Best Buy’s Black Friday Deals Include A $200 250 GB Xbox 360 Bundle, Assassin’s Creed III for $35 and More.

That magical time of year is upon us, when prices for video game hardware and software get sliced down to can’t-say-no levels. Best Buy’s offerings have broken cover and include Ubisoft’s big new release, a shiny 3DS bundle with Super Mario 3D Land and a Vita+Black Ops: Declassified. There’s plenty to browse so head over…

Now That Washington Has Legalized Pot, People Are Really Excited For PAX

Screw Obama: the most exciting news from last night is that marijuana is now legal in the states of Colorado and Washington. Of course, PAX Prime, annual gaming convention and mecca for nerds across the world, is also held in Washington. Don’t get too excited just yet: marijuana is still illegal on the federal level.…

This Week’s Android Charts: Victory for the Incumbents

Now that last week’s excitement has passed it’s back to business as usual from the weekly Android chart, with Minecraft re-elected into the top paid spot by a narrow margin. There are plenty of familiar faces showing up in this week’s Android charts, from Rovio’s stable of birds and pigs to your own family and…

You Can Celebrate Mass Effect’s Would-Be Holiday With a Look at the Upcoming Omega DLC

So, nobody’s getting the day off on N7 Day, the made-up celebration that EA’s cooked up for BioWare’s hit sci-fi saga. Still having to go to work today is a bummer, but there are Mass Effect goodies to be had. Aside from the community-based activities like sending pictures, downloading commemorative art and the like, multiplayer…

I Don’t Want My OKCupid Dates To Know I Like Video Games

I probably can’t expect much from a person with a username including the words “Pussy” and “Monster” in it, but even so, a message that I got last month from an OKCupid user was worse than the usual fare. Difficulty in forming complete sentences with logical thoughts and proper grammar? Check. Random sex solicitation before…

Be The Assassin…of Your Bathroom

This is what it looks like when official game merchandise makes the long and arduous journey from cool gear to acceptable gear to terrible crap before breaking through to become something so ridiculous it’s a must-have. It’s an official Assassin’s Creed III bathrobe, complete with hood. For those times when your rubber duckie must be…

Nintendo Created a Penis-Drawing Inferno

Nintendo’s new console, the Wii U, allows players to not only write messages, but also draw them. It’s surprising just how many different places players can draw pictures—whether that’s in the Miiverse or in games. If history is anything to go by, the Wii U is going to be a hotbed of dick-drawings. At one…

Former Square Honcho Calls Square Enix a “Complete Failure” with “No Vision”

With Square Enix posting losses in its latest earnings, former Square Co. boss Hisashi Suzuki thought this would be good a time as any to kick the company while it is down. Via Twitter, Suzuki didn’t hold back, claiming that the total value of publicly traded stock is not higher than it was before Square…

Watch Assassin’s Creed III Confuse the Hell Out of a Cat

Assassin’s Creed III is a dazzling looking game. But it’s not only the game’s accurate recreations of Colonial America that impress, but also its realistic portrayal of dogs. Don’t believe me? Just ask this cat. Assassin’s Creed confuses cat [Silvy Alblas@YouTube]

In Japan, Nintendo is launching a subscription based Wii Karaoke U that is similar to the popular Joysound Wii game.

Devil May Cry Over Your Wonderful Abs and Big Guns

The look of Devil May Cry is iconic. That probably explains why the latest game, DmC, with its new visual flair, is so divisive. Let’s put aside those squabbles momentarily. Let’s see how wonderful people bring Devil May Cry to life. Here are some—though, not all—of the best Dante-cosplay the internet has to offer, with…

Wii U’s Video Chat Looks Like, Well, Video Chat

Tonight, Nintendo showed off how video chat works on the Wii U. The feature takes advantage of the GamePad’s camera, and, um, it seems to look pretty much like video chat. Though, it does have the added ability of letting you draw hearts on Reggie’s face. Nintendo Direct [任天堂]

How the Wii U Handles Comments

In Nintendo’s Miiverse, players can register new friends and follow them. (There is also a direct messaging function.) But since everyone is talking about video games in the Miiverse, you might accidentally read a spoiler. Good news: Spoilers can be hidden. The MiiVerse is designed to quickly hide common spoilers through an automatic setting. You…

Important Details About the New Nintendo Network ID

One of the big changes for the Wii U is the Nintendo Network. Instead of Friend Codes, the Nintendo Network uses the Nintendo Network ID. But before you get started, users must create a User Account. For each Wii U console, it’s possible to create up to 12 User Accounts. Then, after that, you create…

When You Turn On Your Wii U, You’ll See This: WaraWara Plaza

Previously, Nintendo showed what it called “Mii WaraWara”. It’s a redesigned Wii Plaza, with Miis clustered around games and leaving messages. Today, Nintendo announced that the final English name for this feature is WaraWara Plaza. “Warawara” (わらわら) is Japanese for “bustling”. In the WaraWara Plaza, you can see what other games people are playing—and talking…

Exclusive Concept Art of the Upcoming Production I.G Short, Kick-Heart

Production I.G, the studio behind the Ghost in the Shell anime, recently launched a Kickstarter for a short anime titled Kick-Heart. The Kickstarter was a success, showing that, like video games, Japanese anime can also find news ways of getting funding. Here is some concept art for the anime, courtesy of Production I.G. Have a…

A Cute Girl Who Watches You? There’s an App for That.

Like it when a cute girl watches you? “This isn’t some weird metaphor,” explains comedian Kendo Kobayashi. Rather, do you like it when a cute girl watches over you? Watching Cute Girl is a new iTunes app that features a young lady watching you. She’s supposed to keep you company if you are, for example,…

Why This Japanese Town Is So Damn Happy Obama Won

When Barack Obama was sworn in for his first term, a small Japanese town was overjoyed. Women danced the hula at the local temple, and the town readied a slew of I Love Obama t-shirts, stickers and flags. Why was this small town of 30,000 people who could not vote in the U.S. presidential election…

Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida won’t commit to a 2013 release for The Last Guardian. How about 2014? 2015? 2016?!

Whack a Dick at This Japanese Arcade

You know the classic arcade game Whac-A-Mole, right? Using a mallet, the goal is to whack moles as they pop up. In Japan, the game is called “Mogura Tataki” (もぐらたたき), which means, well, Whac-A-Mole. It’s the same game. Spotted in a local arcade in Japan, this Whac-A-Mole game, however, doesn’t seem to feature moles. It…