There’s More Than Meets the Eye in This PlayStation Email

It looked like any other boring old email. But, as noted by Reddit user Sarranoob, it was anything but. It was an email in disguise. When the email’s image isn’t uploaded, it reveals an Autobot logo. Sure, this is just marketing, but it’s clever marketing. In case you missed it, here is Kotaku‘s review of…

Someone’s Done A Speedrun Of Star Wars. The Movie.

A speedrun is normally something you associate with a video game, when a player tries to get through a game as fast as is humanly (or sometimes inhumanly) possible. Here, though, we see a movie speedrun. An animated whirlwind tour of Star Wars: Episode IV. Funny how good the movie is even when you’re not…

This Is Surely The Future Of Multiplayer Gaming

The Just Cause 2 multiplayer mod continues to impress, but this time, not for technical reasons. This time, it’s for reasons of limousine races and Parappa music. Just Cause 2 Multiplayer – LIMOUSINE FRUSTRATION [YouTube, via Destructoid]

Paypal Shafts Indie Developer, Withholds Donated Money

It was one of the year’s feel-good stories when Lab Zero Games raised over $800,000 so they could make more content for indie fighting game Skullgirls. It’s one of the year’s saddest stories, then, that Paypal is being really weird with the studio’s money. Most of the contributions to Lab Zero’s IndieGoGo campaign were paid…

Concept Artists Want To Make Their Own Video Game

No doubt tired of doing work for other people’s games, British art studio Atomhawk has announced plans to develop a game of their own. It’s called The Realm, an adventure game that’s aiming for both the PC and tablet devices. What’s worth a look are two things: Atomhawk do good work, as we’ve seen before.…

Ah, Gunpoint. It’s been a while. Nice to see you again. And see that you’re still looking terrific.

An RPG That’s Drawn Entirely On Paper (And Not A Mario In Sight)

This game was made by one man. And is entirely hand-drawn. Using actual paper and ink. Jesse Gallagher is the developer/artist behind Paper Sorcerer, a successful Kickstarter project that’s due later this year on iOS and Android. It’s an old-school RPG, but it’s the art that’s got me leaning closer, not the genre. Gallagher tells…

Make Your Own Official Portal Cakes With Official Portal Cake Mix

Your next baking session can crack jokes like it was 2007 now that official Aperture Science cake mix has been made available. It comes with the candle, 275g of cake mix, 50g of cream powder, chocolate flakes and 80g of liquid thickener. All you need to complete the thing are some cherries and a post-apocalyptic…

There’s a “strong possibility” that Relicwill be working with Games Workshop on a new Dawn of War game somewhere down the line.

See How Star Wars & Transformers Figures Are Made

Our pals at Gizmodo were lucky enough to take a trip out to Hasbro recently, where they sat in with the folks responsible for designing the company’s prototype action figures. In the amazing video above, we get to meet some of the people behind the toy’s design, see how models are built in 3D printers…

Moneysaver PSA: Limited Time Gaming Deals For Tuesday [GONE]

Set your iPhone’s alarm, Amazon’s got Gold Box deals on video games, and we’ve got all the details right here. Starting at 3am EST, Amazon will be running limited time sales on several games and accessories. The deal ends either when time expires or when stock is sold through. We’re going to list the offers…

Fixing Video Game Box Art With…Clip Art And Comic Sans

It started with album covers, but if you’ve been browsing Tumblr or forums this week you may have seen it jump pretty swiftly to video games. “It” being people recreating video game box art using nothing but stock clip art, MS Paint and everyone’s favourite font, comic sans. The results are…horrifying, at first. But when…

Jeremy Hsu has written a great story over on Motherboard about the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, and how it “contrasted powerful displays of U.S. technological prowess with living ethnological exhibits of indigenous peoples from around the world”. In other words, how it was BioShock Infinite. On the ground.

Persona! The Art Of Shigenori Soejima

The series just wouldn't be the same without his iconic style

What Did You Think Of Last Night’s (Awesome) Game of Thrones?

Well then. Guess who you don’t fuck with? You don’t fuck with Daenerys Targaryen. That sure was a lot of fun, wasn’t it? Of course, those who had read the book were likely waiting for that moment at the end of the episode since we first saw Dany and the Unsullied in episode one, but…

Happy Birthday, Konami Code

This week in 1986, the release of Gradius ushered in the era of the Konami Code, a series of button presses that would become synonymous with not just gaming on the NES, but gaming in general. This Week in Gaming History: Happy Birthday Konami Code! [Jace Hall/PSP]

The fantastic #1ReasonToBe Game Developers Conference panel is now available to watch for free online. Brenda Romero, Robin Hunicke, Elizabeth Sampat, Mattie Brice, Leigh Alexander and Kim McAuliffe each shared stories of working as women in the video game industry in a galvanizing, often emotional panel that was emblematic of the overarching theme of change…

Superheroes Designed By Little Girls Are Fantastic

First there was Superheroes are for girls, too!, a website which showcased little girls who love superheroes. Now there’s also Little Girls Are Better At Designing Superheroes Than You, a website which illustrates photographs of superhero-loving little girls. They’re heartening pictures. From the website’s description: Kids are more impressionable than you, but kids can also…

Six Critics Are Divided Over The Fun but Flawed Dead Island: Riptide

In Dead Island, the first-person hack and slash RPG, you went around a tropical island, punching, kicking, maiming and shooting zombies. In Dead Island: Riptide, you do the exact same thing. For some, this is enough—but not quite for others. Bashing zombie heads in is fun. Collecting all kinds of loot is also fun. But…

My Xbox Dashboard Features People Eating McDonald’s Wraps On A Loop

So, this is happening. I booted up my Xbox 360 to snag some DLC and make sure Django Unchained was indeed available for rent, and then I sort of just left the dashboard sitting there. It wasn’t too long before I noticed… This ad has now been looping into my apartment for the past 30…