Why Do I Cosplay? Let Me Count The Ways.

Editor’s Note: This blog post is a response to an earlier piece, which told the story of an interaction between cosplayers and a member of the gaming press at the recent PAX East. It can be read here The past couple of weeks have run the gamut from disheartening to encouraging, but predominantly enlightening. I’ve…

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

Another week, another step along the long and winding road of Game of Thrones season 3. Another step on the “Walk of Punishment,” if you will. Because that was the name of last night’s episode. Get it? You get it. Last night, stuff happened! Lots of stuff. Dark, dark stuff, mostly. Some funny stuff. I…

Sex Workers Reveal How They Attract Geeky Entrepreneur Clients

Today, CNN published an article that takes a look at sex workers who use technology, social media and geek interests to attract “well-off engineers and programmers” in the Bay Area. These men are likely young and have disposable income, making them lucrative clients. To clarify the term, CNN describes sex workers as a term that…

Want to see something cool? Check out Do Not Touch, a (briefly NSFW) “crowd-sourced music video” for the tune “Kilo” by the band Light Light. (You can download the track here.) The video was created by the Dutch design studio Moniker. It’s a trip, and something of an interactive musical experience. It’s actually better if…

He Forged A Kingdom Hearts Keyblade. Then, He Smashed Stuff With It.

Last time we saw Man At Arm’s Tony Swatton, he forged the iconic sword from Adventure Time. This time he’s back with a video that walks us through how he took the keyblade from Kingdom Hearts, and actually made it deadly. Awesome. I’m pretty sure keyblades don’t have to be sharp to be deadly, but…

In light of the AI wonkiness of the new SimCity, the same guy who accurately modeled his hometown’s traffic problems during the SimCity Beta has made an attempt to do the same thing in SimCity 2000. The results are… pretty interesting.

If you liked the first Syndicate, you may have been less than satisfied with the first-person shooter version that came out last year. Perhaps you’d like a version that’s a bit truer to the original, like Firaxis’ take on XCOM? In that case, you might enjoy Black Annex, a new indie game that’s more or…

BioShock Infinite Is The Best Multiplayer Game I’ve Played In A While

Technically, BioShock Infinite has no multiplayer mode; you can only play the single-player story. But let’s look beyond how we traditionally understand multiplayer games for a moment. If we do, what we find is that just because a game doesn’t come packaged with a multiplayer mode doesn’t mean it can’t become a multiplayer experience. Multiplayer…

The slow-paced (but excellent) multiplayer strategy/diplomacy game Neptune’s Pride now has a sequel, which you and your friends can play for free right now. Warning: They may not be your friends after you’ve finished betraying a weeks-long alliance.

The Most Random Looking Fighting Games

The success of Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, not to mention all the SNK titles, spawned a crazy amount of abominations. Developers certainly took their inspiration in…interesting directions. Adding some really cool, unique Japanese arcade fighters, we already have a nice list of weird looking fighting games. Dark Edge Dark Edge was Sega’s first attempt…

Dodger Fans Can Hit Carlos Quentin as Many Times as They Like Tonight

The Dodgers and Dodger fans want Carlos Quentin’s ass on a platter but they will not get it. Not until June. But thanks to the magic of video games, and MLB 13 The Show‘s “The Show Live”, you can hit him in every single plate appearance he should have made at Dodger Stadium tonight. Quentin…

Two explosions went off during the Boston Marathon today. Our thoughts go out to everyone. If you’d like to talk about the tragic news, you can do so here.

Ice Cream Sandwiches: The Snacktaku Review of Doom

I did not need to review the ice cream sandwich. Its merits are readily evident, especially to all of the people that have already left this article to go to their local grocer’s freezer based on the top image alone. So this is less a review and more an exploration of the sheer power of…

If I Made Another Monkey Island

Yeah, I know, that sounds like the title of the O.J. Simpson book. I realized that after I typed it, but I’m not going to change it. So, before I get into this fanciful post, I want to make one thing perfectly clear… actually, I’m just going to make it my first point. It’s probably…

Okay, Seamheads, Your Ultra-Real MLB The Show Rosters Have Arrived

Not that MLB 13 The Show has no roster support, it’s just limited in what it can do in the minor leagues. That’s where Operation Sports’ roster editors come in—every single year. See, there is no group license for real minor leaguers, and they aren’t covered by the MLB Players Association until they get their…

Hey Sony, Please Add A Fast Forward Button To PS1 Classics

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. Everyone loves getting wistful about old games, old experiences, old characters that they worshiped and cherished. It’s fun. What’s less fun is revisiting those old games and finding the flaws you’ve forgotten. I recently re-bought the PS1 classic Final Fantasy IX to play on my Vita, and while it’s a…

The Moneysaver: A Blu-ray Monday

“What, movies, what’s going on?! This is supposed to be- oh sweet, Game of Thrones.” Don’t worry, we’ve got lots of great gaming deals today, we just happen to have a ton of great deals on Blu-rays and DVD’s as well. Winter is leaving, here come the savings. If you’ve been waiting for some good…

Get Your Barf Bags, It’s Mirror’s Edge In Oculus Rift VR

It’s finally happened. The ultimate first-person game has met the ultimate first-person gaming machine: Someone’s modded Mirror’s Edge to run on the Oculus Rift VR headset. Just watching this dude gave me vertigo, but I can’t say that I don’t want to play this a whole, whole lot. The video was made by Cymatic Bruce…

One Hour of Call of Duty Warfare In Real Life Sure Would Be Expensive

Call of Duty warfare would also cost a ton of lives—enough that, if it went on for six days, there would be no humans left on earth according to Vsauce3. Really, getting into the nitty gritty details of how many (fake) resources we use in Call of Duty is intense and ridiculous: thank god it’s…

HD Re-Make of Castle of Illusion Mickey Mouse Game Coming This Summer

Last week’s teaser hinted strongly at it and a post on the official PlayStation blog (and the Sega blog) confirms that classic Genesis platformer Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse will be coming to PS3 multiple platforms this summer. (Note: the original version of this post said the game would be a PS3 exclusive. It…