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Impressions of the New Zelda, Five Hours In

The new Zelda does not feel like a game to skip, I’m happy to report after having played the game for five hours. Even if you’ve grown tired of Zelda games. I’ll spoil nothing about The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, but will share some important findings (!) with you about the November…

The Hunger Games Recreated With Cats That Don’t Care

Cats don’t care that these children are forced to fight each other for others’ amusement. They don’t care about how cute Jennifer Lawrence is. They also don’t care that you think Battle Royale was better (it was). But they’re still the stars of this speed run through the general plot by The Pet Collective. They’re…

YouTube’s New Comment Moderation Seems To (Not) Be Going Well So Far

YouTube’s new comment moderation system sounds pretty neat, but it’s really going to hinge on how people interact on the Internet. And there’s only so much you can do to moderate that. This comment thread is perhaps the perfect example of that. Here’s the NSFW version of the top screenshot: The top comment—with 75 “thumbs…

A Turn-Based RPG Inspired By Final Fantasy Tactics

Today in Kickstarters That Look Pretty Cool, here’s Gridlock Tactics, a “biopunk” role-playing game whose creators say they were inspired by the likes of Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea The people behind Gridlock Tactics—some of whom worked at Beenox, the studio behind the last few Spider-Man games—want $50,000 to make it happen. They hope to…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Rathorial calls numeric progression a Last-Gen Zero and says that a lot of RPGs from the last console cycle used numbers the wrong way. In DamsonRhee’s house, the Xbox 360 is a Last-Gen Zero. Man, look at that Wario! I hope someone from Nintendo is…

Sony Viral Teases Something Street Fighter For The PlayStation 4

Packed with references to Capcom’s famous fighting game franchise and tagged with the #4ThePlayers hashtag, this viral video from Sony seems to indicate something Street Fighter is happening on the PlayStation 4, but what? VG24/7 looks to have been the first to post the “Hadouken Cabs” viral this morning, sent to them in an email…

The Xbox One Dashboard Is Definitely a Next-Gen Improvement

Two weeks before launch, the Xbox One dashboard is clean, runs swiftly and does some cool new things gamers will like. It wasn’t perfect, but I was looking at something that Microsoft says is roughly 85% ready. It wasn’t quite what we’ll be able to use at launch, but it’s close. I got the demo…

Just waking up? It’s cool. Here’s some stuff you missed overnight. Ain’t No Wedding Like An Incredible World Of Warcraft Cosplay Wedding The One Real “Next-Gen” Game Of The Last Generation An Army Of PS4 Consoles, Massed At The Gates Miss Universe Contest Interrupted By Transformers Cosplay (Huh?)

Guess which classic RTS looks fantastic in Lego form: Age of Empires II! Artizan, the creator, intends to recreate as much of the game as possible. You can see his progress here and even support him if you want to. An ambitious project, but it’d be nice to see those larger buildings (and catapults) next…

Veteran Game Dev Risks Health for 80-Hour Charity Gaming Session

You probably shouldn’t try this at home. Leave it to the professionals—like Billy Joe Cain. Cain’s been in the gaming industry for about twenty years, during which he worked on games for Origin Systems and Electronic Arts. He also set up a world record (several of them, in fact) playing the 1980 arcade game Defender—a…

Yes, The Xbox One Has Silly Achievements For Watching Movies And TV

As we’ve discussedpreviously, the Xbox One will have two types of achievement. There are gaming achievements, like you’ve always had, but now there are also media achievements, designed to reward you for spending time using your Xbox One for other stuff (and, ultimately, spending more money). This image is our first look at how they’re…

Here’s What You Can Watch on the Xbox One In Between Games

Yesterday we showed you what you can entertain yourself with in between play sessions on the PS4. Now, it’s the Xbox One’s turn. Microsoft is calling this the “first wave” of their Xbox One applications, with more following for both their new console and the Xbox 360: Amazon Instant Video Crackle CWTV ESPN FOX NOW…

See How Fast The New Xbox One Dashboard Is

In this demo, Microsoft takes you through the Xbox One Dashboard step-by-step. As mentioned above, the clip is 12 minutes long, so pour yourself a hot drink and settle in. Cold drinks are fine, too! Xbox One All-in-One Demo with Yusuf Mehdi and Marc Whitten [Xbox@YouTube] To contact the author of this post, write to…

Surprise, Viral YouTube Smash Is A Total Fake

In September, a YouTube video showing people doing crazy shitwith ping pong bats and knives went viral. Shame, then, that it’s a total fake. In this clip from Captain Disillusion, we see a frame-by-frame breakdown of the original video, as myths are busted and parties are pooped. If we can’t believe stupid YouTube videos are…

When Model Kits Become Art

Boutique company Mano Models don’t do massive runs of statues that appear on comic store shelves worldwide. They don’t sponsor booths at Comic-Con, and don’t fight for the license to the latest summer blockbuster. They’re just five dudes, fans and artists hanging out and making awesome scratch-built model kits. While some of the works you’re…

Miss Universe Contest Interrupted By Transformers Cosplay (Huh?)

We’ve brought you hard-hitting coverageof the Miss Universe pageant’s weird cosplay-esque section before, but this year featured something worth drawing further attention to: Miss USA dressed up as a Transformer. It was part of the “national dress” section of the pageant, where contestants wear crazy outfits that are usually inspired by their country’s history, traditions…

Minecraft’s Creator Was Just On Late Night TV

You know your video game has made it when you get to appear on late night television and it’s not at the behest of a marketing team pushing an upcoming blockbuster. Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson was on Craig Ferguson’s show earlier tonight, just talkin’ bout video games and eatin’ chocolate. Here’s the complete segment.

An Army Of PS4 Consoles, Massed At The Gates

This is the floor of an Amazon warehouse earlier today. Amazon[Twitter]

The One Real “Next-Gen” Game Of The Last Generation

Every time a new hardware generation comes around, we hear the same old boasts. More polygons! More effects! Higher resolution! Well, you know what, I don’t care about any of that. I want new hardware to improve the way I have to play games, or approach them, and no single game this generation did that…

Melodic Duty: check out this awesome ‘gun sync‘ by Ash100HD performed in Call of Duty: Ghosts. It took nine hours to make, but the gun sound effects almost feel like they’re a part of the original song, right?