My Big Day Out at the Pokémon National Championships

A boy is crying in front of me. He’s being spoken to by an official-looking woman in a red and black t-shirt, a sad toothy grimace etched across his wet face. His mum stands next to him, listening patiently. Every few moments she turns to her son and repeats what’s just been said in a…

New Arcade Joystick Comes with Wrist Rumble

Dubbed the Arcade Stick Inazuma, this is, well, an arcade-style stick, but with a cool feature: Wrist rumble. While using this GameTech stick, you can wear a special strap on your wrist and get force feedback while playing. I’ve never really thought about wrist rumble before, but I’d certainly be keen to give this a…

Perhaps The Prettiest Morrowind Ruins In Existence

“Perhaps” because it’s not like I’ve seen every mod for Morrowind. Someone might have come up with something better in the past, even with the limitations of an old PC game like Morrowind. But yeah, these look great. The new “Remnants” trailer for Skywind, the ambitious mod which aims to bring Morrowind to Skyrim’s game…

Well, That’s a Good Way To Piss Off Korean Gamers [Update]

Anime, gaming, and cosplay event Japan Expo is underway in Paris. And since Riot Games is in attendance, the studio created a notice on the League of Legends website. The image accompanying the announcement has some Korean gamers up in arms. Over on the League of Legends forum, member Twking pointed out that the character…

Please Don’t Spoil the New Persona Game, Begs Atlus

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, the latest game in Atlus’ popular Persona franchise, comes out on the 3DS in Japan today, and the developers want people to be considerate. It’s in our nature to want to talk about or share the things we like and think are cool. But, just because you’ve seen the…

Oh hey. Those awesome action figures from Boss Fight Studios that I wrote about in March? There’s now a Kickstarter to help get them up and running. If you want to support a company that can make badass action figures that can actually pose like real humans, get on it

Bringing Back The Good Old Days Of PC Game Boxes

The idea behind IndieBox is very simple: Sell indie games in a box. Why? Because getting a game in a box, with a colour manual and a poster, is a really nice touch, that’s why. Sure, it’s easy to get an indie game on Steam, or in a Humble Bundle, or however, but that’s not…

If you want to play the very cool Omori on the Nintendo 3DS – and really, for something so inspired by Mother/Earthbound that’s the game’s spiritual home – then Kickstart it. Or we can’t be internet friends anymore. OK?

Early Duds: Steam’s Early Access FAQ has been updated, and it now says you should be aware that some games might never be finished—so you should buy stuff with caution, or if you like the current state an early access game is in.

$5 Mario Game Sounds Worth The Investment

Sometimes, you need to spend millions of dollars on CG trailers, magazine advertisements and TV commercials to sell a game. And sometimes, you need to just tell a story straight from the heart. This craigslist ad for a used Game Boy copy of Super Mario Land sounds worth the $5 asking price just to share…

Sci-Fi Guns Are Becoming Real, Thanks To…Google Glass

Any time there’s a new technology that’s sufficiently impressive, chances are someone’s going to use it to make guns work better. That appears to be the case with Google Glass, which tech/firearm company TrackingPoint is using to augment their laser-guided cybergun to allow soldiers to fire around corners and from behind heavy cover. You may…