Forget Free-To-Play Dungeon Keeper, Play The Classic For Free Instead

Once upon a time there was a Dungeon Keeper game that everyone loved. It had no arbitrary timers, no microtransactions, and it’s mere mention did not cause spontaneous vomiting. Today through Sunday, that Dungeon Keeper is free on Gog.com. Can you feel the love? Classic gaming hub Gog.com is celebrating Valentine’s Day weekend with a…

Now that’s a video game tattoo done right. Dhalsim from Street Fighter, becoming one with its owner’s leg. Hopefully it looks just as cool from angles other than the one in the photo. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can…

Walkure Romanze is My “Guilty Pleasure Anime” from Last Season

Guilty pleasures. We all have them: Something you like but feel that you shouldn’t. Walkure Romanze is one of those for me. It has more than a few tropes I normally hate in anime, but these are combined with other aspects I truly love to create something I am embarrassed to admit I like. Good…

I Wish Skyrim Had Towns That Looked So Idyllic

Look at the colors. So peaceful. So pretty. Well, until they burn a witch or two. In their most recent dev diary, the folks behind alt history RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance gave several demonstrations of what normal day to day town life looks like in their game. Have a look: While I adore Skyrim, aesthetically…

Animal Omelettes Make Mealtime Adorable

In Japan, there’s a dish called “omurice” (オムライス). It’s a type of omelette that is filled with rice. Kids, in particular, love it. There’s a way to make this tasty meal cuter: add animal characters. Here’s what omurice looks like: It’s rice wrapped in an omelette with ketchup or a sauce. Gosh, I wish this…

A Hacking Game Where You Hijack the US Government

Anyone remember Uplink? Yeah, this game is like that, only not thirteen years old. Disrupt, as it’s called, is a deceptively simple-looking game, much like Uplink. It’s mostly text-based, as you can see in the trailer below: In-game, you’re a hacker who manages to gain access to the government’s NexOS, which gives you the ability…

Chocolate Teeth Are Certainly Something to Chew On

It’s Valentine’s Day! And nothing says that like chocolate teeth. As noted on Togetter, a dental student named Matsumoto created chocolate-shaped chompers, with dark chocolate for the gums and white chocolate for the teeth. Today, Matsumoto planned to bring the Valentine’s Day chocolate to dental school for everyone to eat. The image of the sweet…

It’s Like Taking Drugs and Looking at Cats

LSD plus cats is LSDcats. The internet doesn’t get much trippier than this. Thank goodness, because I don’t think our brains could take it. Since late last month, Twitter account @LSDCats has been uploading “trippy pictures of cats.” Deep breaths, let’s dive in: Just say “no” to doing drugs and looking at cats. LSDCats [Twitter]…

What Happens When You Study An RPG World Like It Was Real

Chrono Trigger is an upcoming book by Michael P Williams. It’s…all about Chrono Trigger, looking at parallels between Crono’s world and ours, a study of the institutions of the game’s world (its laws and religions), how the game’s characters fit (and defy!) genre conventions and, yes, a poke at the aches and pains of a…

Lookin’ Sharp, Fish-Head Killer Robot Dude

Kait Kübar is a freelance Estonian artist who most recently worked with Guerilla Games on the Killzone series. You can see more of Kait’s work at his personal site To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on the “expand” button…