Boy Band Pays Tribute To…Steam Sales & Indie Games

New Zealand “boy band” (read: StarCraft tribute act) Viva La Dirt League have released this track called Indie Game Anthem (Thrift Shop). It’s an ode to both the affordability of indie games and the fact you can buy them en masse during Steam sales. It is amazing. I don’t know what we need to do…

Turtles With Guns Are Top Of The Evening’s Food Chain

Based in Germany, Markus Lovadina currently works as both a freelancer and in the advertising business, but has previously helped out companies like Ubisoft, Activision and Acclaim. Lovadina’s done everything from environments to character design, so there’s a nice mix of styles and types of work below. To see more of his stuff, you can…

Chinese Game Accused Of Stealing From World Of Tanks

Two Chinese companies are being taken to court by developers Wargaming.net, accused of stealing intellectual property to complete their game Project Tank. Wargaming – who are behind one of the biggest games in the world, World of Tanks – have made the accusation in claiming Project Tank is “disturbingly similar” to their own title, and…

A Video Game Manual That Costs Over $1000? Believe It.

It’s rare enough that a video game costs over a grand, but a video game manual? As crazy as it sounds, that’s exactly what the instructions for this old N64 game are worth. Clay Fighter Sculptor’s Cut is an old limited edition of the vintage fighting game that was exclusive to Blockbuster rental stores. Meaning…

Photographer Finds Ruins Of Luke Skywalker’s Original Desert Home

While there are some attempts at preserving them for future generations, the fact is most of the sets used in the Tunisian desert for the Star Wars films – either the classic or prequel trilogy – have fallen into disrepair. Something that New York photographer Rä di Martino has captured beautifully in these photos taken…

This Batman Tumbler Cost Over $1 Million, Is Going To Race

What you’re seeing here is not a toy. It’s not a movie prop. It’s a custom-built Tumbler from the Chris Nolan Batman trilogy, one that not only moves, but moves fast enough it’s being entered inthe famous Gumball 3000 rally Commissioned by a team from Saudi Arabia, it cost $1.6 million to put together, has…

These Sad Cats Are So Sad

They’re so sad, these cats. They might be the saddest cats ever. And thanks to Ze Frank‘s narration, “Sad Cat Diaries” can stand as a tribute to their melancholy. That’s pretty much all I got for tonight’s off-topic. Sad cats. Hey, not every night’s got to be a wandering discussion of saxophone ligatures, you know?…

Nearly Every Item From The Original The Legend of Zelda, Printed Out

Bless 3D printers, which let people fulfill dreams of owning items that previously didn’t actually exist—provided they know how to model them in the necessary software, that is. In this case, Hyrule Foundry set out to print, in full color, all the items from the original Zelda. These are the designs used to print the…

Too Human developers Silicon Knights are “down to just a few employees”, and have “sold off office equipment and game assets”, according to a report on Polygon

What’s Your Least Favorite Game of 2013 So Far?

Yesterday, we talked about our favorite games of 2013. Now comes the hour of our discontent. It’s time to vent, to get mad, to talk about sadness and disappointment. Hooray? As we catch our breath during the comparatively slow month of May, it’s a good time to take stock. Now that you guys have articulated…

Iron Man Would Totally Wear This Power Glove

Clearly, every superhero needs a power glove. Or something. Check out these awesome prints by Josh Ln—they’re rad superhero-themed Power Gloves, which you can purchase here. Iron Man Batman Wolverine Spider-Man The Thing (Via it8bit)

Oh My God, This Sesame Street Game Can Be Horrifying

Having Elmo’s Letter Adventure glitch out like this on me would have scarred me as a child, dear lord. Now this compilation of an effed up Sesame Street game by vinesauce just makes me crack up. Oh, glitches, I love you so [Vinesauce] Vinny – Sesame Street Corruptions [vinesauce]

The Best NES Game Endings

Video game endings back in the 80s and the early 90s were never really all that complicated. A short animation or a few screens, sometimes text only. But, hell, it still felt so rewarding when we were able to experience it for the first time after beating a hard game. Given the fact that some…

Now You Can Buy Your Very Own Official Replica Mass Effect Pistol

I always liked the sound the pistols in Mass Effect made. Plonk. Plonk. Plonk. And oh, how the robots and mercenaries would fall. BioWare has put this pretty nifty replica of an M-77 Paladin pistol up for sale on their site. For $400, you can get one; $200 now, $200 when they’re ready to ship.…

Want to own what could be the last physical PSP game released in the United States? The folks at Gaijinworks are taking pre-orders for Class of Heroes 2, and that’s the only way to get a physical copy. (Although if you want the game and don’t care about holding the disc, a digital copy will…

Blizzard says that the Diablo III auction house will be down for at least another 24 hours as they continue to conduct an audit following the discovery of an exploit in the 1.0.8 patch allowed players to duplicate gold. Obviously, this had disastrous implications for the in-game economy. Blizzard will be updating their progress on…

It’s Pokémon Red…As A Ballet Performance? What The Heck?

Well, I’m baffled that this exists—but it does. Pokémon. As ballet. Seriously. This performance doesn’t skimp out either: it goes through everything from the initial ‘chose your Pokemon’ part with professor Oak, to battles, to team Rocket, to visiting places like Lavender Town. I kind of lost my shit at the part where the Pokemon…

Final Fantasy X-2 Sure Looks Pretty In High Definition

I’ve always thought Final Fantasy X-2 was rather underrated by the Internet At Large. Square’s FFX sequel always got a bad rap because of the whole “pop group” thing, but the class-based combat system was actually kind of brilliant, and I dug revisiting the minigame-filled world of Spira to see how things had changed. Of…

The Wonderful, Rare Sloppiness Of The Monaco Soundtrack

Of all the terms one could use to describe a video game soundtrack—exhilarating, emotional, sad, uplifting, lonesome, boisterous—the word “sloppy” almost never comes up. Seriously, pause for a minute and name a video game with a sloppy soundtrack. Unless you’re talking about a poorly-played Rock Band track or a bar pianist in Red Dead Redemption,…

Super-Serious Sci-Fi Eye Contact Is My Favorite Comics Panel This Week

In the near-future of Brian Vaughan and Marcos Martin’s The Private Eye, there’s been a meltdown of social networking. Imagine anyone anywhere being able to see everyone else’s addresses, banking information or browser history. People zealously hide their real faces and personal details after this cataclysmic breakdown of virtual privacy. You would, too. So, when…