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The fantastic #1ReasonToBe Game Developers Conference panel is now available to watch for free online. Brenda Romero, Robin Hunicke, Elizabeth Sampat, Mattie Brice, Leigh Alexander and Kim McAuliffe each shared stories of working as women in the video game industry in a galvanizing, often emotional panel that was emblematic of the overarching theme of change…

Superheroes Designed By Little Girls Are Fantastic

First there was Superheroes are for girls, too!, a website which showcased little girls who love superheroes. Now there’s also Little Girls Are Better At Designing Superheroes Than You, a website which illustrates photographs of superhero-loving little girls. They’re heartening pictures. From the website’s description: Kids are more impressionable than you, but kids can also…

Six Critics Are Divided Over The Fun but Flawed Dead Island: Riptide

In Dead Island, the first-person hack and slash RPG, you went around a tropical island, punching, kicking, maiming and shooting zombies. In Dead Island: Riptide, you do the exact same thing. For some, this is enough—but not quite for others. Bashing zombie heads in is fun. Collecting all kinds of loot is also fun. But…

My Xbox Dashboard Features People Eating McDonald’s Wraps On A Loop

So, this is happening. I booted up my Xbox 360 to snag some DLC and make sure Django Unchained was indeed available for rent, and then I sort of just left the dashboard sitting there. It wasn’t too long before I noticed… This ad has now been looping into my apartment for the past 30…

Bethesda is publishing a mystery game called Endless Summer, according to Australia’s Classification Board

He Forged Minecraft’s Diamond Sword. Then, He Cut Stuff With It.

What do you turn to after forging a Keyblade and a sword from Adventure Time? Minecraft, of course. People begged Man At Arm’s Tony Swatton to forge a diamond sword. So, he did. And boy howdy, is it shiny. Swatton doesn’t play video games, but that doesn’t make his creations any less impressive. Particularly so…

This Is How You Use Video Games To Sell Men’s Lingerie

This weekend, Buzzfeed published an article about Homme Mystere—a lingerie line for men. Homme Mystere offers all sorts of things, from thongs, to bras (bros?) and everything in between. And judging from the promotional photography, it was determined that video games would be a good way to sell this lingerie line. Not that this couple…

So What’s The Oculus Rift Really Like?

We’ve seen plenty of video demos of the new Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, from the exciting to the heartwarming to the pointless to the motion sickness-inducing. But I’ve been waiting for someone to sit down with it and, in clear language, answer all the questions that I’ve had about the thing. Ben Kuchera at…

Darksiders Gets Bought By…Nordic Games? THQ’s Other Games Sold Off Too

The auctions following the closure of former publisher THQ are over. Homeworld, for example, was bought by Gearbox Software—as we learned earlier today. That’s not all, of course. Nordic Games, the publisher behind games like Alan Wake on PC and Painkiller: Resurrection, nabbed a good number of THQ games. Here’s the breakdown according to a…

These folks are making a documentary about The Legend of Zelda. Check out their website for more details—and a very cool Zelda-like Flash game full of details on the film.

It’s Not You, It’s Me: When Multiplayer Ruins A Game

You can’t talk about multiplayer games without having someone lament the loss of solitary experiences, of games where pesky people don’t interfere with your journey and possibly pull you out of it. Plus, people are jerks, man! Why should you have to deal with them? Can’t we just escape into our digital worlds without having…

The Monaco Soundtrack Is Gonna Be A Whole Thing

The soundtrack for the upcoming co-operative heist game Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine is a rowdy, somewhat tongue-in-cheek collection of piano bangers from Journey composer Austin Wintory. But those tunes really only tell half the story. In addition to the music you hear when you’re playing the game, the downloadable soundtrack will include a second…

Rhythm Sensation Idolmaster Makes It Out of Japan… as Three $55 Apps

Since 2005, Namco Bandai’s rhythm-tastic Idolmaster (Idolm@ster) series has been charming Japanese fans (and import gamers) at home and in arcades with its adorable anime style and J-pop music. Today, for the first time ever, there’s Idolmaster available on the iPhone and iPad for the U.S., France, South Korea and Hong Kong, but it’ll cost…

Am I An Idiot For Playing SimCIty?

Never write a question in a headline if you don’t really want people to answer the question, but there it is. I’m wondering how stupid I should feel for playing the new SimCity day after day last week—while I was on vacation! Especially since I was getting angrier about the game day after day. The…

YouTube’s Silliest Personalities Get Re-Created In Source Filmmaker

Remember the pure genius that was thatscoutisaspy‘s recreation of the Game Grumps absolutely losing it to Sonic ’06? If you don’t, do yourself a favor and get acquainted The Game Grumps continue to play games and be silly about it, and thatscoutisaspy continues to take the silliest of their content and recreate their interactions in…

Peanut Butter & Jelly and Bacon Soda: The Snacktaku Review

Imagine it’s a hot, sweaty summer’s day. You’ve been running jet fighter drills all morning long, heat rising in shimmering waves from the tarmac. Maybe you took a break to play a game of volleyball with the guys, pushing your well-muscled, shirtless, perspiration-slick body to its very limit. Afterwards you slip on your aviator glasses,…

Here’s A Crazy Looking Game You’ll Want To Get Lost In

I’m not one for eerie games, but it’s difficult to watch this trailer for NaissanceE and not become immediately entranced by the architecture. It’s a minimalistic world, yet atmospheric—the type of place you’ll want to explore (even though that’s likely a bad idea!) According to the developers, the game is a “short first person adventure”…

Call of Duty Rep Stole from Activision to Pay for Engagement Party

An Activision PR manager who stole nearly $30,000 from the launch budget for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2‘s UK release and used it to finance her engagement party avoided active jail time in a sentencing hearing today, reports The Daily Mail. Kathryn Kirton, 35, stayed out of prison because a judge noted her prosecution…

Turns Out Gearbox Is The Highest Bidder On Homeworld

Gearbox today announced that the mysterious highest bidder on Homeworld was actually them. Luke gave us a rundown on the runners up last night, but the winners of the RTS series once owned by THQ wouldn’t reveal themselves at the time. The only other details Gearbox mentioned in today’s announcement included their dedication to preserving…

Game Developers Famous for Getting Ripped Off Get Ripped Off Again [UPDATE]

First, look at the two videos below: See any similarities? In case it’s not clear: the game on the bottom appears to be a pretty blatant clone of the game on the top. The old-timey washed-out filters, retro graphics and bombastic language of the one lift heavily from the feel of the other. That first…