Reasons why I love QuakeCon include: being Left 4 Dead (@%#! you guys) by my teammates, before the game was released. Discovering Novint’s haptic feedback controller, but being too broke to afford it (then). And oh, how the booths await my ego-engulfing lust for treasure. As you might have guessed, I’m already registered. I can’t […]
My brother Austen and I are hooked on MOBA games. You might know them as “DotA games” or “Action RTS games,” but it’s equally likely that you haven’t heard about them at all. At the very least, you probably have no idea how fast these Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (see, MOBA) games are growing and […]
A recently-divorced Chinese woman is facing eight months in prison, one and a half years of suspension, and a fine of twenty thousand yuan ($3,140 American) for fraud, and these stiff penalties are all because of counterfeit arcade tokens. Zhang Lili, 34, a cab driver living in Sanmen County of the Zhejiang province, turned herself in to the authorities […]
I’m a skeptic, so I’m not going to come right out and say I love something that doesn’t even exist yet. But man, I love Ouya. I really do. At least, I love the promise of Ouya. I love Ouya’s potential. Because I love indie games. I love Steam and the Playstation Store. I love […]
Capcom has announced that it’s opening a Resident Evil themed restaurant, called Biohazard Cafe & Grill S.T.A.R.S. in Japan next month. The part most like Resident Evil? The cafe opens on Friday the 13th in a crowded department store (Shibuya Parco Part-1). The part that’s not like Resident Evil? The, uh, singing and dancing entertainment […]
UPDATE: The Skyrim Creation Kit is now available! The special surprise? The Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack for all PC users! Even if you don’t want to create mods, you can still enjoy better graphics in your game. Both the Creation Kit and Texture Pack are available for free through Steam right now! Oh, and Skyrim is […]
Rumors are circulating the internet, like they do, about the next-gen Xbox console lovingly but stupidly dubbed the “Xbox 720”. Among those rumors is talk about how much more powerful the game system will be. Of course, it’s going to be stronger than the Xbox 360, but “six times more powerful” is a pretty vague […]
Question: what do games this holiday season and nuclear warfare have in common? Answer: if you happen to experience either one, your life as you know it is probably over. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Batman: Arkham City, three different types of geekery greatness, all boasting hours and hours […]
If you already have the basics covered (TV, computer, etc), then any money you spend on Black Friday is probably going to go towards entertainment. And right now, there’s no better entertainment value than Skyrim. The amount of content you get in Skyrim is estimated between 300 and 500 hours. All for $60 bucks on […]
In a gaming world saturated with online achievements, the most badass achievement has got to be “Helped Fight AIDS IRL”. How does one go about getting it? Simple: just unravel a complicated three-dimensional architecture of an AIDS-like virus that has eluded scientists for nearly a decade. The game that made this real-life achievement possible, appropriately […]
