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What We Can Learn From Paul McCartney’s Awful Video Game
Sir Paul McCartney had a video game. It is pretty awful, but it’s also fascinating. In the video above, I talk about Give My Reguards to Broad Street, a game by Argus Press Software for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum based on an equally terrible movie of the same name. I talk about why…
By Chris Person Published June 4, 2013 -
Watch a Room Full of People Cheer on a Giant Video Game Snail
Listen: when you’re watching two teams go to war in Killer Queen, you don’t have to join in the crowds yelling for an oversized cephalopod gastropod to make it to one side of the screen. But you want to. “SNAIL! SNAIL! SNAIL!” It just comes out of you. The video above comes from the first…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2013 -
Hey, The South Park RPG Still Looks Really Good [UPDATE]
Yes, it’s changed publishers and been delayed a few times, but South Park: The Stick of Truth still exists, and it still looks amazing. Here are some new screenshots from the Obsidian-developed RPG, which is written by the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Originally slated for last year (and then earlier this year)…
By Jason Schreier Published June 4, 2013 -
Together We Can Ace This 120 Question Nerd Equivalency Test
At last weekend’s Denver Comic Con, animator and syndicated cartoonist Rich Moyer assembled a team of 120 characters from games, comics, science fiction and fantasy, and challenged children to name each one. Are you guys going to let children show us us? Moyer provided a numbered answer sheet for this limeted edition poster, available now…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2013 -
Moneysaver Day One: Remember Me Is Out Today, Get It For $37.50
Don’t forget to remember to get Remember Me Welcome to Moneysaver Day One, a “new” segment where we bring you the best deal for a game on its launch day, assuming said game has launch day deals. Today we’ve got Remember Me, a new IP from Capcom that I was lukewarm on, but is actually…
By Shane Roberts Published June 4, 2013 -
One Year Later, Did Nintendo Keep Their E3 2012 Promises?
E3 is just around the corner and, for the fifth year in a row, we’re taking a look back at the big three’s big E3 promises. What came true, and what didn’t? Coming up now is Nintendo, following yesterday’s look at Sony. Microsoft will have its turn tomorrow For Nintendo, E3 2012 was all about…
By András Neltz Published June 4, 2013 -
The Lies We Tell Age-Gates
I wasn’t really born in 1863. But I just lied and told an age-gate on the website for the game publisher Bethesda that I was. And the dumb thing believed me. (This is how we keep the children safe.) You’ve probably lied to an age-gate, too. But how? I asked this question on Twitter yesterday.…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2013 -
Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: Josay! thinks about what makes a great final boss. Zarynx explains her moral code as it pertains to playing new games. FrogFro has some personal remembrances of Animal Crossing games throughout the years. And there’s a kid-derived quote from Datacide that’s totally adorable And you…
By Evan Narcisse Published June 4, 2013 -
Guild Wars 2 Antagonizes Dragons With Chocobo Racing
The world of Guild Wars 2 has survived another (the first, technically) year, despite the looming threat of dragons so powerful they could easily destroy the entire world if they so desired. Next week ArenaNet launches the Dragon Bash festival, a month-long celebration packed with events that would make me incredibly cross, were I an…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2013 -
If the Xbox launch game Halo was, according to Microsoft, “Combat Evolved” and the XBox 360 launch game Geometry Wars was “Retro Evolved” and this Xbox-only new Fantasia game is “Music Evolved”, what other things should Xbox-exclusives evolve? (And why isn’t Forza subtitled Driving Evolved???)
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2013 -
High-Definition Fable Anniversary Coming Later This Year to Xbox 360
Fable Anniversary, an HD remake of the original Fable, is coming this year to the Xbox 360, according to this podcast, released this morning, from Major Nelson and Lionhead Studios’ Ted Timmins. In addition to the visual upgrade, to include better lighting and textures in high definition, the game will get an updated control scheme…
By Owen Good Published June 4, 2013 -
The Next Halo Game Is on Mobile and PC
Hello. It’s 2013. That’s why the next Halo game runs on tablets, has microtransactions and touch controls. It’s a top-down dual-(virtual)-analog shooter. It’s canon, nestling between Halo 3 and Halo 4 It’s all combat chopped into short missions, replete with the mix of shooting, grenade-throwing, melee and equipment that’s been part of the franchise since…
By Stephen Totilo Published June 4, 2013 -
The Next Game From The Makers Of Rock Band Is Fantasia: Music Evolved
If I had the power of Disney’s legendary sorcerer Yen Sid, the first thing I would do is break out the Bruno Mars and take control of the beat, and I would look freaking spectacular doing it. Fantasia: Music Evolved is coming to the Xbox 360 and Xbox One, courtesy of the music masters at…
By Mike Fahey Published June 4, 2013 -
Double Fine’s Second Kickstarter Is Also A Massive Success
The first time Tim Schafer’s Double Fine studio went on Kickstarter, it broke records. The second time? They’re still printing money. Well. Printing donations. Having asked for $725,000 to complete the company’s second Kickstarter game, strategy title Massive Chalice, they’ve passed the required total with over three weeks to spare. The game’s campaign page doesn’t…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2013 -
Heaven Is A Device That Lets You Eat A Burger While Playing Games
These contraptions were given away by Burger King in Puerto Rico earlier in the year. Apparently as a joke. But that video is no joke. A device that holds a burger for you – or anything really, you could put chips or a casserole in there – while you’re gaming would be for many a…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2013 -
A New Deus Ex Game Might Be Coming To E3
In March, Square Enix registered some websites for something called Deus Ex: The Fall. It didn’t raise too many eyebrows at the time because, whatever, dummy and decoy websites get made all the time. But today, only a week out from E3, the official Twitter account of Eidos Montreal – the developers behind Deus Ex:…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2013 -
Are Game (Sniper Rifles) Art?
Bill Doran makes replica video game weapons so good that were they not recreations of things that didn’t actually exist, you’d swear they were the real thing. His latest work is this enormous Halo sniper rifle, which, yeah, looks so much like something Master Chief would actually use it’s hard to believe it’s actually just…
By Luke Plunkett Published June 4, 2013
