Why You Should Play The Longest Journey and Dreamfall

With the first episode of Dreamfall Chapters coming out today, now is the perfect time for me to inform you why you should play The Longest Journey and Dreamfall. (Spoiler: it’s because they are awesome.) In the time before I discovered JRPGs, point-and-click adventure games were my favorites. From Space Quest and King’s Quest to…

Fatal Frame V is a Solid Survival Horror Game

I am a long-timefanof the Fatal Frame survival horror series—despite my aversion to scary things. And while I’ll be the first to agree the franchise has had its ups and downs, the series’ Wii U debut, Fatal Frame V, is a solid outing for the series. Good – A Decent Fatal Frame Story Fatal Frame…

Japanese TV Is Actually Pretty Dull, But This Show Looks Interesting

Online in Japan, people are calling new children’s show Dxuntsukupa: Music Time, well, “odd,” “awful,” and even “very interesting.” When foreigners visit Japan, one of the first things they say is that the country’s television is unusual. Generally speaking, I don’t think it’s too peculiar. Most shows are just people eating stuff or talk shows…

From now until 10am PDT Thursday, you can play Civilization V for free. If you’ve somehow never picked it up, now’s your chance.

Now This Would’ve Made For A Great Mario Movie

MARIO (V.O.) (sullen): “You ever feel like you were out of joint with the world, Doc? Like you didn’t fit?” Max Landis, son of famed director John Landis (The Blues Brothers, Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, Coming To America, many more) and writer of Chronicle has released a colossal 436-page hypothetical Mario movie script he wrote…

Big Strategy Game Fails Kickstarter, Makes Giant Monsters Sad

Human Resources, a strategy game from the same team behind Planetary Annihilation, looked cool! There were giant robots and giant monsters. Despite this, and the studio’s previous success using the service, the game’s kickstarter has tanked. We normally don’t post about every Kickstarter that fails, but this one is a little more interesting. Uber Entertainment…

​The DualShock 4 Has Become A Pretty Great PC Controller

If you’re using a controller to play a PC game—I know, I know, shhh, it’s okay—chances are the on-screen prompts you see will match up with an Xbox controller. But you don’t have to use Microsoft’s controller with your PC; you’ve actually got a lot of options, including the PS4’s DualShock 4. I really like…

​We’re All Tired Of Gamergate

I know many people who don’t like Gamergate who are tired of it. They’re not alone. I was talking to a Gamergater last week who seemed tired: tired of all the Tweeting, tired of all the arguing. I watched a video of a Gamergater who seemed downright exhausted. And then another: he seemed tired, too.…

The Search For The First Video Game To Say ‘F***’

Video games drop the F-bomb a lot these days. Not so long ago one game used it 5,688 times. It wasn’t always that way, though. (OK, we’re in the story now, not on the front page. I can say fuck. Thank fucking goodness.) YouTuber DanDan went on a quest to find out exactly which video…

Legion Is The Nicki Minaj of Mass Effect

We already know Legion like to dance. It’s probably not a stretch to think he eventually branches out from just doing the robot, right? Here is Legion, dancing along to Anaconda thanks to Revolution72 Studios. Because butts, I guess? Here is Legion’s original dance: And here’s Anaconda, in case you wanted the full song: If…

Tiny People Tripping Over Each Other

My favorite videos on the internet are the ones that are difficult to explain. “Why am I watching this? What makes this good?” This video of tiny 3D people falling down is one of those special videos. VFX artist Dave Fothergillused a crowd-simulator for Maya called Miarmy to make a horde of running people, then…