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Bruce Wayne Doesn’t Want to Be Batman Again

Last month, Bruce Wayne—who came back from the dead with no memory of his former life as a superhero— found out he used to be Batman. This week, we see how he comes to grips with what that means. Originally published 1/22/16 Since last summer, Gotham City’s been under the protection of a new Dark…

Isabelle Has Some Revolutionary Ideas For Running Your Animal Crossing Town

Leaving Isabelle in charge during an extended visit to another game entirely, the Villager returns to find his Animal Crossing town in a slightly more socialist state than he left it. Oh that Isabelle. YouTube animatorMax Gilardiimagines an Isabella whose ideas on social equality leave a real marx on the town of Animal Crossing. Why…

Hot Fuzz Is A God Damned Masterpiece

The best movies get better each time you watch them. That is why I am now going to praise the 2007 cinematic masterwork Hot Fuzz A couple of nights ago, I saw that the movie was on Netflix. Of course, I promptly rewatched it. You know what? It’s not just one of the best comedies…

The Daniel Bryan Dilemma

I am sure that Daniel Bryan, who is possibly the greatest pro wrestler in the world, wants to wrestle this Sunday. If he does—if he competes in WWE’s 30-man Royal Rumble—then I hope that the thousands of Daniel Bryan fans who’ve been rooting for him to make a comeback don’t discover one day that we…

Donald Rumsfeld Made A Video Game

On Thursday, well-known video game developer Donald Rumsfeld, who also twice served as secretary of defense, released a mobile game called Churchill Solitaire. It’s out for iOS now, with an Android version to come. The Wall Street Journal’s got a great storyon the 83-year-old Rumsfeld’s design techniques—“We need to do a better job on these…

Exploring David Bowie’s Bizarre Virtual World From The 90s

This mesmerizing GIF should be all you need to read Worth Reading, my weekly roundup of the best games writing around. Hey, You Should Read These “Revisiting David Bowie’s bizarre virtual world” by Mike Wehner I’m still processing the passing of David Bowie. It’s not often that a celebrity deaths land a punch, but Bowie’s…

The Best Video Games To Play During The Coming Snow Apocalypse

If you live on the east coast, you may have heard that we’re about to getdestroyed by an epic blizzard. If you hadn’t heard that, well, sorry to break it to you. I guess now you know. Presuming the current apocalyptic weather forecasts bear icy fruit, come tomorrow we’ll all be stuck in our various…

Five Nights at Freddy’s Creator Apologizes For Rushing Latest Game

Maybe you’ve noticed Scott Cawthon’s shtick around release dates. It goes like this: Cawthon says he’ll release an upcoming game around a certain time frame. Then, he ‘surprises’ everyone by actually releasing the game earlier than that. Usually, this approach works in his favor. Fans like getting stuff that they want sooner than they originally…

Yandere Simulator Dev Says Twitch Hasn’t Told Him Why His Game Was Banned

Yandere Simulator is the latest game to get banned from Twitch. If you stream Yandere Simulator, you could get banned, too. Thing is, the developer making the game doesn’t exactly know why Twitch made this call. He’s willing to change some things, if they’d consider lifting the ban, but Twitch isn’t talking to him. Note:…

David Gaider, one of the principal writers behind the Dragon Age series and other BioWare RPGs, has announced he’s leaving BioWare after 17 years “I’ll miss my team, and wish everyone here the best,” he wrote on Twitter. It’s unclear what he’ll be working on next.

Who’s Your Daddy, As Told By Steam Reviews

Steam has some pretty hilarious things to say about its baby-killing game. Who would have thought? As you might already know, Who’s Your Daddy is an early access multiplayer game. One person plays as the dad, and another person can play as the baby. The baby has but one goal: to kill itself, using whatever…

The Great Destiny Malaise Of 2016

For the past few months, hardcore Destiny players have felt a lingering sense of dissatisfaction with the game they love. Partly triggered by a drought of new content and partly by poor communication from developer Bungie, this feeling followed the game through the holidays and into the new year. Call it the Destiny malaise. Since…

The Division’s beta starts next week, and if you’re a PC owner, you might be curious to know what the system requirements are. It seems pretty standard for a modern PC game—I’m very happy to have snagged a GTX 970 last year!

Every Big Video Game Coming Out This Winter

The Fall kicked off with a Mad Max game from the Just Cause people, and then, Winter arrived with a Just Cause game from the Just Cause people. Nice. But apart from Just Cause 3, what else are we getting this Winter? Let’s take a look. December 1. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare (PS4, Xbox One) Dariusburst…

Someone Made Hyrule Temple Playable In Smash Bros.

Because why not. It’s a tiny modification for Brawl by modder Sir Kirby (via imgur) and even though it’s a miniature version, it still looks silly enough. Why stop there though? Why not replace all the characters with mini-versions of stages and all the stages with huge characters?

Imperial Shuttle Oversees The Operation At LEGO Tatooine Base

Not just the landing pad and its anti-gravity elevators, but this whole custom LEGO Imperial base is awesome. And it shows how huge an Imperial Shuttle really is. This fantastic diorama was made by Estonian LEGO enthusiast Nikolai Mordan (via Brothers Brick). It’s worth taking a closer look, the Tatooine base is full of cool…

Unreal Engine 4 Does Excellent X-Men Fanart

The Cerebro/Cerebra is a device used to locate mutants in the X-Men world. Its Unreal Engine 4 version probably does that, too, plus it looks amazing. A GIF really doesn’t do it justice. The environment was built and shared on the Polycount forums by Cameron Mitchell, AKA MoebiusCammy, a fourth-year animation student. The project took…

One-Punch Man is Superheroes, Comedy, and Over-the-Top Action

What if you were the strongest superhero in the world? One-Punch Man comically shows just how boring such a life would be. One-Punch Man is the story of Saitama—a normal guy who one day decides to be a superhero. However, after training, he finds himself with two problems: hair loss and the fact that he…

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Turns Out PC Gamers Really Want To Play Games With Sailing Ships

Take a look at the Steam charts today and you’ll see right near the very top, above a new Five Nights at Freddy’s game, above even the terrific Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, is something called Naval Action We first saw this game last year and I got a little excited (because: sails), but it’s now…