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Splinter Cell: Blacklist —out on 08/20—features the game’s female President in a new “Inauguration” trailer

Mouse And Keyboard? Pfft. How About The Possibility Of Team Fortress 2 On Virtual Reality Goggles?

Every year, a game developers conference is held in San Francisco. In GDC 2013, Valve’s Joe Ludwig plans to give a talk about porting Team Fortress 2 to virtual reality goggles in a talk titled “What We Learned Porting Team Fortress 2 to Virtual Reality.” A summary of the talk: Several people at Valve spent…

Real Racing 3 Wouldn’t Be Nearly as Realistic Without Real Race Tracks

Witness Australia’s Firemonkeys as they put more effort into the next installment of mobile’s flagship racing series than most console developers put into their $60 games. Not only are they recreating famous race tracks, they’re imagining new race tracks in real world locations. Firemonkeys and EA have been teasing us with footage of Real Racing…

What EVE Online’s Weird & Wonderful Players Look Like Away From The Computer

You might think, given the game’s abundance of politics and griefing on an intergalactic scale, that the kind of people who play EVE Online are complete psychos. Well, you’re only half right. Ezra Morris and Ben Ritter from Motherboard went to the EVE Fanfest in Iceland last year, and while there, brought a nice camera…

The Scribblenauts Miiverse Board Is Like A Warm Blanket Made Of Good Times and Smiles

We live in divisive times. The public discourse is rife with bickering and malice, and yet there is at least one thing we can all agree on: Scribblenauts is adorable. Today’s Miiverse Moment is a dose of sunshine and cotton candy from the most heartwarming place in the Miiverse: The Scribblenauts Unlimited community. It’s a…

It’s Too Simple To Say Games Are Becoming More Like Movies. There’s More To It, Even With Cutscenes.

Here is a fascinating dissection by Vimeo user Matthias Stork which is seven months old, but recently written up by Indiewire and tweeted by Roger Ebert, so I thought it was worth sharing. It delves into the relationship held between movies and games—which goes further than simply having more cutscenes in games (though this, too,…

Missouri Pol Wants a Sin Tax on Violent Video Games

A Missouri state representative wants a 1 percent sales tax levied on “violent video games” sold in the state, despite the fact similar efforts to tax specific games based on their content failed in other states, including most recently Oklahoma, Missouri’s better-looking cousin. Diane Franklin, of Camdenton, Mo., said the 1 percent tax would finance…

SimCity Social ‘Rock Royalty Part 2’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

We’ve already brought you a complete look at the first portion in the Rock Royalty event in SimCity Social, which brings music to your town. Now, there are four quests to complete in this second section of the music event, and you’ll need to invest quite a few Simoleons and materials to finish it off.…

President Asks Congress to Fund Study of Violence and Media—Video Games Included

President Obama directed further research be done into the relationship video games may have to violence, part of a series of actions the White House is taking in response to the problem of repeated mass shootings across the country. In a news conference taking place now, the president asked Congress to set aside $10 million…

Beware of Sparkly Foliage and Other Things I Learned While Playing Patterns

Patterns, the latest game from Second Life creators, Linden Lab, is a sandbox-style game that focuses on building structures and exploring in an open world environment. While there is no specific plot, goal, or antagonist (other than physics) to speak of, Patterns does trigger a desire to explore. Almost the entire landscape can be altered…

Pandora’s Tower, The Third Operation Rainfall Game, Is Coming To America

Wow! Pandora’s Tower is coming to the U.S. this spring, courtesy Xseed Games, the small publisher that brings all sorts of niche Japanese games to North America Pandora’s Tower is an action-RPG for Wii, and the third member of the three games requested by Operation Rainfall, a fan campaign designed to get Japanese Wii RPGs…

That NRA Shooting Game Isn’t For Four-Year-Olds Anymore, Thanks To Apple

In the wake of the tragic Sandy Hook shooting, the National Rifle Association backed a free shooting simulator called NRA: Practice Range. The iTunes app was rated ages 4 years old and up. Was, because political pressure caused Apple to reclassify the game as 12 years old and up. The app is an “Official NRA…

Google’s Homepage Today Features A Terrific Little Ice Game

It’s Frank Zamboni’s 112th birthday! You might wonder who Frank Zamboni is. Have you tried googling it? You could either look him up the usual way, or try out Google’s newest playable Doodle The game, while simple at first, gets complicated fast. You, stepping into the role of a bespectacled handyman, are tasked with cleaning…

The Newest Final Fantasy Game Looks Absolutely Insane

As mentioned earlier, Final Fantasy All The Bravest is strictly combat. Square Enix just released this launch trailer for the iOS game showing how insane that can get in parties this size. The trailer also gives you a look at how the old-school jobs, sprites and music are integrated into the game. My advice: Use…

I’ve Been Waiting Forever for This Flying Squirrel Pinball Game

Well, maybe not forever, but certainly since Paladin Studios first pointed me towards Momonga Pinball Adventures back in February of last year. It’s due out on iTunes tomorrow, and I have high-flying hopes. The game tells the story of a young Japanese flying dwarf squirrel named Momo as he embarks on a quest to save…

Go Pound the Rock on This Impressive Minecraft Basketball Court

Even allowing for Minecraft‘s low-res visual style, no, sports fans, this is not “sim” basketball. The game played on this court (well, map) is more like NBA Jam, with profligate fouling and a “block” button that really puts a lid on the rim. Minecraft Basketball still is an impressive, full-service piece of engineering, done by…

I’m Mentally Ill, I Love Violent Video Games, And They’ve Never Made Me Feel Like Killing Anyone

When it was reported that Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre were big fans of Doom, the original first person shooter in the eyes of many, I dismissed the idea that violent video games could have been responsible for inspiring the event. As a lifelong devotee of video…

This Week’s Android Charts: Perhaps It’s Time I Looked Into This Ruzzle Thing

I put the weekly Android charts on hiatus for a month and look what happens! You folks got Ruzzle all over the place. You even spilled it on the iPhone charts. Looks like I’m just going to have to keep a closer eye on things from here on out. While I was working on a…

Samus Aran Kisses Master Chief in the Video Game Crossover of One Man’s Dreams

Face it: we’re never going to get a game where Thor, Optimus Prime, Boba Fett and Commander Shepard team up to save all of reality. But deviantart user lonefirewarrior has given us the next best thing. Using Garry’s Mod, Photoshop and a whole lot of patience, deviantart user lonefirewarrior has created Vindication, a multi-franchise mash-up…