I Can’t Believe Valve Messed With The ‘Bongs’ In Dota 2

Outrage after outrage, man. First Valve practically destroysCounter-Strike: Global Offensive by daring to mess with the most integral part of the experience, the chickens. Now they’re at it again with Dota 2—the latest patch messes with the bongs. Or well. They’re technically not bongs. Players just call them bongs. The point is, there used to…

GTA V Is Actually About Loneliness

Look, Franklin, you really need to sort your life out. Taking your dog for a nice, serene walk is all well and good. But randomly murdering some poor innocents outside of Taco Bomb is just wrong. You’re letting your “friends” get the better of you. But it’s not your fault. It was all preordained. Wish…

Spotted In The Wild: The PS4’s Dualshock 4 controller, all boxed up and ready to go. (Photo snapped by Sargon Aodisho, h/t Dualshockers/NeoGAF.)

Save On Gone Home, Vita Memory Cards, And All Your Pre-Orders

I was just chatting with Chris Person about Game of the Year contenders, and Gone Home was certainly a part of the conversation. If you haven’t played it yet, you’re missing out, and it’s $10 today on the official site. [Gone Home] Last Day to vote on your favorite gaming keyboard Tell us what you…

The Great New Comic You Should Buy Tomorrow Is ‘Pretty Deadly’

Time was, there were loads of rootin’, tootin’ cowboy comics on spinner racks everywhere. But none of those books were narrated by a dead bunny. That’s only the tiniest piece of the macabre brilliance inside the first issue of Pretty Deadly, an acid-trip twisted fairy tale western which comes out tomorrow. Along with romance and…

Target Apologizes, Making Good On Cancelled PS4 Pre-Orders

Last Friday, we reported that Target was canceling PlayStation 4 preorders that had been bundled with delayed games like Watch Dogs and Driveclub. It looks like the retailer is taking action to make good on the console part of those preorders, as well as giving $100 gift cards to make it up to those affected.…

Inside Arby’s Test Kitchen: A Snacktaku Special Report

Every year, Arby’s executive chef Neville Craw and his crack team come up with upwards of 1,200 potential new sandwiches. Around 50 of those are developed until release-worthy. Only five or six make it to stores. One of those is the Smokehouse Brisket sandwich. Earlier this month, Arby’s invited me to its Atlanta headquarters to…

Apple Exec Accidentally Calls Batman ‘The Black Knight’

Today at Apple’s big presser, marketing VP Phil Schiller accidentally called Batman the Black Knight. What he meant, of course, was the Dark Knight. Unless he was referring to Martin Lawrence.

Playstation 4 Bundles In Stock On Amazon, Go! [Update: Sold Out]

Amazon has the Battlefield 4 and Killzone Bundles in stock and they won’t last. These are launch day bundles, and a $10 discount compared to buying the items separately, with free shipping and no tax depending on your state. Playstation 4 Battlefield 4 Bundle w/ 1 Year of Plus | $500 Playstation 4 Killzone ShadowFall…

Indie Game Without an Ending Removed from Steam Store

Dark Matter, the indie game accused by customers of releasing unfinished last week, has been pulled off of Steam until it gets a proper ending, and Steam users say they’re getting refunds if they ask for them. A report by Gamasutra also says the development studio, which blamed Dark Matter‘s abrupt conclusion on the fact…

Nuclear Throne Is Like An 8-Bit Borderlands

Not only did Vlambeer make another great shoot-em-up, they’re also live streaming the game’s development twice a week while the game is in early access. Check out the gameplay above and learn the meaning of “explosive revenge.” The team is streaming development twice a week ontheir twitch channel, and you can find more details ontheir…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: PinkZapperHelmet wants us all to play a disarmingly cute but hellishly difficult puzzle game, General McFist shares a sad and personal story about living with brain seizures and how that affects game habits, and PyramidHeadcrab discusses the problems with definitive “best of” lists And you…

Battlefield 4‘s Story Trailer Punches A Dog Right In The Face.

Man, remember the Battlefield 3 single-play story, with the train and the…that rat? There was definitely a rat. And a building collapsed. That’s all I got. Battlefield 4 looks much more memorable. I certainly won’t forget the guy straddling and punching a dog at 1:36 in this trailer. Maybe it’s a dig at everyone’s favorite…

Downloading the “GTA V PC Torrent” is 18GB Worth of Bad Ideas

About the only thing I can see that’s wrong with this diabolical plot is the fact suckers have to download an 18GB torrent before the malware is unleashed. Otherwise, there’s a bogus torrent of Grand Theft Auto V‘s nonexistent PC version that’s claimed several victims of late. It bears mentioning one should not download this.…

From MMO to movie star. Funcom’s supernatural MMORPG The Secret World makes its big-screen debut in IRL, a Swedish film about a troubled teen who finds happiness in a virtual world. Check out an interview with director Erik Leijonborg at thegame’s official site.

Sunday Without God Brings a Strange New World to Life

Sunday Without God is one of those anime that got my viewership not through reviews or word of mouth but on simple concept alone. Halfway through, I put it on my list of the five anime you should be watching this past season—a spot it still deserves based on its excellent world building and thematic…