PC

A Game Called Achron And The Theory That Games Would Be Better With Time Travel

In the first mission of the upcoming computer game that Chris Hazard, PhD, has been trying to make since 1999, our hero, a man named Holloway meets himself.


April 14, 2011
PlayStation

Best New Idea In Zombie Games Lurches Through Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

That moment I knew Resident Evil: Raccoon City could be a multiplayer game worth playing was when I turned the tables on my attacker. The game is a third-person shooter. You can play it competitively, and, as is possible in many games of this type, an enemy player can get the jump on you.


March 19, 2011
Nintendo

They’ve Hidden A Free Role-Playing Game In Every Nintendo 3DS

Among all of the many surprises pre-loaded into the 3DS, Nintendo’s next big handheld device, the biggest is that the thing is packed with a hidden role-playing game. It’s no Final Fantasy or Dragon Age. It’s something simpler and, arguably, more important.


February 25, 2011
News

Super Monkey Ball Uses One Of The 3DS’ Odder Features

The new Super Monkey Ball game for the Nintendo 3DS will let you unlock a character in the game if you walk around a lot with the 3DS. The price is 20 3DS Play Coins, the currency Nintendo said would be earned by any 3DS owner for the steps they take each day.


February 22, 2011
PC

Control A Video Game By Kissing Passionately

We sit here stunned, amazed and just a little bit sceptical that artist Hye Yeon Nam has found a way for people to control a bowling video game by French kissing. Kissing and playing video games were just never fun enough on their own, now were they?


February 16, 2011
PC

Odd Quake Controller Made Of Mouse, Keyboard, Masking Tape

In 2006, before Kinect and maybe even before Wii, gamer Niel de la Rouviere decided to make a motion-controller for Quake III. He says he was bored; I say that Niel de la Rouviere, armed with masking tape, was efficient.


February 2, 2011
Mobile

How To Kill A Super-Hero Using Foursquare

Foursquare could be more deadly than Kryptonite, according to the smartly written – really! – 60th issue of the latest Supergirl comic. A bright Harvard guy makes a crowd-sourced Foursquare-style app that lets supervillains hunt super-heroes. Mark Zuckerberg meets Lex Luthor?


January 28, 2011
PC

This Might Be The World’s Most Dangerous Game

The instructions for the Wii-based game Akashi couldn’t sound more dangerous: “Players are blindfolded and a sword is given to them in order to play.” Good thing we have video of this one in action.


January 14, 2011
In Real Life

New And Maybe Better Way To Stop People From Being Jerks Online

The people running the video game League of Legends knew they had a problem. They had the same problem that makes much of the internet unpleasant. Too many people were being jerks online. They’re hatching a novel solution: citizen justice.


January 5, 2011
News

We Don’t Shoot Green Things Enough

Exploding red barrels are a video game cliche. The people making the video game Bulletstorm wanted exploding barrels in their game, but they dreamed to make their barrels green. Then they woke up.