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That Time Prince Inspired a Mortal Kombat Character

Mortal Kombat’s got ninjas of all different colors. Yellow-clad Scorpion is hot like fire and green-skinned Reptile spits acid at fools. Sub-Zero may wield cryokinetic power but he’s not the coolest martial artist in the fighting game series. That title goes to Rain, because he was created as an homage to Prince. Rain was originally…

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Will Be Shown In A Theater This Weekend

On Sunday, for the first time since 2006 (as far as I can tell), Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children will be screened in a theater—an actual theater. The polarizing film, which continued the story of Cloud and his angsty buddies after they defeated Sephiroth way back in the 90s, will be shown at the Newport…

Twitch Is Giving Out Deodorant At PAX East

If you’ve ever been to a convention, you know what a problem body odor can be. But judging from pictures coming out of PAX East this morning, Twitch is doing its part to help with the smelly crisis. Genius! Another picture, courtesy of @therealcliffyb: The stunt is not surprising, given that Old Spice is listed…

Half-Life‘s Black Mesa Test Chamber, In LEGO Form

One of the most memorable scenes of Half-Life was right at the beginning, when Gordon Freeman woke up in a severely damaged test chamber, realizing that getting out of the facility will be a bit problematic. LEGO builder Dorian Glacet created a superb diorama, called Resonance Cascade, showing the events that led to this very…

I Am Setsuna, Square-Enix’s new, remarkably Chrono Trigger-like RPG, will be out on PS4 and PC (through Steam) on July 19. Richard spent a lot of time playing the game’s Japanese version; head over here for his impressions

Blizzard Characters Make Awesome 2D Sprites

Very cool pixel-art versions of characters from various Blizzard games, that are also in Heroes of the Storm, by Daniel “Abysswolf” Oliver That’s a 2D Nova, Thrall and Sylvanas above. And here’s some more below. Both forms of Greymane, Tracer from Overwatch and the rock god Elite Tauren Chieftain. They’d look good in a 2D…

The Game of Thrones Opening Credits Recreated with Paper 

Just time in for the upcoming season 6 premiere, here’s Moleskin doing a stop-motion version of the opening credits with paper cutouts. According to DesignBoom, this took 7,600 paper cutouts to complete. As far as online notebook ads go, this is pretty good. The making-of is also interesting to watch.

A valiant Overwatch sacrifice. In this clip from silvert0rch, a Reinhardt player valiantly takes one for the team by charging a self-destructing D.Va mech and shoving it away from his allies. I will name the hammer in the toolbox under my kitchen sink after you, brave sir. Here’s the full thing:

What Prince Taught Me

“I’m here to tell you there’s something else…” Prince showed me the life I wanted to live. He was my black genius superhero. I grew up in a single parent household ruled by my Haitian-born mom. Like all good immigrant parents, her primary concern was making sure I didn’t bring shame on her house. Do…

Developer Amilia St. John, daughter of Alex St. John, wrote an excellent piece today that blasts her father’s views on crunch, labor, and women in the tech industry. “I beg my father, for the love of his daughters, to stop hindering our progress as women in the industry and start using his influence to promote…

Ark: Survival of the Fittest will come to PS4 on July 19, developer Studio Wildcard said today. This is an arena survival spinoff of the popular dinosaur game Ark: Survival Evolved. It’s in Early Access on PC right now, and the PS4 version will also launch in beta.

Players Have Modded Goku Into Smash Bros. Wii U

We ALL KNOW that Goku got robbed in that bullshit Smash Bros. poll from last year. But that’s OK. Modders have made everything right again. What you’re looking at above is a mod for Smash Bros 4, as showcased by Super Mega Buster 123 Win64 Gigabyte. The mod was created by KevintheH, and it replaces…

Ubisoft Massive has pushed out a couple of hotfixes to remove several widespread exploits from The Division, including the weapon talent-stacking bug, double revives, and the endless materials exploit.

What A Fan Learned About Game Development By Making His Own Star Wars Games

The X-Wing fighters in some of amateur game developer Michael Real’s 14 Star Wars video games fly a little funny. The waddling AT-ST walkers occasionally leap up into the sky as if yanked by an invisible string. The TIE Fighters look like abstract art. Sometimes the stormtroopers march backwards. You haven’t heard of Michael Real…

Far Cry Primal’s Survivor Mode Makes The Game Feel Complete

Ubisoft’s caveman adventure Far Cry Primal has been one of the stranger, more beguiling games of 2016. Last week, they added a free survivor mode for console and PC players. If you’re willing to start a new game to try it, it makes things much more interesting. I initially played Primal for about six hours,…

Dark Souls 3 PC Players Don’t Know Why They’re Getting Banned [UPDATE]

From Software is cracking down on cheaters in Dark Souls 3, but as with previous Dark Souls games, it appears to be impacting innocent bystanders. “Tons of LEGITIMATE PC PLAYERS have now been banned,” is the title of a panicked thread on the Dark Souls 3 subreddit, and there’s plenty of discussions on Steam, too.…

EA has just announced a slight delay for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst. The new release dates are June 7th for North America and June 9 for Europe. This is the second delay for the free-running first-person game, which was previously slated to come out in February but then moved to May 24.

Remember When Curt Schilling Ran A Game Company Into The Ground?

Yesterday, ESPN fired former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling for posting an anti-trans meme on Facebook. It was an inglorious end for Schilling’s broadcasting job, which by now must be a feeling he’s used to. Although today he’s best known for sharing conservative and often bigoted memes on social media, Schilling was once chairman of…

The Level That Proves How Special Alan Wake Was

Horror games have one simple purpose: scaring you. They’re fueled by long moments of tension which erupt in a brief explosion of fright, before it recedes and the terror sets in again. My favorite horror game ever, 2010’s Alan Wake, does things differently. It throws fright out the window, gives you every gun imaginable, and…

When One Teammate Takes The Division Too Seriously

Role-playing as a tough military officer in The Division, while the other players have no idea what’s going on? That could end up really badly, or it could be a fun run. It’s the latter in StoneMountain64‘s video. He’s really good at using military slang and his tone fits the scenario well, so no one…