What An X-Ray Of A PS4 Controller Looks Like

You could use an X-Ray to look inside someone’s guts. Or, you could use it to look inside a next-gen controller—because why not? The picture above was taken by Reddit user Jackatakk333‘s brother, though if you wanted to see what the X-Rays of other controllers look like, you should check this out.And now to wait…

​Here’s How Modders Are Building GTA V Inside of GTA IV

There’s no PC version of Grand Theft Auto V yet. It’s just a dream to the console-shunning gamers who want their turn to rampage through the streets of Los Santos. A team of modders is making that dream a reality. We got a glimpse in images and a short teaser yesterday but the more detailed…

Things We Do In Games That Are Creepy As Hell In Real Life

Our friends at Buzzfeed made this funny video about the ridiculous things we do in games, and you should watch it. Not that there’s anything really wrong with sneaking around in a box and listening to your friends’ conversations. It just sounds worse than it actually is. Right? Right?

​A School That’s Using The Walking Dead Game To Teach Ethics

Telltale’s The Walking Dead series is famous for putting the player in life-or-death ethical quandaries and forcing them to make difficult decisions. A creative teacher could probably use the game to identify moral dilemmas and explore those dilemmas with a class. As it so happens, one ethics teacher is doing just that. The video above…

A Star Wars Smash Bros Would Look Like This

We see a ton of crossovers in Smash Bros—that’s pretty much what the franchise is about. And while fans might clamor for all sorts of ridiculous inclusions in the franchise, there are some things we can realistically expect to never see. Like say, bringing Star Wars into the fold. No matter. James Farr‘s wild imagination…

Five Things You Might Not Know About The PS4

You might already have your hands on a PS4, but that doesn’t mean you know everything there is to know about the hardware. Thankfully, Vsauce3 is here to hit us with somewhat esoteric factoids about the PS4—not to mention a cool stop-motion animation of a PS4 teardown. You’ll be able to see exactly where that…

Nintendo has confirmed that Pokémon X is more popular than Pokémon Y, at least in the U.S. Here are the official U.S. sales figures from Nintendo through the end of December 2013: Pokémon X: 1.63 million, Pokémon Y: 1.54 million.

Nintendo’s Ideas Are Great For Games, Terrible For Life

Sure, Nintendo has some really fun—even family friendly!—ideas…for games. But they’d mostly be incredibly dangerous if ever incorporated into the non-virtually-rendered world. Watch as the always too-carefree Ash unintentionally demonstrates the dangers of a world run by Nintendo ideas in Freddie W/HAWP’s video above. Don’t try this at home is an understatement. Oh, and, here’s…

Battlefield 4 for $25, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Roku 3 [Deals]

If you haven’t picked up Battlefield 4 yet, Best Buy will sell you a PC copy for a record low price of $25, today only. Battlefield 4 [PC/DVD] | $25 In addition to looking cool, this flexible power strip can contort to fit your oversized power supplies and plugs. $18 is its lowest price ever.…

Finally, A Game That Makes You Feel Terrible About Liking Golf

Ah golf — the sport of kings! There’s nothing like a good day out on the golf course. That is, until all the wildlife and native peoples you’ve displaced start reminding you that there’s blood on your hands. That’s where Envirogolf comes into play! Envirogolf takes golf simulators to the next level. Instead of just…

Wild Pokémon, In Their Coolest Form

The Pokémon in digital artist Michelle Zhu’s paintings are so cool and relaxed, that I would just leave them to themselves and wouldn’t try to catch them at all. This one above is a special mixture of Pikachu and Koffing, and he’s having a great time. Note: Mildly to moderately NSFW artwork follows. Here’s more;…

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Mystery Games From The Makers Of Rock Band

PLUS MORE GAMING SECRETS AND RUMORS: Microsoft loving bees again | Plants vs. Zombies meets Skylanders? | A Godzilla gaming return Last week, Harmonix’s corporate domain registrar privately registered a handful of domains including harmonixchroma.com, harmonixchromagame.com, chroma-game.com, chromaalpha.com and chromabeta.com. These domains follow an August 2012 trademark application for “Chroma.” While most of those domains…

​Wait, There Weren’t Angry Birds Comics Already?

It’s easy to tune out just how much Angry Birds-branded merchandise there is floating out there in the world. Everywhere you look, there’s some food/toy/clothing item festooned with the likeness of Rovio’s super-ubiquitous characters on it. So, it’s really surprising that there haven’t been any Angry Birds comic books in print yet. That changes with…