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…

It takes a lot to get me excited about an iterative sports game, but this year’s Pro Evo looks to be anything but. Dat new engine

This Is Mirror’s Edge In Real Life. It Is Terrifying

I can’t tell if these guys are imitating Mirror’s Edge, or if this video is just a testament to how well the game captured what parkour feels like. Either way, this first person Parkour video is so much like Mirror’s Edge that it’s actually a little bit terrifying. There’s even moments that feel like it…

A Remote-Controlled Mako Surely Drives Better Than The “Real” One

Mass Effect’s Mako gets a bad rap from many folks, but really, its heart was in the right place. That, and the fact it looked badass, means it still has its fans today, enough to go to the trouble of making a cool little remote-controlled version. The RC Mako team have built this little vehicle…

What If The Original Super Mario Bros. Was Remade In HD?

This kind of business, at least for its older games, isn’t really Nintendo’s style. The New Super Mario Bros. series is close enough, thanks. But let’s imagine that, one day, the company goes crazy/pulls a Capcom, and decides to remaster the original Super Mario Bros. in “HD”. It could look like NSMB, yeah, but it…

SimCity: Now With $9 Balloons

If your $50 copy of SimCity is lying unused, would a $9 piece of DLC adding a few balloons get you playing again? Of course not, but that’s the plan at EA regardless, the new “Airships” set adding two new types of hot air balloon park and an airship mass transit option. That’s it. For…