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UncategorizedThe Lone Ranger Game Is A Red Dead Disappointment
If Red Dead Redemption were a free-to-play social game, it would be pretty horrible, filled with mundane click quests governed by an energy meter, constant pressure to bug your friends to join your posse, and brief spurts of action that amount to little more than timed tapping. It would be The Lone Ranger. First off,…
By Mike Fahey Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedBreakout Inside of Breakout Inside of Breakout
Playing a game embedded inside another game isn’t a new idea. But few games have done it as simply or as well as BRICK[bricksmash]SMASH. Alan Hazelden’s Breakout homage multiplies the action so that you’re playing 17 bouncing-ball-and-paddle games at once. The end result is hypnotic and brilliant. When I reached him by e-mail, Hazelden said…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
Life Behind Bars ‘Extremely Traumatic’ For League Of Legends Player
According to the parents of the 19-year-old facing eight years of prison for making threatening Facebook comments, jail has been a horrible experience for Justin Carter. Maybe that sounds like a no-brainer, but reading the specifics of what Justin Carter is undergoing while jailed is kind of shocking. Yesterday, we learned that Carter is on…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedSend Her A Video Game Thing, Or Anything, And She’ll Paint It For You
I do not know where Ali Spagnola gets her energy, but I’ll have what she’s having. We first met the musician/artist/writer/all-around-dynamo upon learning of her“power hour” drinking game/album, which came with 60 one-minute tunes, each of which must be accompanied by a shot of beer en route to drunktown. Amid the drinking and the concerts,…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
SimCity Survey Gropes About For Ways To Keep Folks Playing
It seems a few players were a little upset with the way the most recent installment of SimCity turned out. Today a survey is making the rounds suggesting several potential features and expansions that might transform Maxis’ train-wreck into the game we wanted in the first place. What sort of improvements and changes? How about…
By Mike Fahey Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Walking Dead: 400 Days Is A Clever, Successful Experiment
Just like that, there was a new episode of Telltale’s The Walking Dead. And guess what? It’s good! More than that, it’s interesting. A collection of five interwoven short stories, The Walking Dead: 400 Days is just the sort of experiment that smaller downloadable episodes make possible. Telltale appears to be running with that, putting…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
The Visual Evolution of the Halo Series This Generation
We’re nearing the end of this console generation—which makes it easy to reminisce about where this generation has taken us. In the graphical department, it’s hard to deny how far we’ve come. Look no further than the Halo franchise, which has had multiple iterations this generation, to see evidence of a visual leap in the…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
A Day Before Egyptian Coup, Protestors Flashed Giant ‘Game Over’ Sign
Pinball machines and video games (oh, and the movie Aliens) popularized the phrase “Game Over.” Those two words are also used at times of political unrest. Google Images turns upplenty of examples. And here’s a new one, via Facebook, photographed on July 2 during a laser light show on the side of a government building…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
Every Game Would Be Better With Blink From Dishonored
The best part of Dishonored—a phenomenal game in just about every way—is the Blink spell, an ability that lets you instantly teleport a short distance in front of you. Blink is really, really cool. So cool that we think it should really be in every video game. Witness: See? Feel free to make your own…
By Jason Schreier Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedCNBC Calls Zynga a ‘Buy’ Now That Former Xbox Boss Is CEO
Sure, some people think that former Xbox czar Don Mattrick isn’t going to turn Zynga’s miserable fortunes around. But, other individuals— business-minded folk—think the exact opposite. The most interesting thing about this clip is the perceptions being quickly flung around about the executive leaders of companies like Microsoft, Zynga, EA and Activision. It’s one thing…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedCollege Humor Takes On The Xbox One
Best part of this wonderful video, produced by the very funny folks at College Humor? The blurb: “Microsoft is screwing everybody, especially us by retracting all these policies one day after we filmed this.” Whoops. Still, this is awesome. “Alls I wanna do is be sad and alone in my basement!”
By Jason Schreier Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedTen Minutes That Remind You Why Grand Theft Auto Mods Are Hilarious
HelixSnake, mostly famous for his amazing Skate 3 compilations, recently switched his attention back to Grand Theft Auto IV, another great game with a physics engine just begging to be glitched out beyond recognition. Carefully cut and edited, this is an outstanding compilation. Considering what HelixSnake was able to manipulate in Skate 3, it’s no…
By Gergo Vas Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
Report: Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Will Come With A Brand New Ending Scene
Did you ever think to yourself, “Hey, Final Fantasy X and X-2 are good and all, but what they really need is another 30-minute cut-scene during the credits?” You’re in luck! According to the Japanese publication Shounen Jump (as translated by Siliconera), the upcoming HD remakes of FFX and FFX-2 (to be released on PS3…
By Jason Schreier Published July 3, 2013 -
EsportsHow (Some) Pro League of Legends Players Got Their Names
Online handles are important, and that’s especially the case if you’re a pro player. Your name frames how people will see you as a public figure. Maybe you want to sound threatening. Maybe you want people to hate saying your name. People think about this stuff! It should be no surprise, then, that pro League…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
Runescape 3 Launches July 22
It’s been 12 years and change since Jagex first unleashed the ridiculously popular free-to-play MMO Runescape on the world, and it’s finally starting to look like something I might play. The game’s largest upgrade ever, Runescape 3 has been confirmed for a July 22 launch. Along with some relatively smoking-hot graphics upgrades and the return…
By Mike Fahey Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedThe Moneysaver: Playstation Plus, Dust, Arena Of Heroes, Stargate
What deal through yonder window breaks? Happy Independence Day Eve dear readers. Complete your collection of Rockstar’s games for cheap on the PC today, or take advantage of the ongoing summer sales on the consoles. PS3 owners should not miss out on the discounted $20 PSN Card/3 Months Plus combo from Best Buy, and if…
By Shane Roberts Published July 3, 2013 -
ReviewsOuya: The Kotaku Review
If I was writing a book of personal gaming records, I’d mark up a page for the Ouya: New console that stayed in the box, unplayed, longer than any other one I’ve ever had. Three days. Sealed. No urgency to play the tiniest console I’ve ever seen. It’s so tiny, yet I still wasn’t sure…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedCreator Of Adventure Time Plays Animal Crossing At Beyonce Concert
Pendleton Ward must really like Animal Crossing: New Leaf—why else would he play it during a Beyonce concert? Then again, the game makes sure to give you time-sensitive events; maybe Ward just had a date with a villager that he couldn’t miss. But let’s not front, many of us have done stuff like this. I…
By Patricia Hernandez Published July 3, 2013 -
UncategorizedHere’s Destiny‘s Entire 12-Minute E3 Gameplay Demo
Who wants to watch twelve minutes of Bungie’s Destiny in action? Anyone? Would you like to watch that demo accompanied by some goofy and highly scripted player-banter? Even better! This demo made its debut at Sony’s E3 press conference in June, with Bungie developers playing the game on PlayStation 4s. Now Bungie has sent along…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 3, 2013 - Uncategorized
How the Owners of ‘WiiU.Com’ Won Their Case Against Nintendo
Over the weekend it was learned that Nintendo lost its case to take over the website name wiiu.com—a domain registered way the hell back in 2004, before “Wii” even existed as a word or trademark. So what exactly did “wiiu.com” stand for nine years ago? According to the full text of the World Intellectual Property…
By Owen Good Published July 3, 2013