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Robin Williams Likes Games Other Than The Legend of Zelda, Y’know

Maybe you picked up on the fact that Robin Williams likes The Legend of Zelda—just, you know, based on subtle stuff like being in Zelda commercials and having a daughter named Zelda. But that’s not all he likes, you know! Yesterday, Williams did a fantastic Ask Me Anything on Reddit, where folks asked all about…

Watch Six People Shout About Violent Video Games For About Six Minutes

Last night on our favorite CNN-wannabe HLN, Dr. Drew had a bunch of people on his show to talk about the Navy Yard Shooter. This, of course, eventually devolved into a shouting match about violent video games. I consider myself a sommelier of clips of people screaming about video games on television, but dear lord…

Meet Assassin’s Creed IV‘s Swashbuckling Rogues’ Gallery

Such swashbuckling swarthiness! We have now entered the period known as “Defcon Ubi-Trailer,” in which a month or so before a Ubisoft game release, the publisher starts putting out new trailers at increasingly closer intervals until we achieve some sort of trailer singularity. All the world becomes a Ubisoft trailer, and our existence dissolves into…

Wendy Williams Has No Regrets About Buying GTA V for Her Son

Today, nationally syndicated daytime talk-show host Wendy Williams talked about our open letter from a retail store veteran who sold too many copies of GTA V to uncaring parents, and admitted that she indeed bought a copy for her 13-year-old son. Previously, Williams justified buying her 13-year-old son Grand Theft Auto V by saying that…

Mortal Kombat‘s Web Series and Movie Will Be Totally Different Things

It seemed like Mortal Kombat was dead for a while there. No games, no movies, no Fatalities. But now, the gory fighting franchise is back, with a movie in development and season two of a slickly-made web series making its debut today. (The first episode is above.) The same guy is in charge of both,…

If you’re into GTA V and live near New York City, you might be interested in Rockstar’s presentation of the game on Sunday at the New York Film Festival and in a concert of the game’s score on Monday. Details at Rockstar’s site

A Heartfelt, If Not Slightly Angry Love Song Dedicated To Trolls

You know what they say, you shall love your troll as yourself. The Doubleclicks take this edict to heart by performing an amusing song dedicated to nasty internet trolls…it’s kind of sweet! But I’m sure you can suss a sense of genuine annoyance with trolls, too—with good reason, I’m sure. Trolls aren’t pleasant, and I’m…

Do It By The Book: In this fine, thoughtful article at Quarter to Three, critic Tom Chick explains why he thinks GTA V‘s much-discussed torture mission is successful satire.

Killzone On The PS4 Might Actually Be More Comfortable To Play

If you’re purchasing the PlayStation 4 this holiday season and are into first-person shooters, chances are you’ll be eyeing Guerrilla Games‘ latest installment in the Killzone franchise: Shadow Fall. But while those shiny new graphics will catch most people’s eyes, I’m more concerned with how the game plays. The Killzone series has always had a…

Snake Plissken Almost Had A Video Game To Rival Metal Gear

PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: An HBO video game show? | Future Paradoxes | Soma | An Amazon.com MMO… what?? A former Namco developer recently uploaded this milestone video of early footage from a cancelled Snake Plissken game that was in development at the Namco’s Bay Area studio, developers of the first Dead to…

Last Year’s Superhero Movies Are Better Than This Year’s. Here’s Why.

This year’s superhero movies? They kind of suck—well, in comparison to last year’s kickass superhero movies. What gives? According to Slacktory, last year’s supherhero movies practically gave us a ten step guide on how to be awesome! You’d think the success would be easily replicated. Really, this year’s movies have no excuse. Speaking seriously though:…

No College Football Video Game Next Year, Says EA Sports [Update]

EA Sports will not publish any college football video game next year, the label said moments ago, citing ongoing litigation brought by current and former college players that threatens to change how all of big-time college sports does business. “Today I am sad to announce that we will not be publishing a new college football…

TV’s Ned Stark Is Now Making Train Simulator 2014 Sound Cool

Previously, Sean Bean told you winter was coming. Now, Train Simulator 2014 is and Bean’s here to hype it by waxing poetic about rail fans’ love of trains. The new Train Simulator will be out for PC this week. And, hey, if FIFA can have Patrick Stewart thundering through one of their trailers, Train Simulator…

The Original Pokemon Hero Returns In Pokemon Origins

Ash Ketchum was never the very best, like no one ever was. It was always Red, the hero of the original Pokemon Red and Blue. His story is Pokemon Origins, a four-part animated series premiering November 15 on Pokemon TV. This is the Pokemon trainer I became when I first fell in love with this…

There’s a Reason Why League Of Legends Doesn’t Have Voice Chat

What works just fine in DoTA might be problematic in League of Legends, at least according to PlayerPOV’s parody video. LoL matches, especially lower ranked ones, are full of flamers and abuse? That’s right! Personally I think it would be much more chaotic than the video would have you believe. Why LoL Doesn’t Have Voice…

The Joy Of Scribblenauts: Unmasked In A Single Screenshot

That’s young Bruce Wayne, standing over the bodies of his dead parents. Tasked with giving the grieving orphan something to console him, I went with irony. Inspired by the opening to Game Informer‘s review of Scribblenauts: Unmasked, which I only glanced at briefly as to not color my own upcoming analysis, I took a break…

Deals: EVE Online Plex, Wonderful 101, Stick of Truth, Humble Weekly

Get your pre-orders in on South Park: The Stick of Truth Grand Wizard Limited Edition and enter the universe of EVE Online for cheap in today’s Moneysaver. Wii U owners can grab Wonderful 101 for $9 off or pre-order Wii Party U if you need an extra Wiimote. If you really want to treat yourself,…

You Are Not Prepared For The Last Of Us‘ ‘Alternate’ Ending

The excellent PS3 game The Last of Us had an equally excellent ending. As it turns out, that ending could have been very… uh… different. In this (spoilery) video, writer/creative director Neil Druckmann walks us through some of the same alternate endings he spoke with me about after the game came out, then further elaborated…

Mega Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise, In Classic Red and Blue Style

One of the more distinctive things about the first Pokemon games—aside from nostalgia—is that we got to see the older, distinctive art style drawn by Ken Sugimori (Pokemon’s art director). And thanks to artists like Tomycase, we can still have the pleasure of seeing new Pokemon in that older ‘Sugimori style,’ too. Like the original…

More Totally (Not) Believable Proof That We’re Getting Half-Life 3

Here’s a silly GIF about trying to read too much into Valve’s three announcements this week—it’s what happens when you overlay the 3 images onSteam Universe countdown page, according to yathern. And another take,by tacothecat: Note that neither of these GIFs loop, for some reason!