Pocket God Will Make you S%*!T Yourself

Watch out: Playing Pocket God, Bolt Creative’s not-so-little iPhone game, might result in you having a little accident. Pocket God and its hapless Pygmies are poised to become full-blown phenoms with the release of all kinds of new adventures, including an animated Christmas—er, Fishmas special! Check it out… And that’s not all. Bolt Creative just…

Lara Croft Shows Off The “World’s Largest iPhone”

Lara Croft’s face adorns the 56 iPads that make up the “world’s largest iPhone” at London’s St. Pancras International station. Once the installation was completed the devices were given away to celebrate the iPad release of Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Gameface is a photographic celebration of the people who make, play and…

The Nintendo Download: Power Pick Got

Twas the Monday before Christmas, and all through Nintendo’s house several creatures were stirring, including an afro-wearing robot hell bent on rescuing his five foxy girlfriends from the man. While the Virtual Console gets a little love with the release of Mario Party 2 and DSiWare adds Dragon’s Lair II and a Christmas-themed installment of…

A Gift Guide to Father and Son Gaming

Video games aren’t just a wonderful present for children, they’re also a wonderful opportunity to bond. Playing side-by-side with your son or daughter gives you a chance to interact in ways typically off-limits to parents. You can see you child lead, make decisions, problem solve and team up together to defeat the bad guys. It’s…

Nintendo Download Gallery

Mario Party 2 Original platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Nintendo Players: 1-4 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Violence Price: 1,000 Wii Points Description: Get ready to party like it’s the year 2000 all over again, complete with fancy costumes, bags of surprises and games galore. Mario and his Mushroom Kingdom friends return for a new…

Talk Amongst Yourselves

Captain Olimar’s spaceship lands in Talk Amongst Yourselves today. Go ahead, then and talk about video games, even ones that aren’t the great Pikmin 2. Thanks to Whizkid103 for today’s image. Did you all know we’re running low on TAY images? Save us, readers. Submit your best riff on this month’s image over at #TAYpics

The Eight Unusual Video Games Up For The IGF ‘Nuovo Award’

One is a zen-like game about creating a tree. One is a beautiful, abstract fencing game. Another sees its players fighting physically to win. In another of 2011’s Independent Game Festival Nuovo Award nominees, you play as a dictator’s cat. The Independent Games Festival Awards special prize, the Nuovo Award, exists to reward “abstract, short-form,…

Happy Holidays From This Nice Man

The video game holiday cards keep on coming. This one is from Lucasfilm and is, perhaps, a preview of a new character being digitally added to The Empire Strikes Back. This came with the card too. Enjoy!

Ten Albums I Cannot Live Without

To: Totilo From: Bashcraft Hi Totilo! What you missed last night Uncharted Movie Director Suffers Awkward Actor Plea A Giant Denial For Gundam Rip-Off Claim Black Ops’ First Downloadable Content Is Oscar Mike Review: X-Men Reopens A Classic Six-Pack What Was Your Favorite Trailer From 2010? [Pic, Pic, Pic, Pic, Pic, Pic, Pic, Pic, Pic,…

GT5 Toy Car Logo Replaced With Cute Note

Not only a cute note, but a cute note and a smiley face. The undercarriage of a Gran Turismo 5 car was caught sporting the logo “It (the logo) is way too interesting,” Yamauchi tweeted earlier this month. “It will be erased in the next update.” The reason for this? “Because it’s embarrassing.” According to…

Next Valentine’s Day, Dragon Quest VI Beats Chocolate

Get ready to fall in love with Dragon Quest VI. In 2011, the DS version of the game is finally headed to North America. On February 14, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Reverie will be getting its official English-localized release. Until now, the Japanese game was only available in English via fan translations. Dragon Quest…

What Was Your Favorite Trailer From 2010?

Video game trailers are now such a key part of the landscape that they’ve taken on a life of their own, often times more exciting than the games they’re trying to sell. So we want to know: what are your favourites? Remember, we want to know what your favourite trailer from 2010 was. Not the…

No Reward Is Worth This Many Barrels

Donkey Kong meets Star Wars. By Carlos Escárrega, as seen on it 8-bit

This Final Fantasy IV Trailer Is Complete

For the umpteenth time Final Fantasy IV is getting remade. This time, it’s being called Final Fantasy IV: Complete. Hopefully that’ll mean developer Square Enix is finished remaking FFIV. The game features Final Fantasy IV as well as Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Final Fantasy IV Complete will be out next spring in Japan.

Use A Mouse & Keyboard On Your Xbox 360

While most Xbox 360 games make using a control pad enjoyable, there are still a lot of people who prefer using a mouse and keyboard, especially on shooters. This peripheral lets you combine the best of both worlds. The XIM series of controller adapters for the Xbox 360 have been around for a while now,…

There Are Too Many Damn Mobile Phone Game Commercials

If you flip on your television, chances are pretty high you’ll see a McDonalds ad. For those living in Japan, chances are higher you’ll see a mobile phone game commercial. Way higher. For the month of December, the most common commercial on greater Tokyo television was for mobile game site Gree with 2,800 commercials. Number…

The Fellowship Of The Zelda Tattoos

And now they know for sure, there are six guys in the wolf pack. Six wolves, running around the Bay Area together, in San Francisco, looking for rupees and heart containers. So tonight, we make a toast! The six guys (well, five and one lady) — Ashley Raj, Josh Kulinski, Willie Harper, Ehren Tye, Josh…

A Giant Denial For Gundam Rip-Off Claim

A theme park in China’s Szechwan province constructed a large orange statue that looks similar to the RX-78 Gundam erected in Tokyo last year. While the Gundam lawyers are going into mobile lawsuit mode, the park’s operators say theirs is original. The Japanese media is quick to point out obvious similarities, but China’s Floraland Park…

Crysis 2 Figure Defeats Aliens With His Barrel Chest

Toy company NECA has an action figure based on upcoming shooter Crysis 2. For a future soldier, he looks decidedly…simian. The figure boasts 25 points of articulation, which for collectors who like to pose their figures is great, but doing so on one of the Crysis’ trademark Nanosuits has this guy looking all out of…

A Visual Guide To Japanese Mobile Phone Game Commercials