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My Dream Nintendo Doesn’t Make Home Consoles
Sometimes, when I’m lying awake in bed, I dream about Nintendo. And how great it would be if they didn’t make home consoles anymore. Before we go any further: this isn’t a “I’m going to tell Nintendo what to do” kind of post. The company’s been making hardware – and money – for longer than…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Reporter Apologizes For Crude Sexual Comments To Female Game Developer
Reporter Josh Mattingly has apologized for making “inappropriate” comments to a female game developer after they were made public earlier today, saying he was drunk. Earlier this afternoon, game designer Laralyn McWilliams posted a blurred Facebook conversation from January 18 in which a male reporter asked a female game developer—a friend of McWilliams—about an unannounced…
By Jason Schreier Published January 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedYes, You Can Punch Birds In GTA V
Why would you want to punch a bird in GTA? Because it’s both kind of difficult to do, and because it’s funny, that’s why. Bird punching isn’t the only thing that DefendTheHouse discovers is possible in GTA V in this mythbuster video. You can, for example, land a fighter jet upside down…assuming you have the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedEight Bearded Clones Sing Secret of Mana Theme
It’s been a little while since we last posted an a cappella video-game arrangement from Mr. Smooth McGroove, but that doesn’t mean the bearded bard hasn’t been banging out new material. His latest is “Into the Thick of It” from the SNES classic Secret of Mana, originally composed by Hiroki Kikuta. It’s awfully lovely. Makes…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
I’d Play This
With the right mods, you can turn Skyrim into almost anything. Even, it seems, a Legend of Zelda game. We’ve posted before about ways to recreate Nintendo’s famous green-clad adventurer in the latest Elder Scrolls game but intrepid Redditor Promarksman117 managed to place an impressive version of Link on his PC. Promarksman117 says that there…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedNow This Is An Impressive Jenga Move
Watch as YouTuber Kaleb Vidal successfully pulls off a Jenga move that most of us have only ever pondered trying. I can’t help but think of Dr. Peter Venkman: “And the flowers are still standing!” [Via Viral Viral Videos]
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedNew Half-Life 2 Mod Is So Spooky I Can’t Even Aim Anymore
Estranged: Act I, a free mod for Half-Life 2, recently made its way to Steam. I turned out the lights and plugged in my headphones to try and answer the question: Could this tense atmospheric mod spook me? Horror films rarely scare me. Although I can get engrossed in a film, they’ve always been too…
By Leo Wichtowski Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
I’m Still Not Ready To Introduce My Three-Year-Old To Video Games Yet
Broken Age almost made me violate one of my golden rules about kids and video games. I almost let my daughter watch me play it. Friends and family have asked my opinion on when to let little Jenny or Johnny start controlling virtual figures on a screen ever since I started writing about video games.…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Sketchy Promo Plan Pays YouTubers For Positive Xbox One Coverage
A new Machinima promotion offers YouTubers cash in exchange for positive coverage of the Xbox One, opening up a whole host of questions about journalistic ethics in the world of YouTube personalities. It started on Saturday, when word leaked on NeoGAF that the video group Machinima had sent out e-mails to their clients offering cash…
By Jason Schreier Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
‘I Bought My Boyfriend Call of Duty So [Our] Breakup Will Be Easier’
The last time we took a look at Whisper—a popular app that allows users to post text and photos with confessions—we saw that it was full of dissatisfied young women who get ignored by their significant others because of games. But that’s not the only type of secret that people share on the service. Some…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
13 GB Dead Rising 3 Patch Raises Questions About Gaming’s Future
There’s a 13-gigabyte update live for Dead Rising 3 today, and if you think that seems kind of big, well, that’s because it’s kind of big. This is one of the biggest patches in video game history—our previous definition of “big patch” usually clocked in at 500mb or a gigabyte—and it’s designed to both fix…
By Jason Schreier Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Madden‘s Ratings Back Up Richard Sherman’s Trash Talk
Seattle’s Richard Sherman didn’t just swat away San Francisco’s shot at a Super Bowl, he also crapped all over the 49ers’ Michael Crabtree in a postgame interview straight out of Piper’s Pit. Sherman mocked Crabtree’s credentials while boasting of his own. So I wondered: Is there any objective proof for his claims? Why, yes! The…
By Owen Good Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Battlefield 4 Premium, Steam/PSN/LoL Credit, Banner Saga [Deals]
A nice discount on Battlefield 4 Premium using code 1WDO6K-KWDFJQ-U1E7AI is just the tip of today’s deal iceberg. With all your favorite Logitech peripherals on sale, 10 Tomb Raider games for $22, Trine for a buck, PSN and Steam credit discounted, and a whole lot more, you’ve got your clicking cut out for you. Amazon’s…
By Shane Roberts Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Major Glitch Makes Final Fantasy VI Unbeatable On Android
The Android version of Final Fantasy VI isn’t just ugly—it’s got a massive, game-breaking glitch, too. Warning: This post contains spoilers. Yes, this is a 20-year-old game, but hey, we’re trying to be nice. The glitch occurs about halfway through the game, during the fight between Kefka and General Leo in Thamasa. Kefka is supposed…
By Jason Schreier Published January 20, 2014 -
UncategorizedToday’s Reason To Feel Good About Being A Gamer
You still get it, don’t you? That sneer on the face of someone who thinks that the hours spent playing video games are a waste of time. Here, show them this. If you’re the kind of person that follows the myriad ways that games can improve your abilities, much of the stuff in this video…
By Evan Narcisse Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
UK Anti-Porn Filters Might Screw Up League of Legends Patches
The strict “anti-porn” filtering taking full effect in the U.K. this month might cause problems for some League of Legends users who haven’t called their ISPs to opt out of the screening. It seems the patcher is trying to access a couple of URLs with the letters S and E followed by X in them,…
By Owen Good Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
The Newest Assassin’s Creed Can Be Tough To Like, But It’s Important
I play all the Assassin’s Creeds and like them quite a lot, but should you play the newest one, Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD? Maybe. Liberation is, in my book, the weakest or second-weakest Assassin’s Creed that you can play on a PC or console. It depends on how you feel about the very first spartan…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 20, 2014 - Uncategorized
Fan Writes 400-Page Blueprint To ‘Fix’ Mass Effect 3
Some Mass Effect fans protested the trilogy’s conclusion with cupcakes; others used Internet petitions. Gerry Pugliese was a little more ambitious. The self-proclaimed “huge Mass Effect fan” wrote a 400-page script that he calls “a fan revision, and blueprint, for fixing Mass Effect 3.” Called Mass Effect 3: Vindication, the script is full of new…
By Jason Schreier Published January 20, 2014
