Gaming

Mike Tyson wins first combat in a decade—against his own Nintendo game

“Pum! Pum! Pum! Oh, up your ass, dude! Take this! take this!” That’s Mike Tyson winning his first combat since 2001, playing his own Nintendo game for the first time. Look at him—he’s just like a little kid with a new toy. So cute. https://kotaku.com/watch-mike-tyson-play-mike-tysons-punch-out-for-the-f-1170599272

Sploid Jesus Diaz Aug 20

The very best storytelling games to light your imagination on fire

Take an evening joking around with friends, add a pinch of D&D and a dash of Who’s Line Is It Anyway?, and you’ve got some idea of what a story game is. These collaborative storytelling games cover Shakespearean tragedies, the careers of metal bands, heists gone wrong and all that lies in between. The exact…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Aug 16

Archaeologists Unearth Pieces from a 5,000 Year-Old Board Game

While excavating an ancient burial mound at Başur Höyük near Siirt in southeast Turkey, archaeologists discovered a set of sculpted stones that may represent the earliest recorded gaming tokens. Some 49 small carved stones were unearthed by Turkish archaeologists excavating Bronze Age graves, reports Discovery News. They were sculpted in various shapes and painted in…

io9 George Dvorsky Aug 16

At last, they’re adding female soldiers to one of the biggest games ever

Call of Duty—a warfare simulator that is one most popular and important games in history—is adding female soldiers to the game. The developers gave plenty of excuses in the past, but now they are finally caving in, adding a feature to customize your player, including the player’s sex. https://kotaku.com/why-female-soldiers-were-finally-added-to-call-of-duty-1142063196

Sploid Jesus Diaz Aug 15

Fear and Loathing in the Mobile Entertainment Industry

The economy may be mired in an existential crisis, but there’s one place where the money is flowing: into those fun apps on your phone. As I discovered at a “casual mobile entertainment sector” conference last month, Portland isn’t the only place where the dream of the 90s lives on. At Casual Connect, held in…

io9 Jason Shankel Aug 15

Archaeologists Just Found the Oldest Board Game Tokens Ever

In a tomb near Siirt in southeast Turkey, archaeologists believe they may have just found the oldest gaming tokens ever after dating them back to a whopping 5,000 years young. The extensive set is made up of 49 small, carved stones that wouldn’t be entirely dissimilar to chess pieces if not for the fact that,…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Aug 15

The Xbox One Can Tell When It’s Overheating, and Adjusts to Fix It

So here’s a cool thing the Xbox One can do: It automatically recognizes when it’s overheating—probably because you’re an idiot and left a pizza box on top of it—and can adjust on the fly. In fact, it’s designed with extra room to make those adjustments. In our chat with Xbox’s General Manager of Console Development…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Aug 13

Take a look at the killer RPG action coming in Gygax Magazine #2

Gygax Magazine launched earlier this year — named for one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons, and featuring the involvement of Gary Gygax’s sons. Now TSR’s given us a sneak preview of their second issue, due next week, featuring a cover by Jeff Easley. The cover features Easley’s classic and instantly recognizable style, and…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Aug 9

New game creates a hive mind out of Google Glass users

By encouraging Glass users to behave and work like virtual ants, a new game called Swarm! is showing the tremendous potential for augmented reality to bring crowdsourcing to the next level — if not to humanity itself. Swarm! is currently under development by Daniel Estrada of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and Jonathan Lawhead…

io9 George Dvorsky Aug 6

An Awesome Donkey Kong Rack For Your Terrible Coffee Capsules

Not everyone has the time to painstakingly brew the perfect cup of coffee each morning. That’s why simple capsule coffee machines from Keurig and Nespresso have become so popular. And if you’re embarrassed at taking a shortcut for your morning brew, you can distract your judgemental coffee snob friends with this brilliant Donkey Kong-inspired Nespresso…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 6

Our Favorite Laptops, Cameras, Light Bulbs, and More

T.S. Eliot didn’t know what the hell he was talking about—August is unquestionably the cruelest month. With only four more sweet weeks of summer left, every day that passes is just another reminder that we’re about to be back in the lifeless dregs of fall. And what do we do when something upsets us? That’s…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg Aug 2

Microsoft Just Improved the Xbox One’s Graphics Powers

Well, Microsoft does seem to be listening to people. A sticking point for a lot of fans on the next-generation console has been that it’s less powerful than Sony’s PlayStation 4. In a podcast today, though, Major Nelson talked with Xbox’s Marc Whitten about some changes to the Xbox One that will let it crank…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Aug 2

