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Man Smashes Phone With Hammer, Phone Gets Dangerous Revenge

So, some guy thought it would be cuhraazy to film himself smashing a new Samsung Galaxy S5 with a hammer. I wonder, though, if he expected his hammer to hit something that it probably shouldn’t have hit. As you can see, it all starts pointlessly enough. Dude smashes the front of a new phone with…

FOX Go Bananas After Family Guy Game Gets Released Early

There’s a new Family game for mobile, called Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff. It’s not out yet, but for a few hours earlier today, it was accidentally made available on New Zealand’s app store. Something FOX was not very happy about. As Touch Arcade reports, because the game was live on an app store,…

Miiverse Is The New Yahoo Answers

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“Tinder For Babies” And Other Stupid Ideas Nobody Needs

Hackathons are all the rage these days, but they can be kind of stupid. So some NYU students put together one of their own. Metro New York brings us some of the best ideas from the Stupid Shit No One Needs And Terrible Ideas Hackathon. The interview on Metro New York is great, and gives…

Armello Is One Of The Prettiest (And Most Interesting) Games Of 2014

Wow. It’s been nearly two years since we first saw Armello, an Australian game that I said at the time was like Game of Thrones, only with animals. Two years of development since that impressive debut trailer have led to a game that doesn’t just look great, but sounds great too. Armello is an RPG…

Everything We Learned About Smash Bros Today

Thanks to a special Smash Bros. focused Nintendo Direct today, there is a ton of new information on both the 3DS and Wii U versions of Smash Bros. Let’s take a moment to recap both the major news, and some of the smaller things you might’ve missed, shall we? Launch Date The 3DS version drops…

Link(s) To The Past: Revisiting Last Year’s Big News Today

Link(s) To The Past is a new weekly feature in which we look back at least year’s big news and analyze how far we have (or haven’t) come.This week Microsoft’s Adam Orth told people to “deal with” always-on consoles, BioShock Infinite got us talking, and rumors painted a troubling picture of Doom 4 Microsoft’s Adam…

Kinect Can Make An Avatar From Your Face. Or A Mask.

OutsideXbox wasn’t content to just make avatars from their normal faces, so they rounded up a bunch of fake noses, wigs, and masks to put the Kinect’s facial recognition to the test. Masks vs Kinect [OutsideXbox]

Dark Souls II on PC Versus PS3

Now that you’ve seen the customization options available in the PC version of Dark Souls II, why not see how it stacks up against the PS3 version, too? This video by IGN is especially useful if you’re on the fence about which version to buy (and are a stickler for graphics). If you’re more interested…

Here’s Franklin Jumping Over 28 Exploding Buses In GTA V

It may not be the single craziest Grand Theft Auto V stunt I’ve ever seen. But this video of an enterprising GTA V player who jumped over 28 exploding buses still earned a special place in my heart for the clever reference to Evel Knievel. Remember: in October 1975—less than six months after Knievel had…

Watch All Of Today’s Smash Bros. Reveals, Right Here

If you missed it, all 39 minutes of today’s Nintendo Direct covering the next Smash Bros. game is right here for you to watch. Come for the character reveals—like Charizard!—and stay for the wacky fighting styles of The Villager and the Wii Fit goons. To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or…

Here’s What Will Get You Banned In Super Smash Bros.

During today’s Nintendo Direct covering all things Smash Bros, the director of the game—Masahiro Sakurai—outlined the kinds of player behavior that will get you banned (or at least temporarily so) from the game. Good news for multiplayer players, who are accustomed to experiencing at least some level of some of these annoyances. And if this…

Greninja, The Ninja Tongue Pokémon, Is A New Character In Smash Bros.

A new Pokémon appears! It’s the final evolution of one of the starters in Pokémon X &Y, and it’s called Greninja. See that scarf Greninja is wearing? That’s actually its tongue. Yuuuup. And now to look forward to smacking people with it later this year in Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. Gets Another Newcomer: Charizard

Surprise! Charizard will be a full playable fighter in the new Smash games. The high-powered fire Pokémon made a surprise appearance at the end of today’s Nintendo Direct, and he’ll be joining the roster on both 3DS and Wii U. Here’s video footage of the reveal: The 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. will be…

Yoshi’s Back In The New Smash Bros.

Some fans were worried that Mario’s green lizard buddy wouldn’t be back for the newest Smash Bros.—out for 3DS this summer and Wii U this winter—but don’t fret: Nintendo just announced that Yoshi is indeed back, and he’ll stand upright this time. Game-changer.

Zelda and Sheik Will Be Separate Characters In The New Smash Bros

I’m sure these inclusions aren’t a surprise—what is a surprise is that these characters will be separate entries, not transformations of each other, unlike in previous games. Actually, no characters will be able to transform: Samus and Zero Suit Samus will be separate characters.

Zero Suit Samus Is A Separate Character In Super Smash Bros.

Samus will be back in the newest Smash games, both in armored and zero-suit forms. This time, Zero Suit Samus will be a separate character. The new Super Smash Bros. is out on 3DS this summer and Wii U this winter.

Every Stage In The New Smash Bros. Can Turn Into Final Destination

Good news, hardcore fans: now there are online modes specifically for you (but don’t worry, there is something for more casual fans, too.) More specifically, there is a ‘For Fun’ mode, and a ‘For Glory’ mode. The For Glory mode will be Final Destination only, since that’s the popular ‘serious’ stage to play on—and every…

Smash Bros. 3DS Out This Summer, Wii U This Winter

This year’s two Smash Bros. games will have separate release windows, Nintendo just announced. 3DS this summer; Wii U this winter. No specific release dates just yet.

Nintendo’s running a Smash Bros.-themed Nintendo Direct at 6pm Eastern. You can watch it live right here, or keep up with Kotaku for all the news as it happens.