The Internet Reacts Hilariously To The Xbox One Event

The big Xbox reveal event yesterday swept through every major forum and community, resulting in the inevitable production of hilarious jabs at the console itself, console wars, and especially the dog companion from Call of Duty: Ghosts in just a couple of hours. Among a lot of messy stuff that’s already old news, quite a…

Zombie Kirby Comes To Un-Life In This Speed Drawing

Kirby! He’s so cute, so cuddly, so… bloodthirsty and brains-starved. In this speed-drawing by Shanna May, the little guy comes to life (or undeath) in a grisly yet adorable way. You can order a print or poster of the little brain-eater here

Alan Wake Creator Explains Why We’re Not Getting A Sequel

Sam Lake—you bastard child of Vincent Price and Stephen King—don’t you ever change. Even when explaining the massive disappointment that was the distinct lack of Alan Wake 2 at yesterday’s Xbox One reveal, the guy who put words in Max Payne’s mouth still manages to come across as hypnotically charming. Lake says that reveals that…

Call Of Duty Dog Must Die, So That We May Live

Yesterday, when we all met Call of Duty Dog for the first time, the first thing I said was, “Aww, a dog!” The second thing I said was, “Good thing they are going to kill him.” Every comment, every video, every Call of Duty Dog joke made has been accompanied by the logical conclusion that,…

Hey Hipsters, Looking For Your Portal Fixie? It’s On Craigslist

I’m selling a nice dicent fixie 300 obo just got the rims a week ago but I don’t even ride bikes so I don’t need it anymore every thing works fine and looks good I paid over 450 for every thing […] The seller says he’s willing to trade it for a Wii U, too.…

Xbox One: All Of This Week’s News

The next Xbox is called Xbox One. It’ll be out later this year. It won’t be always-online, but it will restrict used games. Oh, and the next Call of Duty has a dog. That’s just a smidgeon of the news we got at Microsoft’s big event in Redmond on Tuesday, which touted the new Xbox…

Xbox Exec: ‘If You’re Backwards Compatible, You’re Really Backwards’

The quote in the headline comes from Don Mattrick, talking to the Wall Street Journal about the Xbox One when the topic of backwards compatibility came up. But that’s not the only head-scratching statement to come from the man in charge of all things Xbox. The newspaper article covers the different strategies behind Microsoft’s next-gen…

Ryse Rises Again As Xbox One Exclusive, Will Use Controller

Crytek’s first-person Roman shield-cracker Ryse debuted at E3 in 2011 as a Kinect game for Xbox 360, then fell off the map. The game has returned, as Crytek has posted an update to their site announcing Ryse as an exclusive for the Xbox One. The update is short on details, but describes the game as…

I Swear To God, They Had Better Not Kill Call of Duty Dog

Yesterday, when we all met Call of Duty Dog for the first time, the first thing we said was, “Aww, a dog!” The second thing we said was, “Too bad they are going to kill him.” Every comment, every video, every Call of Duty Dog joke made has been accompanied by the implicit assumption that,…

The Moneysaver: Alan Wake, PSN Ultimate Editions, The Twilight Zone

You’re traveling through another dimension — a dimension not only of deals and discounts but of freebies. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of your wallet. That’s a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Moneysaver. It’s a good day to be a console owner. Alan wake is $5 digitally on…

Only Fox News Can Save Us From the Tyranny of Xbox One

Microsoft says the Xbox One won’t need an always-online Internet connection. But if you want to play it, the thing might need to check in with the home office once a day. Playing used or borrowed games also sounds like a real bitch. Only one thing that can save gamers from this: our old enemy,…

A Dramatic Reading of Ridiculous Grand Theft Auto V YouTube Comments

You can’t have a trailer for a high profile game on YouTube without having the comments sometimes becoming strange, weird, and downright trollish. Grand Theft Auto is no exception, as shown by this funny dramatic reading of YouTube comments done by Shesellssheshells Previously: a dramatic reading of BioShock Infinite YouTube comments, and a dramatic reading…

Hey, Facebook. Your ‘Like’ Button Is Ugly. Here Are Better Options.

Can you guess which games each of these icons represent? I don’t know about you guys, but I’m pretty tired of seeing the bulky, medical-blue ‘Like’ button on every website and, increasingly, coffee shops and other random locations boasting their profile pages and begging for interest. But if they were video game-themed, like those above,…

What’s In A Name? ‘Xbox One’ Could Confuse Average Gamers

Yesterday, when Microsoft finally announced the successor to their Xbox 360, Don Mattrick took the stage with a giddy grin. “Today, we’re thrilled to unveil the ultimate all-in-one home entertainment system,” the Microsoft executive said. “The one with the power to create experiences that look and feel like nothing else. The one that makes your…

Google Play Is Messed Up, Like This Poor Girl’s Disfigured Face

“Why don’t you review more Android games?” is a question I get on a daily basis, and it’s a question I never ignore. Every time I get it, the first thing I do is go to Google Play on my phone and see if there’s anything new worth taking a look at. The service doesn’t…

Moneysaver One-Shot: Sony MDR-V6 Headphones For Cheap

Can you hear the savings now? Amazon has Sony’s MDR-V6 headphones for a low $54 today. That’s squarely in impulse buy territory, and a no-brainer if you need a new pair. We love headphones at the Moneysaver, and we’ve found that you do too. Our Audio-Technica ATH-M50’s and ATH-M30’s were some of our most popular…

The Big Xbox One Announcement, in Helpful, Hilarious Abridged Form

If you didn’t see any of the Xbox One announcement yesterday, you may be of the impression this morning that Microsoft must have gone on stage and urinated on a picture of Mister Rogers while—wait a minute, was Phil Spencer really wearing two watches? VideoGamer, which also abbreviated Sony’s PS4 announcement back in February, provides…

Microsoft Plotting a New, Friendlier Xbox Live for Xbox One

Microsoft is taking steps to elevate the reputation of its popular but notorious online service, Xbox Live, for its third console, this fall’s Xbox One. If they pull this off, the more positive gamers of the world might enjoy their online gaming sessions a little more. A chief change involves a new, improved reputation system…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Nicholas Payne thinks the Xbox One may not be so bad. And there’s not one but two Japanese animation posts for you to catch up on. And you can always go join the voices talking about video games and life in TAY Classic and in…

PC FIFA Won’t Get EA Sports’ Next-Gen Engine

Sorry, Master Race. That superduper Ignite Engine that EA Sports is bringing to its next-generation games? Yeah, it’s not going to power any upcoming PC version of FIFA. That’s per FIFA community manager Rob Hodson, who had this to say on Twitter. Naturally, PC gamers did not react well. The truth is that PC has…