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My Weekend At A Furry Convention

There is a story my friend Daphny likes to tell. She calls it one of the worst experiences of her life. It involves shrooms, furries and intense paranoia. The first time she told it to me was last summer, while laying on the grass in downtown Berkeley. For some reason, years ago, she thought it…

I Can’t Believe This Awesome Action RPG is the Work of One Man

This entire game is the work of developer Dong-kyu Kim. He developed the story, revolving around a lone warrior in Ancient China battling hordes of demonic undead. He created the sharp anime visuals. He composed the music. He built an expansive freemium game with the feel of a Dynasty Warriors title and a brilliantly simple…

“Home Turf” for DC Universe Online Lets You Build Your Own Super Hideout

It’s been a good long while since I last logged into DC Universe Online. I forget where I left my villain—he’s probably standing in the rafters at Club L’Excellence. Home Turf, however, a DLC expansion SOE announced yesterday with this video, might get me to return. And the good news is that, despite what that…

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City is coming to the PlayStation Network next Tuesday. $10.

In Between Mario and Zelda, Nintendo Showed Off Their Weirdest Use of the Wii U GamePad Yet

Yesterday, Nintendo announced a lot of big bombshells. A Wind Waker remake, a bizarre Fire Emblem–Shin Megami Tensei crossover, promises of new Mario and Mario Kart games at this year’s E3. It was a hell of a morning for Wii U owners. Lost among the shuffle was this bizarre-looking new Wii Party game, promised for…

Colonial Marines Proudly Wear the Title of ‘Baddest MFers in the Galaxy’ [UPDATE]

Warning: NSFW language in the above trailer Assuming I did carry all that firepower and could use it without being a danger to myself and my squadmates, I still wouldn’t be thrilled about fighting things that can tear my limbs off and impregnate me by jamming an alien egg down my mouth. So, that’s probably…

There’s Something Strange in iOS’ Neighborhood. You Know Who to Call.

Available today on iTunes, Beeline Interactive’s Ghostbusters is a freemium game about busting ghosts, which I’ve heard makes people feel good. An evil deity has erected a haunted tower in New York City, the only place ghosts ever show up in large groups. Players create their own Ghostbusters team and embark on a quest to…

Talking Caves and Funky Barns Help Train Your Brain in This Week’s Nintendo Download

It’s cold outside. So it’s a good thing that some of this week’s digital Nintendo offerings offer you shelter. But don’t count on safety. Those animals in Funky Barn will send your head spinning. For real. Sadly, there doesn’t appear to any actual George Clinton “Mothership Connection” P-Funk style grooves in the animal husbandry agriculture…

Preorder BioShock Infinite and you’ll get a code for a bunch of stuff in-game. This video has all of the details.

Five Things The Wind Waker Remake Needs To Make Me Buy It All Over Again

I woke up early yesterday morning. Reached for my phone, checked the site, saw the news that Wind Waker was being remade for the Wii U, laughed, thought it was a dream then went back to sleep. It’s only a couple of hours later, when I woke up again and noticed it was still there,…

This Week’s Windows Phone Charts: Where’s My Angry Birds?

Week two of the new and improved Windows Phone game charts is the perfect place to stage a coup against long-time paid app front-runner, Angry Birds. Disney double teams its way to the top of the paid charts with the double threat of Swampy the Alligator and Perry the Platypus. Looks like Windows Phone gamers…

Sony has been fined £250,000 by the UK’s ICO for 2011’s big PSN hacking fiasco. They plan to appeal. [via GI.biz]

This Game Gets a Little More Sonic the Hedgehog Every Time I See It

A new trailer appears for PagodaWest Games’ Sonic-inspired iOS platformer, Major Magnet, making me wonder if maybe this new hero is the offspring of two older ones. Could Sonic and Robotnik have a baby? He’s got the speed. He’s got the body shape. He’s got a strong attraction to mechanical devices. Sure, they’re both guys,…

I’m A Little Weirded Out By This “Sexy” Blade Runner Video

Joanna Cassidy had a small role in Ridley Scott’s classic Blade Runner. She was the mostly-naked robot lady with the snake. Well, according to Cassidy, the role was meant to be a little bigger, with the original script calling for a scene in which she did an exotic “reptile dance.” This scene was never shot.…

Next Saints Row, Metro Games Will Be “Faithful To Their Franchises”, Say New Owners

Koch Media owns publisher Deep Silver (Dead Island). It now owns both the Saints Row and Metro franchises, along with the studios that made them. Fans have every right to be cautious about a management change, but while Koch said in a media release earlier today it “will roll out future plans for each franchise…

Instagram & Steam Teaming Up Would Be A Wonderful Thing

To be clear, for those who make decisions based solely on video thumbnails Instagram is not coming to Steam. But boy, it’d be pretty funny if it did. Instagram for Steam announcement [SpookyFries69]

THQ Is Gone. Now What The Hell Happened To Homeworld?

It’s easy to have lost sight of it amongst the more contemporary series flying off to new owners today, but for me, one of the most important prizes up for grabs in the great THQ auction was the fate of the Homeworld series, which even ten years since its last release remains one of the…

Why You Should Talk To Game Store Employees In Your Native Tongue

Set against the backdrop of a prank call by Earles & Jensen, this video by Jim Dirschberger and Travis Millard is great. And gives me the sudden urge to open a phone book and start calling every EB Games in the country. Gamemasters [EightyFourFilms, via Laughing Squid]

These Birds Know How To Shred Like Tony Hawk

Man, all my budgies do is sit there. These budgies on the other hand, they know how to shred,* and they know how to shred hard. Look at them go in their tiny skateboards. Old video, sure. Cute though, so thought it was worth sharing. Maybe it’ll cheer some of you up. Well, here we…

This eloquent Kill Screen piece ruminates on why diversity should be important to the future of video games