A Tribute to Syphon Filter’s Taser

I say ‘tribute’. It’s more ‘a minute and a half of people being set on fire’, which, if you ever played the original, was one of gaming’s greatest guilty pleasures. This post originally appeared on Kotaku UK I think I played the original Syphon Filter demo more than some complete games on PS1. The taser…

Steam Now Lets You Compare Download Speeds with the Rest of the World

Annoyed with your crappy internet provider, bad connection and slow download speeds? Well, as Steam’s stats show, you are not alone. Spotted by r/steam and r/games, the Steam Global Traffic Map’s newly-implemented feature lets you look at a list of average download rates for each country, grouped by service providers. So you could, for example,…

Eating Pokémon Food Can Be Frightening

Well, that certainly is scary. Website Omo69 visited the newly opened Pokémon Cafe Ω Ruby & α Sapphire in Tokyo, ordering the Pikachu rice omelette with blue “aqua sauce.” You can also order magma sauce, instead. This is the meal. Its official name is “Rice Omelette that Would Also Make Pikachu Smile.” And the aqua…

Attack On Titan Comes To…MapleStory

This is not a joke. There’ll be “themed content”that lets you “Hone your skills with familiar faces” and “compete in thrilling mini-games”. MapleStory players, there’s more info here. (thanks Sean!)

Children of Morta—aka the most GIF-able game ever—is now on Kickstarter. If you need a refresher, it’s a story-driven hack ‘n slash with roguelike elements (read: lots of dying, but you learn a little something about yourself in the process). It looks gorgeous, not to mention pretty interesting. Check it out

Valve Looking Into Steam Linux Bug That Deletes Hard Drives

Steam on Linux users, beware! Your hard drive(s) could be in grave danger. Per PC Gamer, here’s the skinny: last week Github user Keyvin found that, after moving his Steam folder to a new location, it suddenly and inexplicably stopped launching. After a crash, he restarted Steam. It seemed like things were in working order…

The Funniest Guns In Saints Row: Gat Out Of Hell

I didn’t exactly loveSaints Row: Gat Out Of Hell, but it definitely had some great moments. One in particular earns you a weapon that’s among the silliest in the entire series—and that’s saying something. Hell hath no fury like a spoiler hater scorned. So, you know, spoiler warning. One of the best aspects of Saints…

​Are You Still Playing GTA Online?

If you own GTA V, you’ve probably spent a fair bit of time playing it… in single-player, anyway. But are you playing GTA Online? Rockstar’s multiplayer version of Los Santos is a weird and wooly place, and requires a pretty steep time commitment, at least at first. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t fun to…

Key Changes Make The Newest Version Of Resident Evil A Better Game

It’s been nearly 20 years since Capcom released Resident Evil, but the company is still tweaking one of its best games. Thanks to some key control and graphical chances, today’s re-release makes Resident Evil an even better and more enjoyable game than it’s ever been. This latest version of Resident Evil is welcomed tweaking to…

The Wind Waker Ganondorf Statue Is One Magnificent Bastard

As teased over the weekend, First 4 Figures is now accepting previews for the first in its The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker statue line, and what better way to start a new line than with the final boss? First 4 Figures can’t stop making amazing Ganondorf statues. Their Twilight Princess Ganondorfwas a glorious…