It’s Time For Konami To Bring Suikoden II To PSN

How much do you think a copy of Suikoden II costs on Amazon? $60? $150? $300? If you guessed $699.99, congratulations: you win the prize for Ability To Guess Obscene Internet Price Gouging. The prize is sadness. Suikoden II, a PS1 role-playing game developed and published by Konami, is generally considered to be one of…

Patch Will Give Jailbroken Deus Ex Players The Ability To Shoot

After yesterday’s uproar over new mobile game Deus Ex: The Fall disabling guns on jailbroken iOS devices, Eidos parent Square Enix has announced plans to remove the function via an upcoming game update, apologizing for not being clear about the restriction up front. The feature, likely put in place to deter piracy, affected a number…

Watch This Wicked-Fast Watch Dogs Rap

Dan Bull, almost undoubtedly the most motormouthed human currently rapping about video games, has released a new track. It miiiiight be the fastest thing he’s recorded yet. The speed-spitting brit has done a tribute to Watch Dogs, and it’s really quite a thing. Give it a listen.

Moneysaver: Steam Sale Day 2 Breakdown [Updated Saturday 11am]

Welcome to Day 2 of the Steam Summer Sale. We’re going to make things even easier for you today, and put all the best PC and Mac game sales in this post, even if they aren’t directly related to the Summer Sale. Just like yesterday, we’ll be telling you what to buy immediately and what…

This Theory On How All The Pixar Films Are Connected Is Bonkers

Surely, if you’ve watched a few Pixar films, you’ve noticed at least one of the many easter eggs that Pixar includes—they always reference other Pixar movies. It’s a staple. Most of the films, for example, include the “Pizza Planet Truck” from Toy Story. At first glance, you might think it’s just Pixar having fun and…

Below you can find a livestream with new gameplay for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, straight from the developers. It’ll last thirty minutes to an hour.

A Game Creator’s Argument For Only Letting You Play As A Boy

From what I’ve seen of it, The Puppeteer is a delightful upcoming PlayStation 3 game starring a boy in a cartoon play. Its creative director, Gavin Moore, doesn’t believe players should have the option of playing as a girl in his game. “Why do we want girls to play girls and why do we want…

This Fallout Film Is So Fantastic, You Might Mistake It As Official

Fallout Nuka Break—Red Star is no ordinary Fallout fan film. It’s a fan film that had “creative input” from Fallout developers such as Tim Cain and Chris Avellone—so it’s no wonder that it’s damned fantastic. You’ve got a little bit of everything here—from iconic armor, to traders, caps and even super mutants. It’s pretty clear…

Is…Is That A Threat?

Professor Sycamore Introduces Five New Pokemon And More For X And Y

Who are those five Pokemon? Let’s ask Professor Augustine Sycamore, the latest in a long line of tree-named Professors, making his debut in Pokemon X and Pokemon Y this October. Hit the jump for new gym leaders, Team Flare, and an all-new gameplay vid. He speaks for the trees, the good Professor Sycamore, the mentor…

It Was A Gift, You Bastard

Yeah, this item belongs to Tank AFTER I GAVE IT TO HIM AS A GIFT.

That’s a nice way of saying, “Congratulations you have no social life”

This Feels Like A Lose-Lose Deal For Me

How is that even a good deal? I literally just met you, and all you’ve done so far is ask me to play dumb games where I give up my things in exchange for a few bells. DON’T YOU KNOW I AM A PRO BEETLE CATCHER. I DON’T NEED YOUR DAMN BELLS.

I Hate Pelly

I hate you, Pelly. What do you mean, “Nice try”?? It can’t just have been that I assumed another day passing might mean a new gift is available for me? It has to be that I’m trying to game the system somehow? Oh you’ll assume it was an honest mistake, huh? Didn’t you just accuse…

A Catchy Musical Tribute To The Steam Summer Sale

After all the fancy Photoshopped images and animated gifs tributing Valve’s annual Summer Sale, the Internet finally got a catchy, well-produced song. It’s made by Temp0, who’s mostly known for his StarCraft II music videos, but after listening to this he really should continue to expand his repertoire. The song is more or less about…

Here’s what’s going on Talk Among Yourselves, our reader-written blog: pyramidheadcrab muses over what a gaming version of Mt. Rushmore would look like, notgoodforyou offers some suggestions for games that should be on the Vita and etchedchamp explains getting hooked on Animal Crossing

The Movie Might Be Good, But You Can Skip The Pacific Rim Video Game

The Pacific Rim mobile game could never be anything other than an Infinity Blade-style swipe-fighter. Oh there were other game formats that would have worked just fine. Imagine a visual novel adventure with hand-drawn 2D battles between titanic robots and immense aliens, or maybe a Puzzle Fighter-esque game with a dual-sided board, to allow two…

Jailed League of Legends Player: “It’s Been Blown Out of Proportion”

Justin Carter, the League of Legends player who made a sarcastic comment on Facebook that landed him in jail, is currently free on bail thanks to a generous anonymous donation of $500,000. Today, Carter spoke with CNN about his case. He laments making the comment on Facebook, and warns that people should be careful of…

Rovio is teasing a new Angry Birds game announcement for Monday with a somewhat telling image. Looks like Angry Birds: Star Wars is taking on the prequels. I dread the coming of Jar Jar Bird.

Why You Should Play Bad Video Games

I still remember the first bad game that really burned me. The year was 2002. I was wearing out my copy of Dead or Alive 3 on the Xbox, and Jann Lee was my combatant of choice. I was a huge martial arts movie fan, and Lee’s silky-smooth combinations, flowing mannerisms and high-pitched shouts were…