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Some Gamers Bash Comment About Game Length, Prompting a Clarification

Outspoken game director Hideki Kamiya’s Tweet about prioritizing fun over game length have stirred enough of a response to provoke a follow-up from his long-time producer. A day after Kamiya said this… His Platinum Games colleague and producer on the upcoming Wii U game The Wonderful 101, Atsushi Inaba, Tweeted this: So it looks like…

Consider This Training For One Of The Best Fantasy Board Games Ever

If Talisman Prologue is any indication of how the full version of the classic fantasy board game will pan out, then fans are in for a real treat when Talisman Digital Edition launches this summer. Until then, they can re-learn the ropes in this single-player boot camp. The board game Talisman ate up a great…

Moneysaver One-Shot: A Bargain Gaming Mouse

Double the max counts, half the price. A gaming mouse will up your game and your enjoyment of your favorite titles, but it’s also an easy thing to put off buying. At $30, this SteelSeries Sensei is squarely in the impulse purchase category. Yes, it says Call of Duty on it, but as far as…

These Are The Three Songs Featured In Those New GTA V Trailers

Rockstar released three new character trailers for their latest game in the Grand Theft Auto series. Up top is “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen to go with Michael’s debut. Then there’s Franklin, sporting the tune of “Hood Gone Love It” by Jay Rock: And finally Trevor polishes the soundtrack off with Waylon Jennings’ “Are You…

Here Are the Latest Trailers for Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar promised new trailers for Grand Theft Auto V today, and here they are. Meet Michael, Franklin, and Trevor, the game’s three protagonists. Michael (above) is a wealthy man battling his cheating wife and a midlife crisis, evidently finding his adventure by getting over his head in criminal capers. Sounds like his character will draw…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: contributor DocSeuss talks up the bizarre but engaging new indie game Memory of a Broken Dimension. And fellow TAYperson TheUnfathomableTruth has a handy guide for anyone wanting to get their voice heard on the community blog. And you can always go join the voices talking…

In Soul Sacrifice, Death Can Be A Good Thing

Soul Sacrifice wants you to embrace the power of mortality. Because nothing says ‘I want to beat this goddamn boss’ like sucking the soul energy out of your girlfriend’s body so you can use it to trigger a massive magical attack. Yeah, it’s that kind of game. Out today, the new game from Mega Man…

GameStick Reminds Us That It’s Still a Thing, Like the Ouya

Everybody’stalking about the Ouya these days. Ouya exclusives, Ouya unboxings, Ouya reviews — what about theGameStick? It’s a standalone Android console too, you know. Sure, it might not be as powerful as the Ouya or have the strange, mildly-confused following of the Ouya, but it’s got spunk? Sure, we’ll go with spunk. Just look at…

I Am Stereoblind, But the 3DS Lets Me See the World as Others See It

I cried the first time I held a Nintendo 3DS. The experience was a revelation that I’ll not soon forget, and even if everyone stopped making games for it tomorrow, my blue 3DS XL is not going anywhere. That little machine is a window into a part of human experience that most people take for…

The Oculus Rift Is Even More Amazing When You Can See Your Hands Move

Independent developer Kelly Weaver is just one of those guys who just can’t leave well enough alone. He’s combined the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset with Razer’s Hydra motion controllers to bring us one step closer to recreating The Lawnmower Man (the movie, not the book). Weaver’s robot alter-ego mimics the movement of his hands…

The Great Pokémon Skateboard Mystery

Did you know the first two Pokémon sequels were supposed to let you ride a skateboard? It was advertised. Briefly. Then….just quietly removed and never spoken of again. Turns out it’s still in the game’s code, though, so in addition to combing through old Japanese mags for mention of the item, Aria over at Glitterberri…

It’s Called Hipster Mario. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of It.

Artist Sam Milham, attempting his own swing at the whole “video game characters as hipsters” thing, knocks it out of the park with a range of Mario characters so well realised you’ll probably never want to play another Nintendo game in your life. Some are nice and messy, but man, that Bowser is just perfect.…

Portal 2’s Crimes Against Nature Immortalised In Mechanical Tribute

Portal 2’s Frankenturrets were a hilarious abomination, but there’s absolutely nothing horrific about this perfect recreation of one by Corroder666. The replica would be worth money/applause were it just something that sat there, but the fact he went to the trouble of making it move is just superb. Frankenturret with twitching legs (Portal 2) [DeviantArt,…

Organising Video Games, Very Neatly, Then Taking Their Picture

There’s a slight whiff of obsessive compulsive about these, which is probably why I like them so much. Cheese Popsicle has taken a bunch of games, opened them up, arranged their contents neatly and taken photos. That’s it. The series is even called Games Organised Neatly. Simple, but also starkly attractive. You could whine about…

The Consoles Of The 1980s Are A Little Too 1980s

Having lived through the 80s, it’s always weird when I see people associating the decade with BRIGHT PINK and BRIGHT PURPLE and neon lights and sparkles. I remember it being pretty dull. Lots of brown everywhere. Lots of bad plastic. So it is with video game systems. Well, except these ones, by artist Rik Oostenbroek.…

Well, The Trailers For Assassin’s Creed V (and VI) Look Suitably Silly

I never ever want to see these things actually happen. But deep down, I know that, if people keep buying Assassin’s Creed games, eventually, they will. Which would suck. Unless they wear helmets like in this Mega64 video. Then it’ll be OK. Mega64 Assassin’s Creed V Trailer [Mega64]

Aussie games writer Alanah Pearce spent a month cataloguing the sexist abuse she receives just for doing her job. Then published it. It’s sad reading

Fighting Game Legends Want To Make A…City-Building Game. Of Course.

If you know the names Tom and Tony Cannon, it’s probably for the fact they helped found, and have been running, the EVO fighting game championships for the last decade. Software engineers by trade, who also helped on the engine side of things with Skullgirls, the brothers are now setting out to develop their own…

With The Press Of A Button, This Game Changes Everything Around You

When I first saw it earlier this year, indie platformer Oliver & Spike looked like one of the most interesting games of the year. It’s built around the idea that, with a single button, you can change the entire world around you. Not just the colour palette or the water level, everything around you. You’ve…

Two Game Developers Travel The World, Playing Games And Helping People

Earlier this year, Battlefield producer Daniel Matros and former colleague Tim Kjell set up something called Charitystream. The idea was simple: stream games online, raise money for charity. It’s a noble goal, yeah, but it’s also something countless others are engaged in. What’s interesting about Charitystream, though, is the direct means the pair employ to…