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Guy Proposed By Modding Contra, But She Had To Finish It First. Ouch.

Veteran gamer EquinnoxX documented how he modified an old Contra cartridge with a proposal message to his girlfriend at the end of the game. Knowing that Contra is not necessarily the easiest game to beat, it feels like a somewhat cruel—but nevertheless fantastic—way to do it. He posted a huge gallery and shared some interesting…

The Most Elusive Comic-Con Exclusive Winds His Way To Retail

Everyone knew Hasbro’s Transformers Masterpiece Soundwave would bit hitting Toys’R’Us shortly after his debut at last week’s San Diego Comic-Con, but that didn’t stop fans from going crazy trying to get him. Retailing for $119.99 at Toys’R’Us and appearing on store shelves as we (and Seibertron.com) speak, Masterpiece Soundwave made his North American debut at…

600 pounds of mostly therapeutic cheese. Hoarding in Skyrim is fun, especially when you can justify it with even the flimsiest of backstories. Dayshot is an image-based feature that runs every morning, showcasing some of the prettiest,funniest game-related screenshots and art that we can find. Send us suggestions if you’ve got them.

Unfortunately, the Kickstarter for MotorGun, a vehicular combat game by the creators of Twisted Metal and Interstate ’76, has been cancelled. “Lots of projects are pitched to the community and sometimes they resonate and sometimes they don’t. In this case, what we were pitching wasn’t exactly what you guys wanted.”

The Original Sequel to Prince of Persia Returns After A 20-Year Break

We heard a few months back that the 1993 platformer Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame, sequel to the very first PoP game from ’89, would get a mobile remake. That remake is out now. Apart from getting a massive visual upgrade (graphics technology-wise, at least), the now fully-3D Shadow and the…

Yep, Deadly Premonition Is Coming to Steam. Along With 13 Other Games

Rather impressively, it only took six days for the community to put Deadly Premonition on Steam. That’s pretty quick. Of course, SWERY’s quirky horror game isn’t the only title we’ll get to play on Steam thanks to Greenlight. There’s 13 more games (and two software titles) to look at, so let’s dive right in! A…

A Game Where You’re In Jail. Suspected Of Murder. Oh, And Pregnant.

It’s always nice to play an adventure game that’s not set in a fantasy kingdom, gritty sci-fi future or cartoon world. Though, actually, I’m not sure “nice” is the right word to use when it comes to 9 Months In. An indie point-and-click adventure game, you play a woman who is both incarcerated and pregnant.…

It’s Never Dangerous To Go Alone When Zelda Stars Tony Stark

Snapped at PAX Australia last weekend. I wonder if it would be any less annoying if it was J.A.R.V.I.S. banging on at you to “please listen”. Best cosplay at PAX AUS. [Reddit, via Fashionably Geek]

Now that the Mad Max game is going to have an Australian-accented star, who’s it going to be? One man has alreadyput his hand up: Mel Gibson’s brother (and professional voice actor) Donal. Who like Mel isn’t actually Australian, but having spent time here growing up can do the accent pretty damn well.

Using Oculus Rift To Control A Drone. A Real Drone.

How meta. It’s designed to let you enter virtual reality, but the Oculus Rift can also be used to control things in the real world. Like drones. This is the first flight of Oculus FPV, a scheme put together by Intuitive Aerial that lets you use the headset to get a birds-eye view of stuff…

EA Honestly Believes SimCity Has Been A “Success”

SimCity had one of the most catastrophic launches in video game history. Even after the server problems went away, fans slowly found out the game was a city-building mirage, with many key features and mechanics simply not working. Somehow, at EA, this qualifies as a “success”. Speaking with VentureBeat, EA Games’ Frank Gibeau said: In…

Oh, It’s Nothing, Just A Life-Sized Tie Fighter Replica

The last we saw of Darth Vader’s prototype Tie Advanced fighter, it was spinning off into space while the first Death Star exploded into sparks and high fives. Plus, that was just a model (or a piece of CG). So really, it’s only now that some crazy Germans have built a life-sized version of the…

News Reporter Draws Penis On Live TV

This is a host on Michigan’s ABC 12 describing a construction zone and how it’s going to impact traffic. That’s what she’s talking about, anyway. Her fingers tell a different story. It’s clearly an accident, drawn as the rest of her fingers drag behind her index as she points on the touchscreen, but hey. Don’t…

Super-Cute Robot Performs Adorable Parkour

Meet RHex. He’s super cute, and he’s also pretty good at parkour! At least, for a tiny, adorable robot. Rhex is a project by Aaron Johnson and Daniel Koditschek, the former a grad student and the latter a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. RHex is a robot designed…

Into Cube World? Then check out this cool article at Kill Screen about voxel technology and voxel pioneer Ken Silverman.

This Hellish Law Firm Logo Sure Looks Familiar…

Guacamelee! already has its share of great video-game references and in-jokes. But this one, from the game’s new Diablo’s Domain DLC, takes the cake. Looks familiar, no? Also: “Devil’s Advocates?” So, where’s Keanu? Well played, Drinkbox. We’ll have more on the DLC, which Chris reports is “hard as hell,” in the near future.

This Smash Bros. Fan Fiction Has 3.5 Million Words… So Far

To put that number into context: most of the longest novels ever only have a little over a million words in them. And this fan-fiction has nearly three times as many words as that. Yeah. It’s kind of unreal. Maybe you’ve heard of it? It’s been around since 2008, after all. If not, it’s called…

If you’ve been enjoying our (read: my) recent trip down memory lane with the excellent No One Lives Forever spy games, be sure to check out this cool article at The Jace Hall Showabout how the game almost didn’t get made, complete with a new Q&A with creative director Craig Hubbard.

The New Strider Looks Promising, But Where’s the Giant Robot Ape?

I’m positive my first question for Strider senior producer Andrew Szymanski and producer James Vance during our interview at Comic-Con last week was the question on every fan’s mind. It’s just not Strider without a massive robotic primate. “I can neither confirm nor deny,” said Szymanski. “Hmmm, I dunno,” said Vance. The new downloadable Strider…

Siri Is A Pretty Awful Dungeon Master

People might feel inclined to do everything with their phones—I mean, heck, there’s an app for breaking up with people now—but one thing you probably shouldn’t try to do is play Dungeons & Dragons with Siri. Cause if you do, like Slacktory tries to here, things probably aren’t gonna go so great. Bummed he didn’t…