I Wish The New Sherlock Holmes Game Respected My Intelligence A Bit More

One clear, overriding fact became immediately apparent, as I started up The Testament of Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock is a grade-A unrepentant jerk. I’m used to Holmes being a potentially unpleasant character. From Doyle’s original stories to the more modern interpretations of the character, one of the great detective’s universal traits is that he can be,…

Maybe Resident Evil 6 Is Actually About A Bunch Of Crank Addicts

Most of the critics agree: Resident Evil 6 is an overstuffed mess But what if there were more to it than that? Joseph Bernstein’s enjoyable review at Kill Screen puts forth the (half-serious) idea that, given the protagonists’ penchant for collecting and using crank(s), perhaps it’s actually a game about drug addiction? “The game is…

Before You Start… Tips For Playing Resident Evil 6 The Best Way

Are you going to play Resident Evil 6? Get your button mashing fingers ready, prepare yourself to twirl some analog sticks, and tape the following advice to your fridge. It may (hopefully!) help you get the most out of Resident Evil 6 There are no spoilers forthcoming. Just some advice… 1. Play The Campaigns In…

PlayStation Mobile Launches Tomorrow, and This Intriguing Rhythm Slasher is Coming With It

While the majority of the 20 or so titles launching tomorrow for the PlayStation Mobile platform on Android and PlayStation Vita remain up in the air, the ones I know for certain — Eufloria and this, Beatnik Games’ side-scrolling rhythm action game Samurai Beatdown — are certainly worth the price of admission. I’m a huge…

Steam Gives You Achievements For Creating Bugs In GameMaker

Steam is now selling non-game software, which means that, yes, non-game software can now get achievements. This has the potential to be hilarious, and GameMaker: Studio is taking advantage of that. The game-making software offers 24 achievements, allowing you to earn virtual medals for racking up compiler errors and getting your game to run on…

The SteelSeries Free mobile gaming controller I wrote about on Friday is now up for sale

See The Banner Saga‘s Tactical Combat In Action

We’ve been keeping an eye on Stoic’s Kickstarter’d strategy role-playing game The Banner Saga for a while now. The small studio, consisting of three ex-BioWare developers, describes their game as “role-playing meets turn-based strategy, wrapped into an adventure mini-series about vikings.” In this video above, the developers spend a long time (too long a time)…

Five Comics That Cross Boundaries This Week

If you’re here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you’ve said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of…

Closed beta for MMO Marvel Heroes is now live. You can still register to play the beta here, or read about it here

The Best Part of Pandaria So Far is This Gorgeous Graphic Novel

The Mists of Pandaria parted in World of Warcraft last week, unlocking a long-hidden, lore-heavy civilization for players of the popular MMO to explore. The most enjoyable tale out of the land of pandas, however, can be found between the covers of the Pearl of Pandaria graphic novel—a work that began development before the expansion…

Thorchu Is the Cutest Pokémon Avenger of All

At first I wasn’t sure if this new crossbreed of Pokévengers by AstroZerk made The Avengers more or less menacing. But then I saw Thor/PikachuRaichu and I realized just how darn cute these new creatures are. Be sure to expand for full cuteness. Pokevengers [deviantART via Reddit]

This Graphic Novel Shows Why Mermaid Sex Is a Very Bad Idea

Nobody really gets scared of mermaids. I mean, yeah, there are much more frightening things underneath the surface of the sea, like sharks, octopi or stingrays. But that doesn’t let mermaids off the hook. (Why, yes, that pun IS intentional.) When you get down to it, they’re a slightly disturbing myth. We may be pretty…

Non-Game Software Is Now Available On Steam

Programs like GameMaker and 3DMark are now available on Steam. Valve sent over a press release today to announce the news. Here’s what they have to offer: ArtRage Studio Pro CameraBag 2 GameMaker: Studio 3D-Coat 3DMark Vantage 3DMark 11 Valve adds: Many of the launch titles will take advantage of popular Steamworks features, such as…

Nintendo Shouldn’t Treat ‘Gamer’ Like a Dirty Word

Just when we start thinking that the world has accepted that gaming is a widespread, diverse hobby on the same level as any other form of media, an awful marketing campaign comes along to remind us that, oh yes, some people still believe that “gamer” is a dirty word. “I am not a gamer,” proclaims…

A Fighting Game That Will Let Famous American Presidents Throw Down In The White House

Just yesterday, we saw this funny Slate article that re-imagined the current presidential elections as a Mortal Kombat-style fighting game. But if the folks at Candax Productions have their way, we won’t have to imagine it. Their game, Battle For Presidency, is currently doing pretty well on Steam Greenlight. You can see a trailer above,…

Need Lessons In Avoiding The Big Yellow Monster? Go To Ghost University.

The “Soviet propaganda” art style has been trendy for fan art lately, and that’s what artist Joseph Baranowski’s Pac-Man themed design project seems to have started as. But I think the best part are the two above: posters for Ghost University! I can imagine it now. A whole campus of ghosts, flitting and flirting through…

Someone Made That Giant xkcd Comic Into An Actual Game

Remember that giant, expansive, awesome xkcd comic that was packed full of video game references? A group of intrepid designers have turned it into an actual video game. You can stomp and fly around the huge comic panel, hovering atop trees and bouncing over cars to your heart’s content. You can even see who’s playing…

Our Favorite Monster-Killing Move in Resident Evil 6 Involves a Microwave

In Resident Evil 6, you can microwave an enemy’s hand. Why would you do that? Because the hand is trying to kill you! This is our favorite Resident Evil 6 easter egg, so far. Find it in Leon Kennedy’s campaign, fourth chapter. The video above shows you how it’s done.

E.T.‘s Mission Continues 30 Years Later in The Green Planet

It’s been three decades since Steven Spielberg enchanted the world with E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, changing the way a generation thought about potential alien life and Reese’s Pieces. Chillingo and Universal celebrate 30 years of friendly aliens next week with E.T.: The Green Planet, or as I like to call it, E.T. Farms Home At the…

Mobile Gaming Apps Are The Beanie Babies Of Our Age

Remember Beanie Babies? Anyone old enough to remember the 1990s can probably remember the stuffed toys that became not only a craze, but a phenomenon. They were everywhere. Small children, old women, and a whole great swath of the American population in-between knew all about them. Collectors fought over rare ones on eBay. The little…