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Murdering Tiny Ninjas Has Never Been So Fun

I hope you’re ready to not get any work done, because Dojo of Death will absolutely eat up any productivity you thought you had. The game is a very simple one. You’re a ninja, against a horde of other ninjas. Click to slash through them or deflect arrows. One hit, and you’re Ninja fertilizer. Simple…

Lego Invasion: this cool video by AndrewMFilms proves that you should never steal all the golden bricks—that’s when the entire Lego universe comes after you. You also get a bunch of cool items, though, so maybe you should steal the gold Lego bricks…hmm.

The penny whistle is so hot right now. If you played the Bravely Default demo, chances are you were a bit swept up in the fantastic world-map music. Perhaps you were also reminded of Ni No Kuni‘s excellent world-map music. That’s probably because both compositions prominantly feature the penny whistle (or tin whistle), rising above…

Uh, PES 2014? Are You Ok?

Did someone say this was Pro Evolution Soccer? Because this looks more like WWE 2k14, or maybe a Monty Python sketch. Hilariously bizarre sports glitches aren’t just contained to the likes of FIFA or NBA. These outtakes from Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 are proof of that. PES 2014 | Fails Only Get Better [YouTube, top…

What An X-Ray Of A PS4 Controller Looks Like

You could use an X-Ray to look inside someone’s guts. Or, you could use it to look inside a next-gen controller—because why not? The picture above was taken by Reddit user Jackatakk333‘s brother, though if you wanted to see what the X-Rays of other controllers look like, you should check this out.And now to wait…

2014 Might Be the Year to Believe in Kickstarter and Video Games Again

That sound you’ve been hearing all week? Oh, it’s nothing: just the collective exhale of millions of people who are all grateful that Broken Age doesn’t suck. After the tidal wave of cash and enthusiasm about Kickstarter’s possible impact on video games in 2012, 2013 was the year that malaise set in, with scams, dubious…

​Here’s How Modders Are Building GTA V Inside of GTA IV

There’s no PC version of Grand Theft Auto V yet. It’s just a dream to the console-shunning gamers who want their turn to rampage through the streets of Los Santos. A team of modders is making that dream a reality. We got a glimpse in images and a short teaser yesterday but the more detailed…

Things We Do In Games That Are Creepy As Hell In Real Life

Our friends at Buzzfeed made this funny video about the ridiculous things we do in games, and you should watch it. Not that there’s anything really wrong with sneaking around in a box and listening to your friends’ conversations. It just sounds worse than it actually is. Right? Right?

​A School That’s Using The Walking Dead Game To Teach Ethics

Telltale’s The Walking Dead series is famous for putting the player in life-or-death ethical quandaries and forcing them to make difficult decisions. A creative teacher could probably use the game to identify moral dilemmas and explore those dilemmas with a class. As it so happens, one ethics teacher is doing just that. The video above…

A Star Wars Smash Bros Would Look Like This

We see a ton of crossovers in Smash Bros—that’s pretty much what the franchise is about. And while fans might clamor for all sorts of ridiculous inclusions in the franchise, there are some things we can realistically expect to never see. Like say, bringing Star Wars into the fold. No matter. James Farr‘s wild imagination…

The One Series Square Enix Really Needs To Revive

If you asked a bunch of RPG fans what franchises they’d like to see come back from the dead, you’d get a lot of answers, because there’s nothing RPG fans like more than making lists of games they enjoyed when they were younger. Granted, there are also a lot of dead RPGs. Gaming’s past is…

Five Things You Might Not Know About The PS4

You might already have your hands on a PS4, but that doesn’t mean you know everything there is to know about the hardware. Thankfully, Vsauce3 is here to hit us with somewhat esoteric factoids about the PS4—not to mention a cool stop-motion animation of a PS4 teardown. You’ll be able to see exactly where that…

Nintendo has confirmed that Pokémon X is more popular than Pokémon Y, at least in the U.S. Here are the official U.S. sales figures from Nintendo through the end of December 2013: Pokémon X: 1.63 million, Pokémon Y: 1.54 million.

Nintendo’s Ideas Are Great For Games, Terrible For Life

Sure, Nintendo has some really fun—even family friendly!—ideas…for games. But they’d mostly be incredibly dangerous if ever incorporated into the non-virtually-rendered world. Watch as the always too-carefree Ash unintentionally demonstrates the dangers of a world run by Nintendo ideas in Freddie W/HAWP’s video above. Don’t try this at home is an understatement. Oh, and, here’s…

Battlefield 4 for $25, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Roku 3 [Deals]

If you haven’t picked up Battlefield 4 yet, Best Buy will sell you a PC copy for a record low price of $25, today only. Battlefield 4 [PC/DVD] | $25 In addition to looking cool, this flexible power strip can contort to fit your oversized power supplies and plugs. $18 is its lowest price ever.…

Finally, A Game That Makes You Feel Terrible About Liking Golf

Ah golf — the sport of kings! There’s nothing like a good day out on the golf course. That is, until all the wildlife and native peoples you’ve displaced start reminding you that there’s blood on your hands. That’s where Envirogolf comes into play! Envirogolf takes golf simulators to the next level. Instead of just…

Nintendo’s Toughest Year Ever Starts Pretty Much Now

Nintendo thought they were going to sell nine million Wii Us this past year. Last night, they acknowledged that they’ll probably sell fewer than three million. Is it time for someone to panic? For the optimists, there is no reason to freak out. Nintendo has had it rough before, for example when they… …tried to…

Wild Pokémon, In Their Coolest Form

The Pokémon in digital artist Michelle Zhu’s paintings are so cool and relaxed, that I would just leave them to themselves and wouldn’t try to catch them at all. This one above is a special mixture of Pikachu and Koffing, and he’s having a great time. Note: Mildly to moderately NSFW artwork follows. Here’s more;…

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Mystery Games From The Makers Of Rock Band

PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: Microsoft loving bees again | Plants vs. Zombies meets Skylanders? | A Godzilla gaming return Last week, Harmonix’s corporate domain registrar privately registered a handful of domains including harmonixchroma.com, harmonixchromagame.com, chroma-game.com, chromaalpha.com and chromabeta.com. These domains follow an August 2012 trademark application for “Chroma.” While most of those domains…