A 30 Second, 16-Player Version of Chess You Can Play For Free

Bennett Foddy’s Speed Chess is not actually chess. It looks like chess and the pieces make chess moves, but it is the exact opposite of chess. And now you can play it, totally for free with up to 15 other people! Bennett Foddy (creator of QWOP and Super Pole Riders) originally made this game for…

​Grant Morrison’s The Multiversity Remixes What Makes DC Comics Great

Earlier this year, Marvel Comics debuted new variants of their Captain America and Thor characters. The new Captain America is a black man and the new Thor is a warrior woman. Those changes made a lot of fans upset. But comics legend Grant Morrison is featuring a black Superman and loads of racially diversified, gender-swapped…

The Most Helpful Sims 4 Cheats (So Far)

The Sims is one of those game series that doesn’t just allow cheating; it invites it. For many fans, tinkering with the game’s inner guts is the best part of playing. The Sims 4 is no different. But it’s also very new. So let’s walk through the game’s earliest secrets. First off: here’s how you…

I Don’t Think I’ve Ever Seen Such A Glossy Mega Man

During E3 2014, video game collectible makers First 4 Figures announced they’d be making a line of statues featuring everyone’s favorite killer robot boy. Now the first Megaman statue has been revealed, and it sure is shiny. They call the piece Running Mega Man (Megaman), and it certainly is that. It’s got a very Astro…

Smash Bros. 3DS Copies Sold in Just Three days With videosof some ludicrously long lines floating around we all knew Smash Bros. for 3DS was selling well, but until Nintendo spoke up earlier today we didn’t know quite how well. Counting both digital and retail numbers, Nintendo claimsone million copies have sold since the game’s…

What the hell is Hellraid? Dead Island creator Techland is streaming our first look at its recently-revamped first-person fantasy hack-and-slash game for PS4, Xbox One and PC live for the next couple of hours. Seems like a good time to get that question answered. Catch it right here.

Big woot! Gaming Sale, Ghostbusters Remastered, GTAV [Deals]

woot! is having a pretty significant gaming sale, with lots of price lows and generally great deals. We put some of the better deals in the respective platforms sections but it’s worth digging through. [woot! Gaming Sale] If you’ve been looking to outfit your Xbox One with some extra controllers, Newegg has the controller with…

Watch People Play Minecraft For The First Time

Remember the first time you tried to step into Minecraft’s vast, Lego-like world? You probably found yourself wondering: “What are these pigs doing here?” or, “Why can’t I just shoot things?” or, “Uh…what am I supposed to be doing?” A BuzzFeed demonstrates, you’re not alone. In the video above, several stock gamer-types (the curious first-person…

Old School Family Games Were Wonderfully Violent

A ticking time bomb, a kid-friendly version of Russian roulette and a game about smashing a naked man’s body apart with a hammer — and they say video games are too violent? The most recent episode of YouTube series TheyActuallyMadeThat takes a look at how families passed the time at night before cellphones, computers and…

After Learning to Make Video Games, What Comes Next

You’re going to want to keep track of six video games coming from New York University’s Game Center. One of them might be a spiritual successor to the hit PlayStation 3 game Journey and another one is on track to be a great multiplayer game that blends elements of starship game FTL with Star Control…

‘Listen To Space Woohoo’

You know how they say: “In space, no one can hear you woohoo?” Or, um, something like that? Well, your Sims can! via Reddit

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Boldly Build Bases In Star Trek: Alien Domain

Coming soon to a web browser near you, Star Trek: Alien Domain is a multiplayer strategy game that gives fans of the beloved science fiction franchise a chance to stop all of that boldly going and put down some roots. Developed by SambaGames in partnership with CBS Interactive, Alien Domain doesn’t immediately strike me as…