How Many Times Can You Use LEGO Bricks Before They Break?

It’s an important question. LEGO may be durable, but it is not invincible. One day, you’ll put two pieces together – or pull two pieces apart – and one will fail. Which is fine. That’s existence for you. Birth, life, death. For humans, we know what to expect. 75 years is a good run. But…

Whore Of The Orient’s Development Studio Has Reportedly Been Closed Down

According to sources from KMM’s games division, the team currently working on Whore of the Orient with L.A. Noire creator Brendan McNamara, is being shut down after the game’s publisher withdrew support. A source contacted Kotaku earlier today with the news, and more have apparently come forward to MCV Pacific confirming the closure. Multiple sources…

Not Sure If This Cartoon Chell Is Cute Or Crazy

Brazilian illustrator Rayner Alencar drew this amazing picture of Portal’s Chell, which will satisfy my urge to see a Dreamworks animated version of the series while I wait for Alex Zemke to finish up the other Dreamworks-looking Portal project, his animated short The Cake Is A Lie [Rayner Alencar]

When Video Game Artists Get To Redesign Comic Book Superheroes

If you read comics, it must be like getting the keys to the candy store. “Hey, artist, do you and your team want put your stamp on some of the most iconic heroes on the planet?” The answer would probably be yes. And the results, at least in this case, are surprisingly good. The pieces…

Report: Xbox Staff Working On Microsoft “Smartwatch”

According to a report on The Verge, former Xbox and Kinect staffers have for a year been working on a “wrist-worn device” for Microsoft. The watch, which the report says began life as an Xbox accessory for fitness games, has a 1.5-inch display. No idea on just what the device would do – whether it’s…

The Evolution Of The Video Game Controller

Pop Chart Lab will soon be selling this excellent poster charting the history, and evolution, of the humble video game controller. It’s not the first one of these to turn up, but it’s the most comprehensive, taking the time to include just about every major peripheral under the sun. There’s even room for the Wu-Tang…

The First Google Glass Videos Make Life Look Like A Video Game

You could tell from the marketing video, but now that a handful of Google Glass units are out in the hands of early adopters, it’s confirmed: the device is going to make other people’s lives look like a video game clip. Gizmodo has collected a few of the very first consumer videos taken using Google…

It’s Not Quite a Magical Girl Transformation, But It’ll Do, Mewtwo

Yesterday, Patricia posted a fan animation showing the Legendary Pokémon Mewtwo changing into his recently-revealed new form via an elaborate ‘magical girl’-style sequence. The official version we just received from the Pokémon Company? Not far off. Set it to a little music, toss a skirt on him, and you’ve got a party when Pokémon X…

Iron Man 3 on a Budget Gives Shell-Head a Much-Needed Haircut

Iron Man has one more movie left before they reboot the franchise and shit out another three. My hopes are not high for Iron Man 3, in other words. But as our friends from Table 8 Productions point out, (we featured The Avengers on a Budget one year ago) it’s all about managing expectations. Because…

The SEGA Console That History Forgot

When it was at the peak of its powers, something strange happened to SEGA. They started releasing new things all the time. The SEGA CD, the 32X — consumers got a little confused and jaded so by the time SEGA actually released its next ‘proper’ console, the SEGA Saturn, people were loath to care. But…

Bravely Default Will Still Be Called Bravely Default In North America

For quite some time now, the world has been laughing at the name Bravely Default: Flying Fairy, even as we begged Square Enix to bring it out of Japan. Today’s good news: the 3DS role-playing game is indeed coming out of Japan. It’ll be released in Europe this year. 2014 for North America. And it’ll…

In Defense Of Religion In BioShock Infinite

What if I told you that Bioshock Infinite was the mostly deeply Christian game I’ve played in recent memory? Because it was. And despite the patience I choose to extend toward Breen Malmberg, the man who returned the game, claiming that it would have forced him to commit “extreme blasphemy,” I cannot let his be…

The great thing about this Dishonored version of the wonderful “Lore In A Minute” YouTube series is that it’s packed full of history you might not have known even if you played through the entire game. Most of this stuff comes from the books and notes you’ll find sprinkled around Dunwall.

Check Out The 18 New Games That Were Just Green-Lit On Steam

Steam just got a whole bunch of new games approved by its community. From Japanese RPGs to strategy games to zombies to I-Don’t-Even-Know-What-That-Is-But-It-Looks-Pretty to Something-That-Looks-Like-Slender to dungeon crawlers and so many more, there’s a ton of interesting new games you can check out. I think I like Dreamfall Chapters best simply because I want to…

The PlayStation Store has finally updated after being down for the better part of a day. So, if you’ve been waiting for stuff like the Soul Sacrifice demo or Dragon Fantasy, you can finally go get ‘em.

A Direct Comparison Of The New 3DS Zelda And Link to the Past

Looks like the newest 3DS Zelda game—announced today as a sequel to Link to the Past—really is set in the same exact overworld as that Super Nintendo classic. Clever message board posters on NeoGAF and elsewhere have pieced together this side-by-side comparison of screenshots from the new Zelda‘s trailer and the old Zelda‘s world, and…

Disney Plans to Release a Star Wars Film Every Year Beginning in 2015

At CinemaCon today, Disney revealed plans to release new Star Wars films each summer beginning in 2015. The plan isn’t to go Episode VII, VIII, IX in three years but, rather, to run spinoff films in-between the major “episode releases” every two or three years. This is consistent with earlier reports of plans for spinoff…

This Is The Best Game Trailer Of 2013 So Far

I’m not saying all video game trailers should be narrated in jazzy, dulcet tones, but it sure beats dubstep. This promo video for Leviathan: Warships—a strategy game that will be out for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android on April 30—is by far my favorite trailer of 2013 so far. Enjoy it!

What Did Luigi Whisper To The President Of Nintendo?

Today Nintendo President and adorable spokesperson Satoru Iwata delivered one of the company’s Nintendo Direct videos. For a good portion of the time he was standing next to a giant, costumed Luigi. Sometimes, he stood next to many Luigis. Fun fact: A group of several Luigis is known as a ‘Miracle’. Also, the correct plural…

These Games Made You: Classics That Inspired A New Video Game Novel

Like many of us, Austin Grossman has lived with video games his whole life. But, like a lot fewer of us, he went on make them, working as a writer and a designer on beloved titles like Deus Ex and Dishonored. Yesterday, his literary love letter to the medium—a novel called You—hit screens and bookstore…