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UncategorizedYour Eight-Year-Old Niece Who Loves Her iPod Touch
The child who inherits an old iPod Touch, begins a lifelong relationship with the joys—and, let’s be real, frustrations—of technology. Still, pre-teens today have it pretty good. Nearly every handheld gadget around—from most low-end cell phones to Kindles and iPod Touches—rivals the computers and consoles of yore in terms of the speed and multitasking they…
By Evan Narcisse Published November 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedHow To Cheat Your Way to Level 50 Archery in Skyrim
Maybe it’s not cheating, not entirely. It’s really just finding a way to take advantage in a world with endless possibilities. In this video QuebecGaming1 walks us through a fairly easy way to level up your archery to 50 without having to spend a single septim. It involves recruiting a specific non-player character in Riverwood.…
By Brian Crecente Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Children Too Young to Know They’re Killing People
He or she is still a kid. Free to take naps, play in the sandbox, and sometimes, have a crack at video games. But video games are often violent. You’ve got a gun, you’re beating the crap out of people, you’re snapping necks. Not exactly age appropriate when you’re still enthralled by Goodnight Moon. There’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedXotic Is The Strangest Game I’ve Played This Year
Xotic is trying to do an awful lot within the confines of a downloadable title. After playing five or six levels I was still trying to figure out if I was “doing it right”. It doesn’t seem hard at all, yet each level I feel like I could of done boatloads better. Everything about this…
By Chris Carolan Published November 25, 2011 -
Uncategorized10 Things I Hate About Skyrim
A gambling man once bet me a hundred dollars he could think of something I couldn’t convincingly pretend to dislike immensely. Fifteen minutes later, he was crying, and I was on my way to buy a new pair of shoes. Go ahead, traveler: dare me to pretend to dislike a particular thing you find objectively…
Tim Rogers Published November 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Vicious, Man-Killing Sand of Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line isn’t just a game with neat sand physics and interplay, it has a lot going for it. Here’s a little action video montage that shows you some bits and pieces of how the game plays, what it looks like and some of that sand. You can contact Brian Crecente, the author…
By Brian Crecente Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Fund Molecat Twist, For People Who Like Moles or Cats.
The premise behind the adorable Molecat Twist is simple. Molecats move forward. By twisting parts of each level, you help them avoid traps, pick up items and get to the finish! Wonderfully presented, the game even has a flash prototype for non believers to check out. Goal: $22,000 Notable Reward: $200 – Magnet set, exclusive…
By Chris Carolan Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Hope everybody had a Thanksgiving of epic proportions. Every year I end up going to a friends house to play Tekken 3 into the wee hours of the morning. Do you have any gaming holiday traditions? Talk Amongst Yourselves Thanks to reader pan1da7 for today’s image. Take a crack at being featured atop TAY some…
By Chris Carolan Published November 25, 2011 -
Uncategorized“Fans say ‘I want something new,’ but clearly they want the same thing with less suck.”
The lead designer behind The Elder Scrolls III and IV, the creator of Morrowind and Oblivion wants nothing to do with the latest entry in the storied franchise. At least not yet. Ken Rolston is saving The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim for a moment when he has the time to play it the way he…
By Brian Crecente Published November 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedI Went to the GameStop Black Friday Midnight Launch So You Didn’t Have To
Having never attended any sort of Black Friday sale and finding myself with a plethora of free on Thanksgiving evening, I decided to see what GameStop is like when the deals go live. Behold my tale of giddy triumph and tragic line-standing. I spent most of my nearly three hour wait in line outside the…
By Mike Fahey Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Were You Up All Night?
Waiting Game | BURBANK, CA: Shoppers lined up for Black Friday. (Photo: Jae C. Hong | AP) I’ve Spent Two Months Screaming Into these Turtle Beach PX3 Headphones A couple of months ago, a box arrived from headphone specialists Turtle Beach containing a set of PX3 headphones. Just in time for my family to go…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Get an Xbox 360, Three Games, and 3-Month Xbox Live Card for $319
Starting Nov. 27, “Cyber Week” gets underway at Walmart. So before you rush out to the stores, you might want to look at the deals Walmart is offering. Namely, the Xbox 360 “Gamer Bundle”. According to Walmart, the bundle comes with a “choice of select game plus bonus Halo: Reach, Fable 3, and a 3-month…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
A Little Portal Pepper Spray Justice
This never gets old. Level Completed [imgur via icanhazcheeseburger] You can contact Brian Crecente, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Brian Crecente Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Up-Close with the Sexiest 3DS There Is
The Legend of Zelda has its own 3DS. It looks fantastic. And it’s not only the press photos that look great, but the actual hardware. It looks lovely unboxed on some dude’s desk. Website TikiSaurus picked up a Zelda: Ocarina of Time bundle during late night Black Friday sales and then took photos of them.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published November 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedThe Fastest Way to Melt Skyrim? A Room Full of Swords and a Shout.
YouTube user juicythezombie likes to hoard stuff in Skyrim. Unlike the junk collector we’ve seen previously, though, he only stashes weapons. Then tries to break his PC by using a shout on them. That stuttering in the clip above isn’t your flash player acting up. It’s juicythezombie’s computer screaming out in terror. You can contact…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011 -
ReviewsI’ve Spent Two Months Screaming Into these Turtle Beach PX3 Headphones
A couple of months ago, a box arrived from headphone specialists Turtle Beach containing a set of PX3 headphones. Just in time for my family to go overseas and talk to me for a month on Skype, and just in time for Battlefield 3, where I’d want my friends to hear me scream as I…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011 -
UncategorizedAaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!! It’s Time to Fall to Your Death!
Free-falling white-knuckle ride AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!! now has a sort-of-sequel, which adds 43 new levels to the original’s 82 and costs just $5. Get on it. You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can also find him on Twitter, Facebook, and lurking around our #tips page.
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011 - Uncategorized
Diablo III Mod Makes Everything Nice and Dark
Remember how when Diablo III was first shown off, there was an uproar over how bright and cheery the game looked in comparison to its dark and brooding predecessors? Years later, some people just can’t let that go. There’s a mod for those currently in the game’s beta which lets them darken the colour scheme…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 25, 2011
