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Yes, Some of Us Here Are Obsessed With FarmVille 2

We know what some of you will think of us. We’ve heard it from our colleagues. FarmVille 2? Really? You’re playing that? We are. And we’re enjoying it. Can’t deny it. The three offenders on the staff are me, Kirk Hamilton and Mike Fahey. We’ve discovered that this game, like its predecessor, really does compel…

Skyrim‘s Character Creator Is So Advanced That You Can Select Elbow Pointy-ness

Who actually feels compelled to be as thorough as selecting elbow pointy-ness when creating your character in Skyrim? Is elbow pointy-ness even a thing? Ah screw it. I’d probably spend a few minutes scrutinizing that slider. Both myself and College Humor, apparently. Hardly Working: Skyrim [College Humor]

All The New Things Mists of Pandaria is Adding to World of Warcraft, In One Big Trailer

Mists of Pandaria launches tonight. (Or, from an East coast point of view, very very early tomorrow morning.) It’s only the fourth expansion to World of Warcraft in nearly eight years. So what will it be adding to the game? Well, lots. Blizzard has helpfully provided this seven-minute launch look, complete with dramatic music, at…

What Facebook is Playing This Week

With six of ten of the most-played games this week from one development studio, perhaps I should call this new weekly feature “What Zynga Games Facebook is Playing This Week”. Of course that wouldn’t be fair to the fine people at King.com, whose Bubble Witch Saga and Candy Crush Saga make a fair showing in…

Have a PC? Steam? Interested in a game previewers are loving? If yes to all, download the XCOM: Enemy Unknown demo here

Sometimes A Game About Opening Boxes Is More Fun Than A Game About Shooting, Driving or Jumping

There is a box, and you must open it. The iPad game The Room is as simple as that and is more fun than Christmas morning. All you’re doing in Fireproof Studios’ The Room is opening boxes, but you’re doing it in the most complex way. These boxes have hidden knobs, secret levers, secret messages…

One Guy Hit Borderlands 2‘s Level Cap in a Record-Setting 43 Hours

Matt Siegfried wanted to be first. So, the championship gamer—who’s already notched #1 rankings in various titles—got Borderlands 2 as soon as he could at a midnight launch and started playing right away. Less than two days later, Siegfried (who plays under the name “Blitz”) set a time record for hitting the level cap of…

What Am I Missing?

I have a bona fide PC gaming machine again. First time in years. I also have a Steam account and had some time this weekend to download a batch of games. The results are in the shot above. I’ve not been a PC gamer for a long time and missed a lot of classics. I’ve…

God of Blades is An Entirely Different Sort of Blade Runner

A nameless king swings a vast array of bladed weapons to the left while running through Roger Dead Yes album covers in God of Blades, coming to iTunes on September 27 from White Whale Games I grew up listening to the band Yes, so a game that combines pulp fantasy and 70s synth-prog style holds…

A Lovely Zelda Painting Comes To Life In Time-Lapse Video

Watch British artist Shanna May draw this cute Zelda painting in just four minutes. Ocarina not necessary. You can buy the painting here. You can also buy prints, in case for some reason you don’t want to spend £850 (~$1,377) on a canvas painting. Legend Of Zelda – Mega Painting [YouTube via GoNintendo]

The Japanese Version of Demons’ Score is a Much Better Deal

Last week iNiS’ rhythm-shooter Demons’ Score hit the North American app store, disappointing many fans by padding the $6.99 game with nearly $40 of additional content. Meanwhile, in Japan, the entire game costs just $20. NeoGAF poster StarCreator popped into the Japanese app store this weekend, where they discovered that the native version of Square…

Borderlands 2 Has A Ridiculous Number Of Hidden Secrets. Here Are All The Ones We Know About. [Update: More Stuff!]

Borderlands 2 is a game that will keep you happily busy for some time. But if you want to experience all the game has to offer, you’ll have to hunt after all the easter eggs and hidden secrets. And there are a lot. Here are just a few we’ve found. Let us know if you’ve…

Ex-Rare Developers Dazzle with a Beautiful and Relaxing Japanese Game

iPad game Tengami is centered around the traditional Japanese pop-out arts and crafts. Designed by Nyamyam (an indie studio started by former Rare devs), Tengami utilizes the idea of paper popping up and down when turning a page. In that way, the game could be considered a book (or like a book) as the story…

Mark Of The Ninja Is Coming To Steam, Won’t Subject You To Games For Windows Live

Good news for PC-owning stealth-fans—Klei Entertainment’s Mark of the Ninja is coming to Steam in a couple of weeks. The game, which Patricia liked and Jason and I can’t shut up about will be on Steam on October 16 for $14.99. In an email to Kotaku, lead designer Nels Anderson had some assurances to make:…

An Adventure Game That Should Have Been Called Milhouse: The Later Years

Anna’s Quest is a new episodic adventure game series from indie developer Dane Krams, with a cute little art style. It gains added weight, though, when you see the poster/art for the game, and notice it features what looks like a 70 year-old Milhouse. Good to see he got over Lisa Simpson and moved on…

The History of Music. In Animated Gif Form.

Those lacking the will to read up on the history of music, or even watch a nice documentary, here: the history of music, presented in the form of animated gifs. They’re the work of musician Joshua Carrafa, and what I like best isn’t the fact they’re genuinely educational (in a “Trivial Pursuit card” kind of…

New Trailer For The New Kingdom Hearts Game…Collection…Thing

Square Enix was really weird about Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix at the Tokyo Game Show. Kept saying it was a “video work”. We’re sure there’s going to be game in there somewhere, probably a lot going by the footage here, but just how much, we won’t know until Square stops being so weird. Anyway,…

From Mass Effect to…Death Metal Horror Movies

Richard Boylan, a cinematic artist at BioWare, has spent his waking hours for the last few years working on the Mass Effect series. All that synth, and white walls, and clean space stations…it’s enough to drive a man to make a death metal horror movie. So, you know, that’s what he’s done. Boylan has written…

When Brilliant Scientists Also Have Amazing Toy Collections

Dr. Mark C. Glassy’s official bio reads like this: Dr. Mark C. Glassy is the Chief Executive Officer of Nascent Biologics, Inc., the Director of and Professor at the Integrated Medical Science Association Foundation, and is on the faculty of the University of California, San Diego in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department and Bioscience…

Animal Crossing Only Makes Break-Ups Worse

If you’ve ever played an Animal Crossing game, you’ve surely done it at least once: name something, or somewhere, after a friend or loved one. It seems a good fit, bringing the real world into your clockwork virtual one, but that door swings both ways. What seems cute or appropriate when things are going well…