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Why Pools and Toddlers Won’t Be in The Sims 4
When it was announced that pools and toddlers wouldn’t be in the next installment of The Sims, longtime fans got pretty upset. Now, EA’s explaining why those elements will be missing See, the game’s going to be totally different. A new post on the official Sims website acknowledges the displeasure voiced by Sims devotees and…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Link Retires From Adventuring, Takes Up…Wrestling
Oakland’s Hoodslam indie wrestling events, which we’ve actually covered before, outdid themselves over the weekend with theatrically combative tributes to not just Street Fighter, but Zelda as well. These clips were taken by @jjsignal (artist on the very cool Read Only Memories, check it out), who had a way better Saturday night than any of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
GameStop’s Preorder Plans Sound Like Bad News [Update]
Of all the things wrong with big, blockbuster video games, few are as shitty as the obsession with preordering. So you’ll be just thrilled to know that GameStop’s plans for the future of the practice are, should they ever come to fruition, pretty much a nightmare scenario. According to a report on GamesBeat, the retail…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Racing Car Gets Joke Half-Life 3 Sponsorship
The reader blog over at Jalopnik got a pretty sweet deal last month: for just a few bucks they could get their names on a car that was competing in the famous 24 Hours Nürburgring endurance race in Germany. Thing is, not everyone who contributed went with their real name. One contributor, Savant, saw his…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
An Idiot In Azeroth: Part One
On a cold Sydney winter morning I stand at the train station. The sun cuts through the crisp azure sky and I think to myself, “this reminds me of the sky in Elwynn forest as I wandered carefree as a level 3 noob and was coldly cut down by a bandit near the crystal lake.…
Mark Serrels Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedQ*Bert Rebooted For Today’s Short Attention Span Gamers
For years our coverage of classic arcade game Q*Bert has been limited to hardcore players attempting to break longevity records. No normal person has time to play a game for 80 hours straight these days. That’s what Q*Bert Rebooted is for. Coming very soon (possibly tomorrow) to Steam and then mobile platforms, the new Q*Bert…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedIf Someone Made An Art Film About The Flash
The life of a superhero is often an anxiety-riddled mess — so it’s only appropriate that a classic DC hero gets a pretentious, art house adaptation. Filmmaker Patrick Willems has graced us with a peek into a world where Swedish director Ingmar Bergman (the man behind the brooding classics Persona and The Seventh Seal) was…
By Chris Person Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedInside The World of GTA Online’s Intense Biker Gangs
Of course people playing GTA Online have formed digital gangs—the “crews” feature, which allows everyone to assign special roles and ranks within a group, is practically built for this. But damn, some people take crews in GTA Online really seriously. Take the Reaper Lords, for example. They are a biker gang that only exists inside…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
164 Mouse Clicks Take You Through a Fun Retro Game Adventure
Old enough to have loaded games from cassettes back in the day? Then, this charming interactive cartoon will remind you of old-school graphical journeys from back in the day. It isn’t quite a game, but don’t let that stop you. Super Pixel Quest comes from artist Emmanuel Espinasse, who works in both print and digital…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
One Of The Best Final Fantasy Games Turns 14 Today
Happy birthday, Final Fantasy IX! You’re fourteen years old now, and still just as lovely as you were back in 2000, though you could stand to take it easier on the random encounters. FFIX, a story about an interspecies romance and a wizard child who learns how to have feelings, first came out in Japan…
By Jason Schreier Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedMan Puts TV On Head, Wins Cosplay
This reel of cosplayers from Heroes Con 2014 has some of the staples you’d expect, like multiple versions of Deadpool, Spider-Man and Captain America. But I wasn’t prepared for the magnificence that is Prince Robot IV from Saga. Look at that TV-head. It’s glorious. If you read Saga, then you know that the Prince’s head…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fans Are Pissed About Alleged Cheating In The Recent Pokémon Tournament
Astute Pokémon fans noticed something interesting during the Pokémon National Championships this past weekend—something that seemed like it should have been impossible without the use of cheating. Attempting to cheat at Pokémon tournaments isn’t new: literally thousands of people have been caught in the act before. Nevermind the huge prevalence of hacked Pokémon online, be…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedPushmo World Is My Favorite Kind Of Puzzle Game
This’ll be easy, I said. How can it not be? The game is too cute to not be easy Little did I know. I was playing Pushmo World. The game is the latest installment in one of Nintendo’s lesser-known series, so I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I booted up…
By Yannick LeJacq Published July 7, 2014 -
UncategorizedHow To Beat Shovel Knight In The Late ’80s
The excellent Shovel Knight already feels like it was time-warped in from the late 1980s. Why not give it a period-appropriate tips video? The always-enjoyable My Life in Gaming has dedicated their latest “VHS tips video” to Shovel Knight, complete with tracking fuzz and Overly Articulate Announcer Guy. Happily, for all the kitschy packaging, there…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Disney Infinity Star-Lord and Gamora Figures
Looks like Star-Lord and Gamora from the Guardians of the Galaxy will be available for Disney Infinity this fall. Via CBR and DIF You are now looking at Screenburn, a Kotaku blog dedicated to the best gaming images, videos and GIFs online.
By John Struan Published July 7, 2014 -
CultureThe Internet Reacts To Sailor Moon Crystal
Now that the world has had a chance to watch Sailor Moon Crystal this weekend, everyone seems to have something to say about the new reboot. Some stuff is positive, which is unsurprising, given how beloved the franchise is. And some stuff definitely has a tinge of disappointment to it. Regardless of how you feel…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
Shiny Batman Is The Square Enix Exclusive San Diego Comic-Con Deserves
One fo the best Batman action figures on the market is the Arkham Origins Play Arts Kai Batman from Square Enix, but I’m having a hard time justifying the $99 purchase. Slap on a coat of shiny paint and limit it to 1,000 figures sold during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con and I may reconsider.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 7, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Diversity Question
“How long is your game?” That used to be the tough one. That used to be the question a video game creator could hardly give an answer to without birthing a scandal. I see all these questions about diversity in gaming these days, about women in Assassin’s Creed or gay marriage in a Nintendo game.…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 7, 2014