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Players Add Flyable Planes To Cities: Skylines

I think I’m gonna name my firstborn son “Cities: Skylines modding community.” I pretty much have to, at this point. Steam user Ulysius has released a mod called “Flight Cimulator,” a riff on Microsoft’s classic Flight Simulator series. It lets you hop in the cockpit and fly planes over your city because what genre even…

Robotech Movie Might Actually Be Happening

Sorry, Tobey Maguire. Despite having been attached to the project (at Warner Bros.) for what feels like forever, Variety reports today that Sony have now picked up the rights to the classic animated series, and are getting serious about making not just one Robotech movie, but lots of them. They’ve already got Gianni Nunnari and…

A Very Strange Way To Stop People Getting Sick Using VR

If you haven’t used one of the newer virtual reality headsets before, and you’re tired of reading everyone’s glowing reports on them, here’s something else to consider: they also make some folks sick. Whether it’s the field of view or just the act that VR is simulating, certain people (obviously not everyone) find riding on…

Watch Me Play Dyscourse, Aka Lost: The Video Game

Dyscourse is one of the most intriguing new games on Steam this week. It’s island survival ala the TV show Lost fused with branching choices out of a Telltale game. Difference is, Dyscourse doesn’t want any two playthroughs to be the same. Ever. Let’s see how it goes. Update: The stream is over, but here’s…

Super Mario 64, Exploding Into Pure Chaos

Madness. This playthrough of Super Mario 64 is pure madness; a game imploding into itself. That’s what makes it so great. Watch as the ever-hilarious videogamedunkey plays through a number of different versions of Super Mario 64, including the “chaos” edition, which we’ve covered before—it randomizes elements of the game, making it difficult to understand…

Heroes Of The Storm’s Murky Finally Has His Day In The Sun

Murky is the last character in Heroes of the Storm I’d expect to kick ass in a team battle. Apparently, one player has uncovered the secret to the seriously underpowered Murloc’s hidden powers: Woah. Ok. Let’s all take a deep breath. What the hell just happened? Murky—the Murky who I’ve never seen make it out…

Undefeated Kentucky College Basketball Team Is Obsessed With Smash Bros.

When you’re 36-0 and trying to continue your undefeated streak, you need a stress reliever. Kentucky Wildcats TV (via Bleacher Report) found out the Kentucky Wildcats college basketball team spends their free time playing Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo 64 over and over. They’re super competitive, obviously, and get upset when things go badly. All’s…

Ready for a Ready Player One movie from Steven Spielberg? Deadline reports the Jaws and E.T. director will helm the dystopian book about people jacked into a VR world. Contact the author at [email protected]

A New World Record For Beating Fallout 3 Fast

The average player probably spends an hour in Fallout 3 simply creating a character. Speedrunner Rydou on the other hand manages to blaze through the entirety of the game in an astounding 18 minutes and 53 seconds. God damn. Those of you that saw our previous coverage of Fallout 3 “any percentage” speedruns know that…