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The Dark Knight Trilogy For $20, Professor Layton [Deals]

If you haven’t managed to add the Dark Knight Trilogy to your blu-ray collection, or if you somehow haven’t even managed to see the films, today would be the day. This is a lot of Batman for 20 bucks, today only. [Amazon] $5 off a $35 Amazon Order Games Disney Infinity Playset Pack: Cars ($20)…

A fix that addresses a Battlefield 4 bug “accounting for a quarter of the crashes on PS4,” is now live, reports DICE, which also opened a “Top Issues Tracker” thread for all platforms, describing what in the game has been fixed, what is being fixed, and what is under investigation.

Legally Owning a Gun in Japan Is Really, Really Hard

Owning a gun is not easy in Japan. But that doesn’t mean some people don’t try! As part of an hour-long special called Global Lessons on Guns hosted by Fareed Zakaria Sunday night, CNN showed just how strict Japan’s gun laws are. Despite having similar spending on violent games and media to the United States,…

Snoop Dogg Explains Why His Virtual Weed Costs Nearly $100

Back when we first covered the “Snoopify” app—which lets you stamp Snoop Dogg-themed stickers on personal pictures—it was hard not get stuck on just how much a digital joint sticker cost. Last night, Snoop Dogg showed off the app on Conan, and he explained why it costs so much. In a word? It’s cyber! Duh.…

The Daily Show Is Really Worried About NSA Spying In World of Warcraft

Last night’s episode of The Daily Show tackled the hilariously unsettling news that the American and British governments are spying on games like World of Warcraft and Second Life Watch right here:

This is how they introduce Family Guy‘s answer to The Simpsons Tapped Out. TinyCo and Fox Digital are bringing the animated sensation to Android and iOS early next year. The Family Guy mobile game will feature voice talent from and stories inspired by the hit show, allowing players to interact with the horrible people living…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Amongst Yourselves, our reader-written blog: GiantBoyDetective reviews the Nintendo 2DS and calls it “2 legit 2 quit.” CouchShouts shares an in-depth farewell to the PS3 and Xbox 360. And Stormborn caps off his Super Mario Brothers redesign project with excellent new looks for Bowser, Yoshi and an ultra-powered Mario Don’t…

Nothing Makes Me Happier Than An Atelier Opening Movie

Even when the music is melancholy and the game’s name is as silly as Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky, there’s just something about the opening cinematics for new games in Gust’s alchemy-based role-playing game series that makes my dimples pop. Even though I’ve not enjoyed any Atelier game since quite as…

​Xbox One Mod Lets You Use PS4, Xbox 360 and Mouse/Keyboard Controls

Maybe you got an Xbox One and your fingers are mourning the loss of the Xbox 360 controllers. They need not grieve any longer. Modders have made it possible to use Microsoft’s last-gen controller—or the one that comes with the competing PS4—with the brand-spanking-new Xbox One. Via Eurogamer comes word of an update to the…

Waterslides And Santa Claus? It’s A Very Temple Run 2 Christmas

As if having to deliver toys to every child in the world over the course of a single night wasn’t tough enough, Temple Run 2‘s largest update yet pits Santa Claus against a giant killer gorilla. That dude cannot catch a break. Not only does Imangi Studios’ smash hit free-to-play mobile game get Santa Claus…

Happy 20th birthday, Doom! id Software’s legendary shooter was released twenty years ago today. To celebrate, folks over at Game Art HQ put together an amazing art tribute, with gorgeous HD illustrations of the series’ many memorable enemies. Above is Eric Ridgeway’s version of the Mancubus; visit the site for more. Dayshot is an image-based…

Is this a new PlayStation Move? There’s a newly-published Sony patent for a certain “flat joystick controller” which seems to look a lot like a PlayStation Move, but with a touchpad on the front.

Minecraft Inspires Gamer To Create Awesome Real-Life Building Toy

For most, Minecraft is just a game about building a castle out of colorful blocks then losing it all to a Creeper invasion. But for one man, Minecraft was something else: an inspiration. A Redditor by the name of knightkrawler1167 recently revealed his pet project to the r/minecraft subreddit: a set of magnet-equipped plastic blocks…

Heads up: the Miiverse update for the 3DS is now live. With the update comes the ability to interact with Nintendo’s Miiverse on any 3DS (and 2DS, and 3DSXL) system, along with Nintendo Network ID support for the eShop. More info here and full patch notes here

People Mistakenly Sent A Free Vita, Then Threatened With Legal Action

A retailer in the UK has accidentally sent some customers a free PlayStation Vita. And is now resorting to some heavy methods in an attempt to get them back. According to a report on Eurogamer, “a number” of people who had preordered Vita game Tearaway were instead sent a Tearaway PlayStation Vita bundle, which included…

Where The Hell Was This LEGO Cleaner When I Was A Kid?

There are two sides to every LEGO play session. The ecstacy (the playing!) and the agony (the cleanup). All those tiny pieces, all the ways they could get lost, or stuck in the carpet, ungh. So this LEGO scooper invention deserves as many design awards as its creator’s shelves can hold. It’s so simple. Just…

You Can Buy BioShock Infinite’s Vigor, But It’ll Cost You. A Lot.

Not that it works. You wouldn’t be reading about that kind of breakthrough on a mostly-video-games website. But the bottles of Undertow Vigor being sold on Irrational’s site sure look nice, and more importantly, authentic. Only 500 have been made, each standing 10″ tall and with some amazing detail on both the bottle and the…

Meet The World Champions Of Muppet Cosplay

Not that that’s an actual thing. I just made it up. Which makes me the judge, and these guys the winners. You disagree, go make your own damn championship. Reader Jerry (who took the pics) sent these in. The two guys in the suits are props and costume builder Brady Gage and his pal David…

The Story Of How Notch Turned Down A Job At Valve

Minecraft is one of the biggest games on the planet. Valve is perhaps the most beloved video game developer around. Imagine, for a moment, if the two had somehow joined forces. Finished? OK, now remember: it could actually have happened. All Things D is running an excerpt from Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus ‘Notch’…

DOTA 2 Forgets Halloween, Remembers Christmas

Valve works in mysterious ways. Last year, they held a big DOTA 2 event for Halloween, then didn’t do it this year. People got angry. Last year, they didn’t do anything for Christmas, because Christmas got stolen. This year, they are. Go figure! What it means is that DOTA 2 players are in for a…