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Let’s Get Hyped on The Launch Trailer for Diablo III: Reaper of Souls

So. Much. Loot. As the launch trailer for Diablo III’s upcoming expansion pack advertises, the end is near. On March 25th, Reaper of Souls launches, prompting scores of loot-happy gamers to completely abandon their social lives in favor of all-night hack and slash sessions—that is, if they didn’t do so already when the big patch…

It’s The Portal of Mirror’s Edge-Style Parkour Games

With a touch of Minecraft to boot—but only if you squint. In Lemma, you play as a physics grad student whose colleague gets lost while exploring an alternate dimension called… Lemma. Communicating with him through texts, you cross through into this other dimension to help him out. What’s special about Lemma is that, well, basically,…

Minecraft Temple Run. Here’s video of it in action:

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What Happens When Soldiers Get Bored In Afghanistan

Probably best not to jump too much higher. Just in case. See what happens when you get bored in Afghanistan? [Reddit]

This is Bear Simulator. The developers describe it as “Basically it’s a game where you explore while being a bear.” Back it on Kickstarter

Concept art and a bit of gameplay from Dragon Fin Soup: Official Site Kickstarter Artist Randis Albion

GTA V PC “Beta” Is A Hilarious Scam

There’s a scam going around trying to trick people into thinking they’ve been accepted into a beta test for a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V. Surprise! There is no beta. An email doing the rounds asks people to click on a URL and download a .zip file, the latter of which contains malware.…

LEGO Robot Breaks Rubik’s Cube World Record, Looks Badass Doing It

This fancy machine just broke the world record for solving a Rubik’s cube. While pathetic humans can take minutes to get the job done, the CUBESTORMER 3 takes just 3.25 seconds. What I like about the CUBESTORMER 3 isn’t just the name (you’d say it in ALL CAPS in your mind even if it wasn’t…

PS4 Gets A Virtual Reality Headset

Sony has just announced that virtual reality is coming to the PS4. It’s called Project Morpheus. First rumoured last year, the Sony headset puts the PlayStation 4 in a strange place in the gaming landscape, setting it apart from the Xbox One while offering a similar experience to the PC’s Oculus Rift. Part of the…

Short Deus Ex Movie Will Be Out Next Week

It’s been over two years since we got our first look at this promising Deus Ex short film, but it’s nearly done and ready for public viewing. And it looks incredible. Put together by some very talented fans – no, this isn’t a Square Enix marketing stunt – the cast is made up of a…

GDC Can Be (Almost) Entirely Overwhelming If You’ve Never Been

The Game Developers Conference isn’t like, say, E3. It’s not a trade show about upcoming projects, it’s a discussion forum, where nobody is ever expected to see or hear everything. That means those attending have choices to make. Some choices are very, very difficult. Thankfully, others are easy. Maybe. Writer/artist Elizabeth Simins will be hanging…

Guy Scammed Online Gets Revenge By Texting Entire Shakespeare Plays

Edd Joseph bought a PS3 online from some stranger, and guess what, despite paying for it, the PS3 never arrived. Edd could have just sulked and got on with his life, but no. Edd got revenge. And Edd’s revenge was sweet. “I was really annoyed and I was trying to think of ways of being…

Minecraft Looks Better Than Ever

“Sonic Ether’s Unbelievable Shaders” is probably the most aptly-named mod I’ve ever seen. Top image from Sonicether There are plenty of mods for Minecraft that change the look of the game, like texture packs that add more detail to the blocks. However, easily the biggest change comes from the shader mod, and Sonic Ether’s shader…

Wait, Are Frozen, Tangled and The Little Mermaid All Connected?

Pixar films aren’t the only movies with amazing fan-theories, you know. Disney movie fans have come up with some rather out-there theories about Disney films, too. Take, for instance, this new Frozen, Tangled and The Little Mermaid theory that has started floating around websites like Tumblr. It postulates that all three movies take place in…

Let’s Roll One Up For The 10th Anniversary Of Katamari Damacy

One of the happiest gaming days of my life was the first time I played Katamari Damacy for the PlayStation 2. Released by Namco in Japan on March 18, 2004, Katamari Damacy was the sort of strange, Japanese-flavored game that normally wouldn’t make its was to the West. With its brilliantly simple design, bizarre humor,…

EA Is Again A Contender For ‘Worst Company In America’

Can EA take the title three years in a row? The Consumerist‘s Worst Company In America bracket is live once again, and again the video game publisher Electronic Arts is a contender. Microsoft is also on the bracket this year, along with some particularly nasty companies like Monsanto, Seaworld, and perhaps worst of all, Time…

What Happens After Superman Stops Being a Superhero

Does the Man of Steel do more good as a savior swooping down from the sky or as a reporter exposing the evils of the world? Resignation is a talky, philosophical Superman fan film by production house The Shadow Gang that finds a combat photojournalist named Clark struggling to reconcile his decision to not intervene…

The Hottest Ground Zeroes Review Involves A Ghost Pepper

It’s been awhile since we’ve checked in with the folks at Hot Pepper Gaming, where every game review is accompanied by self-inflicted torture. Let’s watch Arin “Egoraptor” Hanson review Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes while eating one of the world’s hottest peppers. I believe the Ghost Pepper, or Bhut Jolokia, is currently the world’s third…

13 Years Later, Final Fantasy X Is Still Great

I have spent ~20 hours playing the HD remake of Final Fantasy X—out today for PS3 and Vita. In short, it’s wonderful. Play it. To try to capture what my experience has been like, here are the notes I took while playing FFX on PS3, presented with no edits whatsoever: Wow this game looks great.…