Engineering Festival. Experimenter Phil Plait noted that Peeps—with their puffy little bodies, dead eyes, and very nearly…

Hearthstone, Blizzard’s addictive online card game, is now available on iPad worldwide. New players get a free pack of cards.

Artists, Even Game Developers, Are Weird. That’s A Good Thing.

Video games have their rockstars. But they’re not the same kind of rockstars as the ones who strut around in dresses made of meat or go on talk shows to argue about their Twitter feuds. Compared to pop music or Hollywood, games often seem like they have a culture of celebrity that’s far more subtle.…

Sit Back And Relax With These Dark Souls Ambient Recordings

It sounds like a silly idea, but put on headphones and listen to a minute of giant axes gently swinging in Sen’s Fortress and tell me you don’t feel more relaxed. YouTube user eroticfishcake recorded a collection of ambient sounds in Dark Souls, along with some rather pretty shots of the areas the sounds are…

Mod Makes Mass Effect‘s Climactic Space Battle Playable In Homeworld

As a fan of space combat sims, my gut twisted as I watched the massive battle between the Reapers and everyone else play out via cut scene in Mass Effect 3. I wanted to control it. Phoenix Interactive’s Mass Effect Reborn mod for Homeworld 2 gives me that chance. Mass Effect Reborn, released in early…