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So That’s Why Doom‘s Hell Has So Many Candles
Everybody has questions. What’s our purpose? Will we ever achieve true peace? Why is it fucking impossible to plug in a USB cable correctly on the first try? Me, though, I have just one: why, in Doom (2016), were there so dang many artfully arranged candles in hell? A new video by Harry101UK posits a theory:…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 23, 2017 -
Popular Fallout 4 Radio Mod Runs Because Of Invisible Cats
It’s been said that video games are all smoke-and-mirrors—elaborate feats of code and trickery that imply possibilities far greater than what you’re actually able to do. Sometimes, though, the truth is much stranger. Sometimes the truth is radios powered by invisible cats. Old World Radio: Boston is a mod for Fallout 4 that adds more…
By Nathan Grayson Published January 23, 2017 -
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation: Essential reading that set the stage for modern science fiction. What it is: The first of Asimov’s famous Foundation series, originally published as a collection of short stories between 1942 and 1950. Those stories eventually became the first full book in the Foundation trilogy. Later in Asimov’s life, he expanded on the…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 23, 2017 -
What You Need To Know About The Sims 4 Vampires
The Sims 4 Vampires releases tomorrow, and with it the ability to live out your nightwalker dreams. But Vampire sims work a little different from regular sims. Here’s a few tips on how to make the most of being undead. Consider an outdoors-y type. You don’t need to drink from other sims to get your…
By Gita Jackson Published January 23, 2017 -
How The Last Guardian Makes You Care About A Bird Dog
The Last Guardian is a story about a boy and his giant monster friend, Trico. Using space, the game communicates a growing bond. How close are the two characters? When are they allowed to enter personal space? We examine how this relationship is crated in this video. Transcript: Figuring out exactly how The Last Guardian…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 23, 2017 -
I Appreciate That Final Fantasy XV Lets Us Troll Its Ending
Final Fantasy XV’s ending is a trainwreck, so it’s fitting that the game lets us choose to make it even goofier. Spoilers for the ending of Final Fantasy XV follow. Really, I shouldn’t say ending. Like many a JRPG before it, Final Fantasy XV ends in waves, some of which are good, some of which…
By Kirk Hamilton Published January 23, 2017 -
A Year Later, Yandere Simulator‘s Dev Says Twitch Still Hasn’t Explained Ban
The developer of Yandere Simulator, a game about a sociopathic high school girl who murders her classmates, is demanding answers from Twitch, which banned the game exactly one year ago. Today, he posted a YouTube video describing his year of begging Twitch for a reason, which he says has led to nothing. Still in development,…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published January 23, 2017 -
What Games Are You Playing To Cope With Stress?
You know what sucks? Everything. This weekend, instead of engaging with the world, I crawled under the covers like an enormous baby and played some puzzle games on my phone. Being politically engaged and reading the news is pretty important, but it’s just as important to recognize that sometimes you need a break. After Friday,…
By Gita Jackson Published January 23, 2017 -
PS4 Fans Are Baffled As To Why Sony Is Promoting Crappy-Looking Games
Earlier this month, the official PlayStation YouTube account uploaded a trailer for a game called “Life of Black Tiger.” The mature adventure game, which appears to be a port of a free mobile title, looks like crap—but it has sparked a discussion over the quality of games that players expect to see on consoles. Now,…
By Patricia Hernandez Published January 23, 2017 -
Well, That’s Settled
It’s pretty common for some people to ask for less politics in games. Turns out, that’s not really possible, even if you’re just here to kill some zombies. This tweet from Naughty Dog creative director and The Last of Us Part II writer Neil Druckmann reaches the heart of the matter. It was in reply…
By Heather Alexandra Published January 23, 2017 -
Artist Making His Own Awesome Overwatch Statues
Blizzard is doing a terrible job at getting us official Overwatch figures and statues. Until they sort that out, there are artists like Mankej doing good work in their stead. He’s made a few statues of Overwatch characters himself, and has recorded progress builds on his YouTube site (he also streams on Twitch) so you…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2017 -
80s Gaming Nightmare Returns To Haunt Us All
There were a lot of frustrations to be had in old Sierra adventure games, but one of the worst was the way the games always made you traverse treacherous stairs, with one wrong keypress killing you instantly. So, yeah, here’s a game just about that. It’s called Stair Quest, and it’s a painstaking recreation of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2017 -
Don’t Have Kids
So for the last two weeks, my PlayStation 4 hasn’t been working. To be more precise, it was refusing to play discs. Everything else was fine: downloaded games worked, apps worked. But the PS4 wouldn’t read any disc at all. Most of my games are on the hard drive, but there were a couple of…
Mark Serrels Published January 22, 2017 -
Press Secretary Sean Spicer Is Absolutely Not A Meme, Period
Yesterday evening, Sean Spicer took to the press briefing room to criticize the media for how it had emphasized the low attendance at President Trump’s inauguration the day prior. “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period,” he said. Minutes later, the Internet unleashed its latest meme. Sean Spicer lied, as press…
By Ethan Gach Published January 22, 2017 -
Nazi Gets Punched In The Face, Internet Celebrates
Punching Nazis is something of a time honored tradition in the United States. So is making memes. It seems natural then that the Internet wouldn’t waste any time in making a video of white supremacist and neo-Nazi Richard Spencer getting punched in the face go viral. While the United States was late getting into WWII,…
By Ethan Gach Published January 21, 2017
