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A Rocket Crossed with a Helicopter? Only in Kerbal Space Program

Well, there was a rocket crossed with a helicopter in real life, kind of: the Roton, which is the inspiration for this Kerbal Space Program build. But it was nowhere near as cool. The craft is called the X-Wing Rotary Rocket, and it’s one of those really cool projects that make you all self-conscious about…

Not Exactly the Grand Theft Auto TV Show You Want

Today, the BBC put out a press release stating that it was making “a new BBC Two drama based on Grand Theft Auto.” Make that, a poorly worded press release. Because this isn’t the GTA drama you’re hoping for. That being said, it still sounds promising. In the original statement, details about the show are…

Cities: Skylines Town Has One House, One Family

My Cities: Skylines metropolis ended up pretty big! The game, like its peers in the genre, encourages you to go big in order to unlock new/better stuff. But you don’t have to. In fact, you make your city as small as it could possibly be. This PC Gamer piece shows what happens when you build…

It’s That Kanye x Zelda Crossover You Always Wanted

Unless you didn’t want the lastone. Or didn’t want either, but must now suffer through both. gabscermade these last year, “as a present for a digital secret santa last christmas”. All I got from mine was spice rack. And not even a good spice rack. Very jealous.

Mom Honors Pledge, Plays Mario With Son On Wedding Day

As if weddings weren’t sweet enough. When The Toast’s Mallory Ortberg (formerly of Gawker) asked this question last year, she got what turned out to be one half of a reply. The other half came this week, with an update. If they were late, at least they had an awesome excuse. (via nrvalleytime @ NeoGAF)…

Want to watch Richard from HBO’s Silicon Valley playing Total War: Attila? Actor and writer Thomas Middleditch is streaming live on Twitch right now, and he’s so excited about the game it’s adorable. You can watch along here

Here’s What Assassin’s Creed Rogue Looks Like On PC

Assassin’s Creed Rogue was released in November 2014 and almost immediately forgotten. Which was a shame, since it was pretty good, but also understandable, since Unity was both louder and flashier. Well, the delayed PC release of Rogue is hoping to make up for that. If you’re curious to see how it looks, I’ve recorded…

A Game Where You Play As Your Dad And Fight Anti-Dads

Dad By The Sword might have the best premise I’ve heard all year. I can’t even do this proper justice. Read what the game’s creators have to say: “Dad By The Sword is a First Person Sword-combat game about YOUR DAD running around in jean shorts as he slays Anti-Dads with a claymore and various…

Basement Is Basically Breaking Bad: The Video Game

Basement, an indie strategy game currently in development, is about a “scientist that has been forced to do not exactly legal stuff underground”. You know where this is going. It’s a strategy and management game all about making, then selling, hard drugs. Starting off in a small basement, you’ve got to manage production, hire employees…

The Evil Within‘s New DLC Is Less Guns, More Cats

The Evil Within wasn’t great, but Resident Evil: Revelations 2 and Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 have put me in a horror mood, and the first DLC is out. What I found was shocking: you save by petting a cat! Okay, fine, what’s actually shocking is the game takes away all your dang guns! The…

If You Die In This Game, You Can Never Play Again. Ever.

Some games have permadeath, where death causes you to lose a character forever. Upsilon Circuit, however, has perma-permadeath. If you lose, you can never play the game again. The fantasy RPG plops specially selected players onto a single server and divides them into two teams of four. This means only eight players will ever be…

Elite: Dangerous now has “Wings”. As in, you and your buddies can team up and fly through the galaxy, sharing map locations, comms and even bonuses for trading. 14 year-old Luke is like “holy shit, finally”. Contact the author at [email protected]

Fans Made Starcraft 2 Into A Shooter, And It Looks Fantastic

Psionic Warfare: Total Destruction is not your average Starcraft mod. Somehow, the people behind this mod managed to transform Starcraft 2 into an entirely different game. This mod makes Starcraft into more of a third-person-shooter where you are put into an arena and forced to survive. There are five playable classes, four different game modes,…

The People Who Make Brutal Video Game Porn

Before you can understand one of the most popular Tomb Raider porn videos online, you need to know about a key scene in a recent Tomb Raider game. In 2013’s Tomb Raider, Lara Croft sets out on an archeological adventure to find a lost civilization. Thanks to a storm, Lara ends up shipwrecked on a…

A Hilariously Drawn Out League Of Legends Pentakill

Killing all five members of the opposing team within a few seconds of one another in League of Legends is such an impressive feat that it has its own name: “pentakill.” Like many awesome League plays, it’s also old hat by pro players’ standards. Except for those great moments when it seems like you’re so…

Hey, Atlus Just Announced A Really Rad-Looking RPG

So, OK. On one hand, the boringly-titled Lost Dimension looks like a pretty typical turn-based strategy-role-playing game, with anime graphics and a bit of a Valkyria Chronicles flair to it. On the other hand, well, there’s this, via publisher Atlus (who announced today that they’re publishing Lost Dimension in North America this summer for PS3…

If Team Fortress And League Of Legends Had A Baby, It’d Be Gigantic

Gigantic is a game that’s gotten a lot of praise for its good looks. That’s understandable, given how sharp its visuals have been in every glimpse we’ve gotten. But Motiga’s multiplayer arena game plays well, too. One of the most crowded areas at PAX East last week was the massive booth dedicated to hosting multiplayer…

Far Cry 4‘s Yeti DLC Is Fun, Has Yetis

Early in Valley of the Yetis, protagonist Ajay Ghale sees one of the mythical beasts for the first time. “What the fuck is that?” he asks. It’s a yeti, Ajay. It’s a yeti. Valley of the Yetis is a new downloadable expansion for the 2014 open-world action game Far Cry 4. It came out yesterday,…

Yet Another Xbox One Game Isn’t Working Properly [UPDATE]

Ori and the Blind Forest is a very pretty game. It’s a lot of fun, too! Unfortunately, thanks to a few irritating performance issues, some Xbox One players have had trouble soaking up its beautiful scenery and controller-chucking levels of platforming tension since the indie game launched earlier this week. Since Ori and the Blind…

If you’re having trouble downloading anything on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you’re not alone, as the App Store and iTunes has been down for several hours. Given Apple earned $4.8 billion from the two storefronts last quarter, you’d imagine it’ll be up real soon. As of this writing, here’s how Apple is reporting the…