Even in BioShock Infinite‘s Alternate History, America Was a Woman. But Not a Nice One.

We all know Uncle Sam. The guy in the Old Glory-styled top hat and tails is the personification of the United States that American schoolkids grow up learning about. You probably know him from the famous poster strongly urging that you enlist and maybe you’ve seen him done up as a superhero But did you…

Everything Wrong With Deadpool in One Convenient Game Trailer

Deadpool is my second-favorite Marvel Comics character. Seeing him come to life (courtesy of IGN) at the hands of the studio that brought me two stellar Transformers games should be a dream come true, but the more I see of the Deadpool game the more I realize the character I fell in love with back…

It’s Easy To Kill Monsters. Fearing Or Respecting Them? That’s Another Story.

It’s not often I respect my enemies in a game—how could I? They’re just a target. A bundle of HP. An obstacle. Something to conquer. But when you’re a legendary Witcher, your (equally legendary) enemies demand respect. Monster hunting is not for the reckless; approaching creatures in the world of Temeria with an unsheathed sword…

Yep, SimCity Still Isn’t Working

See that image? If you try to play SimCity on the U.S. servers right now, you probably will. It’s a little different from the image we saw last night, and the server issues we saw all throughout yesterday, but the problem remains the same: people who bought SimCity can’t play it. Right now it’s 8pm…

A Quick Fix For Tomb Raider‘s Crash-Happy PC Version

I’ve been looking forward to playing Tomb Raider on PC for the last week, ever since Evan’s review made me think, “Okay, yep, sounds like this is indeed my kinda game.” I booted it up, played through the opening bit that I’d played at press events, and upon making my way past the dangling LOST-airplane……

PETA’s Whale of a Complaint with Assassin’s Creed has Nothing to do With Animals

The m.o. of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals complaining about video games is by now completely transparent. They’ve had problems with everything from Pokémon to Mario’s Tanooki suit, and little of it has anything to do with the harmful depiction of animals in a video game, or the corrosive attitudes that may spread.…

I’m A Mormon. Pop Culture Often Mocks My Faith, But Fallout Treated It Right

I’m a 31-year-old, fifth-generation Mormon (member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) from Salt Lake City, Utah and I love video games. I’ve been playing since my parents brought home the original NES with Track & Field, Duck Hunt, and The Legend of Zelda. Unlike most of my friends I never “grew…

Whoa, That’s Definitely A Pterodactyl In Battlefield 3

First we found a futuristic easter egg in Battlefield 3‘s End Game DLC. Now we have something a bit more…prehistoric. That’s definitely a pterodactyl, right? I think we all know what this means: prehistoric Battlefield is an inevitability. No but seriously though, nice find on the Nebandan Flats, scannerbarkly. Kind of wondering if you can…

EA Sports May Add “A Couple of New Sports Franchises,” But Don’t Get Your Hopes Up for MVP Baseball [UPDATE]

A top Electronic Arts executive, speaking at an investor conference, hinted that EA Sports could add “a couple of new sports franchises,” in the coming year, and reaffirmed the label’s commitment to publishing NBA Live, which it canceled for a second time at the end of last year. In remarks reported by Polygon, Blake Jorgensen,…

Lost Planet 3 Now Scheduled to Cool Things Off on June 25th

Originally pegged as an early 2013 release, publisher Capcom has announced that Lost Planet 3 won’t be coming out until June. Specifically, it’ll be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC on June 25 in North America and on June 28 in Europe. The newest trailer shows lead character Jim Peyton landing on the…

Don’t Ever Leave Me Again, Mini Ninjas

I contend that one of Square Enix’s finest acquisitions in 2009’s take-over of Eidos Interactive was the six miniature trained killers of 2009’s action-adventure, Mini Ninjas. Soon they will be an animated series, but for now they’re an endless runner, and I’ve missed them so much. I didn’t play the Kinect-powered Mini Ninjas Adventures last…

EA Exec Accuses Video Game Website Of Making Up Dead Space Cancellation Story [UPDATE]

One of EA’s top executives says the website VideoGamer fabricated news yesterday when they reported that Dead Space 4 was no more. The VideoGamer report, which cited an anonymous source, said that “EA has ceased development on Dead Space 4 and effectively axed the series following lower than anticipated sales of Dead Space 3.” According…

Sega’s announced that Company of Heroes 2 will be out on June 25th. Watching enemies freeze to death will have to wait.

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Is Supposed to Combine The Best of Five Other Assassin’s Creeds

The new pirate-themed Assasin’s Creed will unite the best traits of Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Assassin’s Creed III, the game’s associate producer, Sylvain Trottier recently told me. How? Trottier talked me through what the Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag development team believes are the best features of…

Minecraft Looking at PlayStation—When Its Exclusive Deal With the 360 Ends

Minecraft on the Xbox 360 is no joke. In October, it briefly dethroned Call of Duty as the Xbox 360’s most-played game, and is still a solid No. 2 five months later. So its viability as a console title isn’t in question. Mojang is considering a PlayStation version, said Jens Bergstein, the lead designer of…

Inxile’s Kickstarter for their spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment is live now and already rolling in the dough.

Tips for Playing SimCity

The latest iteration of the world’s oldest and most-beloved city building game has arrived, incorporating strong social elements and cutting-edge technology to drag the franchise kicking-and-screaming into the modern age. I hear some people can actually play it. If you’re not one of the lucky ones that dodged the download, install and server woes of…

This Huge Final Fantasy Airship Case Mod Really Explores the Space

Building this replica of a Final Fantasy airship woudn’t be an easy task, even if it wasn’t meant to be a PC case mod. What do you do with all of that space? Well, Richard “8-Bit Builder” Clinton somehow found room for two GTX 660 graphics cards inside and even play around with the case…

The Awesome Giant Monsters of Japanese Video Games

Godzilla and his atomic breath are one of the most recognizable metaphors for the atomic bombings of WWII—and they’re also icons of Japanese pop culture. With a steady supply of Kaiju movies, giant monsters nestled themselves comfortably in video games, creating a huge library of monster mayhem-based titles. We have selected some of them, both…

This is like Paperboy, but better (and with magnets!) [via IT Media]