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We Are Still Shooting The Hinges, And It Still Sucks

It’s been three years since, up to our eyeballs in snow, bullet casings and blood, we were reminded to “shoot the hinges”. A seemingly insignificant part of Call of Duty: Black Ops had become, through a video capturing one act of patience, a poster child for all that was wrong – and is still wrong…

Carrie Recut Makes Cinderella Freaky In The Best Way

Two young women. Two menacing mother-figures. Two sets of supernatural powers. Two fateful social gatherings. ONE HELL OF A RECIPE FOR HORROR. This brilliant bit of remixing comes to us from YouTuber Cracker76. It combines audio from a trailer for the upcoming Carrie remake with footage from Walt Disney’s 1950 classic Cinderella. It is surprisingly…

The Latest PS4 Commercial Is Also A Musical

This PS4 commercial debuted on Monday Night Football roughly 60 seconds ago. Not bad, huh? Makes me want to sing more than it makes me want a PS4, but hey. The next PlayStation is out November 15. Just a month away. Tick tock.

The Fallacy Of “Keep Your Politics Out Of My Video Games”

It can often feel as though some people who like video games want to have it both ways: They want games to be taken seriously and acknowledged as an exciting artistic medium, but the moment someone critiques a game’s politics they respond, as if cued by an invisible conductor: “It’s just a game! Stop taking…

The Closest Thing We Have To An Official Pokémon MMO So Far

If a developer announces that a loved franchise is suddenly turning into an MMO/multiplayer/MOBA title, the initial public response can look like disappointment. Those aren’t the types of genre shifts that people typically clamor for…unless the game in question is Pokemon. When it comes to Pokemon, people are receptive—I often see folks online ask why…

This Fake Trailer Would Make Aquaman a Superstar. Maybe.

Sure, you all laugh at Aquaman now. But when his non-extant movie crosses over with a beloved Pixar franchse, Arthur Curry will show you. He’ll show you all. The best thing about this fake promo for an Aquaman movie that doesn’t exist is how it rounds up trailer clichés from other superhero movies. Slo-mo fight…

Which Pokemon Did You Get, X Or Y?

If you have a pulse and own a 3DS, chances are you probably spent part of the weekend playing Pokemon X & Y. And yet before you even buy the game, you must begin to make decisions. Which one to get, X or Y? And which Pokemon to train? Time for a reader poll. And…

Wolverine Is The Most Useless X-Man, So He’s Fired.

Oh leave poor Logan alone, Pete Holmes. Hasn’t he been through enough, I guess? I mean, it’s still a bit fuzzy, continuity-wise. Eh, okay fine, fire him. I’m fine with Wolverine getting fired in this Pete Holmes Show skit, which debuted during the New York City Comic-Con this weekend, but only if Rogue got her…

It’s Time For Beat The Geeks To Make A Comeback: Do you remember the early 2000s Comedy Central quiz show Beat the Geeks? A fantastic idea with untapped potential, gone before its time. We’re ready for it to make a return, or so argues David Cole over at Previously.TV. I think he’s onto something.

An RPG Where You’re A Random NPC

Sometimes, you’re the hero. And sometimes, you’re the innkeeper who watches the hero come in and pillage your cabinets without even saying hi. This is You Are Not The Hero, an RPG Maker game whose creators have taken to Kickstarter to raise $12,000 for development. The idea: you’re an NPC. Heroes come around, screw around,…

Lack of Pokémon X/Y Lefty Mode Set To Bum Out 10% of World Population

Pokémon X does not have a mode for the lefthanders among us, and I’m willing to bet that there’s no option for my long-suffering people in Pokémon Y, either. This minor travesty will make Super Training in Game Freak’s game a little tougher for the hand that painted Starry Night, invented Super Mario and won…

ESPN Says It’s Been Using Next-Gen Madden Footage. It Looks Terrible.

This is a look at Madden NFL 25 on the Xbox One and I won’t lie, it’s not a good look at all. It takes a trained eye to watch this video—an aborted promotion with ESPN’s YouTube channel—and spot actual differences between next-gen Madden NFL 25 and Madden 25 on the Xbox 360. Can you…

Join our crew! GTA Online has been fun, but lonely without a crew to play with. Turns out our crew is invite only, so let’s start accepting some invites! Leave a comment with your social club name and request an invite, and I’ll spend all night sorting through them. Also check out the unofficial community…

We Tried The Dark Souls 2 Beta. Brutal, But Fun.

I’m going to drop some big news here, are you ready? Dark Souls 2 is really difficult. There, I said it. Of course it’s also fun, if you’re into the particular brand of masochistic fun that From Software provides. I spent two hours playing the beta and trying to get a handle on the changes,…

Thanks, Xbox 360, For Remembering That I Invert My Thumbstick

It’s human nature to want to break things down into easy-to-understand binaries: Introvert or extrovert. Gay or straight. Republican or Democrat. Autobot or Decepticon. And in video gaming, one of the greatest binaries of all is defined by how a player likes his or her right thumbstick: Regular or inverted? For those of us who…

The North American Tales of Symphonia Chronicles $100 Collector’s Edition for the PS3 is epic. If four Chibi Kyun Chara figures, a novel detailing what happened between Tales of Symphonia and Dawn of the New World, a multi-disc soundtrack and special collector’s packaging isn’t enough to get you to re-buy two games you’ve already played,…

The Best And Worst of the Last Generation of Gaming

PlayStation 3. Xbox 360. Wii. Over the past eight years, electronic boxes wearing one of those three brands came to occupy space in the entertainment centers of millions of people around the world. They were the heralds of the most innovative, occasionally uncomfortable, undeniably exciting era in video game history. That era is finally nearing…

The Man In Charge of Zelda Says He Wants to Keep Changing It

Any little change in a Legend of Zelda game—tweaks to established mechanics, a shift in art style or sly nods to a previous iteration—excites and infuriates the players who love Nintendo’s iconic RPG series. Eiji Aonuma knows this and the designer who’s charting the future for the franchise came to New York ready to tease…

Save 20% On Playstation Plus, Halo 4 For Ten Bucks, and Papers, Please

Our inventory is bursting with great deals today, but the chance to grab Halo 4 for a Hamilton really stands out as the why the hell not impulse grab. Join us for the latest edition of Co-Op, the topic du jour is gaming keyboards In my ripe old age of 27 I’ve become a strong…

Final Fantasy VII Isn’t On Phones Yet Because It’s… Too Big?

Last week, we reported that Square Enix wants to bring Final Fantasy VII to cell phones. Today, we’ve got an explanation for why that hasn’t happened yet: the game is too big, Square says. “Unfortunately, it’s not that it’s not impossible for us to develop Final Fantasy VII for mobile,” Square Enix top man Takashi…