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Finally, Some Hardware Gameplay Footage. And It Looks Great.

Hardware: Shipbreakers, a strategy game being made by some of the guys behind the Homeworld series, has looked very gorgeous for a very long time. Problem is, in all that time, we’d never actually seen any gameplay footage. Time to fix that, with this surprisingly candid and lengthy footage of the game in action. You…

Hey, the first episode of Tiny Barbarian DX is out! Get it here

The Real Gun That Thinks It’s A Video Game Gun

This is a real commercial for a real piece of hardware. It’s for TrackingPoint, a company that makes laser-guided rifles. The clip above is billed as a “3D Video game-style teaser”. You’d think the idea of sci-fi rifles turning real combat into a video game would be the craziest thing about it, but nope. For…

Voltron Stars Made (More) Real

Maybe because it had a relatively strong lead female character, maybe because it had some hunky dudes, maybe because everyone just likes lions, I’m not sure, but when I was growing up, Voltron was one of the few series the girls in my class liked almost as much as the boys. We’re all being catered…

Warhammer Quest, for iOS, is out today. By all accounts, it’s fantastic.

Acapella Can’t Make The Metal Gear Solid Theme Kick Any Less Ass

Not all music can survive the a cappella treatment, let alone the “Geekapella” treatment. Goofy dudes (Max and Sam) singing geeky music, sort of in tune and sort of out of tune… a lesser theme song might lose some of its dramatic heft. Not Metal Gear Solid No, when the heroic theme entered at 2:22,…

This Game Looks Like A 1930’s Black and White Cartoon

This isn’t old-school Mickey Mouse—no, it’s Fleish & Cherry in Crazy Hotel, a puzzle-heavy adventure game with a fantastic art-style. Look at this animation. It’s so pretty. The premise, according to the Steam Greenlight page: In Toonville, Fleish the Fox is the star in vogue, featured in all the shorts recorded at this city where…

The fine folks at Lore In A Minute have tackled the seminal puzzle game Myst, which you may recall actually features some remarkably convoluted backstory. I keep meaning to replay this game…

What Are Your Used Game Habits Like?

There’s been a lot of talk of used games lately. But for all the theorizing and opinion-lobbing about the impact used games may or may not have on the video game industry, it can be tough to tell just how much of a part they play in our readers’ lives. So tonight, I’m gonna turn…

This Must Be The Coolest Game Boy Mask There Is

To be fair, there aren’t a ton of Game Boy masks out there. A Game Boy isn’t exactly something people like to wear on their face. Even so, this badass cyberpunk Game Boy mask is something else. According to Tiny Cartridge, it’s a part of Tsuyoshi Morita’s Game Boy inspired collection, Thunderbox. If that sounds…

StarLicker. They Named This Intriguing Game StarLicker

New York City-based independent developers Heartonomy are bringing a unique sort of multiplayer strategy game to iOS this summer, and for some odd reason they named it StarLicker, which really negates the need for any explanation of gameplay. Okay fine, it’s a game where you and another player alternate setting up attack patterns and defending…

These Game Controller Pencil-Holders Are Oddly Nightmarish

I don’t know what it is exactly about Graeme Abraham’s pencil-holder game controllers that horrifies me, but when I look at them, my first thought is, “gah!” They just seem unnatural, don’t they? Like someone’s stabbed their wee little eyes out. But they’re also strangely hypnotic… and probably somewhat less terrifying when they’re sitting on…

A First-Person Skating Game That’s Trippy As Heck

If Tony Hawk didn’t land the 900, apparently the consequences would be so dire that the entire world would become a psychedelic skating wonderland according to Perfect Stride. Also the laws of physics would break to the point where you can now skate on the ceiling. Seems legit. The developers call Perfect Stride a “first-person…

A Strong Argument Against Used Games

YouTube gaming commentator Total Biscuit does not like used games. He’s no suit defending The Man. He’s a hardcore PC gamer and man of the people. Now, he’s not right about everything (to wit: he thinks we’re “terrible”… yeah, ok). But he makes some great points about used games being no-good. Got half an hour?…

What Fuse Lacks In Story It Makes Up In Gameplay, Six Reviews Say

Perhaps keeping Fuse as a “Ratchet & Clank with humans” would have helped it stand out more. Too late for that now. Luckily, Fuse is still thought to be a more or less a fun shooter, even if it’s not without flaws. The forgettable story and bland setting are oft-mentioned low points, along with the…

Super Sonic The Hedgehog Galaxy Is Looking Pretty Sharp

It’s the first Sonic the Hedgehog game of the current generation of consoles, technically, and it’s bringing Sonic up-to-date, Super Mario Galaxy style. Sega may be calling it Sonic Lost World, but to me it’ll always be Super Sonic the Hedgehog Galaxy. It’s a good thing this is exclusive to Nintendo consoles, because we wouldn’t…

For Sale: A $2,500 Video Gaming Chamber That Could Probably Kill You

Craigslist ain’t simply your one-stop source for $27 flea-infested futons, or where you celebrate a third DUI by buying a moped. No, you can find some truly bizarre shit, like this rolling deathtrap in which you may play an Xbox 360 with your knees tucked to your chest. Why on God’s green earth someone would…

How The Makers of The Last Of Us Almost Spoiled Their Own Game In 2011

For two years, the developers at Naughty Dog managed to successfully keep one of the biggest secrets in gaming. So how is it that they almost spoiled their own surprise in front of millions of gamers? Ah, that’s a good story. (No spoilers, I promise!) What happened? “We screwed up,” Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann recently…

This Bizarre Asari Pizza Dance Demands Music

Why would someone make a gif of a pizza Asari dancing on top of a pizza? You ask the wrong questions, my friend. The real question should be: what music would go best with this gif? Two picks from me. Let’s start with the silly, almost too easy one: G I M M E P…

You’ll Be Able To Play Almost Every PS4 Game On Your Vita, Sony Says

Looks like the PlayStation 4 will be taking a page from the book of Wii U: according to Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, almost all PS4 games will support Remote Play on the Vita. In other words, you’ll be able to play PS4 games on your handheld, so long as the tech works. At…