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Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: More from JJtheTexan on Nintendo’s lost games. PyramidHeadcrab wants to know if you’ve ever had a video game crush. And, DamsonRhee shares a great post about the in-jokes and shared experiences that we overlay on top of the games we play And you can always…

Steam’s Fresh Batch of Greenlit Games Includes “Minecraft with Guns”

Of course, Guncraft is just one of the eight games (and three software titles) the community approved for Steam-driven distribution last week. We’ve got a jungle survival game, a supernatural adventure-thriller, and even a mining adventure set on Mars. Let’s dive right in. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller An episodic point-and-click adventure game series starring…

In SpyParty, Your Prejudices Might Just Be Why You Got Shot in the Head

When SpyParty creator Chris Hecker says he wants his tense, psychological espionage simulation to be the most diverse game ever, he’s talking triple-decker diversity. It’s not just the races, genders or sexual orientations of the playable characters that he wants to differentiate. He’s also talking about the varying skill levels players will be bringing into…

Ghouls and the undead can be cool too sometimes. Here’s the coolest one from Fallout: New Vegas, chilling in the wasteland, having a great day. Nothing to worry about. 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…

GameTrailers reports that Darkspore, EA’s always-online action-RPG from 2011, has been pulled from Steam following complaints about game-breaking network issues. An announcement on the game’s official forums says that these bugs will not be fixed as the game is “for almost all intents & purposes an abandoned title.”

The Focus of this First-Person Puzzle Game? “Single-Player Co-op.”

This is Tessallation, a free puzzle game where you play with yourself. Well — copies of yourself. You play as Tessa, a schoolgirl with a cube for a head (don’t ask) who has the ability to time travel. But it’s not just any ordinary time travel; Tessa can travel back in time while leaving a…

Just one of 27 examples where bootleg subtitles, mostly from anime, go horribly, horribly wrong. More at Buzzfeed

Hobo Cat With A Chainsaw

This is CATDAMMIT! It’s about a cat, described by the devs as “a milkoholic hobo”. His milk was spilled, so now he has a chainsaw, and he is destroying everything It’s being developed by Polish studio Fir & Flams, and will be out soon on PC/Mac. For free. Not free-to-play. Proper free. Can’t argue with…

In 1986, C-3PO Recorded A Rap Song. Do Not Thank The Maker.

Anthony Daniels, the voice (and body!) of C-3PO, is a talented guy. He does the C-3PO “bumbling aristocrat” thing very, very well. What he does not do well is rhyme over beats. This long-lost commercial is from 1986, and is from a TV special recorded to promote the then-new Star Tours ride at Disneyland. It…just…It’s…

Mario Plant, Or Nightmare Fuel?

Gotta be the latter. If Nintendo had managed to make piranha plants look like this in the 80s, a lot of people’s childhoods would have been substantially more traumatic. Artist Karen “Dogzilla Lives” Main is to thank for this, but a warning: if this grosses you out, her other works won’t be any easier on…

It takes a lot to get me excited about an iterative sports game, but this year’s Pro Evo looks to be anything but. Dat new engine

This Is Mirror’s Edge In Real Life. It Is Terrifying

I can’t tell if these guys are imitating Mirror’s Edge, or if this video is just a testament to how well the game captured what parkour feels like. Either way, this first person Parkour video is so much like Mirror’s Edge that it’s actually a little bit terrifying. There’s even moments that feel like it…

A Remote-Controlled Mako Surely Drives Better Than The “Real” One

Mass Effect’s Mako gets a bad rap from many folks, but really, its heart was in the right place. That, and the fact it looked badass, means it still has its fans today, enough to go to the trouble of making a cool little remote-controlled version. The RC Mako team have built this little vehicle…

What If The Original Super Mario Bros. Was Remade In HD?

This kind of business, at least for its older games, isn’t really Nintendo’s style. The New Super Mario Bros. series is close enough, thanks. But let’s imagine that, one day, the company goes crazy/pulls a Capcom, and decides to remaster the original Super Mario Bros. in “HD”. It could look like NSMB, yeah, but it…

SimCity: Now With $9 Balloons

If your $50 copy of SimCity is lying unused, would a $9 piece of DLC adding a few balloons get you playing again? Of course not, but that’s the plan at EA regardless, the new “Airships” set adding two new types of hot air balloon park and an airship mass transit option. That’s it. For…

Start Your Week With Terrific Cosplay

Maybe it’s because we’re approaching some of the biggest conventions of the year, maybe it’s just a lucky week, but there has been some incredible cosplay on show over the past seven days. The highlights for me are probably the League of Legends and Odin Sphere (yes!) outfits, but really, everything below is from the…

Animal Crossing’s Pretty Good At Blocking Naughty Sex Words

As a Nintendo game, it’s no surprise that Animal Crossing: New Leaf contains some form of control over what you can name your characters. What is surprising, though, is how extensive the list of blocked words is. The obvious culprits are, well, obvious, from curse words to copyrighted terms, but when alientonx tried to get…

Help These Guys Make A New Syndicate Game

As expected after the tease earlier this year, Satellite Reign is the name of a game that really just wants to be a new Syndicate. A proper Syndicate, not a shooter bearing the franchise’s name. It’s being developed by 5 Lives Studios, based in Brisbane, Australia, and really just sounds like the kind of Syndicate…

Can You Play a Game Without the National Anthem? I Do It All The Time.

Hat in right hand, right hand over heart, I raised my beer cup with my left and took a sip. Dad chided me for that, so I put it down. The singer was behind the beat on The Star-Spangled Banner. My thumb tapped against my cap’s bill. A distinctly video-game thought came to me: Can’t…

What if movies were reviewed in the same way as video games? Something Awful has an idea of what that would read like: “The film runs at a steady 24 frames per second with very few frame drops.” And a 9.6 means we’re guaranteed a World War Z sequel right?