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Lego Dimensions’ Knight Rider World Is Pretty Boring

Lego Michael Knight, a lone crusader in a dangerous world. The world of the Lego Knight Rider. A twilight world that feels like it only exists so more exciting Lego characters can play with K.I.T.T. Every new entertainment property that comes to Lego Dimensions gets its own Adventure World, a free-roaming map packed with challenges,…

Genital Jousting, a game that succinctly explains itself, just released its “Date Night Update” [NSFW]. It added new two-player modes, involving picnics and walking dogs and other date night activities that are manifestly less romantic when you and your partner are detached genitals.

Someone Created A Pokémon Red and Blue ‘Virus’, And It’s Wild

It’s been over twenty years since the release of the original Red and Blue, but people are still messing around with the games to discover new glitches and exploits. It’s incredible. Last week, we told you about a recent Red and Blue exploit that allows you to delete your opponent’s save files just by playing…

Oddly Enough, Watch Dogs 2 Is An Innovative 3D Platformer

The 3D platformer, the faded genre of Super Mario 64 that flourished two decades ago, was supposed to finally make a comeback in 2017. The likes of Yooka-Laylee and Super Mario Odyssey were going to bring it back. But Watch Dogs 2, of all games, snuck some 3D platforming into its side missions last year,…

Resident Evil 7 Is Way Less Bloody In Japan

One of the most striking things about Resident Evil 7 is just how gore filled it is. It’s packed with chopped off limbs and sickening body horror. But it seems that the experience is a tamer in Japan. In a brief video, the folks at Censored Gaming highlight some of the more egregious changes to…

For Its Three Year Anniversary, Twitch Plays Pokémon Gets Its Most Ridiculous Game Yet

Has it really been three years since the internet collectively tried using Twitch chat to control a single Pokémon game? Time flies. Even more absurd: Twitch Plays Pokémon is still going, and the latest iteration may be the best one yet. Right now, Twitch Plays Pokémon (TPP) is running a modified version of Pokémon Yellow,…

Sniper Elite 4’s Campaign Is Perfect For The Patient Shooter

The most accomplished sniper in history accumulated 505 confirmed kills over a period of three months. I racked up 518 playing through Sniper Elite 4‘s single-player campaign mode in a little over 20 hours, most of which was spent hiding. Good times. I am not normally a stealth gamer. I lack the patience to wait…

Ghost In The Shell Movie Gets A Proper Trailer

No teasing or setting the mood here. This new Ghost in the Shell movie clip is a straight-up trailer, with 2:09 of guns firing and Beat Takeshi looking concerned.

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Happy 51st Birthday, Blanka

Look at Blanka out here, still biting faces and electrocuting folks at an age others are getting ready to settle in for some golf and orthopedic shoes Seeing as Blanka isn’t in Street Fighter V (yet), if you want to imagine what he’s up to these days at the age of 51, this is probably…

You Can’t Catch Civilization VI’s Barbarians 

Civilization VI’s barbarians work much like they do in every other game in the series. Well, mostly. There are a few frustrating exceptions. Frustrations that Gotta Keep Moist has absolutely nailed here. First, those early-game scouts who somehow always manage to stay one hex away: And second, those god damn trade route raids: When Firaxis…

Always Remember To Look Up While Playing For Honor

Killerduda11 probably thought they were safe after fleeing down into the ravine. Little did he know he was fighting a medieval Batman carrying a giant broad sword. In For Honor, Ubisoft Montreal’s multiplayer arena fighting game, knights, vikings, and samurais duke it out on various maps in crunchy, methodical combat. Usually, calculated tactics are confined…

You Know An Internet Joke Is Kinda Over Once Nintendo’s Had A Turn

The Roll Safe meme, in which logically sound but absurd advice is accompanied by someone pointing to their head with a knowing half grin, has slowly been building up steam since late January. But late last week the Internet joke hit critical mass in the gaming world when Nintendo took it to a new plateau…

Limited Splatoon 2 Demo Will Be Available On Nintendo Switch In Late March

Proving that they’ll do what they want, whenever they want, Nintendo just announced in the middle of a weekend night that there will be a “global testfire” for Splatoon 2 from March 24-26 on their new console. The summer-slated sequel to the mostly multiplayer team pain-shooter will be available for Nintendo Switch owners to play…

The RetroBlox Wants To Be A Virtual Console For All Of Your Old Games 

There’s no shortage of third-party retro gaming consoles promising all sorts of advantages over their proprietary predecessors, but the RetroBlox wants to be the biggest and most comprehensive of them to date. Unlike the RetroN or Game Freak, the RetroBlox will have an optical drive to support discs from both the PS1 and Sega CD…

Salt and Sanctuary is still coming to the Vita. At least according to a recent blog post from the developer, Ska Studios, who wrote yesterday that the team is hoping for the Vita version to arrive sometime in March. The game originally released in March of last year as a totally excellent 2D Souls-like

Grandfather Shares How Destiny Helped Save His Life

Sometimes, Twitch streamer lucent_beam decides to take on what she calls ‘The Tower Challenge,’ a game where she picks a low-level Destiny player to help out. After some research, the plan unfolds with a message. “The reality is that a lot of people won’t respond to a random message from someone in the Tower, thus…

Flipping Burgers Will Save You From Zombies In Dead Hungry

We’re all familiar with what zombies want to eat, but has anyone tried feeding them something else? Burgers, perhaps? The PixelJunk people at Q-Games give it a try in their first virtual reality game, Dead Hungry, and it works like a charm. Who knew? In Dead Hungry, available for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive…

The Hair Flips Of Madoka Magica’s Homura, Ranked

Among her many virtues, including strength and compassion, is her incredible hair, which often is in her face and needs a good flip.