News

New NASA Photo Suggests Signs Of Flowing Water On Mars

Revise Red Faction. Update Doom. Go back to the drawing board with that Total Recall remake (actually, please just stop making that). NASA announced today that they may have possible evidence of flowing water on Mars.


February 1, 2011
In Real Life

The Toughest Game Cartridges Survive Fire, Flood, Ice, Jelly

Which video game console had the most resilient cartridges, the Super Nintendo or the Sega Genesis? Blistered Thumbs’ Rinry lets her sadistic side shine as she boils, burns, freezes and drops a pair of games to determine the toughest.


May 11, 2010
News

Indian Holy Man May Hold Solution To Game-Interrupting Bathroom Breaks

Prahlad claims he has lived without food or drink for the past 70 years, yet I can’t spend two hours playing World of Warcraft without having to pee. What could I possibly learn from this Indian holy man?


July 3, 2009

Sink Or Swim? The Game Designer’s Conundrum

Swimming is something you and I can probably do — and will do more this summer. But swimming has long been an ability less common to video game characters than running, jumping or shooting shotguns. I asked top developers why.