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This iPhone Game Promises To Help You Get Into Mensa

I used to work with a guy who was in Mensa, the “High IQ Society.” He had a plaque over his desk and everything. It was super impressive. I remember always thinking, “Man, I wish I was in Mensa.” Now, thanks to Square Enix’s Mensa Academy, I can work towards attaining that goal. The game,…

Nintendo Adding New Japanese Word To American Vocabulary: WaraWara

The welcome area that will appear whenever you start up Nintendo’s new Wii console, the Wii U, will be called the WaraWara Plaza. As our Osaka-based Brian Ashcraft points out: “Warawara” (わらわら) is Japanese for “bustling”. It’s a suitable description for the crowd of virtual friends and other gamers you’ll see when you turn the…

Political Message Left In Curiosity Inexplicably Concerned For Obama’s Cat

As Curiosity settles into its second day out in the wide world, players worldwide keep tapping away at the massive cube inside. It’s not all rude words and penises, though of course there are plenty of both. As political fervor swept the US yesterday and last night, so too did politics seep into the cube.…

FarmVille 2 Fall Harvest Crafting Recipes: Everything You Need to Know

If you’re willing to spend some Farm Bucks for limited edition trees in FarmVille 2, you can now craft three new recipes, two of which include premium ingredients found in the Fall Harvest theme. A single Crabapple or Sugar Maple Tree costs 12 Farm Bucks, but you also have a slight chance of earning these…

Best Buy’s Black Friday Deals Include A $200 250 GB Xbox 360 Bundle, Assassin’s Creed III for $35 and More.

That magical time of year is upon us, when prices for video game hardware and software get sliced down to can’t-say-no levels. Best Buy’s offerings have broken cover and include Ubisoft’s big new release, a shiny 3DS bundle with Super Mario 3D Land and a Vita+Black Ops: Declassified. There’s plenty to browse so head over…

Now That Washington Has Legalized Pot, People Are Really Excited For PAX

Screw Obama: the most exciting news from last night is that marijuana is now legal in the states of Colorado and Washington. Of course, PAX Prime, annual gaming convention and mecca for nerds across the world, is also held in Washington. Don’t get too excited just yet: marijuana is still illegal on the federal level.…

This Week’s Android Charts: Victory for the Incumbents

Now that last week’s excitement has passed it’s back to business as usual from the weekly Android chart, with Minecraft re-elected into the top paid spot by a narrow margin. There are plenty of familiar faces showing up in this week’s Android charts, from Rovio’s stable of birds and pigs to your own family and…

You Can Celebrate Mass Effect’s Would-Be Holiday With a Look at the Upcoming Omega DLC

So, nobody’s getting the day off on N7 Day, the made-up celebration that EA’s cooked up for BioWare’s hit sci-fi saga. Still having to go to work today is a bummer, but there are Mass Effect goodies to be had. Aside from the community-based activities like sending pictures, downloading commemorative art and the like, multiplayer…

I Don’t Want My OKCupid Dates To Know I Like Video Games

I probably can’t expect much from a person with a username including the words “Pussy” and “Monster” in it, but even so, a message that I got last month from an OKCupid user was worse than the usual fare. Difficulty in forming complete sentences with logical thoughts and proper grammar? Check. Random sex solicitation before…

Be The Assassin…of Your Bathroom

This is what it looks like when official game merchandise makes the long and arduous journey from cool gear to acceptable gear to terrible crap before breaking through to become something so ridiculous it’s a must-have. It’s an official Assassin’s Creed III bathrobe, complete with hood. For those times when your rubber duckie must be…

Nintendo Created a Penis-Drawing Inferno

Nintendo’s new console, the Wii U, allows players to not only write messages, but also draw them. It’s surprising just how many different places players can draw pictures—whether that’s in the Miiverse or in games. If history is anything to go by, the Wii U is going to be a hotbed of dick-drawings. At one…

Watch Assassin’s Creed III Confuse the Hell Out of a Cat

Assassin’s Creed III is a dazzling looking game. But it’s not only the game’s accurate recreations of Colonial America that impress, but also its realistic portrayal of dogs. Don’t believe me? Just ask this cat. Assassin’s Creed confuses cat [Silvy Alblas@YouTube]

Devil May Cry Over Your Wonderful Abs and Big Guns

The look of Devil May Cry is iconic. That probably explains why the latest game, DmC, with its new visual flair, is so divisive. Let’s put aside those squabbles momentarily. Let’s see how wonderful people bring Devil May Cry to life. Here are some—though, not all—of the best Dante-cosplay the internet has to offer, with…

Wii U’s Video Chat Looks Like, Well, Video Chat

Tonight, Nintendo showed off how video chat works on the Wii U. The feature takes advantage of the GamePad’s camera, and, um, it seems to look pretty much like video chat. Though, it does have the added ability of letting you draw hearts on Reggie’s face. Nintendo Direct [任天堂]

How the Wii U Handles Comments

In Nintendo’s Miiverse, players can register new friends and follow them. (There is also a direct messaging function.) But since everyone is talking about video games in the Miiverse, you might accidentally read a spoiler. Good news: Spoilers can be hidden. The MiiVerse is designed to quickly hide common spoilers through an automatic setting. You…

Important Details About the New Nintendo Network ID

One of the big changes for the Wii U is the Nintendo Network. Instead of Friend Codes, the Nintendo Network uses the Nintendo Network ID. But before you get started, users must create a User Account. For each Wii U console, it’s possible to create up to 12 User Accounts. Then, after that, you create…

When You Turn On Your Wii U, You’ll See This: WaraWara Plaza

Previously, Nintendo showed what it called “Mii WaraWara”. It’s a redesigned Wii Plaza, with Miis clustered around games and leaving messages. Today, Nintendo announced that the final English name for this feature is WaraWara Plaza. “Warawara” (わらわら) is Japanese for “bustling”. In the WaraWara Plaza, you can see what other games people are playing—and talking…

Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida won’t commit to a 2013 release for The Last Guardian. How about 2014? 2015? 2016?!

We Might be Looking at the Next Generation of…Indie RPGs

If you saw a screenshot of Sui Generis, you’d think, hey, look, it’s another Diablo clone. But take a look at it moving. Those physics! Developers Bare Mettle say the game is an “open world RPG for the PC”, featuring “Advanced AI and a hugely interactive game world” and “lifelike battles in which your wits…

Kids Visit Gabe Newell For His Birthday, Give Him DLC as Present

It was Valve boss Gabe Newell’s birthday on November 3, and to mark the occasion, some kids from 4chan’s /v/ (the board’s video games group) went and paid him a visit in the flesh. In addition to giving him a giant card (which they do every year), and getting the chance to wish him a…