Y’know, Rockstar’s open-world games would be a great place to make a goofy comedy about bumbling crooks… The Most Wanted trailer clip from the folks at YouTube’s Commandoflauge channel hits all-too-familiar beats that are standard fare for loads of criminal caper flicks. But, something about seeing those familiar plot points done in GTA V makes…
Mostly because the best Teen Titans show—yep, Young Justice—has already been made. And then canceled. Earlier this week, word trickled out from chief creative officer Geoff Johns that shooting would begin next year for Titans, a TNT TV show based on DC Comics’ long-running Teen Titans series. Johns—himself a one-time writer of an incarnation of…
Naughty Dog’s melodramatic post-apocalyptic survival game wowed almost everybody when it came out last year. Will the notoriously picky folks behind Honest Game Trailers manage to find fault with The Last of Us? Shh…. Clickers! Joel and Ellie’s emotional journey across a ruined America moved many a gamer to tears. But, damn it, it’s not…
When you’re trying to set a world record for rally racing, it’s not a good idea to ignore the guy telling you when to turn. In GTA Online‘s rally race jobs, only one player can see the checkpoints so the driver needs to listen to him to hit the required marks. At the start of…
The hints that your special gamer people have been dropping? You’ve caught them. The money required? You’ve saved it. They deserve something bigger, something cooler. And you’re going to give it to them. Here are some finer things that just might make their holiday game run a lot more more sparkly. Corsair Gaming K95 RGB…
She’s always been a shape-shifter, our Lara. Not just in the silhouette shaped by ever-advancing polygon technology, but also in the sorts of games she’s headlined. The newest Lara Croft game molds her into a form that’s a little bit of both past and present. It works, mostly. This is the return of the wise-cracking…
Drawn to Death is the next game from David Jaffe, the game designer best know for the Twisted Metal series of car combat games and the iconic God of War series. It looks like a high school kid drew it, which is kind of the point. This kid is probably not getting an A in…
Codename S.T.E.A.M.—Nintendo’s handheld steampunk action strategy title—comes to 3DS on 3/13/2015.
A group of game creators have joined together to sell their games for the purpose of donating to the Ferguson Public Library. For a minimum of $9, you can get nine acclaimed games in the Devs With Ferguson bundle, including rotational runner Boson X, pastoral horror game Marginalia and colorful platformer The Floor Is Jelly.…
Resogun is one of the best games on the PS4, a voxel-based sidescrolling shooter that shows off the system’s power in stylish fashion. Later this month, it’s jumping back a hardware generation to the PS3 and Vita. Announced today on the official PlayStation blog, the Vita and PS3 versions of Resogun are due to hit…
At the very least, you’ve decided to shell out enough to get a brand-new game for the gamers you’re bestowing gifts upon. Good for you. And them. There are options to be had and some of them aren’t even games. But, don’t worry, there are games, too. One of The Best Games on Every System…
Disney can’t make a movie about the Devil’s daughter anymore, because the Saints Row folks have beat them to it. The musical number from upcoming standalone expansion Gat Out of Hell shown to fans at PAX Prime this September is now available for all to watch.
Los Santos: the city so pretty you won’t notice the dead bodies. At least not right away. The documentation of quiet beautiful moments is turning out to be one of the best, unintended consequences of the new-gen upgrade for Grand Theft Auto V. The majority of Jeremy Leon’s in-game photography focuses on the beauty of…
Quick, what’s the name of the DC Comics super-team made of villains who go on potentially fatal missions? Yup, it’s the Suicide Squad. Only that’s not what they’re going to be called in the Lego Batman 3 add-on coming early next year. There, they’re going by The Squad. Look, with the Lego Batman titles being…
It’s that time of year. The time of Secret Santa, Hidden Hanukkah and Cryptic Kwanzaa celebrations, which means you might be tasked with getting gifts on a budget. We’ve got a few suggestions for that should keep both your wallet and favorite video game lovers happy. Turtle Beach Ear Force P4c Headset Communication is key…
There are good times to play scary video games and there are bad times to play scary video games. Doing the latter can mean you’re sleeping on the couch. If you’re lucky. The latest video from the folks at Good Game focuses on the horrific effects that Alien: Isolation has on one married couple. I’d…
The graphical upgrades that GTA Vhas gotten in moving to the newest generations of consoles make Los Santos feel more hypnotic than ever before. That’s just for the stuff that you’re supposed to see. But some of the game’s hidden secrets look different, too. It’s already been shown how some of the Chiliad Mysteryclues have…
What folks really want to do in GTA Online—and most heavily populated multiplayer games, really—is stand out. Y’know, show off some skills or styles that not just everybody can flaunt. So, this floating car glitch will probably interest many people. You’ll need a friend to pull it off, though. This glitch seems to only popping…
Human beings are the most important ingredients in game design. Without the participation and attention of an actual person, games are just basically systems waiting for input. In the new novel by legendary science-fiction writer William Gibson, humans aren’t just controlling disembodied avatars in made-up worlds. They’re controlling each other, too, in the worst possible…
You know, while I was editing and writing my interview with William Gibson for this piece, I kept lamenting about all the great quotes and observations I’d have to leave on the cutting room floor for space and spoilers. But, since the book’s been out nearly a month, I figured that some readers would want…
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