“The president has been kidnapped by ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?” Hell, yes I am. Start! It might be hard to believe now, surrounded as we are by games that tell their stories with all the humor and lightheartedness of a Zack Snyder movie, …
Read More »Why I Love: Quake 3 Arenas announcer
With QuakeCon 2016 going strong at the time of this writing, I’ve been thinking about the game that introduced me to the event’s namesake series and taught me the true power of the FPS bunnyhop. And while just about every aspect of Quake 3 Arena deserves praise, from the weapon …
Read More »Is it just me, or is Hudson Hawk a comic masterpiece?
Hudson Hawk is often tarred with the same brush as other ’90s blockbuster misfires, such as Arnie’s Last Action Hero and Sylvester Stallone’s Judge Dredd. A costly flop – a ballpark budget figure is $70m – it was considered by cinemagoers and critics to be more turkey than hawk. The …
Read More »The best Game Boy games of all time
It wasn’t the first handheld videogame system, but the Game Boy is the one that changed everything. Suddenly, everyone you knew had a Game Boy and was peering intently at that tiny screen the color of overcooked spinach. More than 800 games were released for the system, which is way …
Read More »Exclusive: First image from Red Dwarfs 11th season
Red Dwarf fans, we’ve got a surprise for you: an exclusive first image from the upcoming 11th season of the beloved sci-fi comedy series. The long-running series returns after a four year hiatus, and shows the return of Danny John-Jules as The Cat, Chris Barrie as Rimmer, Craig Charles as …
Read More »Love Pokemon Go? You’ll dig these games too
Pokemon Go (opens in new tab) remains the most exciting thing your phone can do. But sometimes you’ll have down time when you’re waiting for an egg to hatch, or when you’ve successfully defended every gym in the neighborhood. Here are six mobiles games like Pokemon Go for fans to …
Read More »Why we didn’t actually deserve Penny Dreadful
I want you to actually watch Penny Dreadful so you won’t find anything more than very light spoilers here. I love Penny Dreadful. Entirely and unashamedly. I ate it with my eyes while simultaneously wishing I was sitting at a roaring fire with a tome of Poe while outside a …
Read More »Star Wars Celebration Europe starts today: 7 things we want to see (including a new Rogue One trailer)
This weekend it’s Star Wars, nothing but Star Wars, as Star Wars Celebration Europe (opens in new tab) descends upon London from July 15 – 17. In addition to being an incredible opportunity for fans from all over the world to gather, dress up, hang out in one spot, and …
Read More »Elastic dogs and jolly meat: You should be playing Silly Sausage
What is it? A quasi-puzzle game starring a stretchy wiener dog Play it if you like… Delightfully weird ideas delivered via simple gameplay Format: iOS, Android Price: Free Release date: Out now If I could just dip into my commercial voice for a moment: sometimes, it’s the little things that …
Read More »Battlefield 1s war games are beautiful but grim
Life in the St Quentin Scar map of Battlefield 1 (opens in new tab) is nasty and painfully short. My hands on with Domination mode in the recent closed alpha is an intense dose of the horrors of World War 1. While Domination mode, like fellow returning mode Conquest, is …
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