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Looper Might Be the Best Time Travel Movie Ever
Note: This review originally ran on Tuesday, 09-25-12. Forget The Jetsons, DC Comics’ Legion of Superheroes or any other shiny, happy vision of the future. The decades ahead of us aren’t guaranteed to get much better than the present. Truth is, everybody makes bad decisions that trap us into lives we don’t see coming. That…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedWeapons Negotiation Deal Turns Into The Biggest Roller Coaster Of Emotions
You might say it’s more of a roller coaster of… personalities? Identity confusion? Episodes of schizophrenia? Whatever the hell is going on in the video above, Warialasky sure does hit that weird space of reality-bending that they always do.
By Tina Amini Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Small Things in RPGs That Matter A Lot
Think about the last game you spent serious time playing. Visualize everything. Imagine how it looked, how it sounded, how the controls felt in your hands. Picture the last thing you did. Okay. You probably thought in broad strokes: maybe you remember going on a mission of some sort, like shooting a hive full of…
By Jason Schreier Published September 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Thousands of Developers Want to Make Games for the Ouya
Let’s say you’re someone who put up their hard earned money to back the Ouya. You already believed in the hack-friendly Android-based game console enough to help it become one of Kickstarter’s biggest success stories. But you might be wondering just how many developers are going to be making games for the thing. Well, in…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedA Startling, Emotional Alternate Ending For Black Mesa
When does something stop being “fan-made” and start being real? Considering the fact that the excellent Half-Life tribute Black Mesa was itself made by fans of the original game, this amazing alternate ending, created and uploaded by Machinima filmmaker TomahawxX, feels perhaps a touch more real than your average fan-made video. The filmmaker, who created…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Now There’s an Entire Studio Dedicated to Making More Mobile Sims
Finland, Finland, Finland, the country where I quite want to be, your mountains so lofty, your development studios dedicated to creating more mobile games for The Sims franchise so fresh and new. EA Maxis has opened Maxis Helsinki to focus on making virtual people for us to torture on our tablets and phones. There can…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
This Great Mass Effect/Dragon Age Fan Art Kind of Breaks My Brain
I have joked about “Dragon Effect” before, when playing through BioWare’s vaguely parallel science-fiction and fantasy-franchises at the same time. Fan artist Andrew Ryan Art, though, has done one better. Miranda as Morrigan I can actually kind of buy in to. And of course Jack is a dangerous-looking blood mage. For the full set, which…
By Kate Cox Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedThis Is What Every Slender Video On YouTube Is Like
I know, I know. You’re all tired of the Slender videos. “It’s not even scary!” many of you have said in the past. But don’t worry. This one is a mockery video by Evanz111. *Headphone users beware.* Every Slender video on YouTube. [YouTube via Reddit]
By Tina Amini Published September 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Most Badass Weapons in Borderlands 2
What’s the most badass weapon you’ve seen in Borderlands 2? We’ll start. Above is my favorite and best weapon. Sure, I’ve got a Tediore rocket launcher that does over 10k damage. (Although the danger with having a Tediore-made rocket launcher is that I’ll forget it shoots out an extra rocket when I reload it. And…
By Tina Amini Published September 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Playing MMORPGs Can Actually Make You Better At Your Job
Sneaking in a little World of Warcraft during business hours is probably a great way to get yourself fired from most jobs—but it seems that spending your personal time in an MMORPG may actually make you a better employee. As the Huffington Post
By Kate Cox Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedGuy Tours Ubisoft, Gets Warped to The Tropical World of Far Cry 3
An innocent tour of Ubisoft’s studio sends this poor traveler smack in the middle of the crazy, savage Far Cry 3 world. FinalCutKing’s journey is part beautiful, part incredibly dangerous, much like the game itself will be. There must have been quite a lot of drugs inhaled in that mask.
By Tina Amini Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedLike the Saints’ Bounty System, NFL Pro 2013 is Also a Pay-for-Performance Scandal
Unfortunately, this is not one of those App of the Day writeups where the selection is meritorious and the title is an honor. I’m here to dispense consumer advice about NFL Pro 2013, which provides a lot of enticement given the fact it’s free and it has NFL licensing. My advice is to walk around…
By Owen Good Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedWatch CNBC Painfully Try to Make Angry Birds and Bad Piggies Jokes
Listen, CNBC, I understand that there’s a lot of complex data flying all over the global economics maps at any given time. And anything that a TV producer can do to make all that parsing and projection seem even a little bit fun or plugged into pop culture must feel almost like an obligation. But,…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Strangest, Coolest Free iPhone Game You’ll Play All Day
I know, I know; another girl rides her haunted skateboard through the underworld game. Crafted dangerous close to my hidden base on the outskirts of Atlanta by Secret Library, Cool Pizza is a sweet little four-color (okay, three colors and black) game about a skateboarding girl beating the hell out of hell with her possessed…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
Some More Assassin’s Creed III Footage And Gameplay Details
Maybe you’re getting sick of Assassin’s Creed III footage. Maybe you just want to play the new stealth-action-adventure game, which comes out in a month or so. That’s okay. I don’t blame you. But if your appetite for footage from the next Assassin’s Creed game has not yet been sated, check out last night’s episode…
By Jason Schreier Published September 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
EA Says The So-Called ‘Threatening’ Letter They Sent An Ex-Employee Was An Exception
A firmly-worded letter that made the rounds online a few days ago is not something that gaming giant EA sends to all its ex-employees and is certainly not part of standard operating procedure, a spokesperson for the company tells Kotaku. It was targeted at a specific ex-employee for a specific reason. The letter emerged on…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 28, 2012 - Uncategorized
The Remnants of 38 Studios Will Be Up For Auction In October
The sad, sordid saga of the total collapse of 38 Studios has quieted, but the state of Rhode Island is now left holding the assets of the defunct game developer. Rhode Island, not generally needing a game development studio but definitely needing cash, will be auctioning off the assets next month. As Giant Bomb reported,…
By Kate Cox Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedMake Other Players Kill Any Character in Hitman: Absolution With the Game’s Contracts Mode
This sizable chunk of gameplay footage highlights Hitman: Absolution’s user-generated content feature. In the new Contracts Mode, players can craft and distribute specific missions for each other within the single-player levels. The walkthrough shows off a Contract mission and how to create one. With the ability to have nearly any character in the game, Contracts…
By Evan Narcisse Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedCollege Gaming 101: How I Kept Gaming While Getting A Degree
College was good for debauchery, “experimenting,” and surprisingly, video games. I guess I learned some things too, but, eh. Academics was the least interesting part of college for me. I graduated from a small liberal arts college this spring, where video games made regular appearances—but so did things like alcohol, drugs, and parties. This was…
By Patricia Hernandez Published September 28, 2012 -
UncategorizedThe Ultimate Mobile Drift Racing Experience Skids Into the Sequel Lane
Drifting is the art of making cars do things cars should not do and spending a lot of money on tires. Ratrod Studios’ Drift Mania Championship 2 for iOS, Android and soon Windows 8 devices is a much cheaper alternative. The sequel to the wildly popular Drift Mania Championship is now available for play on…
By Mike Fahey Published September 28, 2012