Once again, 2K Sports says it knows what the problem is with NBA 2K14. Ronnie Singh said yesterday developers are fixing crashes in the MyCareer/MyGM modes and the online “ThePark” mode. “We’re getting back to normal everywhere else.” Singh said. He’s indicated he’ll do a Reddit AMA“after a couple more things stabilize.”

You Can Buy Farmville Stuff With Bitcoin Now

Bitcoin, the “currency of the Internet,” is now accepted by Zynga, whose FarmVille franchise also celebrates the economic ideal of paying real cash to acquire completely abstract commodities. Zynga said very early this morning it was beginning a Bitcoin test using BitPay, a “leading Bitcoin service provider,” to pay for virtual crap in FarmVille 2,…

Ten Years Later, Fans Bring Resident Evil Outbreak Back Online

Fans of Resident Evil Outbreak, a spinoff series for PlayStation 2 released about 10 years ago, have managed to restore online play for the game on a private server, though only for its Japanese versions. Outbreak Server came online recently for both Resident Evil Outbreak and Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2. The project reverse-engineered the…

eSports Owner Vanishes and Top Starcraft Player Says He’s Owed $23,000

The 23-year-old CEO of a leading eSports team has been missing since Dec. 17 and his team’s top StarCraft 2 player says he’s owed $23,000 in unpaid salary and prize money, The Daily Dot reports. The Daily Dot, which first wrote about Boudreault’s disappearance on Tuesday, returned again for this in-depth look at the aftermath.…

This Week in the Business: It (Doesn’t) Print Money …

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Nintendo continues to underperform even our very low expectations. However, it is more of a business failure than a product failure.”—Analyst David Cole of DFC Intelligence, with other analysts, discussing what happened in 2013 and predicting what will happen in 2014…

What It Looks Like To Smoke Out Of A GameCube

We’ve been covering the GameCube-meets-e-Hookah ‘Vape Cube‘ for a while now, but in case you’re wondering what it actually looks like to use one of these puppies, welp. Here ya go. The Vape Cube used in the video above by Nebula Vaping is a wireless one—there’s also a wired version. Both are out-of-commission GameCubes, though—so…

​Happiness Is A Dog In Batman Pajamas, Frolicking In The Snow

Many of you might be trapped indoors tonight. You may be huddled up for warmth, trying to beat the cold weather with friends and board games. Well worry not, because this dog will keep you company. In this video posted by Scott Merrihew, a dog named Mosley frolics his dog butt off in what are…

Check out this interview with Gabe Newell by the Washington Post—its all about the fascinating work culture at Valve, and it gives some insight as to how things function at the company. As always, Valve sounds like an amazing if not slightly bizarre place to work at.

Why Wouldn’t You Use A Jeep To Capture A Skyscraper?

Stun_Gravy and the Action Bastards aren’t content to just launch jeeps onto the skyscraper in Battlefield 4, they have to do it during a match and capture the flag with it. As if that wasn’t enough, toward the middle of the video, the squad snipes the pilot of a chopper while simultaneously hitting it with…

It’s Okay, They Aren’t Ponies — They’re Raptors.

People keep telling me it’s wrong for a grown man to enjoy a cartoon about colorful pony friendship. Fine. How about colorful velociraptor friendship? The incredibly talented Brianna “Cherry” Garcia offers this splendid compromise. Somewhere between My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and conforming to whatever society thinks a normal guy should like, there is…

The Latest Entry In The Pantheon Of Mining Games Has Wallrunning Robots

Minecraft, Super Motherload, Dig Dug, they all give you that nice feeling of getting something done as you dig through the earth. This one has platforming and adorable steampunk robots, so it might be a winner. Steamworld Dig has already gotten praised on the 3DS, but now it’s finally on PC so us non-handheld owners…

​Blizzard Identifies Malware Targeting World of Warcraft Players

Blizzard has identified a fake version of World of Warcraft‘s Curse Client add-on manager that secretly installs “trojan” malware onto users’ computers, stealing account information and passwords. The malware has been downloaded by players Googling the client and inadvertently clicking on an unofficial link, which takes them to a malware download site designed to look…

Dark Horse Comics is Losing the Star Wars License

Should have seen this coming. Ending a relationship more than two decades old, Disney has informed Dark Horse the Star Wars license will go to Disney-owned Marvel Comics in 2015. Or should I say “return to Disney-owned Marvel Comics”, the original publisher Dark Horse took over the license from in 1991. Disney purchasedMarvel Comics in…

And Here’s Why The Average Person Shouldn’t Try Parkour

Characters like Ezio in Assassin’s Creed make parkour seem so easy—you’re literally just a couple of button presses away from doing some cool move or trick. It’s not so easy in real life, of course. The fact that the average person would probably mess themselves up trying advanced parkour moves is not surprising, but it’s…