BioWare’s Handling Of A ‘Gay Planet’ In The Old Republic Isn’t All That Surprising

Months back, when Bioware came out with the news that finally, finally, a gay-romance option would be included in Mass Effect 3, something stood out to me. It was the way they explained why it was becoming an option: not as a political statement, but as a business decision of sorts. Players asked for it,…

Ninja Theory Has A Feisty Message For DmC Haters

Not everyone is a fan of Ninja Theory’s new take on Devil May Cry‘s cocksure antihero Dante. In fact, many longtime fans of the series are downright apoplectic. Ninja Theory doesn’t appear to have let that get to them, though. In fact, they use this early-game easter egg to thumb their nose at critics. Spoilers!…

This Battlefield 3 Player Narrowly Missed Being Blown The Heck Up. Dang.

Lucky, lucky. It’s not often you get to barely escape a death, nevermind see how your demise could have gone down. This Battlefield 3 player, YouTube user MrChult, got out of his vehicle at just the right time. That’s some Final Destination shit right there. Hopefully they did something worthwhile with that life! BF3 Best…

Spam: The Snacktaku Review

Lovely Spam. Wonderful Spam. Monty Python’s classic sketch cast Hormel’s combination of pork shoulder and ham meat as an inescapable food sensation. While nerd culture has made such a joke of Spam that it’s become synonymous with a flood of unwanted information, in many parts of the world the skit is more documentary than parody.…

The NRA’s New Shooting Game Is For Ages Four And Up

This is NRA: Practice Range. It’s a new iOS game released apparently by the fine folks at the National Rifle Association, who have graciously decided to make it both free and available to kids aged 4+ so that anyone, no matter how old they are, can practice using guns to shoot things. There are three…

Dishonored Dev Says That Games Don’t Create Violence, But They Don’t Prevent It Either

If you read a recent piece on video game violence, there’s a good chance that somewhere in that article, included is a screenshot of a Dishonored neck stab. Last year was the year of the neck stab, after all. Rock, Paper, Shotgun spoke with the developer that coded that move in-game—Joe Houston—and he had Opinions…

On Friday, Joe Biden Asked The Video Game Industry To Improve Its Image

On Friday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met at the White House with video game industry leaders and researchers to talk about school shootings, violent video games, and Blastman III Today we spoke to attendee Chris Ferguson, a professor at Texas A&M and a leading researcher on violent video games, in order to find out…

A Game About The Confusion And Difficulties That Come With Being Bisexual

Continuing the amazing list of personal games that touch on difficult subjects comes this Twine game called “What’s in a Name?” It’s about how someone learns they are bisexual, only to second-guess themselves because some folks in the LGBT community aren’t accepting of that sexuality. The idea is that you’re either straight, or you’re gay.…

How GameStop’s 500,000-Strong Wii U Wait List Number Became 320,000 Sales

Back in mid-November, just before the Wii U was released, mega gaming chain GameStop said they had some 500,000 people on a waiting list to get the Wii U. That sounded great. Last week, GameStop told investors that, through November and December, the mega chain sold 320,000 Wii U’s. Readers don’t need us to inform…

Report: 300 Director Is Working On A New Star Wars Film Based On Seven Samurai [UPDATE: Report Debunked]

Zack Snyder, the director of blockbusters like Watchmen and 300, is currently working on a new Star Wars film set outside of the upcoming trilogy, Vulture reports Update: Hollywood Reporter says Snyder’s agent has denied the Vulture report. Original story follows: Back in November, the Los Angeles Times reported that Man of Steel and 300…

The Makers of Total Annihilation and Dungeon Siege Want $1.1 Million From You For Wildman, An RTS RPG

The latest big-name-developer Kickstarter comes from Chris Taylor’s Gas Powered Games. They want to make Wildman and they need your money to do it. The video above explains the pitch For those who prefer to read, this is from their press release: Imagine a game where you control a single hero unit—the “Wildman”—in the middle…

Fight (Like A Cow) Through All Of Monkey Island‘s Swordfights Right In Your Browser

“My name is Guybrush Treepwood. Prepare to die!” Long have those words been immortalized in the minds of those who love video games. Anyone who played The Secret of Monkey Island heard them time and again as hapless wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood fought his way through the Melee Island nights. Fought, and lost, because he…

SimCity Social ‘Rock Royalty Part 1’ Quests: Everything You Need to Know

Aside from Motley Crue songs, we don’t normally associate doctors with rock and roll. SimCity Social has done just that this week with the launch of the Rock Royalty event. This event is split into three pieces, each of which contains quests to complete over the next two weeks. We’re here with a complete guide…

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My Experience With The Walking Dead Was Ruined By A Bug

Zombie adventure and critically-acclaimed GOTY candidate The Walking Dead has made waves all year for its top-notch writing and ability to make people feel feelings. One of the game’s feelingest feelings, by all reports, comes during the last few minutes of Episode Five (out of five—the game is structured episodically). Psyched to feel those feelings,…

Demons, Baby Eating And Black Magic: The Insane Conspiracy Theory Email Sent To Game Developers

On January 8th, a group of game developers got a strange email in their inbox. The email was titled “Conspiracy Theory (GAMES DESIGN COMPANIES.)” It was a strange letter that informing the devs that DEMONS have been CODING to each other via games. Demons that do black magic and eat babies, to be exact. This…

The Miiverse: A Place For Weird Questions, Weirder Answers.

The Miiverse is a place for amazing art and devoted fandom. It’s also an outlet for off-topic questions nobody has thought to ask, and bizarre topics nobody had thought to bring up elsewhere. Today’s Miiverse Moment is a look at some of the weirder off-topic and random statements that get thrown around on Nintendo’s social…

Waking the Cat is Normally a Bad Idea. This is the Exception.

If three decades of cat ownership have taught me anything, it’s that a cat at rest should be let stay at rest as long as feline-ly possible. Cats are at their cutest when unconscious. Wake them and they begin scratching things, poking their nose into the kitchen, and filling the designated boxes (and anything remotely…

End of an Era: Jay Mohr Won’t Host the DICE Gaming Awards This Year

Comedian Jay Mohr won’t be hosting the annual video game awards show at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas this year. He’s hosted the awards every year since 2006, merrily insulting part of his audience full of gaming industry professionals and snarking about video games for over half a decade. The new host will be…

The 480th Argument Against Locking Content in Video Games

Many years ago, someone decided that games would be more fun if you couldn’t play all of them right away. Want to race on all the tracks of a racing game? Beat the easy ones to unlock the cooler ones. Want to fight as every fighter in a fighting game? Play a while and unlock…