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Ant-Man Is a Great Comic-Book About a Terrible Superhero

The guy running around in one of Marvel’s oldest superhero identities isn’t all that great when it comes to fighting crime. Ant-Man is not a very good boss, either. And, honestly, he could stand to improve a lot as a dad. But his struggles to be a decent dude are what make his comic a…

Stephen Colbert has a text adventure now, and it’s great. Escape From The Man-Sized Cabinet chronicles Colbert’s adventures while waiting for his new show to start. You can die alone and afraid in a cabinet! Or you can explore a place that’s basically Narnia. Your call.

Worth Reading: A Close Look At Final Fantasy VII’s Crossdressing Scene

It might be a slow month for games, but there’s plenty of smart things being said about them. Hey, You Should Read This “How should we talk about Final Fantasy VII’s crossdressing sequence?” by Sarah Nyberg Assuming the Final Fantasy VII remake is ever actually released (when is Kingdom Hearts III shipping again?), plenty of…

Here’s The First Subtitled Attack on Titan Movie Trailer

We’ve seen a lot of these clips from the upcoming Attack on Titan live-action movie, but now we can understand them, too. Courtesy of IGN, the latest, subtitled trailer features a lot of the same Titan clips and the same crazy Hange squeals of delight and terror. Strung together, and with words I can read…

The Battle Over Smash Bros. Custom Moves Comes To A Head This Weekend

If you talk to Smash Bros. players right now, they’ll tell you there’s a war going on over the Wii U game’s custom moves. The next front will be waged this weekend at EVO, because it’s the first major fighting game tournament that’s made them legal. Custom moves are a new feature Nintendo added to…

What’s Really Happening in Arkham Knight’s True Ending

You have to do a lot of work to get the third, final ending in the latest Batman game. But the scene that plays out as a reward for completing 100% of Arkham Knight is… unclear. So, of course, people are debating what it really means. The sequence unlocked after defeating Scarecrow, the Arkham Knight’s…

Rocket League Is So Good, Nobody Minds That The Servers Suck

R0cket League, a ridiculously fun mashup of driving and soccer (seriously!), has taken the Internet by storm. The unexpected popularity has ravaged the game’s servers. Despite constant downtime, it hasn’t stopped vehicular sports fans from coming back over and over. If you’ve been trying to play Rocket League on PC or PlayStation 4 over the…

Scummy Hearthstone Trick Prevents People From Taking Turns

There’s a shady new move floating around certain circles in Hearthstone, Blizzard’s addictive—and excellent—digital card game. Thanks to a legendary dragon card called Nozdormu, which cuts player turns from 45 seconds to 15, crafty Hearthstone sneaks have figured out how to manipulate the game so that their opponents can’t actually do anything. The trick: use…

A former Midway Games employee is raising money on Kickstarter for a documentary called Insert Coin, a look at the studio in the 90s. At the time, Midway was pumping out classic after classic—NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat, Smash TV. Looks interesting! You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at…

Thousands Attend Two-Day Funeral For Satoru Iwata

Thousands attended a two-day funeral service for the late Nintendo president Satoru Iwata in Kyoto, Japan this week, carrying umbrellas and even bringing Nintendo 3DSes to pay their respects. Over 2,600 people showed up during the first day and some 1,500 came on the second, Nintendo said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal.…

Guy Spent Three Years Making His Own Ghostbusters Ecto-1

Now that’s a classy way to drive around the yard: in a perfect replica of the Ghostbusters Ecto-1. British enthusiast Paul Harborne spent three years and around $150,000 renovating his rare Cadillac Miller-Meteor and turning it into the iconic car. Must be fun to do a vehicle safety test with this particular car. ButCatersTV’s video…

Every Single Popular Destiny Gun Is Getting Nerfed

Tonight, Bungie announced some crazy news in the world of Destiny, a video game where players fight against vile, disgusting enemies like the Cabal, the Vex, and Red Bull. You know all those weapons that everyone uses? Gjallarhorn? Thorn? The Last Word? Hawkmoon? They’re all getting nerfed. Every damn one Thanks toa massive weapon overhaul…

Luckslinger Is A Cowboy Hip-Hop Game

Ever wonder how wild the Wild West would have been if everyone had been scratching records instead of rustling cattle? Luckslingermight be the game for you. It’s a side-scrolling shooter and adventure title that is mostly a cowboy game, except for the places it takes a detour and dumps a bunch of hip-hop in the…

Very Cool Box Art. Maybe The Coolest.

I am an aficionadoof fine box art, it is known. And this is an ever-growing collection of damn fine box art. Cool Box Art is a Twitter account run by @TheSonicMole and @87th, which collects the finest examples of packaging art (and posters) in video game history and dumps them back onto the internet a…

Guild Overcomes World Of Warcraft‘s Hardest Raid Yet After 472 Tries

“13/13,” Method’s Scott McMillan tweeted. And just like that, the World of Warcraft community went nuts. McMillan was referring to the fact that his guild defeated all 13 bosses in WoW’s latest top tier raid, Hellfire Citadel, on Mythic difficulty. And they only wiped 472 times before pulling it off. (For some perspective, they wiped…

You Can Now Play DOOM Inside DOOM

I’m starting to feel a little dizzy. We have YouTube user TheZombieKiller to thank for this ridiculousness. Of course, this isn’t the only weird place you can run DOOM. How about an inkjet printer? You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

StarCraft II‘s New Campaign Is Short But Sweet

You might be wondering if the new StarCraft II prologue, Whispers of Oblivion, is any good. I am here to tell you that yes, sure. It’s good! Short and sweet. The bigger question—and one I’m still not sure about—is whether you should pre-order Legacy of the Void to get it. Let me explain. Yesterday, Blizzard…

Despite the community showing up, California’s popular Super Arcade had its new location turned down again. Founder Mike Watson is filing an appeal, but it won’t be heard until September. Read our previous story if you missed how the city of Azusa, California has made Super Arcade’s life difficult in recent months. Contact the author…

The Big Things That Change When Someone Else Becomes Batman

Batman is Bruce Wayne. Except, of course, when he isn’t. Other folks have worn the pointy ears of Gotham City’s shadowy superhero over the years, too, and every new Batman brings a few changes with them as well. In the comics these days, we’ve got a cop in a robot suit as the Dark Knight.…