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Avengers… Assemble! And Play With Your Fancy Custom Xbox 360s.

Zachariah Cruse, the same guy responsible for that awesome replica Zelda chest from a few years back, has built plenty more cool nerd props, from working Pip-Boy 3000s to custom Game Boys. My favourites, though, might be these Avengers Xbox 360 mods, turning Microsoft’s console into something Captain America and Iron Man could enjoy. Not…

A 24-Hour Movie Made Of 24 Hours’ Worth Of Movie Clocks

Yep, there have been enough movies to do something like this. In 2010, Multimedia artist Christian Marclay created “The Clock,” a 24-hour long film installation cut together from clips of time passing in movies. This clip, via Boing Boing, was shot HLF Films at an exhibit of the piece. They make this suggestion: In order…

Getting Fired From Groupon Is A Bit Like Playing Battletoads. Wait, What?

Andrew Mason is the CEO and founder of Groupon, a deal-of-the-day website. Or well, he was—he was fired recently. Notifying the Groupon staff about his departure in an email, he made a ridiculously specific video game reference to Battletoads, which Wired breaks down for us. Mason wrote: I’m OK with having failed at this part…

These Aren’t Photos Of Cars. They Are, Believe It Or Not, Screenshots.

Below, you will find six images. As eyeballs on the internet, you may not believe it at first, but these are indeed screenshots from upcoming racer Project Cars I’ve been playing the game for a week or so, with an in-construction build (the game is constantly being added to and refined by the developers, with…

The Most Beautiful Opening Stages In Video Games

A video game’s opening stage or starter zone has an extremely important role: it sets the tone for the rest of the game. Getting it right is essential. Below, we’ve collected some of the best-looking and most iconic starting zones, first stages and opening missions. Green Hill Zone in Sonic Central Highway in Mega Man…

Every Single Thing We’ve Written About The PS4, All In One Place

Ever try to drink out of a fire hose? Me neither, but I’d imagine that it might feel a little bit like trying to keep up with all the news that’s pouring out about the PlayStation 4. For the sake of anyone who prefers to drink their news in a slightly more dignified manner, here’s…

This Guy Found Some Of The Real Life Inspirations Behind Grand Theft Auto V Screenshots

Maybe you’ve seen some screenshots of Grand Theft Auto V. The game isn’t an exact recreation of LA, but it does take inspiration from it. Some places are comparable enough that, if you searched, you could find something uncannily similar in Los Angeles—as PlayStationAccess’s correspondent did here. That must be cool—to recognize the places you…

Telltale Promises That Season 2 Of The Walking Dead Will Be Less Buggy

Telltale’s Walking Dead adventure games tell a really great story. They also tell an awfully glitchy story. Save-game-erasing glitches almost ruined my experience with the game a few months ago, and I’m not the only one. Lots of people have asked for their money back So here’s a bit of good news. In an interview…

Faith Check: Will SimCity‘s Servers Hold Up Next Week?

Keyboards plugged in? Mouses at the ready? Cool. We’re about to hit the launch of another big-deal PC game: Maxis’ SimCity, back from a long hiatus and looking pretty good But SimCity will also be the latest PC game to demand that users maintain a constant internet connection. We went into the similarly connection-demanding Diablo…

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Has Been Announced, So Let’s Photoshop Henry Rollins Into It

So Ubisoft officially confirmed Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag today. If you’re a weirdo like me, then you weren’t spending the majority of your time speculating on the gameplay or setting, but instead were wondering what level of involvement the American hardcore band Black Flag had in the process. The answer is none. I’m pretty…

Crysis 3 Performance Test: Graphics Cards And CPUs

Built with CryEngine2, the original Crysis raised the bar for PC gaming graphics in 2007 with stunningly detailed visuals that crippled even the fastest of rigs. Looking back at our first Crysis performance article, which was based on the game’s demo, the fastest GPU available at the time (the GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB) struggled to…

This Type Of Kill Cam Shows An Amazing Yet Lame Way To Die In Call of Duty

Lame or anticlimactic kill cams aren’t so rare: in fact, I’d bet that most of the final kills we view at the end of multiplayer matches aren’t noteworthy at all. But there are weak endings to matches…and then there’s this. Dying by way of care package also isn’t new—heck, there are medals for it in…

You Can’t Cut Pin-Up Girls in Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. And Other Weird Stuff.

Well, to be fair, she’s not a real girl. It’s a cardboard cut-out of a woman, which honestly should make it even easier for Raiden to slice into multiple parts. But the smiling advertisement is magically invulnerable to the edge of Raiden’s high-frequency blade. You saw the game’s bananas final boss fight yesterday but Revengenance…

The Strange Status of Star Wars: 1313, A Hot Game With an Uncertain Future

It’s not unusual for a newly-revealed video game to disappear for eight months. It’s not weird to be amazed by a game and then neither see nor hear anything about it for a while. The silence around Star Wars 1313, LucasArts’ seemingly next-gen game that wowed onlookers at last June’s E3 show, is nevertheless unusual.…

Never thought I’d play Pac-Man as a first person horror game, but it exists, and it’s an idea worth fleshing out more.

This browser game, made by College Humor’s Caldwell Tanner, might be the easiest video game of all time. Also the best?

After an eternity with the 2009 version of Gameloft’s racer, Windows Phone 8 goes multiplayer with Asphalt 7: Heat

This video looks at the process of writing Gears of War: Judgment

Get Up To Speed On Dark Souls In One Minute

If you’re still hesitantly considering dipping your toe into the massive, mighty intimidating Dark Souls, consider first watching this video from the folks at “Lore in a Minute,” which will get you at least a little up to speed on the goings on in the world. Yes, there is a lot more to Dark Souls…

Your Survival Guide To The Biggest Gaming Month We’ve Seen In Years

Get ready to never leave your house again. For some reason, every video game maker in the world has decided to release their products in March 2013. From Tomb Raider to BioShock Infinite to SimCity, next month is stuffed with games. Games games games. You’re probably a bit intimidated. We definitely are. So in order…