Eight Things You Might Not Know About The N64

Just because you’ve used the N64 before doesn’t mean you know everything about it, hotshot. The 18 year old console has a curious history behind it, after all. Here’s DYKGaming/Normal Boots with their ever-informative “Did You Know” series, which this time walks us through all sorts of cool trivia about the N64. Watching the video…

Watch Telltale’s Entire Borderlands Panel Here

In case you weren’t at SXSW this weekend—and my deepest apologies if you were—Telltale has recorded their full panel on Tales from the Borderlands, the upcoming adventure game set in Gearbox’s sci-fi world. Watch the whole thing up above for more details on Tales from the Borderlands, which will include comedy, shooting, and that smart,…

​Sony Wants You To Know That They Have A Next-Gen Shooter, Too

There’s going to be a metric ton of Titanfall chatter this week: how awesome it is/isn’t, whether the online functionality is a triumph/failure, and tips for playing it. That’s all well and good for Xbox One and PC players. But what about PS4 owners? Well, Sony would like to remind its faithful that a high-profile,…

The reason for Titanfall‘s unusual 792p resolution and more technical tidbits about this week’s big release from Respawn Entertainment get discussed in a Digital Foundry interview over at Eurogamer

Playing Space Invaders in Madrid

A Bingo Game For Ridiculous Female Armor

Problematic female armor—the kind of gear that battle-oriented characters wear that exists more for the viewer’s titillation than for protection—is kind of cliche. Really, was only a matter of time before someone came along and made up a bingo card as a means of critiquing this kind of armor. Check it out—this bingo card is…

​Costume Quest—the Cutest Halloween Game Ever—Gets a Sequel

Kotaku called it “the best game that Double Fine has ever made.” Lots of people loved it, too. And now Double Fine is making a sequel. Indie publishing Midnight City just announced that they’ll be partnering with Double Fine to release Costume Quest 2 for PC and consoles next year. From the press release: In…

Titanfall, Watch Dogs, Joss Whedon, Frozen, Logitech, CAH [Deals]

Titanfall drops tomorrow, take advantage of your last chance at these pre-order discounts. We’ve also got Watch Dogs, the Joss Whedon catalog, and Frozen on offer for you. Titanfall [PC] | $10 off with code XXYB8X-LHFV73-66QFG8 | or $12 off on Gamefly with code MAR20OFF Titanfall [One] | with $10 gift card Titanfall [360] |…

Indie Hit Gone Home Comes To Consoles This Year

Indie adventure Gone Home, which made waves last year on PC, is coming to consoles later this year, the developers at Fullbright Games announced today. The game will be published by independent publisher Midnight City—run by former IGN boss Casey Lynch—and they haven’t yet specified which consoles, though it’ll be a digital release.

Spoiler Alert Is A Game You Play In Reverse

“The big bad boss is defeated, the coins are collected and the princess has been rescued.” Well, the only thing left for you is to undo everything that led up to that. Hopefully Spoiler Alert doesn’t end up just being a normal platformer that you play from right to left instead of left to right.…

Don’t Panic! Play The Hitchhiker’s Guide 30th Anniversary Edition.

30 years ago I received my first proper Apple-compatible computer, and a single game to play on it — Infocom’s text-based The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The BBC has prettied up the game for its 30th anniversary, and it’s still just as wonderful as it was way back when. One of Infocom’s best, The…

Unnecessary Censorship Makes The Last of Us Much Grosser

“Sorry for ****ing your horse.” This semi-spoilery censored take on The Last of Us, put together by YouTuber NormalDifficulty, is both funny and disgusting. Enjoy.

Awesome Dad Animates His Son Into Dragon Ball For His Birthday

Robson Menezes dos Santos is definitely a “Father of the Year” candidate. He spent 6 months to create a Dragon Ball animation for his son’s birthday, replacing Vegeta, Trunks and Gohan with himself and his 9-year-old son. It’s really high quality for a fan-animation, highlighted below: In the full clip—which is in Brazilian—he was also…

Some Things Never Change

Here’s an excerpt from the magazine Computer Gaming World, reporting on E3 1997. Replace “real-time strategy” with “first-person shooters” and bump up the numbers a little bit—50-75MB!—and this could be from 2014. Some trends just don’t go away. (Facebook, via NeoGAF)