Take a Look at MIT’s Slightly Trippy—and Oddly Spiritual—Game About the Speed of Light

The last thing I was expecting from a game built on relativistic physics principles was a gentle allegory about the afterlife. But that’s exactly how A Slower Speed of Light starts off. The little protagonist in this title from the MIT Game Lab actually dies right at the start of the game and has to…

The iPad Mini is out today! I wouldn’t drop it if I were you. [Android Authority]

There Are 489 People Playing Competitive Halo 4 Multiplayer Right Now, Up From 145 Yesterday

There are 495 people playing Halo 4‘s multiplayer, if you count the cooperate Spartan Ops mode. That’s over three times more than the amount of people that were playing just yesterday, and the game still has four more days before its November 6 release. Maybe more people are logging on as the weekend nears? Power…

Watch Michael Moore’s Audition Tape To Direct Star Wars VII

If this was a real audition tape for Michael Moore to direct the recently announced resurgence of the Star Wars films, I imagine it’d go pretty much exactly like this. But it’s not real. It’s a Conan skit.

Wreck-It Ralph Isn’t Just a Movie, It’s Also a Game

Building on the free iOS App, the $.99 version of the official Wreck-It Ralph mobile game features three movie-themed games in one-Fix-It Felix Jr., Hero’s Duty and Candy Climber. It’s available on iTunes today, with an Android version coming soon.

There’s a Kickstarter to fund the “Tweedpunk” shooter entitled ‘Sir, You Are Being Hunted’ [kickstarter.com]

Here’s The Difference The Day One Patch Made to Assassin’s Creed III [UPDATE]

Assassin’s Creed III is a very good game but also a fairly buggy game. And like many modern video games before it, the console versions were patched before they were even officially released. This means that the version of ACIII that you might have on disc isn’t really what you should be playing. The game’s…

This Week’s iPad Charts: Spider — He is Our Hero

In what is hopefully the last graphic installment of our weekly mobile charts, the classic (if a platform that’s only a few years old can have a classic) Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor skitters to the top of the free charts, and a pair of big budget console game tie-ins make paid appearances. Need…

Angry Birds Star Wars’ Only Hope? Obi-Wing Kabirdy, Of Course

The crossover between an incredibly successful film franchise and the near-ubiquitous mobile game continues apace, with the latest character reveal of Bad Piggy and Angry Birds versions of Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi. A slice of Angry Birds Star Wars gameplay is shown, but other than pigs in Stormtrooper attire nothing looks terribly like Star…

Black Ops II offers ‘Nuketown 2025’ as a Pre-Order bonus

Nuketown 2025, a retro-style multiplayer map inspired by nuclear test sites such as the one seen in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, will be available for Call of Duty: Black Ops II at release for pre-order customers. The above video should give a good idea what the map will be like.…

Hey, Want to Help Make a AAA Video Game? Just E-Mail Watch Dogs.

Ubisoft hasn’t mentioned anything about their show-stealing, hacker stealth game Watch Dogs for a while. That’s presumably because they’re off making it. And they need more people to help craft the initial entry of what’s presumably a new franchise. Based on the comments in the video above, the team working on Watch Dogs seems to…

The Wondrous Armor of The Grinns Tale

You’re looking at the tier six armor for Nexon’s utterly wondrous social RPG The Grinns Tale, which I wrote about on that website we had last week. Official launch is November 6, but you can play it now, or watch a video about the game’s whimsical design. Your choice!

Valkyria Chronicles: Where Histories Diverge

Historical fiction is one of those concepts that gaming handles best. Whether it’s Einstein building a time machine to kill Hitler or assassins battling Templars in the Renaissance, gaming alone among popular media allows people to interact with a world both familiar yet radically different from our own. Valkyria Chronicles is one of the best…

Bless Me, Father, For I Freakin’ Love Nun Attack

Let me break it down for you: 12 years of Catholic school. Powder-blue communion suit. Did the Stations of the Cross ON MY KNEES for multiple years. Childhood best friend was an altar boy. (He’s fine. Nothing ever happened. Thanks for asking.) I say all this to establish that I know all about nuns. Nuns…

A New Voice for Pikachu

For fans of the Pokémon anime, Pikachu “talking” has always been pika-pika noise. And the voice of Pikachu has been Ikue Otani Yes, the Mystery Dungeon games have the Pocket Monsters talk to each other with in-game text. But this, this is just messed up. The newest entry’s latest teaser brings that to life with…

Feast Your Eyes on These New Dynasty Warriors Screens

Feast Your Eyes on These New Dynasty Warriors Screens [game.watch.impress.co.jp]

It’s Kinda Like a Power Glove for Couch Potatoes

Japanese peripheral maker Thanko is releasing a wireless gesture controlled mouse that you can strap to your hand and, along with Thanko’s Android-enabled TV converters, allow you to sit on you sofa and flick your finger around. The wireless gesture mouse can also be used with Windows and Mac OS. Watch it in action. Lazy…

How to Play Valkyria Chronicles 3 Even if You Don’t Speak Japanese

In the year-and-a-half since the Japanese release of Valkyria Chronicles 3, it’s become painfully apparent that it will not be leaving Japanese shores–at least in the foreseeable future. If you are one of the many fans of the series dying to play the newest Valkyria Chronicles, fear not! You are not alone. Thanks to the…

WSJ: Microsoft Is Testing Its Own Smartphone

WSJ: Microsoft Is Testing Its Own Smartphone [updates.gizmodo.com]

Report: Teen Commits Suicide After Seeing His Favorite Naruto Character Die

Seeing an anime character die allegedly inspired a 14 year-old Russian boy to jump one hundred feet to his death, says a report. According to Mail Online, Leonid Hmelev committed suicide after seeing his favorite character, Naruto character Itachi Uchiha, die in anime Naruto: Shippuden. The character’s death reportedly saddened the boy. It’s been known…