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It’s Not A Good Roller Coaster Unless It Injures A Few People

I’ve spent countless hours playing Theme Park, making sure the bouncy castle didn’t explode, clearing up puke, and of course creating ever increasingly dangerous roller coasters in an attempt to fling my park goers off into the abyss of nothingness. But it wasn’t till RollerCoaster Tycoon did we get the chance to maximise our roller…

SNL Star Re-enacts the 90s X-Men Cartoon All By Himself

Yesterday, after watching Professor X fire Gambit, a bunch of folks who professed their love for the Ragin’ Cajun said that their love affair started during the run of X-Men: The Animated Series in the 1990s. SNL star Taran Killam might be one of those people. Or he might love all the X-Men from that…

Miyamoto: Online Multiplayer Isn’t Nintendo’s Focus This Time Around

The upcoming Wii U platformer Super Mario 3D World, like many other Nintendo games, won’t have online multiplayer. If you want to play with other people, you’ll have to do it in the same room. Well, I guess one person could grab the Wii U GamePad and move to another room, but you see what…

Saving Safely: good news, Pokémon players: there’s a patch out for the Lumiose City glitch, (a glitch that can sometimes corrupt saves done in Lumiose City.) You can get the new patch from the eShop, or you can scan these QR codes for it, too. (Via Tiny Cartridge)

The Art Of The Plot Twist

A few years ago, I spent a weekend cranking through season 1 of 24. I don’t regret this. Binge-watching is a beautiful experience. 24, by the way, is a show about a dude named Jack Bauer who uses cheat codes to save the world once every 24 hours or so. The show is well-known not…

‘Breaking Bad On Ice’ Is Surprisingly Amazing

When I think of Breaking Bad‘s arid desert milieu, I don’t really think of ice skating. And yet Breaking Ice, a more-or-less-official ice-dancing recreation of the show, manages to capture the whole thing awfully well. The whole thing was put together by Breaking Bad assistant editor Sharidan Williams-Sotelo. You can watch below. (The embed might…

That’s One Way To Sell The Basic Wii U

With a new Wii U Deluxe set coming out on November 1 featuring two Mario games, how can Nintendo possibly sell new Wii buyers on the basic unit? How about an exclusive Skylanders: Swap Force figure? The Limited Edition Skylanders: Swap Force Wii U Basic Set is actually a pretty good deal, especially if you’re…

Rockstar Delaying GTA Online Stimulus Package Until Bugs Get Fixed

Been waiting for the first chunk of that $500,000 in-game cash infusion that Rockstar promised as a make-good for the bumpy launch of GTA Online. You’re going to have to wait a while longer. The makers of Red Dead Redemption don’t want to throw all that money out in the world until more bugs get…

New Humble Weekly, Arkham Origins, Brothers, BF4 PS3 Bundle [Deals]

The latest Humble Weekly, priced meagerly as always, features the games of Cipher Prime, including Auditorium. We’ve got a really great post for you today, with deals on Brothers, Arkham Origins, the Max Payne series, Contrast, Puppeteer, The Last of Us, and lots more. Battlefield PS3 Move Bundle | $270 Another great PS3 Bundle, this…

Today’s New Batman Games Tease A Very Cool Possible Sequel

We don’t want to ruin any of the surprises in the new Batman: Arkham Origins and Batman: Arkham Origins: Blackgate games today—not if you don’t want to be spoiled. But if you do want to know about the very exciting future of the franchise that both games are teasing, keep reading. That was a spoiler…

Candy Box, The Best Game To Sneakily Play At Work, Just Got A Sequel

Sure, I love playing Cookie Clicker at work, but that love began with Candy Box. It starts so simply, just a handful of candies and two buttons, then turns into a genuine RPG. The sequel more than lives up to the original, and you need to check it out. The video up above should give…

The PlayStation App Coming November 13 To Enhance Your PS4 Experience

Launching for iOS and Android phones and tablets on November 13 in North America (22 in Europe), the free official PlayStation App adds almost as much functionality to the PlayStation 4 as the day one patch. The PlayStation App is an interface to the PlayStation Network, tying together the Vita, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4…

PS4 Day-One Patch Is 300 MB, Enables Online Multiplayer And More

The PlayStation 4 will get a day-one patch when it launches on November 15, Sony announced today. The patch is 300 megabytes, and it turns on a lot of features: Remote Play, sharing, broadcasting, and so forth. Without the patch, you won’t able to use any of that. You won’t be able to play games…

Nintendo 2DS: A Video Guide

Meet the Nintendo 2DS, the 3DS’s kid-friendly little brother. It plays 3DS games, but it looks and feels totally different. Check out our video guide for a closer look at the latest member of the DS family, which is surprisingly comfortable, although I do wish it kept the clam-shell design. You can also see how…

How To Beat Deathstroke, Batman: Arkham Origins’ Most Annoying Boss

Deathstroke is one of the eight assassins sent to kill Batman in Batman: Arkham Origins, so he should be a formidable opponent. The problem is, he’s a bit too tough, resulting in a pretty frustrating boss fight. Take a look at the video above for how to get through it. Deathstroke aside, Arkham Origins isn’t…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: DocSeuss opens the airlock and lets Mass Effect 2—a Last-Gen Zero in his mind—get sucked out to die in the cold vacuum of space. Stormborn can do more than just fancy pictures. He’s nice with the words, too, as this post on your possible career…

The Xbox One’s TV Commercial Is Full Of TV and Games

Hype season has begun. We are less than a month away from the debut Xbox One and the spot above is one part of how Microsoft will be trying to sell their next-gen console to TV-watching folks around the world. The fusion of television watching and high-end gaming sits at the center of the “Xbox…

The Ultimate Video Game Music Cover Band

Award-winning composer and Blizzard dev Jason Hayes has gathered an army of prolific musicians, from session stalwarts to symphony stars to the pianist from freaking Toto, just to do video game music covers under the name Critical Hit. Here’s the first one. It’s pretty amazing. Not to discount the work of the thousands of video…

Tearaway Is The Best Thing I’ve Played On the Vita

It’s happening, everyone. I think there’s finally a game you really do need a PlayStation Vita to play and a Vita game you’re really going to need to play—at least judging by the first couple of hours I’ve played of this stunning game. How did this happen? Credit the LittleBigPlanet people, Media Molecule, I guess.…

Somewhere beyond the sea, Somewhere waitin’ for me. You’ll be able to go back to Rapture on November 12 when part one of BioShock Infinite‘s Burial at Sea DLC comes out for consoles and PC.