The New Theatrhythm is More of the Same

Undoubtedly one of the best features of the Final Fantasy series is its amazing soundtrack—hence the creation of last year’s music game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy. Of course, even with over 70 songs in the game, that was just the tip of the iceberg: hence the creation of its upcoming sequel, Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call…

So Far, Titanfall Is Getting Thumbs Up from Japan

Japan knows a good giant mecha when it sees one. And from the sound of it, the country’s gamers are more than pleased with what they are seeing with Titanfall Today is the first public day of the Tokyo Game Show and the first time that Respawn Entertainment has shown its mecha-filled FPS Titanfall in…

BatDad Is The Best Dad. Also Maybe The Worst.

Can you imagine being a kid and having your dad sometimes sport a Batman mask as he waits for opportunities to parent you in that iconic gritty Batman voice? That’s exactly what Vine user BatDad does, and it’s amazing. Well, for us, the viewers. His family seems to go between amused, nonplussed and annoyed based…

Try Not to Punch the TV When Playing D4

Dark Dreams Don’t Die, or D4, is an Xbox One exclusive episodic game that tells the story of a time-traveling detective trying to solve and prevent the murder of his wife. Japanese game designer Hidetaka Suehiro, or Swery, is developing this game. The cel-shaded game is centered around the Kinect—you will be interacting with an…

Seeing Game of Thrones Actors In Sesame Street Is A Little Weird

Peter Dinklage and Lena Heady have a life outside of butting heads as the Lannister siblings in Game of Thrones. I know that. It’s still kind of strange (if not amusing!) to see them both on a show like Sesame Street, though. I mean, it’s so wholesome! They’re not plotting any schemes! What is this?…

A Lovecraft-Inspired Game That’s Sillier, Smarter Than It Is Scary

With both Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Outlast released so recently, it might seem as though there wouldn’t be room for another horror game. But the free browser horror game Catachresis fits neatly in between them. Developed by Cameron Kunzelman, Catachresis is a sort of linear story-game-non-game thing that combines the verbose, too-big-and-awful-to-actually-contain monsters…

Guy Re-Scores All Of Ni no Kuni‘s Music

This is pretty incredible: 23-year-old musician Sam Joseph Delves put together an orchestra and re-scored the RPG Ni no Kuni in its entirety. “With the help of BBC documentary composer Howard Davidson I was able to take the music to the studio with a purpose built video game orchestra in an attempt to film and…

Pulling Off One of Gaming’s Biggest Cons

Doctored screenshots? A demo that directly contradicts the actual game? In-game writing specifically designed to mislead the player? Producer Yoshinori Terasawa talks about crafting one of gaming’s biggest cons for Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc [Note: The following article contains spoilers for the first murder case of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.] Before the release of Danganronpa…

An N64 That Looks Like It’s Straight Out of Tron

Man. What a gorgeous N64. Just like most of Zoki64‘s work, it’s so pretty that I’d almost feel bad for using the console at all, if I could use it. Almost. Consoles are meant to be played, people. Here’s a video that gets you up close with the console and controller: (Via it8Bit)

Grand Theft Auto V GIFs Are Here To Destroy The Internet

Thanks to the deep and immersive world of Los Santos and the hysteria surrounding Grand Theft Auto V, people are already having a ton of fun with the game online, including using our favorite format: the GIF. It’s still early and GTA V has a massive open world, so this is possibly only the tip…

IGN shares the great little story about why a former Sonic the Hedgehog developer kept a short poem near his desk. The poem read: “Shigeru Miyamoto is a fart.” It wasn’t an insult; it was a motivational tool!

Kojima: Waterboarding, Torture “Needs to Be Done” In Games Like MGS

While Metal Gear Solid is a franchise that has included torture in the past, not only are more and more games including it recently—GTA and Splinter Cell, for example—it’s still a sensitive subject that’s hard to pull off tastefully. So naturally, it’s always a thing that people like to discuss—particularly, how to handle it properly,…

Let’s Analyze This Week’s Weirdest Nintendo News In a Positive Way

Two days ago, Nintendo revealed how two of their biggest Wii franchises, Wii Fit U and Wii Sports, would be returning on Wii U. They are both arriving on the Wii U in very unusual ways. And there’s one very telling catch. Let’s go glass half-full on this one, shall we? Wii Sports is coming…

Your Xbox One And PS4 Can Hook Up

This is it, guys. The console wars are over. Your PS4 and Xbox One don’t need to fight—they can hook up instead. See, the next Xbox has an HDMI-in port, so you can plug in an HDMI cord and output video from another device, like your TV cable box, and run it through the Xbox…

A New Jaws Game With A Text Adventure Twist

You’ve probably seen Steven Spielberg’s epoch-shifting 1975 blockbuster Jaws, and if you grew up playing games, you’ve probably played a video game based on the film. But you probably haven’t played a video game version quite like this. The new, free browser game Jaws: The Text Adventure takes classic scenes from the film and cleverly…

Awesome Breaking Bad Mini Episodes You Might’ve Missed

Hey there. Newest episodes of Breaking Bad got you down? It’s OK. Let’s take a minute to look back on happier times earlier in the show. Not just any moments, mind: let’s talk about the mini-episodes that you may never have watched at all. Not only are they often hilarious—which we might need, given how…

It’s Friday. Let’s Talk About JRPGs.

So. Thanks to a whole lot of unfortunate timing, I haven’t been able to put together Random Encounters for the past few weeks. Next week we’ll be back for real. This week, I’ve got two requests for you: 1) Send me some questions! Shoot an e-mail to [email protected] with the subject “Random Encounters.” The best…

Riddick: Merc Files Is A Bad Game For A Bad Man

Vin Diesel’s signature character is a brutal killing machine; a predator pouncing from the shadows to take down his terrified prey. Riddick is not a guy standing patiently in the shadows for extended periods of time, waiting for patrolling guards to pass. Or is he? I suppose there is a lot of prep work that…

Moneysaver: Metro 2033 And Last Light $20, EVGA GTX 770, Galactica

No question that the best deals today are the Bioshock and Metro bundles, but don’t miss the opportunity to pick up the Battlestar Galactica series, get a killer price on the Audio-Technica ATH-M50’s, or grab that sweet EVGA GTX 770. Life is banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death. Introducing the new Dealhacker…

So Stylish When They Stab: Here’s a music-video look at the multiplayer for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Looks like a grudge match between a bunch of Joker’s clown-gang, if you ask me. But if past AC games are anything to go by, it’ll be a fun, stabby grudge match.