A games industry body has called for video games to be legally classified in Europe as a cultural product rather than software. TIGA also wants local laws changed to make it easier to recruit development staff from abroad. While there’s a longstanding philosophical debate about whether video games can be art (brilliantly satirised by Sophie […]
Featuring old Nathan Drake and a teenage girl with the face of Ellen Page! From the studio that for some reason isn’t working on a next gen Jak and Daxter, comes a PlayStation exclusive so bleak it makes Killzone look like Kingdom Hearts – The Last of Us. [Smosh Games]
At least one eBay seller has sold a limited edition PS1-style Playstation 4 for more than $20,000. In contrast, a few lucky Brits got hold of one for less than ยฃ20 ($32). The special PS4, launched to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original PlayStation, has the same tech specs as the normal model. The […]
Ralph Baer, the man who created the first home games console, has died aged 92. His Magnavox Odyssey came out three years before the better-known Atari Pong machine. Indeed, the Odyssey (pictured) was more like today’s consoles than Atari’s machine. Whereas Pong was a single-game device, the Odyssey allowed players to choose different games by […]
Back in 2012, a video appeared online showing a simulation of a fake “pong” game at a traffic light where you could play with a stranger at the other side of the street while waiting for the light to change. But the project is no longer a simulation and there is now a real “Street […]
A metal version of one of my favorite games of all time. Now how awesome is that? [331ERock | Via NA]
In case you’re wondering, yes, this is at regular speed. Just look at the time counter. [TOJkero]
Not based on the popular TV show, but instead the way less popular comic book, comes a game about surviving the zombie apocalypse that’s mostly people talking about stuff – TellTale’s The Walking Dead. [Smosh Games]
Ouch. [ShutTheHellUp1]
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