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When He Was Nine, This Guy Made A Terrific “Game Boy” Out Of Paper

Reddit user Juankestein has shared images of a “Game Boy” he built when he was 9. Which is a fancy name for something he made out of paper. It’s awesome. To mimic the scrolling effect of a 2D platformer, he’s made levels on long rolls of paper, which as crude as it sounds isn’t that…

Sony, Dreamworks Wanted To Make A Half-Life Movie

I’ve never read the book Generation Xbox, about video games invading Hollywood. Our columnist Superannuation (who’s on a bit of a video game vs Hollywood run at the moment) has, though, and has found something interesting tucked away inside. Seems that at one point, years ago, Valve (and its agents) met with both Sony Pictures…

I Can’t Tell If These Are Game Screens Or Photos Of Cars

I know, you know, we all know, Project CARS looks amazing. I’m not here today to try and educate you. I’m just here to revel in its beauty. Yeah, screenshots are usually iffy, often spiced up at the hands of artists, but the thing about these is that they’re not the work of developers, or…

You’ll Never Guess What Game This Steam Sale Conspiracy Is About

If you have an eagle eye, maybe you’ve noticed certain symbols on the Steam summer sale postcards. If you’re a conspiracy theorist, you might even think they’re teasing something. But what? This image, posted on Reddit by rawberry1110, makes fun of where I’m sure your mind immediately goes now that we’re talking about something a)…

The Lannisters Host The World’s Most Awkward Dinner Party

Those Lannisters. When they’re not scheming to take over Westeros, they have a hard time being comfortable around one another. Though they never have this hard a time. This video, edited together from that amazing late season-three small council meeting and posted by Towerofthehand, cracked me up. I like the part where Varys nods. For…

This Ridiculously Awesome Mech Will Wander Around Comic-Con This Year

If you attend San Diego Comic-Con 2013, you can probably expect at least a few crazy, elaborate costumes. But this robot, which wired provides us footage of, is something else. The thing is 9 feet 9 inches, it has four arms, and despite looking menacing, I’m guessing those weapons aren’t real. Still, wow. It’s made…

Music fans rejoice: Vaunted composer/songwriter Jim Guthrie has got his own Humble Bundle. That means a ton of his various albums and video-game soundtracks are on sale for whatever you want to pay, from the amazing Sworcery soundtrack to his backing tracks from Indie Game: The Movie. Beat the average and you’ll also get a…

With This Amazing Mod, Your Cube World Pets Can Become Pokemon

One of Cube World’s neat features is that it lets you collect as many pets as you’d like. Under normal circumstances, you might already be tempted to catch ’em all—they’re so cute! I imagine that if you install this Pokemon mod, which changes the models of mobs in Cube World to Pokemon, that inclination will…

Assassin’s Creed IV Might Finally Avoid An Annoying Ending

Assassin’s Creed games are known for a lot of things: Historical shenanigans, stabbing, inconsistent controls, carts of hay. They’re also known for having unsatisfying, bewildering, even downright annoying endings. Today, Assassin’s Creed IV lead writer Darby McDevitt took to Twitter to answer fan questions via the official Assassin’s Creed Twitter account. He was very sure…

The Naughtiest Nintendo 64 Game Becomes Nightmarish

Conker’s Bad Fur Day is a pretty outrageous game, for something on the N64. But throw in a few glitches and corruptions in there, like vinesauce does, and it becomes particularly ridiculous. Like something out of a nightmare, actually! Previously: horrifying Zelda corruptions, and nightmarish Sesame Street corruptions. [Vinesauce] Vinny – Conker’s Bad Fur Day…

The Dos and Don’ts of Cosplaying While Black

Unless you count the time I dressed up as Left 4 Dead’s Louis for Halloween a few years back, I’ve never really done cosplay. I just don’t have the inclination for it. But if I did, I probably follow the handy guide provided by Break’s Ron Funches about who to dress up as. I don’t…

Here’s a new gameplay trailer for Take on Mars, a nifty-looking game in which you control a Mars rover. The game looks neat, despite a notable lack of aliens and/or Arnold Schwarzenegger. You can see a full E3 demo of the game here. (via RPS)

Capcom Resurrects Long-Dead Strider Series

Today at Comic-Con, Capcom announced a new entry in their long-dormant Strider series. They’ve got more information up at the Capcom blog: The game will just be called Strider and is being developed by Double Helix, the studio behind Silent Hill Homecoming and Battleship. Capcom describes the game’s environments as vast and interconnected, and notes…

It’s Just Like Your Town, Except Monsters Attack Every Friday

Here’s the trailer for Attack of the Friday Monsters, a new game that came out for the 3DS eShop today. It looks kind of amazing—a visual novel set in a sleepy Japanese village where monsters attack once a week. I will certainly be checking this one out.

Bastion Makers Tell Fans To Go Ahead And Stream Their Games

Supergiant Games, makers of Bastion and the upcoming Transistor, would like you to know that they’re totally cool with you streaming “Let’s Play” videos of their games. The concept of the Let’s Play has come under a bit of fire lately, as Nintendo began forcing ads onto popular Let’s Plays of their classic games, though…

I Can’t Stop Playing Cube World

Today is the type of day where I look back on the week and go holy moly, I’ve spent most of my time recently doing one thing. In this case, that one thing has been playing the PC voxel exploration game, Cube World When I’m not writing I’m thinking about what I’ll do next in…

As revealed at today’s Comic-Con panel, Batman’s slither-y adversary Copperhead will be a woman in the upcoming game Batman: Arkham Origins. Here’s a new reveal trailer, in which she shows The Bat what for.

A Brief Look At One Of The PS4’s Most Peaceful Games

Hohokum is strange, and serene, and kind of fascinating. It’ll be out for PS3, PS4, and Vita at some point in 2014. Watch me play it right here.

The Moneysaver: Diablo III, Saints Row IV, Humble Jim Guthrie Bundle

What are the retailers that clutch, what prices grow Out of this poorly reviewed rubbish? Son of man, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only A heap of broken .jpegs, where the banner ad beats, And the dead hyperlink gives no shelter, the reload button no relief, And the dry Steam Sale no…

Watch Us Play… Earthbound. It’s An Essential RPG. Here’s Why.

Today, out of nowhere, Nintendo decided to release Earthbound on the Wii U eShop, so I sat down with Earthbound fan Chris Person to find out why an eighteen year old game is worth your $10.