EA Honestly Believes SimCity Has Been A “Success”

SimCity had one of the most catastrophic launches in video game history. Even after the server problems went away, fans slowly found out the game was a city-building mirage, with many key features and mechanics simply not working. Somehow, at EA, this qualifies as a “success”. Speaking with VentureBeat, EA Games’ Frank Gibeau said: In…

Oh, It’s Nothing, Just A Life-Sized Tie Fighter Replica

The last we saw of Darth Vader’s prototype Tie Advanced fighter, it was spinning off into space while the first Death Star exploded into sparks and high fives. Plus, that was just a model (or a piece of CG). So really, it’s only now that some crazy Germans have built a life-sized version of the…

News Reporter Draws Penis On Live TV

This is a host on Michigan’s ABC 12 describing a construction zone and how it’s going to impact traffic. That’s what she’s talking about, anyway. Her fingers tell a different story. It’s clearly an accident, drawn as the rest of her fingers drag behind her index as she points on the touchscreen, but hey. Don’t…

Tali’s “Official” Face, A Cyborg Shepard And Other BioWare Sketches

OK. This is awesome. Matt Rhodes, one of the best concept artists in the business, has opened up the vaults and shared some of his work on the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series from before you’d seen a screenshot. Suffice to say, things are different When I say the images are from the earliest…

Super-Cute Robot Performs Adorable Parkour

Meet RHex. He’s super cute, and he’s also pretty good at parkour! At least, for a tiny, adorable robot. Rhex is a project by Aaron Johnson and Daniel Koditschek, the former a grad student and the latter a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. RHex is a robot designed…

Into Cube World? Then check out this cool article at Kill Screen about voxel technology and voxel pioneer Ken Silverman.

This Hellish Law Firm Logo Sure Looks Familiar…

Guacamelee! already has its share of great video-game references and in-jokes. But this one, from the game’s new Diablo’s Domain DLC, takes the cake. Looks familiar, no? Also: “Devil’s Advocates?” So, where’s Keanu? Well played, Drinkbox. We’ll have more on the DLC, which Chris reports is “hard as hell,” in the near future.

This Smash Bros. Fan Fiction Has 3.5 Million Words… So Far

To put that number into context: most of the longest novels ever only have a little over a million words in them. And this fan-fiction has nearly three times as many words as that. Yeah. It’s kind of unreal. Maybe you’ve heard of it? It’s been around since 2008, after all. If not, it’s called…

If you’ve been enjoying our (read: my) recent trip down memory lane with the excellent No One Lives Forever spy games, be sure to check out this cool article at The Jace Hall Showabout how the game almost didn’t get made, complete with a new Q&A with creative director Craig Hubbard.

The New Strider Looks Promising, But Where’s the Giant Robot Ape?

I’m positive my first question for Strider senior producer Andrew Szymanski and producer James Vance during our interview at Comic-Con last week was the question on every fan’s mind. It’s just not Strider without a massive robotic primate. “I can neither confirm nor deny,” said Szymanski. “Hmmm, I dunno,” said Vance. The new downloadable Strider…

Siri Is A Pretty Awful Dungeon Master

People might feel inclined to do everything with their phones—I mean, heck, there’s an app for breaking up with people now—but one thing you probably shouldn’t try to do is play Dungeons & Dragons with Siri. Cause if you do, like Slacktory tries to here, things probably aren’t gonna go so great. Bummed he didn’t…

A Moment To Remember The Kickass Chaos Rings Music

I still remember booting up Chaos Rings back when it first came out. This ass-kicker from composer Noriyasu Agematsu came on, and I thought, “Okay, I’m going to play the heck out of this game.” That bass! Those crazy climbing piano chords! That F-horn rip! So much good stuff. The game was pretty cool, too,…

This Amazing League of Legends Minion Survives Against All Odds

Damn. You can’t watch this video by Kshaway without thinking that any minute now, the singular minion that survives its wave will die. It’s just one minion! Surely someone will destroy it? Nope. It manages to stay alive while attacking the inhibitor the entire time. It’s unreal, if not a bit hilarious. Confused? Minions are…

You Must Watch This Supercut of Hugh Jackman Screaming as Wolverine

Being a damn-near immortal killing machine comes with a lot of angst. Friends die, people stab you and those claws hurt every single time they pop out of your forearms. So it’s understandable that Wolverine screams a lot. Want to see every time actor Hugh Jackman screams in the movies featuring the iconic, Canadian X-Man?…

Having Superpowers Could Really Ruin Your Life

Sure, we all think it’d be great to have super-strength. But what if it was actually the worst? That’s the premise behind “Superhero Depression,” a fun short film from Andrew McMurry, who also made real-life video game shorts like Metal Slug and Mario, among others. I detect more than a little bit of The Incredibles…

Microsoft: Every Xbox One Can Be Used To Make Games [UPDATE]

Every single Xbox One can be used to make games, Microsoft says—in other words, you can use the next-gen console as your very own development kit. UPDATE: But not at launch. Microsoft’s Marc Whitten just told us that devkit functionality will be added at a later date. The Xbox 360 was a closed system, but…

The $9.99 season pass for Saints Row IV includes two servings of DLC and *puts on reading glasses* “the Season Pass exclusive ‘Rectifier’ anal probe weapon.” *takes off reading glasses, weeps*

Coffee makes people do strange things..

Recently I got into the java craze that has swept up Motown. This stuff is good, real good. Sometimes I even get it to go. But Brewster is a jerk and really doesn’t want you to have more than one cup. Can’t you see I’m fiending, Brew? Clay has apparently been lying to me about…

Baseball Video Games Don’t Decide Who’s Left, Only Who’s Right

Yesterday a reader sent me a screenshot in MLB 13 The Show of Nick Markakis, the Baltimore outfielder, taking his position at shortstop after pinch-hitting for J.J. Hardy. To a casual fan, it sort of sits there, waiting for you to guess what’s wrong. Here’s a hint: In real life, Markakis throws lefthanded. No lefthander…

News Anchor Randomly Drops Expert GTA Reference

There’s a time and a place to drop some Grand Theft Auto knowledge, and apparently that time is when you’re an anchor on the local news. While reporting on a story about the band Flock of Seagulls getting their van stolen, local news anchor Rusty Ray of WBTW-TV pointed out that the band’s hit song,…