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You’ve Never Heard Of The Guy Writing The Assassin’s Creed Movie

The Assassin’s Creed movie has a writer, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and that writer is Michael Lesslie. Who you’ve probably never heard of. He wrote a big play in London called Prince of Denmark, as well as a few short films. And… that’s about it for this. Lesslie joins Michael Fassbender on the team,…

Time For Your Late-Night Pokémon Creep-Out

Let’s just say this is a story about what happens to the Pokemon left behind and leave it at that. Wait, no. Let’s also say this is creepy as hell, and that you’ve been warned. OK, we’ll leave it at that The Pokemon Hoarder [00mosama00, via Go Nintendo]

Crusader Kings II Has The Best Patch Notes

You may have noticed. I like Crusader Kings II. I like it a lot. But I like it for all kinds of reasons, many of which I didn’t get space, or time, to dwell on last year. Like the way that, very quietly, the game has been continually and fundamentally updated by the development team…

There Was A Genesis Version Of Super Mario World (Huh, What?)

It wasn’t official, of course, but thanks to the magic of bootleg cartridges, there was indeed a version of Nintendo’s classic platformer ported to Sega’s rival console. The game is a little janky, and missing some features altogether (no Yoshi, for example), but as you can see, there’s some kind of Super Mario World experience…

Real Mario Kart Race Features Working Weapons, Items (And Even Chain Chomp)

Science/tech nerds Waterloo Labs, who are no strangers to Mario projects, have truly outdone themselves this time with the creation of a real-life game of Mario Kart Transforming four regular karts, they feature weapon launchers. But that’s just the start of the “realness”. Strung up over the course were item boxes which would be scanned,…

How Did They Know I’m A Sucker For Space Strategy Games Starring Animals?

There are certain parts of the internet today that got very excited about Star Drive, an upcoming 4X space game. They’re excited because, a long time after the game was little but a twinkle in its developer’s eyes, it’s shaping up to be everything a nostalgic 90’s gamer/serious space nerd is looking for. Seeing as…

Shake That Ass, Marcus Fenix. Shake It Like There’s No Tomorrow.

This video is actually from all the way back in 2008, but was only just posted on the website of Epic Games. It was made by Tal Peleg, a fan whose skills with animation eventually landed him work in the games business, first on Dead Space 2 and now with Uncharted developers Naughty Dog. I…

How To Solve Problems, If You Are Gandalf

Flowcharts sure can be helpful. They allow us to break down life’s challenges in a logical way. They can help us decide what to eat, or whether or not to ask our friends to give us a loan. And, if we’re a wizard in Middle Earth, they can help decide whether to call in the…

Beijing Is So Smoggy Right Now It Looks Like Blade Runner

Eric has compared the dangerous smog in Beijing to Silent Hill. Fair based on the pics available yesterday, sure, but new images show things look far worse, especially when the sun starts to go down. Unless you’re a Blade Runner fan. That image up top is not a still from Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic. Nor…

Is This Photographic Proof That DmC‘s Dante Has No Man-Parts?

I’ve been enjoying DmC: Devil May Cry, Ninja Theory’s reboot of Capcom’s violent, venerable dude-juggling series. Evan likes it, too I even like protagonist Dante’s total makeover as a brown-haired, sexy as eff guy, all swagger and sword-swinging. But could it be… (HARD-HITTING INDUSTRY NEWS ALERT)… that the dude has no penis? This video, posted…

Clearly, The Time Is Right For A Great Jurassic Park Game

Over the last couple of weeks, Jurassic Park has been just about everywhere. On websites. On social media. Beneath the earth, frozen in amber. We’ve all got Jurassic fever, and it’s been wonderful I blame Far Cry 3 for my own Jurassic fixation. That game’s lush island setting is just begging for some dinosaurs. And…

Check out a very cool chronicle of personal messages from developers, hidden in the code of classic games.

BioWare’s Handling Of A ‘Gay Planet’ In The Old Republic Isn’t All That Surprising

Months back, when Bioware came out with the news that finally, finally, a gay-romance option would be included in Mass Effect 3, something stood out to me. It was the way they explained why it was becoming an option: not as a political statement, but as a business decision of sorts. Players asked for it,…

Ninja Theory Has A Feisty Message For DmC Haters

Not everyone is a fan of Ninja Theory’s new take on Devil May Cry‘s cocksure antihero Dante. In fact, many longtime fans of the series are downright apoplectic. Ninja Theory doesn’t appear to have let that get to them, though. In fact, they use this early-game easter egg to thumb their nose at critics. Spoilers!…

This Battlefield 3 Player Narrowly Missed Being Blown The Heck Up. Dang.

Lucky, lucky. It’s not often you get to barely escape a death, nevermind see how your demise could have gone down. This Battlefield 3 player, YouTube user MrChult, got out of his vehicle at just the right time. That’s some Final Destination shit right there. Hopefully they did something worthwhile with that life! BF3 Best…

The NRA’s New Shooting Game Is For Ages Four And Up

This is NRA: Practice Range. It’s a new iOS game released apparently by the fine folks at the National Rifle Association, who have graciously decided to make it both free and available to kids aged 4+ so that anyone, no matter how old they are, can practice using guns to shoot things. There are three…

Dishonored Dev Says That Games Don’t Create Violence, But They Don’t Prevent It Either

If you read a recent piece on video game violence, there’s a good chance that somewhere in that article, included is a screenshot of a Dishonored neck stab. Last year was the year of the neck stab, after all. Rock, Paper, Shotgun spoke with the developer that coded that move in-game—Joe Houston—and he had Opinions…

On Friday, Joe Biden Asked The Video Game Industry To Improve Its Image

On Friday, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met at the White House with video game industry leaders and researchers to talk about school shootings, violent video games, and Blastman III Today we spoke to attendee Chris Ferguson, a professor at Texas A&M and a leading researcher on violent video games, in order to find out…

A Game About The Confusion And Difficulties That Come With Being Bisexual

Continuing the amazing list of personal games that touch on difficult subjects comes this Twine game called “What’s in a Name?” It’s about how someone learns they are bisexual, only to second-guess themselves because some folks in the LGBT community aren’t accepting of that sexuality. The idea is that you’re either straight, or you’re gay.…

How GameStop’s 500,000-Strong Wii U Wait List Number Became 320,000 Sales

Back in mid-November, just before the Wii U was released, mega gaming chain GameStop said they had some 500,000 people on a waiting list to get the Wii U. That sounded great. Last week, GameStop told investors that, through November and December, the mega chain sold 320,000 Wii U’s. Readers don’t need us to inform…