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Science Is Turning Disabled Kids Into Awesome Cyborgs

You might think 3D printers are only good for making your own bootleg action figures, but there’s a far more practical use for them: building robotic limbs for kids who would otherwise have a pretty tough time of it. That’s what a group called Robohand does. They use 3D printers to build the parts necessary…

Valve Is “Constantly” Trying To Improve Steam’s Wonky Offline Mode

While Steam theoretically allows you to play your games without an internet connection, there are catches, like the fact that every now and then you have to get back online for the feature to work. Which in some circumstances kinda defeats the point! Weirdly, while you’d be forgiven for thinking this was a design decision,…

Star Wars Bloopers Turned Into Hilarious Star Wars Trailer

So a few days back a fantastic blooper reel from the filming of the first Star Wars was found. Naturally, this footage has now been cut into a trailer for the movie. Based on the very first Star Wars trailer – which my poor brain now associates with Unkleinstead of the movie – it swaps…

This Was The Generation Of Increasingly Silly Game Names

Look, video game names have always been a little silly. And likely always will be. But this past console generation saw the emergence of a new kind of silly, one that graduated from “harmless fun” to “facepalm”. I’m talking about the concept of taking standard naming conventions and throwing them out the window. I’m talking…

The PocketStation Returns! For The…Vita.

Come on. When Sony started teasing the return of a quirky PS1 peripheral – the PocketStation – you didn’t really think they’d re-release the actual hardware, did you? No, instead it’s returning in the form of a PlayStation Vita application (literally called PocketStation for PlayStation Vita), which is being made available free to PlayStation Plus…

Streets Of Rage? More like Beats of Rage.The latest a cappella jam from Smooth McGroove takes us on a dance-party trip through a classic beat ’em up.

MLB 14 The Show on PS4 is the Only Next-Gen Baseball Game

Forget about baseball on Xbox One next year, if this image touting MLB 14 The Show is any indication. Sony announced the next edition of MLB The Show for PS4, PS Vita and PS3 tonight at the MLB Players Choice Awards on the MLB Network. But that’s not the real news because it, like baseball,…

Get your Vita ready for PS4: In preparation for the PS4 launch, Sony will soon be releasing a 3.00 software update for their Vita handheld. The new software will allow you to access the PS4’s remote play functionality and take panoramic photos, among other things. This video from Sony outlines the new features, and gives…

​He Crafted Thor’s Mighty Mjölnir, Then Smashed Stuff With It

There are few fictional weapons as mighty as Thor’s hammer Mjölnir. It can harness the power of lightning, drain radioactive energy, and knock Iron Man down a peg or two. This version of the legendary hammer, crafted in honor of Thor: The Dark World by AWE‘s Man At Arms Tony Swatton, may not be able…

If You Think About It This Way, Call of Duty Is Quite a Bargain

Call of Duty, like so many other games, is a better value over time. The more you play it, the less expensive its $60 price tag seems to have been. How cheap? Well, even if you buy all the map packs and play just two hours a week, the cost goes down to a dollar…

2010 Game Suddenly Looks Very, Very Impressive

This isn’t quite a Last-Gen Heroes entry, but it could be, since Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West deserves some retrospective love. It was one of the most surprising games of the last several years, and also one of the most beautiful. The game was released last week on PC, which means that Duncan…

Too ​Many Choices Of The Past Gaming Era Weren’t Choices At All

Great characters are usually at their best when they’re surprising us. A villain who is purely evil is never as interesting as a villain who sometimes expresses kindness. A killer with a code; a monster with a soft spot for kittens. Yet some video games this past generation just didn’t seem to get that—they pushed…

Eight Fun Facts About Valve’s Steam Machines

Steam Machines will start launching next year. One of Valve’s proprietary Steam Controllers will ship with each one. And you shouldn’t expect to get your hands on any of Valve’s prototypes… unless you’re one of the 300 lucky people selected for the beta this year. Over the past few weeks, a bunch of media outlets…

Nobody Knows What The Deal Is With The Ghost Girl In Pokémon X & Y

Gather ’round the fire, boys and girls. Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story…the tale of the mysterious Pokemon ghost girl. Pokémon games are full of secret stuff, that much is true. But usually, the scary stuff is reserved for the fake ‘creepypasta’ stories you see floating around the web…

‘Offline Play Enabled’ Is Now a Back-of-the-Box Feature

Has this been a thing and we just missed it? Or is this a sign of our increasingly-online gaming future where even the back of a copy of the PS4 version of Call of Duty: Ghosts has to provide a reassurance that, hey, don’t worry, you can still play this game without an Internet connection?…

​New PS4 Game Footage Too Mighty for Puny YouTube Streaming

A new preview of Killzone: Shadow Fall is out in the wild today. Don’t go looking for it on YouTube or any other service, though. Developer Guerilla Games says that streaming just isn’t good enough for their shiny next-gen baby. It needs special treatment to be appreciated in all its glory. You can find multiplayer…

Stasis, the wow-that-looks-good indie sci-fi adventure game, is now on Kickstarter You can also download an alpha build of the game here. We’ve been impressed by what we’ve seen of the game in the past, so here’s hoping creator Chris Bischoff gets the funding he needs to finish it.

You Can Be Revived While Falling In Battlefield 4 (And Other Myths)

Can you imagine the ridiculous Battlefield moments arising from the fact that you can revive a falling player? Oh, nevermind that. What about the epic, heroic moments you’ll have when throwing yourself over an explosive to save your friends? This stuff and more is tested out in the latest Battlefield 4-themed mythbusting episode by DefendTheHouse—I’m…

Last Day To Pre-Order Call Of Duty, Plus BF4 Premium, Origins [Deals]

Call of Duty: Ghosts releases tomorrow (can’t believe it), which means today is your last chance to pre-order and save. Don’t stall, we expect these pre-order discounts to vanish away quickly… like ghosts… PC Call of Duty: Ghosts [Steam] | $48 | Use code GMG20-P6Y1F-KC19F 360 Call of Duty: Ghosts + $10 Xbox Credit |…

PS4 Chief Mark Cerny Answers Fan Questions

“As a gamer, I have a weakness for JRPGs.” Oh, Mark. How you’ve warmed my cold, cynical heart. That confession is the highlight of this short Q&A with Mr. Cerny, also known as the PlayStation 4’s lead architect, but the whole thing’s interesting if you’d like to get inside the head of the guy behind…