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As Some Guy Beats an Old Game, This Band Plays the Soundtrack. Live.

In this video, you will see a man sit down to play some Mega Man II. You’ll also see a band. What you should then notice is everything getting kind of awesome. The player is Noah McCarthy, and he can beat anything you put in front of him. The band is Bit Brigade, who while…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2012

Don’t Store Owners Know Anakin Skywalker Killed Children?

Game developer Ross Mills noticed something he found, tongue planted firmly in cheek, appalling: a British retailer specializing in educational toys had the gall to sell Anakin Skywalker stuff. Mills did what any responsible Padawan would: he wrote an email. “Now, I didn’t really mind,” Mills blogged. “I merely thought it amusing that the murderer…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 11, 2012

A Mass Effect Commander Shepherd Unlike Any You’ve Ever Seen

Male Commander Shepherd. Female Commander Shepherd. Good Shepherd. Dickwad Shepherd. The main character of BioWare’s space opus Mass Effect can be played a bunch of different ways. But Lieutenant Commander Ferret Shepherd? Hunting, rather, ferreting out the evil Geth across the universe, no doubt. This is the work of Amales, and check more of the…

By Brian Ashcraft Published January 11, 2012

Eat Tacos, Get a PlayStation Vita Early (Maybe)

Taco Bell is offering Americans three ways to get their hands on a PlayStation Vita early. Sadly, all of them involve eating something from Taco Bell. [PlayStation]

By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2012

Just how Last-Minute was Nintendo’s Circle Pad Pro?

Nintendo’s Circle Pad Pro attachment for the 3DS seemed, when it was first revealed, to be something of a panic move, made in response to the handheld’s then-poor sales and the positive reception received by the competing PlayStation Vita (much of which centred around its two wonderful thumbsticks). But just how last-minute was the peripheral?…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 11, 2012

Chinese Phone Game Throws Red Shell at Mario Kart

Watch this from across the room, or squinting, and you’ll think it’s Mario Kart. From the effects to the course design, it is literally Mario Kart Wii Only, it’s not. This is a Chinese game called Mole Kart, and as far as shameless Chinese knock-offs go, it’s right up there with Final Combat. Maybe even…