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A Crazy-Ambitious Sandbox RPG Set In Space

Today in Crazy-Ambitious Kickstarters That Might Wind Up Costing Way Too Much And Getting Delayed But Hey They Sure Sound Cool, here’s The Mandate, a game about space. The premise: you’re the captain of a big spaceship, and you have to manage your crew, explore space, fight against other ships, and so forth. Also there’s…

There Is Absolutely Zero Reason For Iceman To Be Fired

Okay, Pete Holmes — you’ve had your fun. Wolverine, Angel, Gambit and Jubilee deserved to be fired, but Iceman? I’d sooner fire Professor X. Yes, why don’t we turn the tables here? One of the most powerful telepaths on the planet, armed with a machine that can influence entire populations through subliminal suggestion, and mutants…

Doctor Who Gets Awesome 50th Anniversary Google Doodle Game

Everybody’s favorite Time Lord celebrates a half-century of spacetime adventures this weekend. And, just like they did with Star Trek, Google’s cooked up a playable birthday card for the good Doctor. The point-and-click game—right now, you’ll need to go to google.co.nz to find it—has players trying to rescue the six GOOGLE letters from Daleks and…

Cats And Laser Pointers Are The Ultimate PS4 Accessories

“What do I need a PlayStation 4 camera for?” That’s a question I asked myself several dozen times in the days following the launch of the PS4. This is the answer. My cats, Sprite and Pixel, love laser pointers almost as much as my children love drawing on the wall with markers and crayons. Watching…

​Xbox One’s Missing Audio Options Are Coming, Microsoft Says

In my review of the Xbox One, I noted that the console came with a curious audio omission. The optical audio output jack was unable to output Dolby 5.1 or 7.1 digital audio. That’s a substantial bummer for anyone who uses a Dolby-only gaming headset. Today, Microsoft’s Albert Penello addressed the missing feature and said…

In Today’s Phoenix Wright DLC, The Murder Suspect Is… A Whale

If you have ever wanted to pretend to be a lawyer and defend a whale accused of murder, today is the day for you. The ridiculous new DLC for Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies—already a ridiculous game—charges you with investigating an aquarium and getting an orca whale off the hook. This a stand-alone case, live right…

Playstation 4 And Xbox One Games, Amazon Digital Black Friday [Deals]

Brace yourself because we’ve got a ton of deals today. Nothing fancy, just a laundry list of great discounts not only on PC, PS3, and 360, but on PS4, Xbox One, and Mac. The standout thing to grab is of course the Bioshock Triple Pack, but my personal recommendation goes to the Trine 2 Complete…

What The Inside of An Xbox One Looks Like

You’ve seen what the Xbox One looks like on the outside. But that big black box holds stuff on the inside too, y’know. And thanks to the iFixit folks,we can get a glimpse of innards of an Xbox One—pictured above. Neat, eh? Interestingly, the outside of the console contains no screws. Thankfully, it seems you…

The Xbox One Is Huge Compared To Other Consoles

The original Xbox 360 may have been a bulky hunk of hardware, but the Xbox One is huge. Seriously. We did some comparisons in a video to show you exactly how huge we mean. Watch here: Be sure to stick around for my usual antics. And in case you missed it last week, we gave…

Plants Vs. Garden Warfare Could Sell A Few Xbox Ones Come February

If I hadn’t already purchased an Xbox One for work purposes, Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare‘s Team Fortress 2-meets-HGTV vibe would surely have me in line for a console come February 18. Or February 20 if I am in Europe, 21 in the UK. Look, where I am does not matter. What matters is that…

Rare Magic Card Sells For $27,000

Time to start going through your old Magic card collection. Or paying a little extra attention next time you’re at a garage sale. A rare “Alpha Black Lotus” card, from waaaay back in 1993, has gone for $27,302 on eBay, owing both to the fact it’s rare (one of only 1100 printed) and also because…

Conan O’Brien Tries To Understand World of Warcraft, Fails Miserably

Conan O’Brien took a trip to this year’s BlizzCon to play World of Warcraft‘s next expansion and to try to understand one of the most popular MMOs out there. But he also stepped in as a commentator for the World of Warfract Arena Global Finals with, well, not much knowledge of the game at all.…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: 720p vs 1080p may just be buzzwords but Comtar argues that buzzword fights have always mattered in video games. Read the Mushroom and see why you should never, ever eat fast food in Raccoon City. And My_Wet_Rooster looks at the history of video game scapegoating…

Jimmy Fallon’s Xbox One Segment Tries Hard to Make Kinect Look Fun

What do you do if you’re trying to hawk the Xbox One on late-night talk shows? You can’t show the gory, crotch-laser killfest of Dead Rising 3 or the slice-an-arm-off combat of Ryse: Son of Rome, both of which seem to be the better games for the new console. No, no, you have to go…

The Best Part Of Last Night’s South Park Was Anime Princess Kenny

Forget Game of Thrones. Screw the console war. The best part of last night’s South Park—episode two of the Xbox One vs. PS4 saga—was this single clip. I won’t say any more. Just watch it. (South Park spoilers, if you’re concerned about that sort of thing.) You can check out the full episode on South…

Glimmers Of Hope That The PS3 Might Finally Be Getting HBO Go

PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: Crytek might be taking their skills to Hollywood | We could see a new X-Men game | Insomniac could be working on a brand new game | A Sony studio might be moving from handheld to PS4 development Although much of our attention is focused on next-gen, there are…

Pac-Man just became a bit more badass, after custom toy builder KodyKoala assembled this Pac-Man Monster Truck. It’s just the right thing to do with a harmless Pac-Man bank and an old RC toy car. KodyKoala made it available on his Etsy page, along with the rest of his crazy custom toys. KodyKoala’s Pacman Monster…

Wing Commander is once again complete. With today’s release of Wing Commander: Armada on GOG, each and every title from the classic space sim series has now been modernized for today’s PCs. Well, except for Wing Commander Arena. But it’s probably better that way.

The Japanese voice track and lip sync animations will be available as DLC for the English version of Lightning Returns The pack, per the latest announcement from Squeenix, will be free to download for two weeks after release, after which time it becomes paid DLC. Above is the newly-released “special effects” trailer.

Elves Make the Best Flight Attendants

Middle-earth is spilling over into New Zealand. Again. Air New Zealand is back with another excellent Middle-earth-themed commercial, showing a day in the life of an airport where people get busted for smuggling mithril gear, dragons selfishly occupy hangars with all their gold, and elven employees are routinely discriminated against for their looks. I mean,…