Marine Vet Justifies His Argument For Xbox As “Anti-Empathy Machine”

Today on televison, somebody said something reasonable about violent video games. Karl Marlantes, an author, Marine veteran and author of the book “What It Is Like to Go to War” fielded a question on C-Span2 about the long-term effect that unrealistic depictions of war in media and specifically gaming will have on the military. Despite…

Why Tim Schafer Has A Second Kickstarter

“Look, we just made $70,000! Not that I have it up on auto-refresh or anything…” That was beloved game designer and Double Fine Games founder Tim Schafer watching the growing total for Massive Chalice, less than an hour into the company’s latest Kickstarter game development funding campaign. Double Fine, of course, helped birth the onslaught…

It Looks Like Wind Waker and Plays Like Super Mario 64. Fantastic.

We’ve been covering the delightful A Hat In Time for a while now, but not only have the developers recently launched a Kickstarter to help fund the development, I also finally got a chance to play it. Now I can tell you that without a doubt, this is project worth supporting. If you’ve not heard…

The Most Terrifying Mystery Mansions In Video Games

You gotta love horror games with mysterious, haunted mansions. They work so well. You enter the estate, or wake up in a calm part of it, only to find hordes of traps, the undead and a bevy of haunted horrors waiting to overwhelm you. It’s still a preferred setting for horror games, action-adventures, and for…

“Both kink and games involve and even require co-operation and trust: between the player and the author, between the players themselves, between someone experiencing pain and someone inflicting it.” Game devs Porpentine and Merritt Kopastalk about the intersection of kink and video games over at Trash Babes.

Daft Punk + K.K. Slider = This Song

Sure, the original version of Get Lucky is catchy—but Pharrell’s smoothness is no match for K.K. Slider’s animalese vocals. It’s not even a fair fight. This video by Alex Romeroproves it. Awww yeaaaah. Truly, K.K. Slider has come a long way: (Source unknown, but can update this post if that changes.) Get Lucky feat. K.K.…

Time To Call Out Iron Man 3‘s Biggest WTF Moment

You know what, it’s hard to argue with some of the stuff in this (spoilery) Iron Man 3 video from How It Should Have Ended. Specifically, how it calls out the movie’s biggest WTF moment. I liked the movie a good deal, but I had the same question at the end: Why on Earth did…

The Phoenix Wright HD Trilogy Is Finally Out On iOS Today

After several delays, the HD remake of the planet’s best lawyer simulator is finally live on iOS. You can get the first three Phoenix Wright games on iPhone and iPad right now The app is totally free, and it comes with the first two cases of game #1. If you like what you play, you…

Razer Debuts The World’s Thinnest Gaming Laptop

Ever since Razer started making their skinny 17-inch Razer Blade laptop, I’ve been wondering when a gaming PC company was going to come along and deliver a powerful gaming laptop with the slender form factor of an Ultrabook. That would be today. Meet the new Razer Blade, a 14-inch gaming laptop that’s skinnier than Apple’s…

Is David Hayter Playing Snake In MGS5? We’ll Find Out Next Week.

Ever since David Hayter tearfully announced that he wouldn’t be returning as Snake for the next Metal Gear Solid game, I’ve had a gut feeling that he will be returning as Snake. Get this: the longtime Snake voice actor tweeted yesterday that he’ll be making an appearance at E3 in a week and a half:…

The Elder Scrolls Online Finally Looks Like an Elder Scrolls Game

They said they weren’t going to do it. People objected. They changed their mind. And now, behold: The Elder Scrolls Online has a first-person-with-hands mode. Ahhh. This game now looks like a Skryrim MMO. Add +100 to me giving a damn. I explain what the deal is in the video, which you really should watch…

HeroClix TabApp Elite Turns DC Superheroes Into Skylanders

Late last year the HeroClix folks introduced TabApp, an iOS and Android app that utilizes physical toys to play a relatively limited video game. This year they spice things up with TabApp Elite, giving the toys a Skylanders-esque base station and a much more interesting game to play. My main complaint with the original TabApp…

GeForce GTX 770 Review: Adding Value to High-End GFX?

Having taken the covers off the GeForce GTX 780 a week ago, Nvidia is ready to release their next part in the GeForce 700 series. Giving us our first look at the GeForce GTX 770 is Gainward, with their special Phantom edition card featuring an upgraded cooling solution, factory overclocking, and 8-phase PWM. But let’s…

Chart: How Microsoft Confused Everyone With the Xbox One

For the past week or so, we’ve all been a tad confused about how Microsoft will be handling used games, online requirements and indie developers on its new Xbox One console. So many official Microsoft comments about these things! Not all of them backwards-compatible with each other. Friend-of-the-site Superannuation suggested that someone make a chart…

The Moneysaver: Wii U Deluxe, Amazon Mayhem Last Days, PSN Money, DMC

Moneysaver is like a box of chocolates, you never know what deals you’re gonna get. Let’s crack on. TigerDirect has the Wii U Deluxe (the one you want) for $289 plus shipping. Use code NXL90940 to activate that price. Sure, the console is floundering at the moment, but we’ve got Pikmin 3, a new Smash…

I’d Collect The Hell Out Of These Game of Thrones Magic Cards

What’s remarkable about these Game of Thrones characters re-imagined at JermTube as Magic: The Gathering cards isn’t so much how convincing they look, it’s how much thought was put into making them read like functional Magic cards. Here are two more sets of ten, click to embiggen: You can download them individually here, here and…

Wow, Double Fine’s New Strategy Game Sounds Amazing

The studio that started the video game Kickstarter revolution is going back to Kickstarter for their next game—and it sounds bloody fantastic. Described as a strategy game inspired by X-COM, Final Fantasy Tactics, Fire Emblem, and Game of Thrones (wow!), the new title is called Massive Chalice, and the folks at Double Fine are looking…

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Returns To Sell You An iPad

It’s the 10th anniversary of one of the greatest Star Wars video games ever made, and BioWare has teamed up with Aspyr Media to bring Knights of the Old Republic to the iPad, a gift to the series’ devoted fans. Well, a gift to the series’ most devoted fans who also own an iPad —…

MSNBC Host Calls Men in Their Twenties Weak, Unmarriable Gamers

In the middle of a dated metaphor about cavemen killing dinosaurs to make ends meet Joe Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, called men in their twenties weak, unmarriable gamers. Speaking on the topic of shifting gender roles and female breadwinners, Joe stated the following about my generation: “Men in their twenties, who unfortunately I…

Sony Won’t Answer All of These Questions About PS4 DRM and Used Games… Yet [UPDATE]

Used games. Love’em or hate’em, you’ve probably got some opinion on the furor surrounding how we’ll buy, sell, and borrow video games in the future. Microsoft has already revealed plans to restrict used games in some way for Xbox One, and Sony has been murky about how the PS4 will handle them. Tons and tons…