Our Monitors Show Us So Many Things. Now Show Us Your Monitors.

Unless you’re reading this on a cell phone or tablet, you’re staring at a monitor right now. They are glowing portals that take us to work and play every day. What does your window to the digital world look like? I’ll show you mine, you show me yours — that’s how this works, right? Meet…

Microsoft Sends a Halo Warthog to the Seattle Pride Parade

Is it cool that Microsoft turned out for the Seattle Pride Parade? Sure, but some support of diversity is a basic expectation of such a major employer. Now, what is cool is the fact Microsoft rolled in the Seattle Pride Parade with a Warthog and Master Chief. The folks in blue are wearing pride-themed T-shirts…

The Must-See League of Legends Match Of The Weekend

Over the weekend, many professional League of Legends, StarCraft II and Call of Duty players convened in Anaheim, California to compete in Major League Gaming’s Spring Championship. But one of the most riveting battles involved American pro Xpecíal’s incredible, 40-minute play displaying some of the most impressive unit-control and micro-management I’ve seen. For those of…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: More from JJtheTexan on Nintendo’s lost games. PyramidHeadcrab wants to know if you’ve ever had a video game crush. And, DamsonRhee shares a great post about the in-jokes and shared experiences that we overlay on top of the games we play And you can always…

Steam’s Fresh Batch of Greenlit Games Includes “Minecraft with Guns”

Of course, Guncraft is just one of the eight games (and three software titles) the community approved for Steam-driven distribution last week. We’ve got a jungle survival game, a supernatural adventure-thriller, and even a mining adventure set on Mars. Let’s dive right in. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller An episodic point-and-click adventure game series starring…

In SpyParty, Your Prejudices Might Just Be Why You Got Shot in the Head

When SpyParty creator Chris Hecker says he wants his tense, psychological espionage simulation to be the most diverse game ever, he’s talking triple-decker diversity. It’s not just the races, genders or sexual orientations of the playable characters that he wants to differentiate. He’s also talking about the varying skill levels players will be bringing into…

Ghouls and the undead can be cool too sometimes. Here’s the coolest one from Fallout: New Vegas, chilling in the wasteland, having a great day. Nothing to worry about. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions…

More Terrifying Than Clickers? Last of Us Glitches

Like some games, The Last of Us has had its share of bugs. Annoying, but that’s what patches are for! But in the meantime, the bugs can strike terror in the hearts of gamers everywhere. Or, you know, make them burst out laughing. Here’s a look at some of the more amusing Last of Us…

Nintendo released its most recent investor approval rating for the company’s top Japanese brass. Satoru Iwata got an approval rating of 77.26 percent, making him the only exec this year to be under 90 percent! Last year, his approval rating was 90.60 percent. In the past, it’s apparently been as high as 96 percent.

This Is 3D Coffee Art for Regular Folks

Not everyone can whip up amazing 3D cappuccino and latte art. Heck, the vast majority of us can’t. But we still want to enjoy cute characters peeking up at us out of a steaming cup of java. Good thing there’s this. Excite reports Japanese marshmallow specialty shop Yawahada has adorable hand-made cat marshmallows that you…

Game Tournament Company Helps Chinese Owners Into University

To the mindset of some parents and many Asian parents, video games are a terrible hobby. However, that might change now with the story of Lou Kehao and Carlos Xu, two young Chinese men who have used video games to gain admittance into two of the world’s most prestigious universities. Originally reported by the Sing…

GameTrailers reports that Darkspore, EA’s always-online action-RPG from 2011, has been pulled from Steam following complaints about game-breaking network issues. An announcement on the game’s official forums says that these bugs will not be fixed as the game is “for almost all intents & purposes an abandoned title.”

Foam Oozing Out of a Tokyo Street

Christmas in July? Not quite. Last Friday evening in Tokyo, a mysterious foam started bubbling up, covering a street in the ritzy Ginza area. People wondered what exactly was going on. Apparently, there was an easy explanation for the surprising sight: forty liters of body soap. Asahi News (via 2ch) reported that the suds covered…

The Focus of this First-Person Puzzle Game? “Single-Player Co-op.”

This is Tessallation, a free puzzle game where you play with yourself. Well — copies of yourself. You play as Tessa, a schoolgirl with a cube for a head (don’t ask) who has the ability to time travel. But it’s not just any ordinary time travel; Tessa can travel back in time while leaving a…

A Look Inside the Xbox One Controller [Update]

We’ve seen the Xbox One controller. We’ve seen it compared to the PS4 controller as well as learned about its features. What about a look inside? Chinese site Xbox Skyer has what’s reported to be a teardown of an Xbox One controller picked up in Dongguan, China. That’s a major port city where many goods…

A Thousand Death Threats Against a Popular Anime Creator

Attack on Titan is one of this year’s biggest anime. Originally a manga, Attack on Titan has also turned its creator Hajime Isayama into a celebrity. And a target of death threats—a frightening number of them. Last Friday, a commenter on Isayama’s official blog wrote, “On June 29, I’m going to beat Hajime Isayama to…

Just one of 27 examples where bootleg subtitles, mostly from anime, go horribly, horribly wrong. More at Buzzfeed

Hobo Cat With A Chainsaw

This is CATDAMMIT! It’s about a cat, described by the devs as “a milkoholic hobo”. His milk was spilled, so now he has a chainsaw, and he is destroying everything It’s being developed by Polish studio Fir & Flams, and will be out soon on PC/Mac. For free. Not free-to-play. Proper free. Can’t argue with…

In 1986, C-3PO Recorded A Rap Song. Do Not Thank The Maker.

Anthony Daniels, the voice (and body!) of C-3PO, is a talented guy. He does the C-3PO “bumbling aristocrat” thing very, very well. What he does not do well is rhyme over beats. This long-lost commercial is from 1986, and is from a TV special recorded to promote the then-new Star Tours ride at Disneyland. It…just…It’s…

Mario Plant, Or Nightmare Fuel?

Gotta be the latter. If Nintendo had managed to make piranha plants look like this in the 80s, a lot of people’s childhoods would have been substantially more traumatic. Artist Karen “Dogzilla Lives” Main is to thank for this, but a warning: if this grosses you out, her other works won’t be any easier on…