Help Make A Game With The Greatest Star Wars Writer Of Our Time

There are only a handful of people who have ever made something as Star Warsy as the original trilogy felt. A handful of Lucasarts games like Dark Forces, maaaybe some comics, and the books of author Timothy Zahn. Who, it turns out, now wants to make a video game. Not a Star Wars game, but…

What If The Thundercats Had Been Real Cats?

Not a question that may have ever kept you up at night, but it might now, when you consider how much more interesting the show would have been if it had been about cat problems, and not cat people problems. In this video by Animation Domination, we see what would have happened if Lion-O and…

You Could Own A Very Pretty White Xbox One

I’m coming around to the look of the black Xbox One, but like the original Xbox, I think the console looks betterin white. Sadly, the only white consoles in existence have been destined for the homesof Microsoft employees. All except for one. It’s being auctioned on eBay, with proceeds going to the children’s charity GamesAid.…

A Guy Had To Protest Outside A Blockbuster To Get A PS4 Refund

Adam Sibley had preordered a PlayStation 4 from his local Blockbuster. He later decided to cancel that preorder. It turned out to be an even worse idea than preordering from Blockbuster in the first place. Sibley’s local store, in Dunstable in the UK, had initially refused his request for a cash refund on the money…

Sounds Like Destiny Probably Won’t Be Coming To PC

I wrote a headline in May that read “Destiny Might Actually Come To PC“. So today is a total downer. While there was initial hope that the 360/PS3/PS4/XB1 shooter would make the jump to the personal computer, a lot of that has been extinguished last week following comments from Bungie community manager Eric Osborne (as…

A German Shepard Steals The Show In The New Call of Duty

Sure, Call of Duty: Ghosts could sometimes feel kind of eh, but it wasn’t all bad. In fact, the levels where you got to hang out with Riley the dog, if not play as Riley, are excellent. Hell. Riley straight up stole the show. I mean, look at the bugger. He’s charming. The first time…

Five Things You Might Not Know About The NES

You think you know everything about a NES? Well, think again. In the video above, Vsauce3 shows you a few facts you might have missed about the Nintendo Entertainment System, presented in wonderful stop motion. Do Gameboy next! Vsauce3 via Viral Viral Video To contact the author of this post, write to [email protected] or find…

​One-Man Chrono Trigger Musical Performance Gets Surprisingly Epic

We’ve seen it plenty of times: A guy sits in a room with a bunch of instruments, performing music from a cartoon or video game. Sometimes the performance is only decent. Sometimes, it’s excellent. This is one of those second times. Here’s Collarblind Music with a one-man performance of Yasunori Mitsuda’s Millenial Fair theme from…

A Meaningful Story Of Friendship Starring…Cockroaches

Having cockroaches around your place isn’t a good thing. In Journey of A Roach you are a cockroach. But instead of causing horrid health and safety issues at the local takeaway, you’re just trying to find your little cockroach friend. This point & click style adventure follows the time honored tradition of combine-that-thing-with-that-other-thing and check-everywhere-till-you-find-that-one-thing-you-missed-earlier.…

From Poverty to PlayStation…One Game Dev’s Climb Toward Success

Shawn Allen is a restless game developer. And a hungry one. Growing up on welfare will do that to you. But growing up on welfare isn’t enough to hold Shawn Allen back. In fact, soon, you might finally play one of his games. Allen is 30 and when I ran into him several months ago…

Late Notch. On November 7, Markus Persson, the man behind Minecraft, will do something few indie developers have had a chance to do: go on a late night talk show. Notch will be on Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show, which airs on CBS from 12:37AM-1:37AM. Congrats!

New Humble Bundle, Ghosts For $45, Dexter, Breaking Bad [Deals]

In addition to a slew of great deals today, we’ve got a brand new Humble Bundle for you featuring Warner Bros. games and including the first two Arkhams As always, check out The Always Up To Date Pre-Order Discount Guide for even more ways to pre-save. Dexter: Complete Series [Blu-ray] | $220 We’re going in…