Controllers? Pft. Watch This Guy Play Tekken With A Piano.

Sure, there are a lot of amazing fighting game players out there. But how many of them can kick ass and play the piano at the same time? In the lineage of Soul Calibur with a fishing controller and the Doom Piano comes the Tekken piano. Using a Arduino and several other parts, one young…

I Don’t Think You’re Ready for The Floor Is Jelly. Ok, Maybe You Are.

The Floor Is Jelly seems like a pretty normal platformer with some bouncy floors thrown in. Which it is, but the way it uses those bouncy floors creates a series of really interesting new challenges. I saw a hint of some different mechanics in the trailer, but I thought maybe it was just something thrown…

Super Bowl Player Spent All Week Playing Pokémon

The week before the Super Bowl in NY/NJ, some NFL players spend their time on the field. Others like to party it up in New York’s lavish nightclubs and restaurants. But Nate Irving? Nate Irving likes to play Pokémon The Broncos linebacker revealed this juicy tidbit in a Wall Street Journal article published today. Some…

Crytek Opens Pre-Registration For The Collectables

Crytek, developer of Ryse and shooters traditionally incorporating the word “Cry” in the title have launched pre-registration for The Collectables, its first free-to-play mobile action game incorporating CryEngine tech. Anyone want a special pre-reg goodie code? The Collectables, powered by Mobage…wait, come back. It actually looks rather cool! Look at all of those explosions, and…

One of the greatest games of all time is now on the Wii U Virtual Console, finally. Just two months after The Legend of Zelda: Link Between Worlds, you can get Link to the Past on your GamePad today.

In case you’ve forgotten about them, Zynga still exists. And they still have enough money to acquire other smaller game development companies. The Farmville company just announced that, for $527 million dollars, they’ve bought NaturalMotion—the creators of the Backbreaker, Clumsy Ninja and CSR Racing series—and that they’ll be reducing their workforce by 15%. A note…

Microsoft Wants To Buy Your…PS3s?

Trade-in offers are rather common—many retailers, including stores other than Gamestop, will take in old equipment in exchange for money or credit. This includes Microsoft—which will currently take your old 360s…and your old PS3s, too. In fact, there are reports of Microsoft emailing this ad to people: …which almost makes it sound as if it’s…

It’s Not Classic Dungeon Keeper, But It’s Not All Bad

Every time I launch EA’s free-to-play mobile reboot of the classic Dungeon Keeper franchise, I imagine a chorus of demons and imps singing Boyz II Men’s “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday.” It is hard. I quite liked yesterday, when the name of a classic series popping up in my news feed was…

That Time When Mario And ‘Evil Brother’ Luigi Starred In a Racing Game

Recent Nintendo events got us looking back at some old news clippings about the house of Mario and we found some we just have to share. Here’s one of the more interesting ones from the Daily Yomiuri, from November 1992. As you’ll see, we can’t vouch for veracity of all of it…. The most recent…

Danganronpa still looks like one to keep on your radar if you like games like Phoenix Wright and Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward. New trailer right here. (It’s out for Vita on February 11.)

A Day In The Life Of Octodad

Octodad may be a family man living a quiet life in the suburbs, but life can get pretty hectic when you’re a 6 foot tall octopus in a suit pretending to be a human. Take a look at what the poor cephalopod has to deal with. Also, read our review of Octodad! Octodad is out…

​Don’t Cut Class. Ever.

I didn’t skip school a lot—hardly at all, now that I think about it. After watching this Australian PSA, I am really glad about that. Now, there’s a chance that “Set Yourself Free” could be a fake advert, given that filmmakers Henry Inglis and Aaron McCann are a pair of comedians. The Learn for Life…

New Humble Weekly, Elder Scrolls Online, Free Four Swords [Deals]

The latest Humble Weekly features games from the Codemasters catalog, including Overlord. [Humble] Elder Scrolls Online ($48) | GreenManGaming | Y2OZM7-MJ3VHD-0AVTI1 Elder Scrolls Online ($51) | GetGames Elder Scrolls Online ($45) | Gamefly | GFDJAN25 Elder Scrolls Online Imperial Edition ($60) | Gamefly | GFDJAN25 The Elder Scrolls Online with free Assassin’s Creed game |…

How Not To Complain To A Developer

As Vlambeer, the studio I work at, has gotten bigger and our community has grown beyond our biggest fans, I’ve noticed a shift in the way people interact with us. Where we used to mostly get messages of support and understanding, the ratio of messages that treat us like two guys making video games versus…

​Burning Down A House Has Never Been This Hard

You would think setting a house on fire would be easy: all it takes is a box of matches and some time. But in the game Not Everything Is Flammable, it isn’t that easy. You control an errant, ever-expanding flame as it attempts to hop from object to object. Only the white objects are flammable,…

Combine Frogger And GTA V For Maximum Death

It is surprisingly easy to survive in a round of homemade Frogger in GTA V‘s online arena. At first. Once the Rooster Teeth folks figure out the exact details of how to play it—namely, you’re not allowed to change views and look at the actual oncoming traffic—Frogger x GTA V becomes a death zone of…

Your Iron Man Suit Is Not Racist, Don Cheadle

On last night’s episode of Conan, Iron Man 2 and 3 co-star Don “Rhodey” Cheadle complained about the weight of his Iron Patriot suit compared to Robert Downey Jr.’s light and comfortable Iron Man armor. Is this power armor racism? Of course not. The difference in weight can easily be explained. Tony Stark’s armor is…

QuakeCon is moving to July this year—Bethesda’s annual convention, usually held in August, will instead take place from July 17-20 in Dallas. No word on whether Doom creator John Carmack, usually the premiere speaker, will be on stage now that he no longer works for Id.