The Steam Controller Can Also Do Motion Control

The Steam controller might make my thumb hurt, but there’s no denying its versatility. One of its lesser-known features? Full-blown motion control, ala Nintendo’s Wiis or recent PlayStations. Aiming with the Steam controller’s right haptic pad can be janky—somehow landing in the sweet spot between too precise and not precise enough. The solution? Motion control,…

How One Player Unlocked One of the PS4’s Hardest Trophies

In the weeks since Super Meat Boy has been on PS4 and Vita, only four people have picked up the platinum trophy. That list might not get much longer, given how difficult it is. Why? You have to beat every world in the game without dying. Only 0.8% did this on Steam, a world where…

Five Reasons You Should Be Reading Spider-Gwen

There are lots of Spider-people in Marvel Comics nowadays but only one of them has the distinction of being the parallel universe version of Peter Parker’s long-dead girlfriend. Making an alt-Gwen into a superhero is a good twist but it’s not the sole reason that readers should check out her adventures. Gwen Stacy actually fights…

Report: Hideo Kojima Has Left Konami

According to The New Yorker, Hideo Kojima’s last day at Konami was Friday, October 9. Kojima’s farewell party was reportedly a “cheerful but also emotional goodbye.” The publication says Kojima’s non-compete extends to sometime in December. For more details on what went down, you should read the piece.

Destiny Players Somehow Two-Man The Final Raid Boss 

Over the weekend, two Destiny players beat Oryx, the final boss of the King’s Fall raid, without any backup. Yes, two The feat was pulled off by CommanderCuesta of The Legend Himself clan, along with his teammate A Death Card. If you’ve played the King’s Fall raid, I highly recommend watching. It is ridiculous. Check…

A New World Record For Beating Super Mario Bros. As Fast As Possible

I invite you to feast your eyes on an expert playthrough of the original Super Mario Bros. Somehow, a speedrunner known as Darbian manages to blaze through the old-school classic in whopping 4:57.627. To put this into context: the last world record for the “any percentage” clearance of Super Mario Bros. was 4:57.69. That was…

When Video Games Defy ‘Gamer Logic’

Lots of video games strive to look like the real world, but they still follow their own distinct rules. Every person and thing has been designed specifically for you, the player. So it can be pretty jarring—and cool—when a game throws that out the window. Generally speaking, if a video-game character asks you to do…

I Hope This Theory About Life Is Strange‘s Last Episode Is Wrong

In less than 24 hours, we’ll finally know how Life Is Strange ends, but I’m worried I already know what trick the developers are going to pull in the finale. The second a new Life Is Strange episode is released, I’m scrambling to hit play. Flaws ‘n all, I’ve come to genuinely enjoy the quirky…

The Dark Souls 3 stress test happened this weekend, and hey, at least I beat a boss. Tossing a firebomb at the last second was, uh, my plan the whole time. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Competitive Call of Duty Star Says Leaving Twitch Is His “Biggest Regret” 

A year ago, Matthew “NaDeSHoT” Haag announced that he would be streaming Call of Duty on competitive gaming site MLG.TV exclusively in a deal that the New York Times once called “lucrative.” Last weekend, the former top player looked back on that decision—and came pretty close to calling it a mistake. Haag, who has over…

The New Captain America Comic Is All About America’s Real World Problems, and People Are Pissed

When Sam Wilson became Captain America last summer, lots of heated discussions sparked off over Marvel Comics’ decision to have someone else wear the colors of their patriotic superhero. Well, even more big changes hit in the first issue of Sam Wilson: Captain America and people in the real and fictional worlds are already mad.…

Prey for the Gods Is Basically Shadow Of The Colossus, For The PC

A bleak landscape, battles against massive enemies which you can climb over…Prey for the Gods is as Shadow of the Colossus as you can get without actually playing Shadow of the Colossus The game’s description even says “you must survive the colossal dangers that you encounter”, in case you hadn’t picked it up already. Not…

The Evolution Of A Destiny Character

In a game about collecting guns and armor (and shooting aliens), everything you put on your character should make you look cooler, right? To test that theory, I took 54 screenshots of my Destiny character over the past month, as she leveled up. I got the idea shortly before the September release of Destiny’s big…

Why The Latest Number One Mario Maker Course Is Such Garbage

Here, captured in a three second GIF, is the entirety of the current top-rated Mario Maker course. It’s hilariously bad. How in the world did it climb the ranks, then? The answer is in the course title, which is written in Japanese: It says “I will play the courses of everyone who likes this,” according…

Star Wars: Battlefront Trailer Is Strangely…Emotional

Get out of my head/fantasies/emotions, you relentless holiday season marketing machine.

World of Warcraft Players Discover Secret Cave With Pet Inside

Although WoW is a huge game, it doesn’t have many secrets. Fans datamine everything before a patch or an expansion goes live and immediately share it online. Sometimes tiny things do remain hidden though. But only for a few weeks. Terky the Murloc was one of those Asia-only pets, not added to the game on…

Someone Built A LEGO Safe With A Working Combination Lock

LEGO builder Jason Allemann has proved that 3-number combination locks aren’t that complicated, and a few carefully assembled LEGO bricks are enough to create one. It’s a pretty smart build as you can see in the video, designed to be impossible to take apart without knowing the combination… or without using a hammer. Time to…