Harley Quinn Looks Crazy Good In DC Universe Online

Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel was an Arkham Asylum psychologist who thought she had a shot at curing Batman’s insane nemesis The Joker. Obviously that didn’t work out too well. Harley Quinn is one of the more distinctive super villains to appear in Sony Online Entertainment’s DC Universe Online for several reasons. For one, she started…

Holiday Travel Ahead? Calm Your Kids With Smart Apps

There is nothing like the holidays to bring a family together … together in a car, or on an airplane, together for long stretches of time … time in which children grow bored and frustrated and really really grumpy … and whiny (don’t forget whiny) … in fact, whiny to the point they could nearly…

Rock Band Creators Gone From MTV, Taking Hits With Them

The people who make Rock Band and the breakout Kinect dancing game Dance Central have been sold by MTV’s parent company Viacom. But they can keep making sequels to those series, if they want to. The new owners, investment group Columbus Nova, have purchased Harmonix for an undisclosed sum, according to a Viacom statement this…

Lame Castle Is Not Nearly As Lame As Sony Advertised

You’d think a game inspired by a Sony PSP ad — an ad that implied an iPhone game called Lame Castle would suck — would be a quick cash-in. You’d think that, but you’d be wrong. Lame Castle, which was made after the Sony ad aired by the enterprising Bradley Johnson, is an endless-runner type…

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Stacking, An Adventure Game Of Class Struggle, Doll Collecting & Fart Skills

Don’t let the farting, the peeing of pants and the tossing of cookies let you think that Russian doll adventure game Stacking is just about sophomoric humor. There’s depth to this downloadable game, layers to this tale of a pint-sized chimney sweep. Double Fine Productions founder Tim Schafer calls the gaseous characteristics of Stacking the…

The Ultimate Gran Turismo 5 Racing Wheel Is Actually $600

Would you pay $600 for a more realistic Gran Turismo 5 experience? Thrustmaster has made the T500 RS racing wheel official, delivering new details and specifications on the accessory that costs twice as much as a PlayStation 3. Earlier this month we caught our first glimpse of Thrustmaster’s T500 RS, a racing wheel controller specifically…

Why The Wii Cooled Off

Remember when the Wii was the hottest thing? It’s cooled off and the people at National Public Radio needed to figure out why. I tried to help, but it was a lady named Elizabeth Bewley who made the best point. The 57-year-old Arizona woman had enjoyed her Wii and Wii Fit the way so many…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

This is a Metro 2033-styled Talk Amongst Yourselves, in case you didn’t catch the reference at first (I didn’t.) So do like they do in Russia, and talk about video games. Thanks to boopadoo for today’s image. Submit yours to #TAYpics

Giving your loved one a Wii this holiday season? A piece of Congo’s war zone may be inside

Conflict minerals from eastern Congo’s war zone will be in our holiday gift stockings this year in our smartphones, flatscreen tv’s, and video game systems, but is there any difference among the companies that make them? After two years of working to educate the largest electronics firms on the fact that circuit board parts and…

Why Is Smugleaf Always So…Smug?

To: Totilo From: Bash RE: I Got This Mask That’s a nice mask! But is it smug? What you missed last night Was All That Final Fantasy XIII Fuss Worth It? How Does Mass Effect 2 On PS3 Look? Call Of Duty In Real Life Looks Hard Police Arrest Man Accused Of Stealing Consoles From…

Beefcake Game Designer Wants You To Game Naked

There is one question that we all have. That question is this: what the hell inspired Muscle March? For those who aren’t familiar with 2009’s Muscle March, watch this The title is not only one of the more interesting games released on Nintendo’s WiiWare, but one of the more interesting games released ever Shinya Satake,…

How To Play Kinect In A Tiny Japanese Apartment

Part of the difficulty Microsoft has with Kinect in Japan is space. Many Japanese apartments are small, and just don’t have the room to deal with Kinect. Here is one solution. The above image shows a six-tatami room that measures between 2.6 meters (8.5 feet) by 3.5 meters (11.5 feet). That’s without furniture. So add…

This Could Be The Greatest Retro Game Collection In The World

This man owns the finest collection of video games we’ve ever laid eyes on. In fact, what this guy has, “collection” doesn’t really do it justice. The owner’s name is BryceCorp, a Frenchman who in these videos takes the world on a tour of his video games. To give you an idea of the scale…

Abbey Road’s Looking Blockier…

Is Minecraft bigger than Jesus? We know plenty of people who would say “yes”. By Andrey S, thanks Chris!

What Do These Boxer Shorts Mean?

Countdown clocks are boring, dull and blergh. But men’s boxers strewn on the Akihabara streets? Now this is something we can get behind. Tokyo game studio Acquire, best known for Tenchu and Way of the Samurai, kicked off a new teaser site called “AKBstrip”. It features white and baby blue striped underpants. There’s a Twitter…

Maybe Leave The Pokémon In The Ball Next Time

You’ve probably wondered, at some point or other, what would happen if you could summon Pokémon in the real world. As these comics show, maybe it’s not the best thing to wish for. Once you’ve found your Pokémon spirit, feel free to ask them for help, but beware: the consequences could be grave. Or just…really…

Nothing Says Christmas Like Controller Cookies

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Ugly Game? No, Beautiful Story

PC title Dwarf Fortress may well be one of the ugliest video games of all time. It does make for one hell of a lovely picture book, though. An introduction: before there was Minecraft, there was Dwarf Fortress. It’s part world-builder, part-RPG and in its raw state, played using ASCII art as though we’d never…