They Look Like Toy Cars, But They’re The “Future Of Consumer Robotics”

This looks like something you’d find in the Hot Wheels aisle at Walmart, but it’s much more than that. It’s a character from Anki Drive, an iOS-powered tech toy coming to Apple Stores and Apple.com on October 23. Its creators call it “the future of consumer electronics.” If anyone would recognize the future of consumer…

Commercials Are Better With Video Game Music

Last night I spent about four hours watching the Food Network, because once you start watching an episode of Chopped it’s impossible to not watch three more. This is not unusual. What is unusual is this commercial for Edible Arrangements, which stuck out when I saw it on Food Network last night for reasons unrelated…

Glare Is A Peaceful Mission To Clean Up An Alien Planet

There’s something to be said for games that just feel right. Glare isn’t terribly challenging, but something about running around a beautiful alien world cleaning up purple smoke monsters feels right. Take a look at the gameplay up top. Glareis $15 on Mac, Linux and Personal Computers.

Everything Wrong With A Ten-Minute Movie Inside Grand Theft Auto V

Now playing in Los Santos theaters, The Loneliest Robot in Great Britain is a thrilling (and somewhat NSFW) animated tale of sex, machines and murder. Though the film is only ten minutes long, Cinema Sins manages to spend two explaining everything it got wrong. Spoilers follow! As if it weren’t cool enough that Grand Theft…

A Fascinating Look At The World’s Best Super Smash Bros. Players

You’ve gotta watch this Super Smash Bros. Melee documentary that follows some of the top players in the scene—it’s quite good. Accessible, too: you don’t need to be a fox-only no-items final destination type player to enjoy it; they break the game down wonderfully. And as always, I continue to be amazed at how Smash…

BioShock Infinite‘s DLC Will Feature One Fan’s Home-Brewed Vigor

About a month after BioShock Infinite released, graphic designer Joe Trinder invented a an advertising poster for a vigor that harkened back to one of the plasmids from the original BioShock. That poster and its plasmid will be featured in the “Burial at Sea” extension due to release later this year. “Old Man Winter” was…

Watch and remember how cool Superman used to be. Yes, yes, we know: Superman seems like he’s always been corny, to some folks anyway. And, if you’re reading the current iteration of the character in DC Comics, Kal-El definitely feels like he’s had better days. But this Zach Snyder-directed video done for the character’s 75…

Comic-Book Writer Gives Amazing Heartfelt Reply to Suicidal Fan

Matt Fraction is one of the most respected writers working in mainstream comics today. He’s written great runs on Iron Man, Thor and, yeah, The Defenders. But, as good as The Five Nightmares arc in Iron Man is or, say, his Casanova stuff is, Fraction’s lifetime-best writing is a poignant response to a question from…

Twenty Years Later, EA Admits Shaq Fu was an Abomination

ESPN’s E:60 newsmagazine ran an evergreen feature last night on the history of sports video games and, while largely a collection of celebrities’ memories, it did feature, at long last, a mea culpa of sorts for Shaq Fu, widely regarded as one of the worst video games of all time. The guy at 0:40 of…

Is PS4 Launch Game DriveClub Delayed To 2014? [UPDATE: Yes.]

Has one of the PlayStation 4’s big launch exclusives has been pushed back to next year? Rumors are swirling that DriveClub has been delayed to 2014, but Sony won’t comment on the matter. UPDATE (10/18): Sony has confirmed the delay A website called The Same Coin sparked the rumor earlier today, claiming they’d heard from…

The Bow and Arrow, Not The Gun, Was This Era’s Best Video-Game Weapon

These days, guns and action games go together like spoons and Nutella. And yet when it comes right down to it, there is a video game weapon that outclasses the gun in most every respect: The bow and arrow. I don’t think I’d go so far as to argue that the last generation of gaming…

Tour The Too-Cute-To-Blow-Up Tiny Death Star

NimbleBit, Disney and LucasArts are about to unleash the ultimate weapon on our unsuspecting planet — Tiny Tower, only set on Star Wars‘ Death Star. Disguising myself as an Australian, I infiltrated the adorable Imperial base, hoping to save my people from destruction. Is there no hope left? If you managed to shake off the…

Modern-Day Superhero Comics Done Up as Your Favorite Retro Games

As tired as 8-bit homages can feel sometimes, it’s great when really clever nods to old-school video games make you chuckle. Take these recent covers from various Valiant Entertainment comic books. They’re great. Let’s give Valiant some props. Not only have they done this sort of thing before, they also release an actual retro-styled game…

The Best and Worst of the New Mega Evolutions In Pokémon X & Y

Mega Evolutions let Pokemon trainers take it to the next level…but not all Mega Evolutions are made equal. Some are better than others! Let’s discuss, shall we? Obviously, if you don’t want to be spoiled on what some of the new, unannounced Mega Evolutions are…you should probably stop reading now. Okay. Let’s dig in! Starting…

Xbox One’s Free Dedicated Servers Should Improve Multiplayer Gaming

We knew that Microsoft was aggressively promoting its cloud-gaming services for the Xbox One. We knew that meant that games like Titanfall will benefit from everything from more on-screen computer-controlled characters and stabler connections because of it. Now comes news that those dedicated servers will be free to all developers. “One of the benefits of…

Recharge Everything, New Humble Bundle, PS Plus And LIVE Gold Updates

The less and less Humble Bundle is back with six more great games for basically nothing. Needless to say you should buy it unless you own them all already. Don’t forget to jump into the fray and nominate your favorite gaming keyboard Sanyo Eneloop AAA 4pk | Amazon If you frequent sites like Gizmodo and…

Today on our Facebook page… Hachiko?! Seymour?! Too many sad references. via bunnyhug Occasionally we’ll bring over images we feature on our Facebook page for those of you who don’t follow us there. If you want to see more of our images, feel free to browse

Xbox One Or PS4? Top Comic Artists Chime In.

Sure, they may be able to do render amazing versions of Superman, Batman and Spider-Man but comic-book artists are just like you and me. Some of them even use their talented fingers for video gaming. And, like game enthusiasts everywhere, the visual stylists who contribute DC, Marvel, Image and others are excited for the Xbox…

British Newspaper Mistakes Deus Ex For Real Life

Maybe one day, we’ll all have cybernetic eyeball implants that will grant us perfect 20/20 vision and allow us to be monitored by the government agency of our choice. Sadly, as The Sun‘s editors will probably find out soon, today is not that day. Sarif Industries, the “US firm” mentioned in this recent edition of…

The Glorious Fried Food Creations Of The Texas State Fair

There is no combination of foodstuffs that doesn’t taste better rolled into a ball and deep-fried. This turkey and stuffing roll with cranberry and gravy dipping sauces is just the first blip on the heart monitor of flavor available at the Texas State Fair. Gizmodo’s Leslie Horn braved the spattering grease of this year’s Big…