To compensate for the stickiness of control pads and the low resolution of televisions, video games that involve shooting have long employed the use of automatic aiming. It’s a luxury about to be enjoyed by real soldiers in the field. Last week, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Lockheed Martin a $6.9 million…
The crafty Michele Legendre, whose work you’ve seen before, has been a busy bee in the months since, coming up with fantastic video game felt toys like this Andrew Ryan, from 2K’s BioShock. For a whackjob megalomaniac, he’s looking downirght adorable, right down to his cute little golf club. He’s a commission piece, so this…
When a game from a big publisher sells 26,000 copies, it’s a failure. But when an obscure Japanese role-playing game that’s been localised by three fans sells 26,000 copies, it’s enough to warm the darkest recesses of your heart. Recettear: An Item Shop’s Tale is a quirky little game which puts you in the shoes…
You know that TV show Undercover boss, where corporate executives go and get a job schlepping it on the showroom floor? This is like that. Only for video game bosses. You spend so much time jumping on them and beating the crap out of them and shooting their faces off that you never really understand…
I’d like to play NBA Jam, but I don’t really care for the NBA circa 2010. For me, the league’s glory days were the early 1990s, so this list of the new game’s unlockable characters makes for good reading. It can of course be classed as a spoiler of sorts, so if you’d like to…
Guillermo del Toro, director of Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth, has a few kind words to say about the “intelligentsia” at a recent book signing in Portland.
A considerate reader has sent us images from the manual for Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral, and amongst the tips on USB cables and power supplies comes some disheartening news for owners of small living rooms. The manual shows, as you can see in the image above, that for a singleplayer game you’ll need six feet of…
Reader HitBit sends us this shot of an amazing book from Spain, circa 1998, called “A Brief History Of Video Games”. We don’t want to see what’s inside, because it can’t beat what’s on the cover.
Big-hitting PS3 sequel LittleBigPlanet 2 has been delayed until 2011. Why? It’s all about the patches. The first game needed a patch or two around release to get things in order, and that’s something developers would like to avoid second time around, particularly since not everyone who owns a PlayStation 3 is connected to the…
Gaming Heads today released some better photos – along with release information – for their fancy-looking statues based on Half-Life’s headcrab zombie Available in Q2 2011, there’ll be two variants of the statue released, one with a saw blade at its feet and one without. The one with the saw blade will cost USD$315 and…
Ever wonder what the name of that weird little lantern-nosed guy from upcoming DS/PS3 role-playing game Ni No Kuni is called? His name’s Shizuku. And he is adorable So adorable Suravi crocheted this little version of him, which only ups the cuteness factor of the game even more. It’s not for sale, so don’t ask,…
Not much to this one. You sit across from a man and you play Russian Roulette until one of you is dead. It’s a simple premise, but the fact the game is so damn empty makes it a lot creepier than it should be. All you need to do is hold down the space button…
Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) are set in a bleak, post-apocalyptic world, where mankind lies despondent after a devastating atomic holocaust. Fantasy it may be, but it’s based on real science; question is, just how real is it? Futirist and TV personality Dr. Michio Kaku explains in this short clip for Spike which, whackjob political…
Friends bugging you to try Minecraft? Just got it and have no idea what to do? Here. Watch this. So that’s getting your act together during your first day in Minecraft. For your first night? Keep that door closed, and whatever you do, keep away from it until the sun comes up… If you’re unable…
With Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood’s multiplayer beta currently underway on the PlayStation 3, we’re given our first good look at how the series’ first foray into multiplayer actually works. And…it looks a lot like singleplayer does! Only with more flashing clutter on the HUD. Also, there’s an awful lot of other players skulking around all wearing…
Continuing a tradition set by the original versions of NBA Jam, which included political figures like Bill Clinton and Prince Charles, EA’s latest game in the franchise will feature some more contemporary characters, like President Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. They’re just the start, though; the American political spectrum is being represented in force with…
sirleechalot wanted to build himself a new PC, one with a BioShock twist, so he did just that. The twist being almost the entire thing is submerged in liquid While it looks like water, it’s in fact mineral oil, which many endorse for its cooling benefits, but which sirleechalot just wanted to use because it…
Epic Games, video game engine tycoons and the developers behind Gears of War, have a vision for the future. And that vision includes Xboxes and PlayStations that you can unplug from your TV and carry around with you. They don’t mean handhelds, like the 3DS or PSP. Think more along the lines of something like…
Contrary to popular belief, Nintendo DS games are not made when two Game Boy Advance games love each other very much. They’re made in factories. Like this one! Look at those machines go. Sorting, spinning, packing, spinning…fascinating. You really need to watch this 2-3 times, to let the action really wash over you. UPDATE –…
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