There’s a Cigarette Smoking Turtle in China

If you’ve ever wondered how addictive cigarettes are, look no further than this turtle. Various Chinese TV news programs are reporting that a man in Changchun owns a turtle that smokes ten cigs a day. The turtle even makes chirping noises when it wants smokes or walks over to its owner when he’s puffing away.…

A Game Where You’re In Jail. Suspected Of Murder. Oh, And Pregnant.

It’s always nice to play an adventure game that’s not set in a fantasy kingdom, gritty sci-fi future or cartoon world. Though, actually, I’m not sure “nice” is the right word to use when it comes to 9 Months In. An indie point-and-click adventure game, you play a woman who is both incarcerated and pregnant.…

It’s Never Dangerous To Go Alone When Zelda Stars Tony Stark

Snapped at PAX Australia last weekend. I wonder if it would be any less annoying if it was J.A.R.V.I.S. banging on at you to “please listen”. Best cosplay at PAX AUS. [Reddit, via Fashionably Geek]

Now that the Mad Max game is going to have an Australian-accented star, who’s it going to be? One man has alreadyput his hand up: Mel Gibson’s brother (and professional voice actor) Donal. Who like Mel isn’t actually Australian, but having spent time here growing up can do the accent pretty damn well.

Using Oculus Rift To Control A Drone. A Real Drone.

How meta. It’s designed to let you enter virtual reality, but the Oculus Rift can also be used to control things in the real world. Like drones. This is the first flight of Oculus FPV, a scheme put together by Intuitive Aerial that lets you use the headset to get a birds-eye view of stuff…

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…