Phillip K. Dick Predicted Disney Infinity

Phillip K. Dick wrote a short story called The Days of Perky Pat that anticipated games like Disney Infinity. The plot: In this story, survivors of a global thermonuclear war live in isolated enclaves in California, surviving off what they can scrounge from the wastes and supplies delivered from Mars. The older generation spend their…

A Link Between Snakes: check out this awesome artwork that applies the powers from A Link Between Worlds to Metal Gear Solid—it’s by Asif Siddiky and it’ll be displayed in anaglyphic 3D at the Comics vs Games 3D Gallery in Toronto. (Via Tiny Cartridge)

Mario Kart 8, PSN Update, Razer Blade, NVIDIA

Nintendo has announced that any purchase of Mario Kart 8 will net you a free game if you register by July 31. Free selection includes Wind Waker HD, Pikmin 3, Super Mario Bros. U, and Wii Party U. So yeah, that’s probably the best pre-order deal from Nintendo ever. [Nintendo] Nintendo has also announced a…

Artwork Made With Kinect Puts You Inside A Magical Forest

I’m not usually one for hyperbole, but this has to be the most stunning artistic use of Microsoft’s Kinect I’ve ever seen. Le Vent Nous Portera (French for The Wind Will Carry Us) puts users (for lack of a better word) inside a magical midnight forest that reminds me of Grave of the Fireflies, only…

Watch The Next Disney Infinity Reveal Live, Right Here

Teasers went out a few weeks ago and now it’s time to see what the next evolution of Disney’s hit collectible toy game will look like. Time to shout Excelsior? The House of Mouse will be hosting a Google Hangout at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET today that’s widely expected to introduce Marvel Comics characters…

Video Commentator TotalBiscuit Gets Personal About Cancer

“If you were hoping to hear about video games…” he says, pausing for a moment. Comically gruesome gameplay footage of a doctor clumsily fiddling with a half-excavated chest cavity continues to run uninterrupted on the YouTube video. “Not today. I think that needed a video of its own, to explain there.” The man talking is…

There’s Now A Real-Life Monument To EVE Online Players

Earlier this year, CCP Games announced that it would be building a monument to the players of EVE Online, to celebrate ten years since the release of the game. Well, today it’s finally done. The monument was announced earlier this year, and is being revealed today, the day before EVE Fanfest. Redditor Thorshamar has posted…

How to Use the PS4’s Fancy New Video Editor

The PS4’s most ambitious firmware update yet is going to let you make sharp-looking videos from your gameplay. Let’s take a look at how the ShareFactory editing suite is going to work. You could already do some rudimentary trimming of gameplay video clips on the PS4 but the ShareFactory upgrade lets you splice in your…

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Bob Hoskins, Star Of Super Mario Bros. Film, Dead At 71

Known for his roles in films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Brazil and the infamous Super Mario Bros movie, beloved British actor Bob Hoskins passed away yesterday at the age of 71. A familiar face on the big and small screen since the early ’70s, Hoskins’s gruff charm made him a natural fit for…

Pokémon Characters, All Grown Up

As part of his series ‘All Grown Up’, DeviantART artist Isaiah Stephens imagined what the main characters of the Pokémon anime would look like as grownups I’m not sure I’d hang out with that creepy, Jigsaw-esque Pikachu, but he’s not the only who changed a lot. Ash’s sidekick Brock has finally opened his eyes! All…

Nearly Three Minutes Of Mario Kart 8’s Antics

Nintendo’s latest trailer for their upcoming kart racer gives us a glimpse at the various pretty new tracks we’ll race on, the items we’ll annoy opponents with, and… damn, that boomerang looks super irritating. The trailer landed alongside Nintendo’s big 36-minute Mario Kart 8 Direct, which you can seehere. It’s significantly heavier on the information,…