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2012 Was Like Skyrim, But With Games

It’s December. A whole year has gone by—a whole year without Skyrim. And yet it’s obvious to me—to everyone—that we are in deep Skyrim withdrawal. It’s the only way I can explain why commenters if not reviewers all over the web judge new games by gauging how much like Skyrim it is. Hence Far Cry…

Game of Thrones Beer Is A Thing That Is Real And Actually Happening

Hey barkeep? BARKEEP. Today has been absolutely miserable, just filled with incest, fratricide, war, betrayal, beheading, oath-breaking, and dragons. Pour me a mug of IRON THRONE BLONDE ALE. Wait, what do you mean it’s not out til March? I WANT WESTEROS BEER NOW. ‘Game of Thrones’ Gets Its Own Beer [Rolling Stone]

CoasterVille Winter Holiday Quests: Everything You Need to Know

CoasterVille‘s Christmas event has finally become something to get excited about, as seven new quests have been released in in our parks, promising to bring Winter and Holiday cheer to your guests during this holiday season. As always, we’re here with a guide to getting started. All Aboard • Search 6 Fairground Businesses • Search…

Too Awesome: Rows and Rows of Ms. Pac-Man Machines Being Built Back in the Day

It took a lot of skill (and quarters) to rack up an epic run on Ms. Pac-Man back in the day. Turns out it took sharp hand-eye co-ordination to assemble those iconic cabinets, too. This raw archival footage—from a series about the arcade craze that apparently was never finished—looks inside a factory where one of…

The Best Gaming GIFs of 2012

It’s been a heck of a year for games. We’ve had our highs and we’ve had our lows, but more importantly, we’ve all turned those highs and lows into animated GIFs for the rest of the internet to behold. With that in mind, let’s see what the best ones were. We’ll start with a few…

This Challenging Puzzle Game is a Crossbow Bolt to the Brain

I nearly let the fact that Ludomo Gamestudio’s Quiver looks like a shareware PC game from the mid-90s stop me from playing. Had I given in to my graphics snobbery I would have missed out on one of the most inventive puzzle games available on Android. Each of Quiver‘s 51 levels presents the player with…

Still have Resident Evil 6? The Xbox 360 version’s getting a bunch of new multiplayer modes today.

What to Get the Discerning Cut the Rope Fan for Christmas

ZeptoLab’s candy-munching Om Nom is the most iconic mobile gaming character this side of Angry Birds, the sweetheart (and tooth) of smartphone gamers around the globe. Round 5 immortalizes the star of Cut the Rope in a series of plushies and collectibles worthy of his big, stupid, toothy grin. Reversible plushies are Transformers you can…

Hey Square Enix, Where The Hell Is Bravely Default?

Dear Square Enix, This is getting ridiculous. It’s been two months since Bravely Default: Flying Fairy came out in Japan—where it flew off store shelves—and we have yet to hear a peep about a U.S. release. No hints, no promises, no nothing. Your PR representatives won’t say a word, no matter how many times I…

The Best Gaming Holiday Card Is Probably The One Celebrating Joust Christmas

It’s the time of the year when gaming companies send me Christmas cards. Um, thanks? You didn’t have to, really. Or at least just send an e-card, because I’m chucking these Santa-Yoda cards and fancy cursive well-wishes in the trash recycling bin. Except this one. This one was e-mailed to me by the people at…

Businessweek Says Zynga CEO Is the 4th Worst Boss in Corporate America

Zynga’s had a rough year. After their hotly-anticipated IPO, their stock price tanked in dramatic fashion. There have been lay-offs, lawsuits and all sorts of bad mojo in the last twelve months. And the guy who’s supposed to be the brains of the operation? He’s reportedly been near tears as he tries to figure out…

The first expansion pack for Star Wars: The Old Republic comes out Spring 2013

2K Games’ mobile holiday sale cuts prices on six iOS games, including Borderlands Legends ($.99) and NBA 2K13 ($2.99).

The Fear is Gone: My PC Is My Next-Gen Console

There was a moment on Sunday when I thought the PC gamers had been hiding something from me. They’d been telling me that PC gaming wasn’t the complicated hobby that it used to be, that it was more streamlined and less of a pain. They’d told me that I didn’t need to be an auto…

Chillingo Lines Up 15 Free iOS Games for the Holidays

When every iOS game on the list for your Best Games of 2012 Sale promotion is free, it’s no longer a sale — it’s a giveaway, and when one of those games is Pony Trails, that’s a steal. Seriously, if you’re into horses or know someone that is, Pony Trails is a nifty little simulator…

Your Favourite Games Are Being Ruined By (Hilarious) Glitches

The kids at Corridor Digital certainly know their glitches, because the ones shown in this vid aren’t some abstract hiccups that nobody ever faces. They’re based, pretty literally in some cases, on the kind of things that bring nightmares into the dreams of small children The Glitch [Corridor Digital]

British Tabloids Are Blaming Call of Duty and… Dynasty Warriors

Initially, Mass Effect incorrectly (and embarrassingly) got the blame for the tragic Sandy Hook school shooting. Now, British tabloids are picking up the “played video games” angle to single out Call of Duty and Dynasty Warriors Today’s morning edition of The Sun carries this headline: “KILLER’S CALL OF DUTY OBSESSION”. The sub headline reads “Massacre…

North Korea Totally Trolled by 4chan

Doh! First China was fooled by The Onion into thinking Kim Jong Un was the “Sexiest Man Alive”, and now North Korea actually thinks that he’s Time magazine’s Man of the Year. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday that Mr. Kim was selected by Time subscribers, “including politicians,…

The Writer of This Military Protest Might Surprise You

Two men in military garb. They bow slightly, and their hands make the universal motion for “go first”. The text reads loosely, “After you, Prime Minister.” This ad originally appeared in 1982. And now in 2012, it’s finding an audience with a new generation of Japanese, worried about the country building up its army, going…

Dead Space 3’s Isaac Clarke Stands 12.5 Inches Tall

Next June, Japanese collectible company Kotobukiya will be releasing this 12.5″ statue of Isaac Clarke, as he appears in the upcoming Dead Space 3 He looks… well, pretty amazing. Not to mention warm, all tucked up in that nice fluffy jacket. The lighting effects you see come from LEDs in his helmet, backpack and gloves,…