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Inception Board Game Is A Board Game Inside A Board Game…
Inceptor is an upcoming board game that is, in everything except name (because that involves licensing), based on Chris Nolan’s movie Inception. Players move around a board collecting points, which go towards mission cards. Once a mission is complete, you then move deeper into a subject’s dreams. A nice touch is that it even includes…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 -
Creep Stalks Hot Topic Employee On Facebook, Gets Served
This Facebook exchange between two strangers begins as many Facebook exchanges between random dudes and female retail clients go. We lead off with a fairly standard exercise in online stalking. Man walks into store, sees a girl he likes, uses mutual friend to get personal details on girl then private messages her on Facebook. “I’m…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 -
T-Shirt Is Appropriate
I’m not sure if this is coincidence or performance art. Pilot Rob Weber was flying around the other day, minding his own business when a bird “slammed into his plane and shattered the windshield”. Interviewed by the media afterwards, if that was the shirt he just happened to be wearing, awesome. If not, then well…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 -
Nine Things You Might Not Know About The Simpsons
The Simpsons has been around for a long time—which means there are a number of interesting factoids about the show you might not know about. Do you know, for example, what the show looked like when it started running? What about why it changed, style-wise, from those early episodes? Those are just some of many…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 25, 2014 -
You’ve Been Eating Sushi Wrong
All these years. All that fish, all that rice, and you’ve (probably) been doing it wrong OK, so some of you might know how this rolls. Maybe you’ve seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi, maybe you’re just a sushi sensei. But for the rest of you, struggling with your chopsticks, here’s the lowdown on how to…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 25, 2014 -
Persona 3 Really Is Buffy, Down To The Smallest Characters
Persona 3 is perhaps best described as “Basically, Buffy The Vampire Slayer at a super fashionable Japanese high school.” If you’re anything like me, that description alone would be enough to make you want to play. Note: This post originally ran on 5/21/2012. Seeing as how we’ve finally got confirmation that Persona 5 will be…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 25, 2014 -
Buckle Up: Outlast‘s “Whistleblower” DLC is coming to PC and PS4 in April. It’ll tell the story of Waylon Park, the source who contacted the protagonist of the main game. Judging by this screenshot, it will probably be super scary. We recently added the main game to our PS4 Bests List, and I can’t wait…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 25, 2014 -
What’s ‘The Perfect Game’?
Oh, don’t be silly. There’s no such thing as a “perfect” game. Or maybe there is? Nah, surely not. But wait… then again… You know what, let’s see what you guys think. What game fits your definition of The Perfect Game? Surely it means something different to everyone. What makes a game perfect to you?…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 25, 2014 -
Not Everyone Playing ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon‘ Appears To Be Human
Right now, more than fifty thousand people on a Twitch channel are trying to control a trainer inPokémon Red. Collectively, they’ve acquired seven gym badges, which means that the end of the game is near. Great! Except not everyone watching is interested in helping making progress in the game. Sure, there are trolls—most recently, this…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 25, 2014 -
Titanfall’s PC version is gonna be titan-sized. Yesterday, Respawn’s Vince Zampella said on Twitter that the PC version of the game will be an approximately 21GB download and will take up around 48GB of hard drive space. Best get housekeeping! Additional PC requirements here. [via PC Gamer] Update: As for Xbox One, Respawn has confirmed…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 25, 2014 -
Time for a warmer Bat-suit, Master Bruce. The upcoming story-based DLC—presumaby the one being prioritized over fixing the bugs players have been complaining about—for Batman: Arkham Origins will focus on the first appearance of Mr. Freeze in the Batman video game continuity. And, according WB Games exec Ames Kirshen, will also introduce a new get-up…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 25, 2014 -
Watch The First 20 Minutes Of Castlevania Lords Of Shadow 2
Courtesy of Alzu Gaming, take a look at the opening of the newest Castlevania game, which is out today for PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. There’s a whole lot of God of War style jumping on a gigantic mechanical monster, and lots of blood too. Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 Walkthrough Part 1 [YouTube] Watchlistis…
By Steve Marinconz Published February 25, 2014 -
Remember, the guy who does Sonic’s voice just did a turn as Batman. Hey, the guy who just did Batman’s voice will be doing Sonic next. A new behind-the-scenes video for Sonic Boom looks at how Sega’s signature character will be changing in his new video game and TV show. A few quick glimpses of…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 25, 2014 -
The people who make Killzone games are working on something that isn’t Killzone A quick mention in the Japanese PS4 video above states that Guerilla Games have already been doing work on a new IP for the last two-and-a-half years. Still sounds like there’s going to be a long wait to find out what it…
By Evan Narcisse Published February 25, 2014 -
You Can Solve This Math Problem, But Can You Solve It Correctly?
It’s never too early for math sequence riddles. Veritasium‘s Derek Muller offered a selection of strangers a simple sequence of three numbers — 2, 4, 8 — and asked them to determine the rule governing the sequence. It’s not what you think. Actually, it is what you think, meaning the problem Muller presents here is…
By Mike Fahey Published February 25, 2014
