Uncategorized

My Gaming Year In 31 iPhone Photos

I was cleaning out some of the 900 photos and movies on my iPhone when I realized, “Hey, these kind of tell the story of my year of playing, reporting and writing about video games.” These might be fun to share. I didn’t use my iPhone to take photos of things I wanted to publish.…

The 5 Worst Moments In The New Walking Dead, With Spoilers

It’s only the first episode of the new season to Telltale’s horrifically wonderful The Walking Dead episodic series and I’m already all torn up. I gave you my non-spoilery impressions of the episode already. Now let’s have a thorough, completely spoilery discussion of the events that transpired in the recent All That Remains episode. ***…

Mario Fights Master Chief and Lara Croft, Kicks Their Asses

Some things are sacred to a plumber: Family, kingdom, honor. But few things are as sacred as power-ups. I pity the poor fools that try to mess with them. In the video, above, Master Chief, Connor from Assassin’s Creed III and Lara Croft try to steal Mario’s power-ups. They thought it was a simple heist.…

Alright, YouTube, This Is Getting Out Of Hand

YouTube’s content ID system has reached all new levels of silly recently. Next thing you know they’ll be cracking down on the use of the colour red. Oh no, it’s too late… Wish to tweet words at me? I can be found here @laserfrog

A Cheap Gaming Laptop, Metal Gear Rising, Steam Sale Day 2 [Deals]

If you’ve been looking to pick up a new gaming laptop, TigerDirect has a great deal today on an Acer Aspire V3. $700 gets you a 17″ screen, 2.2Ghz Core i7, 12GB of RAM, and a GTX 760M for graphics. It won’t stand toe to toe with the best gaming laptops around, but it’s a…

It’s a White Christmas for Android gamers, as adventure classic Syberia hits Google Play. Already available on iOS and PC, Benoît Sokal’s snowy, character-driven masterpiece can now be had on Android for a mere $4.99. You aren’t an adventure game fan until you’ve played it.

Clueless YouTube Copyright Bots Think GTA Sirens Are a Famous Jazz Song

Here’s a video of Grand Theft Auto IV. Give it a listen, preferably at the 6:32 mark. That’s the moment when YouTube’s copyright bots claim a Sonny Rollins Quartet jazz song plays. Do you hear it? I tried. I tried hard to hear it. And all I heard was sirens. I bet that’s all you…

Do You Miss Tamagotchi? Love Badgers? I Have What You Need.

It wasn’t enough that Might & Delight made a beautiful game about being a badger caring for her cubs. Now they’ve released a free add-on. Once a day for a month, find food for your cubs. Or they will die. I love this not only because it’s a free addition to a game I already…

The Best Board Games of 2013

As I’ve talked about before, board games aren’t simply enjoying a resurgence right now. They’re in a glittering golden age with fabulous releases every single week, the entire hobby evolving and adapting with Borg-like ease. There’s no easier way to prove it than with my favourite releases from 2013. Included on this list are a…

Google’s 15 Best Android Games Of 2013

It’s the end of the year, and that means for one brief, shining moment, one Google Play gaming category will make perfect sense. These are Google Play’s editor’s picks for the top Android games of 2013. rymdkapsel grapefrukt games $3.99 This marvelous, minimalistic real-time strategy game was one of Stephen Totilo’s favorite games this year.…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Rathorial’s in-depth, illustrated guide shows us how he built a PC that’ll be his own pseudo-Steam Machine. Gary Alexander Stott thinks we should all be getting excited for SOMA, Frictional Games’ upcoming space-horror title. And Stormborn draws a Psyduck that would be at home on…

L.A. Noire Cosplay, Done Right

Why the hell is Cole Phelps, L.A. Noire‘s detective protagonist, lying frozen on these stairs? Well, cosplayer Lady of Rohan took the familiar glitchy GIF to the next level, mimicking it perfectly. Here’s the GIF: And here’s another shot of detective Phelps, on his way to solve the next crime: Today I Cosplayed Cole Phelps…

Forest Pokémon Are The Best Type of Pokémon

Better avoid fire with these awesome Pokémon, made by Instagrammer Jakecarter14, using materials found in nature. The Pikachu above is already super-cute, but here’s some more (sadly, a rocky Geodude is missing): Natural Pokemon [jakecarter14, imgur via dorkly] Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest, funniest game-related screenshots…

Iron Man Returns In An Intense Animated Short

That is some impressive fan-made Iron Man animation, amazingly enough made by just one man, Anthony McGrath, who works as an animator at Sony’s Evolution Studio. CG Tony Stark comes under attack from the Ten Rings and deploys his new Mark Z armor. IRON MAN Mk Z HD [Anthony Mcgrath, YouTube] To contact the author…

Virtual Arma 3 is the Future of First-Person Shooters

The future is expensive and takes up too much space But hey, it’s the future! You might recognize the guy; we’re dealing with the same YouTuber who brought us footage of virtual GTA IV. This time, he tackles Arma 3. It’s sorta cute how he crouches with his little plastic gun—go ahead, take a look…

Mario and Peach Take Back The Mushroom Kingdom… With Guns

Guns, baseball bats, violent, bloodthirsty Pokémon, and so on and so forth. But mostly guns. The Mushroom Kingdom’s future is at stake as Mario’s team of rebels engages with Bowser’s army of gun-wielding mooks. Will they succeed in their quest? Find out below in part 6 of the epically violent Mario Warfare If you’re just…

A League Of Legends Dictionary: Know What The Hell Is Going On

Don’t look now, but League of Legends is one of the biggest games in the world. And that’s in spite of the fact that, while appearing simple, it’s surprisingly complex, and burdened with one hell of a lexicon. If you’re new to the game, you won’t know your ARAMs from your Ward Hops, so Jeff…

Rad Combo: Buy An Arcade Stick + Donate To Charity

The Platinum Capcom Cup Arcade FightStick Tournament Edition 2 isn’t just a mouthful, it’s one of the prettiest – and most exclusive – video game controllers around. The only people on Earth who will ever use one are the top placers at this year’s Capcom Cup fighting game tournament. Oh, and maybe you, if you…

Report: Hunger Games Banner Has Protesters Facing Terrorism Charges

Some environmental activists in Oklahoma used a Hunger Games banner as part of a protest against Devon, an energy company. For their trouble, reports say they were locked up and are now facing terrorism charges. Having gained access to a building bearing Devon’s name, the protestors erected two huge banners, one of them bearing the…

Dark Souls II’s PC Port Will Be Better

So says the game’s producer Takeshi Miyazoe, and I believe him. After all, it can’t be any worse than Dark Soul’s port. “We did know there were PC-specific features like key-mapping and use of the mouse and keyboard, high resolution and higher frame rate, stuff like that, but… It’s not that we ignored it, but…