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Here’s What Game of Thrones Would Look Like As A Mario Game
The Internet is a wonderful tool for finding the answers to important questions. Sometimes they’re questions you desperately need to answer, like “What’s the capital of Cuba?” or “Why did I wake up on the floor this morning?” And sometimes they’re questions you didn’t even know you had, like “What would Game of Thrones look…
By Jason Schreier Published July 9, 2012 -
You Might Be Playing a Serial Killer in This Indie Game
Jonatan Soderstrom—better known as Cactus—makes crazy games. His latest, created with graphic artist Dennis Wedin, looks like it might have you playing as a crazy person sometime during in the 1980s Hotline Miami looks a bit like the top-down Grand Theft Auto games and their open-world descendant Vice City hooked up and had a deeply…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 9, 2012 -
Never a Mage: It’s A Scoundrel’s, Thief’s, Rogue’s, and Sniper’s Life For Me
It’s been a few years since I first started to suspect I might have a problem. I played the Mass Effect games as an infiltrator. I played the Dragon Age games as a rogue. I tried Guild Wars 2 as a thief and dabbled in World of Warcraft as a rogue. I tried Star Wars:…
By Kate Cox Published July 9, 2012 -
The Schedule For the Next 10 Spider-Man Movie Reboots
For people over the age of 10, this year’s Spider-Man movie re-boot seems to have emerged rather quickly. Wasn’t it just a decade ago that we got the last “first” Spider-Man movie? It was. Well, technically, it’s been 3,714 days, which is closer to 10 years and two months. I’d like to tell you when…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 9, 2012 -
Let’s Play San Diego Comic-Con Bingo!
The 2012 San Diego Comic-Con kicks off on Wednesday night! Are you going to be there? If not, illustrator Mike Yamada and his lovely wife Victoria Ying have crafted a special Comic-Con Bingo card so you can play along at home. Only problem is it might be too easy to fill. Looking at only the…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2012 -
The Dorkly Weekly: Mario’s Ghosts Just Can’t Handle the Real Thing
In the colorful world of Nintendo’s Mario franchise even the tortured spirits of the undead are cute and cuddly. Let’s see how they react to a real restless torture spirit. Well that didn’t go well. This is why you never hire someone supremely overqualified for the position. They’ll do the job so well it never…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2012 -
Fake Gamer of the Week: I Sure Hope There’s Not a Sexy Cyborg Standing Behind Me
You’ve all been there. You’re sitting there against a black backdrop, playing Call of Honor or Medal of Duty or whatever, when all of the sudden you’re struck by the sneaking suspicion that there’s a sexy machine woman standing right behind you. Ha, if I had a dime for every time I got that feeling!…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2012 -
You’ll Soon Be Able To Help Decide Which Games Get On Steam
Valve is crowdsourcing the approval process for its Steam distribution platform, it said today. With a new service the company is calling Steam Greenlight, slated to launch at the end of August, Valve will allow gamers to vote on which titles will make it to the popular digital network. Instead of going through some sort…
By Jason Schreier Published July 9, 2012 -
This Live-Action Metroid Movie Only Cost $200 to Make
Think back to when you first played Metroid to the end for the first time. Your mind was blown when you found out Samus Aran was a woman, right? But you couldn’t do anything like, say, hit on her. The guys in the short try to do exactly that. It’s awkward. Via Twitter
By Evan Narcisse Published July 9, 2012 -
If Video Game Characters Were On Twitter, These Would Be Their Profile Pictures
Video game characters have it easy. A ton of artists online are constantly making renders, sketches, and cute avatar icons like these that they can scrounge through for their Twitter and Facebook pics. Be sure to expand the images for the full effect. Onmaru [deviantART via dotcore]
By Tina Amini Published July 9, 2012 -
Far Cry 3’s Crazy Villain Rants About Dubstep.
Even the characters inside of video games are sick of the wub-wub. Listen to Vaas—the insane pirate at the center of open-world first-person-shooter Far Cry 3—bitch about the bass-heavy tracks that pop up in damn near every big-budget video game trailer. Yes, he’s naked some of the time but don’t let his total nudity distract…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 9, 2012 -
Medkits Apparently Double As Demolition Kits In Battlefield 3
When a camper just refuses to move from his comfy little corner in a building, picking off your teammates one by one, there’s an excellent solution for that. Throw your medkit at the walls around him, and watch as the cement crumbles his safety away. How the No U Wreckin’ Crew handles campers. [YouTube via…
By Tina Amini Published July 9, 2012 -
Guild Wars 2‘s Next Beta Weekend Brings Plant People and Tiny Little Freaks
There are five races in Guild Wars 2, but up until now we’ve only been able to play as three – the humans, the cat people, and the bigger humans. ArenaNet rectifies this the weekend of July 20-22, when the Asura and Sylvari finally get their chance to shine. It ain’t easy being green, and…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2012 -
The Trailer You Weren’t Supposed to See for a Game You’ll Never Play
Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios is no more. The employees have been let go, its projects have been shelved. What’s left in the wake of this grand disaster is tales of personal tragedy and assets like this leaked launch trailer, an echo of a dream that died. We’ve seen a world fly-through video and character screens…
By Mike Fahey Published July 9, 2012 -
Final Fantasy VII‘s PC Re-Release Won’t Have Microtransactions
The upcoming PC re-release of Final Fantasy VII will not use any sort of microtransaction-based system, publisher Square Enix told me today. Last week, when Square Enix announced the upcoming Final Fantasy VII re-release, the company said it would introduce a new feature called the Character Booster that allows players to boost their characters’ stats…
By Jason Schreier Published July 9, 2012 -
Resident Evil 6 Will Feature Over Four Hours Of Cut-Scenes
The next Resident Evil game will have 255 minutes of cut-scenes, according to a filing by the British Board of Film Classification That’s four hours and fifteen minutes. Hope you like cinematics, Resident Evil fans. For comparison, the BBFC lists Resident Evil 5 at 65 minutes and 17 seconds. Resident Evil 4 is 127 minutes…
By Jason Schreier Published July 9, 2012 -
Pitfall Returns to Find Treasure on Your iPhone
You spent hours playing Pitfall on an Intellivision or an Atari 2600 back in the day, imprinting your impressionable brain with a fear of crocodiles that not even delicious Choco-diles snacks can’t conquer. Also you love gold. A lot. You want more Pitfall. It’s coming…to the phone you carry in your pocket everyday. Per MCVUK,…
By Evan Narcisse Published July 9, 2012