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Gamers More Numb to Pain, Others’ Misery, Say Scientists

I’m not sure what to make of this study, by researchers in Germany and Australia. On a literal level, RPG gamers are better than others at fishing paper clips out of a container of ice-cold water. Scientists think that means they’re desensitized either to pain or, going further, important life events, even. The study, recently…

Ryse is Gonna Beat the Truth Out of You. Or Stab It, Whatever Works.

If Ryse’s main character, Marius Titus, is on a truth-finding mission, as this live-action trailer for the Xbox One game suggests, then he has a rather confrontational approach to conducting an inquiry. No, I think this is more a sword-and-sandals tale of vengeance. Come on, once he confronts Nero (or whoever that is at the…

Mexican Standoff Has A Surprising Twist

A surprising twist… or twenty. Screw it, this Freddie Wong sketch with Key & Peele has ALL of the surprising twists. It’s a few days old but we just spotted it and couldn’t stop laughing.

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Rathorial offers high praise to Red Faction Underground as a Last-Gen Hero, noting how it let the player controller the pace of the story. This outgoing generation’s greatest RPG? It’s Mass Effect 2, according to Cimeas. And 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors gets…

The Walking Dead: Season Two will be revealed tomorrow, if this teaser from Telltale Games’ Twitter is any indication. Looks like Clementine is again the focus of the story. Expect news at 3 p.m. EDT. Telltale had earlier said a new season was due for this fall.

In GTA Online, It’s Never a Good Idea to Get in a stranger’s Car. Weird things happen in the virtual version of Grand Theft Auto Online. So, yes: people may not think twice when it comes to getting into a car that a stranger just drives up and gets out of. Stay safe out there.…

PC game capture and streaming built right in. The latest version of Nvidia’s Geforce Experience launches today, adding ShadowPlay game footage capture and streaming that uses the built-in video encoder on every GTX graphics chip to take the weight off of the CPU. Check out the Batman: Arkham Origins gameplay we capped with it over…

Now Nvidia’s Shield Is A Set-Top PC Game Streaming Machine

Starting today, Nvidia’s Shield Android gaming console adds the ability to stream gameplay from a gaming PC to your television set. It’s incredibly cool. Want to see? The coolest feature of the Nvidia Shield Android gaming handheld was the ability to stream PC gameplay directly to the handheld from any gaming rig equipped with a…

Happy Monday! Well…OK, Monday sucks. But here’s some cool stuff to get your morning started on a slightly-less-sucky footing. Fans Trash Call Of Duty Booth At Games Expo So People Are Cosplaying As Screenshots Now Nintendo, Steal This SNES Paint Scheme And Sell It, Please Street Fighter II Facts That May Blow Your Mind…

See What An Xbox One Dashboard (Might) Look Like In Action

This video could have been great. It shows the kind of thing a prospective buyer of a brand new console wants to see: menus, commands, switching between programs. The nuts and bolts of your every day experience. It’s a shame, then, that Microsoft decided to take such a “real” premise and make a staged advertisement…

Street Fighter II Facts That May Blow Your Mind…

Street Fighter II was an important video game. It was one of the very first video games I ever fell in love with, and I know I’m not alone. So many of us just have the tiniest details of Street Fighter II embedded in our consciousness. That’s what makes the Twitter feed of Akira Nishitani…

Video Games Bring Dead City Back To Life

In 1666, most of London burned to the ground. The old city as it once stood, from the buildings to the streetplan itself, are lost to history. Oh, unless you take a look at this video. Built using old maps and drawings of the city which predate the fire, a team of students from De…

So People Are Cosplaying As Screenshots Now

That’s some fine BioShock cosplay they’ve got going on there, both Elizabeth and…Booker’s Hand. Also of note this week: Star Wars cosplay! There really isn’t enough of it, considering the scale of the property. Nice to see it here, and also nice seeing someone that you can’t really play the Imperial March for. To see…

Nintendo, Steal This SNES Paint Scheme And Sell It, Please

Console artist Zoki64 once made the prettiest Nintendo 64 (and GBA!) I’ve ever seen. He’s back today, with one of the prettiest Super Nintendo’s you’ll ever see. I’d like to think that even if you didn’t like Zelda that much, you could appreciate the colour scheme, which is appropriate not just for the company’s heritage,…

Last Chance To Save By Pre-Ordering Battlefield 4

Can’t believe that Battlefield 4 is already here, and that it’s basically already November. The latest in EA’s flagship shooter series hits Tuesday, and it’s looking great. Don’t miss your chance to save by pre-ordering, and don’t stall, because we expect to these offers expire rapidly. PC Battlefield 4 [Origin] | $48 | TAREM-BF4NA-BOOM1 Battlefield…

Fans Trash Call Of Duty Booth At Games Expo

Someone at Activision thought it would be a good idea to hand out $200 editions of the next Call of Duty game to the first 500 people who could get to the game’s booth at the Milan Games Week. No other rules. Just get there first. Surprise: it was not a good idea. Not sure…

This is the Face of a Man Reviewing Wii Party U

TAY BMOC and ‘Shop Contest all-star Ben Bertoli/GiantBoyDetective reviewed Wii Party U so we didn’t have to. On one hand, it’s got dice! On the whole, though, it’s “an average offering and a pretty good mini-game collection.”

Have you noticed the GPS goes out in a tunnel in Grand Theft Auto V? Or that nasty-ass backsweat on your character? How about water pressure that crushes your submersible? GermanScientistTV has, in this third installment of the little things in GTA V. Of course Donald Love has a star on the Vinewood Walk of…

‘Extinction Mode’ Among the Rumors Trickling From Call of Duty: Ghosts

With about a week to go before the latest Call of Duty hits shelves, this is high season for pre-release leaks from those who managed to cajole an early retail copy out of someone. Did you know Call of Duty: Ghosts is on two discs for the Xbox 360? Yeah, well, neither did I. There’s…

Absurd Performance Art Flash Game Gets Highly Unanticipated Sequel

If colossally boring performance art that leaves you with a vague sense of being trolled is your bag, then have I got the video game for you. Marina Abramovic—star of 2011’s The Artist is Present—returns in another low-res homage to her work. Just remember to keep that shift key pressed. To recap: Pippin Barr, himself…