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Xenoblade Chronicles X‘s Stupid-Looking Characters Are A-Okay

I know it’s only February. But this year, these are going to be hard to top. Congrats, Xenoblade Chronicles X, for some of the dumbest-looking characters of 2015! Before we start, realize I don’t think characters with stupid faces are problematic. Not in the least! Rather, I’m charmed by their unapologetic ugliness (no need to…

Spider-Man Can FINALLY Join The Other Marvel Movies

Ever wonder why Spider-Man hasn’t at least made token appearances in the big Marvel movies like The Avengers? That’s because Sony Pictures, not Disney, hold the movie rights to the web-slinger. But they’ve just signed a deal with Marvel that will mean Spider-Man can finally appear alongside the likes of Thor and Captain America. The…

We’ve writtenabout Oakland’s awesome Hoodslam indie wrestling events before (they’re often full of video game tributes), but Al Jazeera have gone and filmed a mini-documentary about them. It’s great.

Hey Man, Maybe Don’t Kick That Robot Dog

Oh look. Boston Dynamics — of future robot apocalypse fame — have made another mechanical dog. And this one can go inside houses. Great. The first time I saw the above gif (via Super Punch), I laughed, not at the “animal cruelty”, but mostly because I could imagine this guy’s business card actually saying “robot…

Civilization Pick-Up Lines Will Not Get You Laid

Warning: do not actually try these. Actually, warning: do nottry pick-up lines, ever. Feel free, however, to try them out on your fellow Civ fanatics, who you might actually get a chuckle out of. Or me, if you want to see a grown man get weak in the knees at the mention of Mehal sefari,…

League Of Legends “Open Letter To Parents” Is Sensible Reading

A forum post called “Open Letter to Parents of League of Legends Players” sounds like the worst thing you could click on all week, but hey, turns out it’s actually a very practical guide for parents, to help them stop making their kids look like assholes. It’s all about parents yanking kids out of League…

My First Third-Party Transformer Is A Complicated Woman

Challenging the notion that fans can’t spend enough money on Transformers, the third-party transforming robot market produces high-quality dream toys with hefty price tags. After years of browsing and drooling, I’ve finally made the plunge with Mastermind Creations‘ Azalea. Azalea, an obvious homage to Arcee, the original female Transformer, is actually one of three third-party…

Dying Light Isn’t A New Fallout, But It’ll Do For Now

Truth be told, I wasn’t expecting much out of open-world zombie-slugger Dying Light. I didn’t care for its predecessor, Dead Island, and I figured this one would be more of the same—but with sweet parkour moves. And yet, here I am, hopelessly addicted. I blame Fallout 3, one of my favorite games of all time.…

How People Actually Play Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar always tries to sell its Grand Theft Auto games with fancy trailers. Moody music, social commentary, beautiful sunsets. The thing is, that’s not how anybody actually plays Grand Theft Auto. They usually play it like this. With lots of car crashes. And senseless violence. And…axes to the butt? This fantastic video was put together…

How To Pull Off Super Mario World’s Most Incredible Glitch

Super Mario World has a crazy glitch where players can warp to the end of the game without actually playing through it. Normally, this glitch might be impossible for all but the most hardcore of players—but with practice, it’s something you can do, too. Mind, doing the infamous “end credits warp” is not easy. Anyone…

If Only We Could Download Patches For People

Does your boyfriend snore? Is your child a bit too precocious? Does your mother keep calling you for tech support? Just hook them up to your computer via their handy USB port and patch them. Sadly this is only a fantasy scenario presented by the latest episode of web series GoodGame, in which a woman…

Mario Kart Pop Mash-Ups Are Surprisingly Great

What could possibly be better than Taylor Swift’s hit 2014 song “Shake It Off?” Setting the lyrics to music from Mario Kart, obviously. I recently came across this wonderful series of Mario Kart mash-ups from YouTuber roomdrifter, and it’s got some of the best Kart-themed renditions of pop songs I’ve heard since that awesome Drake…

Players Created An Actual Hunger Games For DayZ

Sixteen teams of two go in. Only one team survives. This is Survivor GameZ, a “last man-standing” deathmatch tournament that happens in DayZ every month. This weekend, the “finals” for the event were held, and they’re definitely worth a watch—months of invitationals have led up to it. If you haven’t been keeping up with Survivor…

Developer BioWare Austin has officially cancelled their online game Shadow Realms. Last month we reported that the 4v1 multiplayer game was in flux and that it might have been rebooted—but we hear things changed very recently.

Remember how Microsoft was setting a beta test for a patch that would hopefully resolve many of the problems plaguing Halo: The Master Chief Collection? Well, that beta was pushed back and then cancelled altogether. The “content update” is still coming but will only be tested internally now.

Jurassic Park Fan Project Is The Dinosaur Game I’ve Always Wanted

You can count the number of decent Jurassic Park video games on a single hand. It’s tragic. Fans haven’t given up on the dream, though, and a modder going by the name conceptcrash has been slowly building and realizing his prehistoric dream with Jurassic Park: Aftermath. It’s been in development for years, looks absolutely gorgeous,…

The Best Pokémon For Each Situation

With over six hundred pocket monsters to choose from, not all Pokémon are made equal. Some Pokémon are better than others. And if you’re looking for the very best Pokémon you can own, your choices are limited. But what do we mean when we say “best Pokémon?” Certainly, there are better designed-Pokémon than others. There…

Current Obsession: Apotheon, A Metroid On Mt. Olympus That’s A Tad NSFW

I was going to finish Watch Dogs, start Dying Light, get back to Transistor, maybe finally try Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes. That was my PS4 plan last week. Then I started playing Apotheon and discovered I have a weakness for Metroid-style games set on Mt. Olympus. You might, too. Above, I’ve narrated about 12…

What Buying Evolve Gets You

If you’re planning on grabbing Evolve when it launches tomorrow, you’ll pretty much be getting a multiplayer experience similar in concept to Left 4 Dead where you can take on one of three monsters as one of 12 hunters (or vice versa). But it’s a bit more complicated than that. Single Versus Multiplayer Evolve is…

Crisis Management: Why DC Comics Is Always Changing Everything

Four years ago, DC Comics killed all of their long-running titles, replacing everything—including their oldest Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman series—with new #1s. This past Friday, they’ve announced that they’re practically doing that again. Big, universe-shuffling change is a constant at DC Comics but it’s happening more frequently than ever. Let’s look back at the…