The Military Shooter I Can’t Review

Bohemia Interactive’s ArmA III, a super-realistic modern combat simulation, is out today. I’ve been playing the retail release for over a week now, so under normal circumstances this is where a formal review of ArmA III would go. But with ArmA III, that just doesn’t feel right. Firstly because the game’s not technically finished yet.…

Easily The Most Elaborate Breaking Bad Parody Ever Made

Just in time for Breaking Bad‘s grand finale, Jimmy Fallon comes along and makes the greatest Heisenberg tribute of all time. It’s the little things that sell this—the way they so perfectly mimic Michael Slovis’ iconic cinematography, or Hank’s gruff delivery, or the “cooking” montage… clearly, everyone at Late Night has a lot of love…

Questioning Male Cosplayer’s Geek Cred To Prove A Point

A common, unfortunate assumption with a lot of female cosplayers is that they just do cosplay for ‘attention’ (amongst other things)—so it’s kind of startling, if not funny at times to see that script switched by jenniferlanda here. But! To be fair, male cosplayers are way less visible in the cosplay world—so while they may…

Let’s hope that the final version of Mighty No. 9 looks this good. The micro-loop is the work of Ari Gibson from Australian animation studio Mechanical Apple, and he clearly can’t wait for the game to come out either. It’s gonna be a long two years… [Thanks, tipster Dave!]

I Wish All Video Games Had Premises This Good

A good video game can get a lot of mileage out of its premise. Lots of games sell themselves on some sort of gameplay hook: It’s a stealth game… and you can fly! But how about old-school adventure games? They’re all story. To hook you, they’ve gotta start strong. Broken Age, the new game from…

If The X-Men Starred In Mad Men

Sure, the advertising world is a cutthroat place—but nothing a group of mutants can’t handle just fine according to Union Pool. Eat it, Sterling Cooper Draper Price! Granted…I’m not sure Logan is as smooth as Don Draper, but that’s probably okay. Don is a jerk. Mad X-Men: EP 102: Tvoovies [Union Pool]

Good morning, Crono! Check out this nifty re-creation of the Chrono Trigger SNES box art by The Lando Bros. They say it took about 3 years to complete, and that they left Marle’s fire off because A) her fire spell is difficult to get right and B) she actually uses water spells in the game.

Zelda Producer On Majora’s Mask Remake: ‘Ha Ha Ha Ha’

“Please write that I laughed,” Zelda bossman Eiji Aonuma told IGN during a recent interview when asked whether Nintendo plans to remake The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. “Don’t make it sound like I laughed because I was troubled or inconvenienced or put out. I don’t want them to read anything into it. But if…

You Will Believe In Browser-Based Games After Playing Card Hunter

Assembled by a magical gathering of collectible card and video game talent, Card Hunter is a truly unique of deck building and tabletop role-playing that no fan of either should miss — and since it’s browser-based and free, no fan has to. We live in an amazing time, my friends. When the likes of Richard…

Siri who? Looks like Microsoft is working on its own version of Siri, and it’s codenamed “Cortana.” (Via The Verge)

Jeopardy Video Game Question Is… Weird

Oh dear, Alex Trebek. Why did you ask a group of children that question? For starters, it’s incredibly obscure. Would kids really know about the Katamari games? And then there’s your phrasing, which is just kinda, well, off G0d, those kids look so confused. (Clip via Jeopardy) To contact the author of this post, write…

We’ve Got A Wild Theory About The New Harry Potter Movie

Today, JK Rowling revealed that she’s going to be writing the screenplay for some new movies set in the Harry Potter universe. They’ll star a gentleman named Newt Scamander, author of the Hogwarts textbook “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Well, we’ve got a theory about this Scamander fellow. When our own Jason Schreier…

Pokemon, Ranked

Screw ‘gotta catch em all’—some Pokemon are clearly better than others, and I ain’t boutta carry around no lame-ass pocket monster around with me. You know? The things that make a Pokemon superior aren’t always cut and dry, though. Sometimes, it’s the design. Sometimes it’s the Pokemon’s combat usefulness. And sometimes, the Pokemon is just…

They Helped Make Assassin’s Creed Great. Then They Left to Go Indie.

You’ve got a successful game design career that’s wound up with millions of people all over the world playing and loving something that you made. Not to mention all the poutine that you can eat. Why would you leave that? Let two guys in lab coats who used to work at Ubisoft tell you why.…

The Metro: Last Light Developer DLC pack features a fully-stocked shooting range, an AI battle arena, and a museum filled with the game’s characters and creatures. There’s also a solo mission filled with spiders, so screw that. The pack will release September 17 for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. You can read about it…

Nintendo Reached Out to Bring a Beautiful Samurai Pop-Up Game to Wii U

Once upon a time, it felt like Nintendo was giving independent game developers a bit of a cold shoulder. But times have changed and the folks at the House of Mario have been bringing more and more indie games to their platforms. The latest one? A gorgeous touchscreen fable set in feudal Japan that looks…

Nothing Sells A Game Like A Woman Covered In Cow Dung

You probably shouldn’t watch this. Not if you don’t want to be struck by the irresistible urge to fly to England and purchase a copy of Harvest Moon: A New Beginning, one of the few defenses against being showered with cow poop. At least that’s what I’m taking away from the advertisement. We can argue…

Moneysaver: New Humble Weekly, Saints Row IV, Papo & Yo, Monitors

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Humble Bundle 9 is a new Humble Weekly featuring retro shooters including System Shock 2 and Duke Nukem 3D. Once you grab those we’ve got discounts on Saints Row IV on the consoles, Skyrim Legendary on the 360, and Papo & Yo on the PC, as well as good…

Our Grand Theft Auto V review will run on Monday at 10am ET. Sorry, we can’t tell you more about the game right now, but the review, as they say, is in progress. GTA V will be released the following day, on September 17, for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Well, This Is The Weirdest Game Trailer I’ve Seen In A While

Yes, this new Stanley Parable trailer is more or less a game-trailer version of The Stanley Parable itself. It’s also a whole lot of fun. It’s also appropriate, given the nature of the game itself. The Stanley Parable is coming soon to PC in a full, final version. But if you’d like, you can play…