Kid Hacks Government Websites In Exchange For Video Games

A 12-year-old boy from Canada has appeared in court having been busted hacking several local and international government websites, handing over information to Anonymous in exchange for…video games. What? He’s 12. According to the Toronto Sun, some of the sites he hacked include the Quebec Institute of Public Health, the website of the Chilean government…

EA Wins “Award” For Charging People To Complain About SimCity

For the past eight years Choice, Australia’s biggest independent consumer organisation, has been running the Shonkys — an awards ceremony that names and shames Australia’s ‘shonkiest’ products and services. The Shonkys are taking place right now and EA Australia has just won an ‘award’ for its handling of the debacle that was the Sim City…

One Fun and Easy Way To Sic The Cops On Unsuspecting NPCs In GTA V

Poor Grand Theft Auto city dwellers. They mostly exist so that we can carry out elaborate and ridiculous schemes—for example, schemes that orchestrate fights between the police and NPCs. Because chaos, that’s why. You can add one more method to the list of ways to accomplish said fights, according to this mythbusting video by DefendTheHouse—turns…

Arise, $800 Ultimetal Optimus Prime

I know you all had your heart set on an Xbox One or PlayStation 4, but stop and think a moment. Is that new console purchase going to keep you from spending nearly $800 on a 17-inch, non-transforming metal Optimus Prime with remote control lights and sounds? This is Ultimetal Optimus Prime, a majestic collaboration…

Tilt to Live is one of my favorite games on the iPhone. This is Tilt to Live 2: Redonkulous. It cannot arrive fast enough. Go to the website and stare at Alex and Adam until it’s released.

The Most Terrifying Week In Gaming Apps Of The Year

They are coming. You can hear them shambling by your window. Their ragged nails scraping across your door. Their spiriting knocking and shouting of “trick or treat!” The children are almost here. Here are some spooky mobile games to keep you company while you turn off all the lights in your house and hide. What?…

Rumored Xbox One Launch Issues Lead To Lots Of Questions

As we inch closer and closer to the release of next-gen consoles, we’re starting to learn more and more about their features—and some of what we’re hearing might not be great news for anyone who expected a totally stable experience at launch. Over the past few days, the Internet has exploded with drama surrounding the…

Tiger Woods and EA Sports Part Ways, Ending 16-Year Run Together

The Tiger Woods PGA Tour series will end its 16-year run in 2013 as EA Sports announced it has parted ways with the star golfer. EA Sports will continue a golf simulation under PGA Tour branding on next generation consoles, the publisher said today. Daryl Holt, the vice president and general manager for golf for…

Pikachu Gets a Speaking Role in Upcoming Pokémon ‘Detective’ Game

Last week, Japan broadcaster NHKteased an upcoming program featuring a new Pokémon game starring Pikachu. That show has now aired and it shared more on the game, which appears to be a detective-type puzzle game with Pikachu as your partner. And he’ll talk. Siliconera reports that Tsunekazu Ishihara, the president of the Pokémon Company, told…

Nothing’s As Sweet And Awkward As A Video Game Love Song

It’s not that video gamers don’t make good lovers — it’s just our passion doesn’t translate well into musical form. Singer/songwriter Lan Nguyen does the best she can with her “Video Game Love Song.” I could be your Princess In Super Mario Brothers I could be your Zelda In the Legend of me Well, maybe…

This one is real, not a fake. Weeks after someone tried to dupe unwitting folks with a bogus app, GTA V’s iFruit companion app is out now for Google Play

Strikingly Beautiful PC Game Will Surely Have Some Very Sad Robots

There aren’t any humans to be seen in this new trailer for upcoming PC release Reset. Mankind may be dead, for all we know. Whether people have survived into this harshly beautiful future or not, the robots (or mechs?) seem kind of depressed. Bummer. This is the first look that developer Theory Interactive has offered…

A Resume That’ll Get You Any Job In The Mushroom Kingdom

After scrolling through the first level of his video game-themed interactive resume, I was fully prepared to offer Mr. Robby Leonardi any job I might have had lying about. Then I got to level two. Wouldn’t you know it? It’s a damn water level. Save that nautical crap for later, Leonardi! Now I’ve got to…

Black Flag, Battlefield 4, Arkham Origins, LIVE Gold, Deus Ex [Deals]

What do recent and imminent releases Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Battlefield 4, and Batman: Arkham Origins have in common? We’ve got deals on all of them. More exciting though is our brand new, all-encompassing, always up to date guide to pre-order discounts. Bookmark once, save forever. Here are some highlights: Arkham Origins [Steam] |…

Gamers More Numb to Pain, Others’ Misery, Say Scientists

I’m not sure what to make of this study, by researchers in Germany and Australia. On a literal level, RPG gamers are better than others at fishing paper clips out of a container of ice-cold water. Scientists think that means they’re desensitized either to pain or, going further, important life events, even. The study, recently…

Ryse is Gonna Beat the Truth Out of You. Or Stab It, Whatever Works.

If Ryse’s main character, Marius Titus, is on a truth-finding mission, as this live-action trailer for the Xbox One game suggests, then he has a rather confrontational approach to conducting an inquiry. No, I think this is more a sword-and-sandals tale of vengeance. Come on, once he confronts Nero (or whoever that is at the…