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One-Man Console War, Vol. 1

The only people who ever lose a console war are people who make games. The people who actually play games usually win. We, the gamers, dictate who the victors are while enjoying the spoils. The worst thing that’ll happen to a gamer because of a console war is that he or she might miss out…

Ahhhhhh there’s a rainbow in my town ahhhhh

I’ve never seen a rainbow before! Ahhhhh.

Pokemon Trainer Goes Through Entire Elite Four With Just A Magikarp

It’s not uncommon to find playthroughs where a player decides to go through an entire game of Pokemon with something silly, like Bidoof. But Magikarp, a fish Pokemon that’s largely taken as the most useless Pokemon ever? That’s a whole other level of insanity. Still, it can be done. This (sometimes sped-up) video shows Meikachuchu…

Happy 30th Birthday, Famicom

Your carefree 20s are over, Famicom. No more gallivanting. It’s time to settle down—find a nice wife, get a stable job, maybe put a down payment on a house. You’re 30 now. The Famicom—or Family Computer—first hit Japanese stores on July 15, 1983, and although it took a couple more years for it to make…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: FrogFro writes about the bosses you may have fought entirely wrong. JJtheTexan goes even deeper into the rabbit hole of long-lost Nintendo games. And PyramidHeadcrab wants to know what your favorite Mario game is And you can always go join the voices talking about video…

The Best Way To Catch Beetles In Animal Crossing: New Leaf

This might sound rash. I’m going to suggest you basically demolish your island. Say your goodbyes, because you’re about to go on a tree murder spree, you criminal. As Patricia already highlighted in her handy How To Make Mounds Of Bells And Then Roll Around In It article, the island is where you want to…

Ittle Dew Is A Zelda-Style Game That Doesn’t Take Itself Too Seriously

Poking around on the Ouya today, I was lucky enough to find Ittle Dew, and it had me laughing within five minutes. This is a fun adventure game with a great sense of humor, but it also has a female protagonist that likes to beat people up and take their loot. Watch the video above…

Bask In The Glory Of My Roses

My front lawn is FILLED with this stuff.

OZombie Shuttered as American McGee Pursues Alice Film Rights

OZombie—American McGee’s zombie take on the Oz stories—has been taken off of Kickstarter so its studio, Spicy Horse, can focus on securing the film rights to the Alice series McGee created. The two efforts had been paired in a $950,000 Kickstarter campaign that Spicy Horse was unable to then separate into two different campaigns. “The…

Four games in four weeks — Sony’s dropped the release schedule and games coming in its summer 2013 PlayStation Network PLAY promotion: Stealth Inc.: A Clone In The Dark (July 26), Cloudberry Kingdom (July 30), the delightful ibb & obb (above, August 6) and DuckTales Remastered (August 13). Check out pricing and more info here

My Villager Is An Asshole

Can you believe this shit? This is one of my villagers talking to a friend who was visiting my town. I especially hate Ricky because he used to always call me “nutcase” and I just didn’t like it. He now calls me suga momma. But the next time he asks me for a greeting change,…

Spiked Bat Inspired by Dead Rising 2 Used in Gruesome Slaying

The heir to a €50 million fortune has confessed to killing his father with a spiked bat he said was inspired by the weapon in Dead Rising 2. Other ties to video gaming, to say nothing of the wealth involved, have helped in riveting Spain’s attention to the June 30 slaying of Andreu Bennasar Coll.…

Steve Hogarty of PCGamesN goes to Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist preview event for a hands-on. It doesn’t work out. “I left the event early to go home to bed, where I slept for 16 hours before slithering off to a hospital. Perhaps I’m part of a Splinter Cell ARG and I’ve been shot with a…

Mad Max’s First Gameplay Trailer Looks Hopeless, in a Good Way

The thing about the Mad Max movies is that it looks like somebody already tried to save the world and failed at it. And what we see are the terrible remains. The newest trailer for Avalanche Studios’ Mad Max puts its headbutting, car-combat action smack dab in the middle of that world. Thank goodness. Granted,…

I don’t think Nintendo would approve

How You Greet New (Human) Friends In Animal Crossing

When two friends meet, it’s customary in Koocheek (my town) to smack each other on the head with your nets. It’s just polite. I couldn’t manage to capture the one where all three of us had our nets planted on each other’s heads (the screen capture feature can be kind of finicky!) so you’ll just…

My Very First Town Note

Clearly I am the best mayor. What was your first town note?

I don’t know, Kicks. Why don’t you move the hell aside so I can see, because surely you don’t expect me to answer you legitimately on that question, right?

Soon, Legate Lanius Will Take Center Stage in This Fallout Fan Film

Fallout: Lanius, the fan-film starring New Vegas antagonist Legate Lanius, AKA the Monster of the East, will be screened in just a few days at PAX Australia, on July 20. The creators shared a short one-minute teaser to mark the occasion.

Playing Where’s Waldo When You’re Looking For A Citizen

She asked me to find her something perfect for her house. Something that would tie the room together. So obviously I was bringing her a pickle jar, but I couldn’t find her anywhere. Spent forever circling my town until… Where’s Waldo, featuring Olivia. Sneaky Olivia.