Video Games

The weird, wide world of Tumblr has invented a new use of fan art, Pokemon shaming. By now you’ve probably seen at least one picture of a dog or toddler wearing a sign saying they…

I don’t imagine this is how the original Halo theme was recorded, but I was quite impressed with how well an echo chamber this stairwell turned out be. Who needs million dollar recording studios when…

David Urbinati is a great animator who has a talent for the minimalist. He’s done a series of rather amazing Portal GIFs in his signature style, one of which you can see above which Chell…

We featured the first video in this series a few weeks ago, but now Jim Ross is back with some video game commentary, and the result is just as effective as it was the first…

We all know that October is THE month for games this year. When people ask me what games I’m looking forward to the most for that month, they always find my answer to be unusual….

  Video game marketing can be weird. At one point, a company like Nintendo will have to hard-sell a trimmed-down, handheld version of their extremely popular home console. They’ll claim “it’s just as good as…

I’m used to seeing video game speedruns for the likes of Mario, Sonic and so on, but Fallout 3? Given the fact that I’d sunk 100+ hours into that game, I didn’t think it could…

This is a guest post by Mike Leaño, a freelance writer, aspiring evil genius, and founder of Console Gamer, an independent video game blog. It was a trap! The moment you stepped inside the small…

We all know that there really aren’t any good video game film adaptations. Sometimes it’s even laughable to hope that one will be different. I’ve stopped expecting for critically acclaimed films based on video games,…