A Man Named “Batman, Son of Superman” Sent to Prison. (Really.)

A few years ago, a Singaporean man named Batman bin Suparman, which means “Batman, Son of Superman” in Malay, became an internet sensation. Well, the named crusader is back. He’s not fighting crime. This time, he’s committing it. Reuters reports that Batman bin Suparman was incarcerated on Monday. He is sentenced to two years and…

Gamers are Bound to Get a Laugh or Two Out of Neptunia: The Animation

Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation, based on the game series of the same name, was not on my list of the five anime you should have been watching this past summer, but it may be the anime of last season that gamers will get the most out of. This is because it is chock full of…

The New Amazon Playstation Network Store

This is the new Amazon Playstation Network Store, an alternate venue to purchase digital Playstation content for Playstation 3, Playstation 4, and Playstation Vita. The downside of going all digital for the next-gen consoles was going to be restricting yourself to only one storefront for potential deals, but now that’s not an issue. To celebrate…

SimCity Mod Tries To Make Game Useful

Educational outfit Glasslab Games have taken Maxis’ misguided SimCityand tried to wrestle something genuinely useful out of the thing. They’ve come up with a modified version of the game called SimCityEDU: Pollution Challenge!, which not only modifies the core experience, but also can be used to track the way students are learning – and applying…

Hey Sega Fans, Get A Load Of This Mega Drive/Genesis Book

SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis: Collected Works is an upcoming book by Darren Wall that looks like one of the best pieces of Sega nostalgia you’ll ever get your hands on. It features 20 interviews with “original Sega team members”, and has all kinds of stuff like design docs for Mega Drive games and hardware concepts. This…

Fantasy Hospital Game With Sick Kids In Danger Of Ending In Tears

Rakuen isn’t a game about space marines, or fast cars, or professional sports, or multi-hit combos. Instead, you play a sick young boy stuck in a hospital, who is transported to the fantasy world his mother reads him stories about. Its developers claim inspiration from Maniac Mansion, To the Moon and The Legend of Zelda:…

Bullet Bros Is What Happens When Contra Meets Monty Python

With it’s co-op shooting, Bullet Bros initially looks like Contra, or Gunstar Heroes, or any other retro game where two bros go guns blazing into a 2D battlefield. But then you see the tanks. And the grappling hooks. And the piggybacks. The game’s loaded with physics, as you can see in the trailer, and also…

This is a solo Eggplant run in Spelunky. On camera. If you don’t know how hard that is, this guy should really have been playing the Chariots of Fire theme in the background the entire time Recommendation: No, really, he should have. Mute the commentary and put the theme on yourself

Dark Sci-Fi? Move The Levels Themselves? Sure, Let’s Do It.

Interference is a platformer about stealth. And darkness. And sci-fi. Oh, and stopping the game to move the levels themselves around. There’s a comment that flashes up during this trailer that says “This is what the Flashback remake should have been”. Which pretty much sums it all up. Interference is currently taking pledges on Indiegogo,…

Nintendo, Take My Money, Please

At the end of this month, Nintendo will be re-releasing a game. It’s beautiful. An all-time classic. And it’s…not a video game. Going back to the company’s roots, back when it made real games, this exquisite Mahjong set will go on sale in Japan for just under USD$200. Which isn’t cheap, but look at this…

Kinky PC Demo Allows For Virtual Sex, Robot Handjobs

I remember reading a magazine article twenty years agothat was about virtual sex. And how gadgets and games were going to change the way we knock boots forever. Well, it didn’t really happen, but hey, twenty years later and humanity is giving it another shot. This is the VR Tenga demo, made for an Oculus…

One Beard Becomes Eight, Sings Zelda‘s Most Famous Theme

It was only a matter of time before video-game a cappella master Smooth McGroove took on the Zelda theme. Now, he has—or rather he, his cat and his seven doppelgängers have. This version of Link to the Past‘s famous overworld theme is one of Smooth’s more percussive recent works, and it sure does get me…

How Trophies Work On PS4

Trophies on the PlayStation 4 are coming back with a twist. Sony’s new console won’t just store your achievements—it’ll tell you the rarity of each Trophy you earn. We saw the new feature in action today during a demo of the PS4’s system interface at a big press event tied to the console’s Friday launch.…

All-Seeing Eyes: check out this article by Fast Company that asks interesting questions, like: should we care about how much gaming tech like the Kinect can see, particularly when it comes to our bodies? Should developers censor their imaging tech in any way? Something to chew on.

The New MOGA Android Controllers Have The Power

For the past year, Power A has been chipping away at the Android accessory market with its MOGA line of game controllers, combining convenient clips with console-quality controls. Now they’re releasing the MOGA Power line, adding device charging capability to a pair of slightly retooled controllers, at a price. What Are They? The MOGA Hero…