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A LEGO Halo Ship That Took Three Years To Build

That’s almost as long as it took to make Halo 5. Finding all the necessary LEGO elements takes time. The blue lights and the sophisticated design makes Cody Fowler’s (via Brothers Brick) U.N.S.C. Infinity look awesome. And that micro city on the ground is just as brilliant as the ship itself. From another angle: To…

2015’s Best Cartoons Made Using Valve’s Games

Remember when Valve made Team Fortress movies, and they were the best damn videos in video games? Now they just get their fans to make ‘em, and they’re…not bad. Valve announced the winners of this year’s Saxxy Awards today, designed to honour the best clips made using the company’s Source Filmmaker.The vast majority were made…

Everything* In The Witcher 3, Ranked

Many things happen over the course of your adventures in The Witcher 3. Some are forgettable. Most are far from it. Here, then, is an objective and comprehensive list of…ah, who am I kidding, here’s a massive list of the things I loved most from a game I love so damn much. USE YOUR WITCHER…

Life-size Arkham Knight Batman Could…Scare Crows?

This isn’t an action figure. It’s a sculpt from toy company NECA that stands a farcical 6’ 2” tall. Pros: He looks amazing, and was made using the the game’s own files, so he’s 100% authentic, down to the smallest detail. It’s also somewhere neat to hang your hats/coats. Cons: Where the fuck do you…

Hydraulic Rig Turns GTA V Into a Wild Theme Park Ride

If you played GTA V like this, you’d probably hurl in, like, ten minutes. This video by small-scale engineering outfit Force Dynamics shows a GTA V session played in a seat designed to transmit motion feedback. The reactive platform turns a ride on Los Santos’ roller coaster from a boring side activity to something that’s…

Spider-Woman Is Going on Maternity Leave

Skintight suit with very specific contrasting panels. Poses and artists chosen to highlight her body. Pheromone powers that made her control dudes. Once upon a time, Spider-Woman was a Marvel Comics character that was seemingly tailor-made for ogling and creepy fantasies. She’s mad pregnant now, though. So, yeah, those days are over. When the longtime…

‘Bowser’ Made A Stage In Mario Maker And It’s A Real Bastard

Though I’m done with Dan Ryckert’s latest Super Mario Maker stage, I’m still playing new levels every morning, in search of the latest, greatest, and most difficult. Today, I took a look at what Nintendo’s been cooking up in-house. What I didn’t expect to find was a devious, troll-y level from Bowser himself. In the…

Rocket League‘s Next Arena Is Finally Changing Things Up

One of 2015’s biggest surprises, Rocket League, is getting a significant update in December, with a new map that will radically change how you play the game. Even though developer Psyonix has added new arenas to Rocket League since it launched in July, they’re based around the same template. Essentially, it’s the same map with…

Valve just released a meaty web comic telling part of the story behind the Dota 2 hero Axe, a melee warrior who…wields an axe. It’s a very good comic, even if you don’t know anything about Dota’s lore! Read it here Contact the author at [email protected]

Arkham Knight‘s Steam Reviews Are Getting Flagged As ‘Pre-Release’ … Again [UPDATE]

You’re probably tired of hearing about problems with Batman: Arkham Knight on PC, and, believe me, I’m tired of writing about it! But there’s something weird going on with the game’s Steam page (again!), with reviews for the game getting flagged as “pre-release,” despite having been written this week Update: 1:30pm: Warner Bros. told us…

One of Marvel’s Best Writers Says Goodbye With a Hilarious Doctor Doom Story

The guy standing next to Doctor Doom is Jonathan Hickman, the comics writer behind Marvel’s big-but-hella-late Secret Wars event. Doom is not pleased with him. Marvel’s line-wide relaunch—with a crop of new first issues and heavy status quo changes for leading characters—is well underway. As far as most readers can tell, the plan was for…

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is delayed to August 23, 2016, Eidos Montreal just announced. It was originally planned for February. Insert all jokes about asking for things here.

Fallout 4 Mod Lets You See What Your Character Is Actually Gonna Say

One of the most irritating parts of Fallout 4, an otherwise excellent depiction of Donald Trump’s America, is the new dialogue system. Now there’s a mod for that. Unlike other Bethesda RPGs, Fallout 4 won’t let you see what your character will say when you’re choosing dialogue. Instead, you get to select one of four…

Being a Superhero Isn’t Helping Thor Fight Cancer

Unlike the big blond guy who preceded her, the woman who’s wielding Mjolnir isn’t immortal. In fact, she’s fighting one of the worst fatal diseases to ever plague mankind. And being a superhero is complicating her treatment a whole lot. The latest version of Thor has been in action since last October, ever since a…

There’s A Cool Fallout Easter Egg In Diablo III‘s New Patch

With Fallout 4’s release the folks at Blizzard might have gotten a bit nostalgic, which could be the reason for this item in patch 2.4—a legendary gem to be exact—being full of Fallout puns. Here’s the item, called “Boyarsky’s Chip,” below. It has Leonard Boyarsky’s name, who worked on Diablo III, but was also the…

The Teletubbies Opening, in GTA V

Trevor, Franklin, Lamarr and Michael are here, as the Teletubbies, ready to make your morning gloriously stupid. The remake (via VG247) was made by YouTuber Merfish, using a variety of GTA V mods to turn the game’s cast into a more violent version of the Teletubbies (and of course the sun, which looks significantly less…

Goofy Dad Recreates Street Fighter’s Victory Poses

It’s not the sweet-as-pie recreations themselves that get me. It’s the thought of how much practice must have gone into a video like this. The hours, days, weeks spent leaping and thrusting and combing his hair just to get it this right. If it all seems a bit familiar, that’s because Nick Luciano managed to…

Watch Us Bumble Around With Heroes Of The Storm’s New Two-Player Character

At Blizzcon, the Heroes of the Storm development team announced a new character for the MOBA that would be controlled by two people playing him at the same exact time. It sounded crazy. Tonight I’m going to see if it is indeed crazy, and if so, just how crazy it is. Follow along on Twitch:…

Ms. Pac-Man Is a Feminist, and Three More Daring Video Game Arguments

This has been a very good year for video games, but it has been an exceptional year for books about video games—surely the best ever. I can’t tell you who will win the prestigious BAGOTY award for 2015, but Cara Ellison’s Embed With Games, Simon Parkin’s Death by Video Game, and Michael W. Clune’s Gamelife…

How I Survived My Latest Mario Maker Nightmare

After nearly seven hours of ridiculous platforming, The Klepocalypse is finally over. As part of my ongoing Super Mario Maker rivalry with Giant Bomb editor Dan Ryckert, I played yet another stage designed to completely ruin me. That moment above came after a “breakthrough” that resulted in forward progress in the stage. The problem with…