In Real Life

What If Online Gamers Were Completely Honest?

Kotaku AU

Plenty of people don’t like Cracked, but I quite like the site, particularly when they cast their eye towards video games. This video in particular — which shows what online gamers would say if they were 100% honest — hits a lot of nails on a lot of heads!


December 19, 2011
In Real Life

Laugh, Then Cry, At These Game Design School Commercials…

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The terrifying thing about this Cracked list of terrible commercials for Game Design schools is the fact that someone, somewhere has probably spent money to go to one of these colleges. The best thing about this list, however, is the fact they’re brilliantly and unintentionally hilarious.


March 22, 2011
In Real Life

Cracked Gets To The Bottom Of Everything Gaming

Subnormality‘s Winston Rowntree explores The Good, The Bad and The Awful of Video Games in his latest comic for Cracked. Stop everything. Go read it now. [Cracked]


March 21, 2011
In Real Life

Video Games: The Good, The Bad And The Awful

Kotaku AU

Cracked definitely has its moments – like the time they proved that the plot of Inception was stolen from an episode of Duck Tales. But now they’ve created a visual aid for seperating the good, from the bad, from the downright awful in video games – and it’s scarily accurate.


November 23, 2010
News

Gaming Parents Unite!

Kotaku AU

I worry about having kids. For many reasons.Will having kids cut into my already limited gaming time? Will I have to stop playing mature games in case lil’ Johnny gets his chocolate covered paws on it? Will he/she pour pour Lucky Charms into my disc tray? All important questions when pondering parenthood. But this Cracked article takes things a step further, by listing the four most important things to know as a gamer parent.


May 20, 2010
In Real Life

We All Had Super Powers Once

An article at Cracked.com explores the fact that every human being on the planet is born with super powers, from telepathy to heightened senses – we just grow out of them.


January 7, 2010
In Real Life

What 8-Bit Characters Would Really Look Like

Cracked takes a thoughtful look at what five iconic v8-bit video game characters would look like if their sprites were magically granted life. The results are just a wee bit disturbing.