Humor

In Real Life

Even Stand-Up Comedy Routines Are Giving The Farmville Guys Shit

7:00PM Yesterday | Luke Plunkett

This is Jason Baily, the CEO of East Side Games, with a mic in hand and some beef with Zynga, makers of Facebook games like Farmville. The world doesn’t have much of it, but it could really do with more video game stand-up comedy. More »


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GameStop’s Latest Deal Makes No Damn Sense

7:00PM February 7, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Look once at this poster and it’ll seem obvious. Buy something expensive, get two of something cheaper for free. More »


In Real Life

Game Characters Embarrassing Themselves On Facebook

5:30PM February 7, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Mario is a boozehound. Luigi loves photo bombs. Peach is vain. Some of gaming’s greatest characters get classic (and clever) Facebook pic parodies. More »


Nintendo

You’ll Suddenly Feel Awful About Jumping On Bowser’s Head

5:00PM February 7, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Take off those Nintendo-coloured goggles and you’ll see Bowser isn’t a giant lizard. He’s adorable. More »


PC

TV News PWN3D By Dodgy Graphic

1:30PM January 31, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

A news program on Norwegian channel NRK got a little more than it bargained for last month when its producers needed a graphic for an eye chart. More »


In Real Life

What Does Your Favourite Game Say About You? As A Person?

4:00PM January 26, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Sadly, it seems I missed Slacktory’s excellent “What Your favourite Video Game (Series) Says About You” feature from a few weeks back. More »


Retro

Cock’in. This Was A Real Game, Once.

2:00PM January 25, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Cock’in. For the Commodore 64 and Spectrum. You take the eggs, and then the fish bites you on the elbow, and then you wear chicken hats, and what? More »


In Real Life

Real BloodRayne Arm Blades. Real Awesome User Comments.

8:30PM January 17, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

Believe it or not, you can actually buy this terrifying “replica” of the arm blade from BloodRayne. I say “replica” because it doesn’t look much like the one from the series, not because it doesn’t look like it could cut my face off. More »


In Real Life

Pretend Toilets In Video Games

2:00PM January 17, 2012 | Michael J Dolan

Having another crack at Heavy Rain. I’ll give it this much, it’s certainly unlike anything else I’ve ever played but to be honest, once the novelty of being able to make this dude take a piss in pretty much every scene he’s in wears off the frustration of not being able to make him CALL THE POLICE is massive. More »


In Real Life

Mario, That’s Inappropriate

4:30PM January 13, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

There’s a reason Nintendo characters don’t turn up in each other’s games as often as they should. More »