An Animated History of Dark Souls

One of the best things about Dark Souls is how it handles backstory — which is to say it buries it in the woods upstate and hopes you find it. That is why this (mostly) accurate explainer is so rewarding! That’s not to say it’s intelligible, though! Dark Souls: In Summary by PlagueOfGripes takes the…

​A Future Where the Worst Nightmares About Video Games Are True

You hear the scare-logic all the time from folks who want to blame video games for bad stuff: they’re just training simulations for how to hurt people. A new sci-fi film project riffs on that premise and places it in a future where all you need to do to play an online game is stick…

Sony Is Making A Last of Us Movie

One might wonder: how the hell do you turn a game as cinematic as The Last of Us into a movie? One will keep wondering. Sony’s doing it, working alongside Naughty Dog and Screen Gems to make their PS3 hit into a film. Naughty Dog bosses Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra are teaming up with…

Step Inside The Wondrous World of Spirited Away With The Oculus Rift

Forget typical 3D movies. Using virtual reality, you can now strap on a headset and walk through famous scenes of your favorite movies—like say, Miyazaki’s fantastical anime film, Spirited Away (If you’re short on time, skip to about the 1:48 mark to see the relevant footage.) The project is the work of Nick Pittom, and…

When Game Consoles Are More Important Than Friends

Admit it: as a kid you had at least one friend you hung out with simply because he had cool video games. It’s a time honored tradition! The Onion’s (obviously joke) coverage of 12-Year-Old Couldn’t Begin To Guess Name Of Friend Whose House He Visits To Play Xbox shows just how awful kids can be…

QuizUp, the stupidly good trivia game which still haunts my dreams, is now on Android. The free multiplayer online trivia game has grown even bigger since its iOS debut, with so many categories you’re bound to find one you don’t suck at. Snag it on Google Play.

Dark Souls II, Everything Titanfall, Logitech G500s, Humble [Deals]

Available for just $40 today, the Logitech G500s is an easy recommendation for anyone who wants a great mouse (for gaming or otherwise), and doesn’t want to break the bank in the process. It was also one of the contenders in our Best Gaming Mouse vote. [Amazon] Dark Souls II $40 with code Code OQE4LG-WEQPSE-SMCME1…

Disney Lays Off 700 Employees

Disney has laid off 700 employees from their gaming division today, as the New York Times reports. That’s 26% of their staff, and it’s mostly in mobile, social, and web-based gaming. “These are large-scale changes as we focus not just on getting to profitability but sustained profitability and scalability,” Disney Interactive president James A. Pitaro…

Chips Ahoy! Ice Cream Creations: The Snacktaku Review

I eat a lot of cookies. Really, it’s kind of a financial burden. One that just got worse when I walked into the grocery store and saw four new varieties of ice cream-themed Chips Ahoy, which I immediately bought and ran home to try. Chips Ahoy! (the exclamation point is technically part of the name)…

​The World’s Biggest Digital Comics Retailer Got Hacked

Comixology—the digital comics storefront that pushes hundreds of thousands of comics to millions of readers all over the world—just informed users that they suffered a security breach. Okay, True Believers, you should know the drill by now: time to pick a new password. Here’s an excerpt from an e-mail sent to Comixology users this morning:…

Dark Souls II comes to PC on April 25, publisher Namco Bandai just announced. It’ll be out for last-gen consoles on March 11. Enjoy your deaths.

This Is Not the Lego: The Hobbit Trailer You Were Expecting

Go ahead and guess how this trailer for the PS4/PS3/WiiU/XboxOne/Xbox360/PC/Vita/3DS Spring 2014 game is going to play out. You’ll probably guess wrong. Well-played Lego marketing people. Hopefully this game can be good despite being the third major Lego game since October. The last two, Lego Marvel Superheroes and The Lego Movie Videogame were terrific. To…

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After Delays, Watch Dogs Is Finally Out This May

After a delay from November, the open-world sci-fi game Watch Dogs will release on May 27, publisher Ubisoft announced today. Here’s a new story trailer for the game. It’ll be out for PS4, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC. The Wii U version will come “at a later date,” Ubisoft says. (Will it, though?…

There’s Pretty Much No Reason To Buy An Ouya Anymore

First came the Ouya Android microconsole. Then came Mad Catz’s M.O.J.O. Android microconsole. Today Mad Catz announces the M.O.J.O. microconsole will be playing host to Ouya content. I am so confused. This is all due to Ouya’s recent decision to allow the Ouya experience to be embedded in other Android devices. They call it Ouya…

Tony Hawk Explains the Back to the Future Hoverboard Prank

While you don’t need Tony Hawk to realize that the HUVr Back to the Future hoverboards were fake, the legendary skateboarder still felt it needed some explanation. It still looks awesome, though. HUVr Tech – Tony Hawk Reveals Hoverboard Prank [RIDE Channel, YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]