Angry Birds in Space: NASA Announcement [Video]
The FIRST ever game announcement and gameplay footage from space. Brought to you by NASA and Don Pettit from the ISS. [Angry Birds Space: The Game | Angry Birds Space: The Book]
Category Archives: Games
Epic Starcraft Protoss Cake [Picture]
I do this for Aiur. [Via]
Inventor Portrait: Ralph Baer (The Father of Video Games)
Ralph Baer is often called the father of video games. His invention, the Magnavox Odyssey, was the first home console system. I photographed and interviewed him this summer as part of my ongoing series on inventors (the book and app for which will be out eventually I promise). Since he turns 90 years old this […]
Game sales slump yet again
Video game sales have continued to drop significantly in the US, a trend that’s being blamed on a lack of compelling new releases. But gamers are still estimated to have spent more than one and half billion dollars during the month. Research firm NPD Group reports that sales revenue from new games in physical format […]
Awesome Sonic the Hedgehog Cake
Presented without comment. [Via]
The World’s Largest Slingshot [Video]
That would be just the perfect thing to play a real-life game of Angry Birds! [Via]
Street Fighter X Tekken: The Devil Within [Epic Short Film]
Commissioned in support of this week’s highly anticipated Street Fighter X Tekken release, the Thousand Pounds Action Company (the team behind the popular Real Life Ultra Combos and Street Fighter: Beginnings End videos) has released a totally badass epic live action film based on the game. Titled The Devil Within, the film features incredible fight […]
SimCity to be reborn next year
SimCity is returning in 2013, and it looks as if it will combine the classic gameplay with some more modern gaming trends. It being nine years since the last edition, makers Maxis have opted for a reboot with the new game simply being SimCity rather than SimCity 5. Among the changes in the new game: […]
New game controller design gets thumbs up… and down
A new video game controller design aims to go a step beyond vibration by actively stretching the skin on players’ thumbs. It’s intended to simulate actions such as a gun recoiling. The design includes traditional thumbsticks, but with a separate circle in the middle known as a tactor. It’s similar to an eraser at the […]
Like John: A Mass Effect Song + Mass Effect Blackout (Breathe Carolina) Parody [Video]
Since Mass Effect III has just been released today, I thought that posting those (above and below) was kind of appropriate :) [Random Encounter | Mass Effect III] Mass Effect 3 Song! Parody of Breathe Carolina “Blackout”