Control the epic sweep of history in the fascinating new RPG Red Aegis

It’s sort of like D&D meets Civilization: Each session advances the timeline of the world hundreds or thousands of years into the future. Red Aegis is an intriguing RPG about dynasties that span centuries and heroic adventures that can carry you from the stone age to the stars. We talked to the creators. This is…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Aug 1

Nvidia Shield Teardown: A Lot’s Crammed Into This Strange Device

Nvidia’s slightly crazy Shield gaming device-cum-tablet is now in the wild, and iFixit has done what it does best and torn the sucker apart. https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-project-shield-hands-on-a-little-less-weird-tha-5974239 Turns out that there’s a lot squeezed into the frame of this hybrid device. As well as packing a serious GPU, it’s got a huge 7350 mAh battery (previous reports…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Aug 1

Next-generation game consoles will pretty much feel the same

Theoretically, the next Playstation will be 50% faster than the next Xbox. But according to this simulated graphics comparison test, you shouldn’t care. At the end of the day, games will pretty much feel the same, says Sam Gibbs at Gizmodo: “whichever next-gen console you buy at launch you’ll probably be fine.” https://gizmodo.com/in-theory-this-is-how-the-xbox-one-compares-to-the-ps4-974197622

Sploid Jesus Diaz Jul 31

In Theory, This Is How Xbox One and PS4 Graphics Compare

There’s no doubt that on paper, the way Sony’s designed the PS4 and the AMD components it’s selected offer 50 per cent more power in the GPU department over the Xbox One. But does it really make any difference when you get down to playing a game? That’s the question Eurogamer and Digital Foundry set…

Tech News Sam Gibbs - Gizmodo UK Jul 31

A Wonderful Lunatic Turned a MacBook Air Into a Badass Gaming Rig

The MacBook Air is an incredible laptop for many reasons, none of those being “good for gaming”. But this geek hero just straight up refused to accept the limitations of the 11-inch MacBook Air, and made it hum like a gaming laptop—with the help of a little creativity. https://gizmodo.com/macbook-air-2012-review-still-the-best-laptop-for-regu-5923184 The MacBook Air stinks at gaming…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 30

Netflix for Giant Arcade Consoles Is So Crazy It Just Might Work

Buying an old-school arcade console is a big investment. Ms. Pac-Man bragging rights don’t just cost a lot of money—you pay the price in real estate. That whole corner of your living room gone for just one measly game. A new service called All You Can Arcade sort of makes this proposition worthwhile. For $75…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 22

A Beach Towel Game Boy That Never Runs Out of Batteries

For a lot of us the original Nintendo Game Boy was the best travel companion we could have ever hoped for as a kid. Now, our phones provide suitable distractions during boring flights or car rides. But we’ve still got a soft spot for Nintendo’s old handheld, and feel honored at the chance to sprawl…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 19

Get a Stack of Indie RPGs with the Pay-What-You-Want Bundle of Holding

Bundle of Holding +4 is a package of innovative and independently created story games that can be had for any price, with some of the proceeds going to Oxfam and Feeding America. There are three games included in the bundle: Psi*Run, in which a government agency is trying to track you down. Witch: The Road…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Jul 18

Mike Tyson wins first combat in a decade—against his own Nintendo game

The very best storytelling games to light your imagination on fire

Archaeologists Unearth Pieces from a 5,000 Year-Old Board Game

At last, they’re adding female soldiers to one of the biggest games ever

Fear and Loathing in the Mobile Entertainment Industry

Archaeologists Just Found the Oldest Board Game Tokens Ever

The Xbox One Can Tell When It’s Overheating, and Adjusts to Fix It

Take a look at the killer RPG action coming in Gygax Magazine #2

New game creates a hive mind out of Google Glass users

An Awesome Donkey Kong Rack For Your Terrible Coffee Capsules

Our Favorite Laptops, Cameras, Light Bulbs, and More

Microsoft Just Improved the Xbox One’s Graphics Powers

Control the epic sweep of history in the fascinating new RPG Red Aegis

Nvidia Shield Teardown: A Lot’s Crammed Into This Strange Device

Next-generation game consoles will pretty much feel the same

In Theory, This Is How Xbox One and PS4 Graphics Compare

A Wonderful Lunatic Turned a MacBook Air Into a Badass Gaming Rig

Netflix for Giant Arcade Consoles Is So Crazy It Just Might Work

A Beach Towel Game Boy That Never Runs Out of Batteries

Get a Stack of Indie RPGs with the Pay-What-You-Want Bundle of Holding

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