Video games

One of the Rarest Video Game Consoles of All Time Just Sold For $360,000 at Auction

A failed partnership 28 years ago between a pair of gigantic names in gaming has resulted in one of the rarest pieces of hardware in video game history selling at auction today for a staggering $360,000—and it doesn’t even include a single game. The Nintendo Play Station, as it’s most commonly referred to as now,…

Games Andrew Liszewski Mar 6

The Last of Us Is Heading to HBO, Courtesy of the Mind Behind Chernobyl

Sony might be struggling to get one Naughty Dog video game adaptation off the ground already with Uncharted, but another is already a go on TV. And it has some very interesting names behind it. There had been rumors of an adaptation of Naughty Dog’s seminal post-apocalyptic action-drama—which followed survivors Joel (Troy Baker) and Ellie…

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 5

How Castlevania Nails the Balance So Many Video Game Adaptations Mess Up

Video game adaptations have had a rocky history—so rocky, that it’s practically a revelation when we get big blockbuster movies such as Detective Pikachu and Sonic. They wind up feeling like huge celebrations simply because they manage to be basic, fun family movies. But Netflix’s Castlevania has carved out a niche for itself that both…

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 4

One of the Most Beautiful Side-Scrollers of All Time Is Now Available for $3 on iOS and Android

Castlevania games are mostly remembered as popular titles for Nintendo’s classic 8- and 16-bit consoles. And while a version was created for the Sega Genesis, one of the most memorable and beautiful Castlevania games was actually released for the original PlayStation—and 23 years later, it’s now available on iOS and Android. Because the PS1 was…

Games Andrew Liszewski Mar 4

The 35 Best Star Wars Moments of the Disney Era

Another era of Star Wars has drawn to an end. When the Walt Disney Company bought Lucasfilm back in 2012, it announced plans for a new trilogy of Star Wars movies. As you know, that trilogy is now complete and the future of Star Wars is once again uncertain. In those eight years, though, fans…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 3

Decked Out Bed For Gamers Only Comes in Single Sizes

No amount of caffeine, sugar, or Doritos can get around it: Even the most die-hard gamer is going to have to eventually abandon their sweet gaming setup and climb into bed for some rest. But that doesn’t necessarily mean gaming has to be put on hold, thanks to Bauhutte’s new Gaming Beds. It’s a creation…

Games Andrew Liszewski Mar 2

Attractively Sad Vampires and Psychedelic Horror: Warren Ellis and Kevin Kolde Lift the Lid on Castlevania‘s Third Season

Castlevania is on its way back to Netflix, with more bloody monsters to slay and more villainous scheming than you can shake a Belmont-approved whip at. But it faced a bit of a problem for writer Warren Ellis: he’d already killed off his villain, thinking there wouldn’t be a new season. So where does Castlevania…

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 2

The First Monster Hunter Movie Posters Are Here, and Giant Sword Giant Sword Giant Sword Giant Sword

Look: this movie is probably gonna be a hot mess. It’s Paul W.S. Anderson taking on a Capcom video game again, and we’ve just gotta hope it’s a Resident Evil: Retribution hot mess rather than a Resident Evil: The Final Chapter hot mess. But, I will say this: that sword continues to look great. The…

Movies James Whitbrook Feb 28

You Can Connect Your Game Boy Camera to Modern Printers Using This $20 Adapter

Despite its utterly awful image quality (maxing out at a resolution of just 160×144 pixels), the Game Boy Camera was still a popular add-on, thanks in part to a cheap accessory that could print out tiny photos. But finding paper stock for the Game Boy Printer is no easy task these days, so Vaclav Mach…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Feb 28

Nintendo Cracked Open Its Secret Game Boy Stash to Help a 95-Year-Old Fan

Nintendo is known for its excellent customer service, but now and then the company will go above and beyond the call of duty for special cases. When technicians couldn’t fix a 95-year-old Japan woman’s dead Game Boy, the company replaced it with a brand new one, leading us to wonder just how many original Game…

Games Andrew Liszewski Feb 25

Eli Roth Is Directing a Borderlands Movie for Lionsgate

Years after Lionsgate first announced that it planned to adapt Gearbox Software’s Borderlands video game franchise into a live-action movie, the studio has finally announced the creative team who’ll bring the story to life. Eli Roth (of the Hostel movies fame) is set to direct a Borderlands film based on Craig Mazin’s (Chernobyl) screenplay. Gearbox…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 20

A New Book About Sega Includes Incredibly Detailed Pop-up Paper Models of Its Iconic Arcade Games

With a Sonic the Hedgehog film setting records at the box office, now’s as good a time as any to reflect on Sega’s glory days in the ‘80s and ‘90s. But instead of focusing on consoles, a new book takes a deep dive on Sega’s iconic ride-on arcade machines and includes intricate pop-up paper models of…

Games Andrew Liszewski Feb 20

Hasbro Is Bringing Back Tiger Electronics’ Handheld LCD Games

Toy Fair 2020 is just a couple of days away and soon the internet will be abuzz with all the new toys arriving this year, but all the old toys as well. Continuing a trend seen at the show for the past couple of years, Hasbro today revealed it’s bringing back Tiger Electronics’ handheld video…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Feb 19

My Favorite Part of the Sonic Movie Actually Had Very Little to Do With Sonic

With the release of Sonic the Hedgehog, video game movies have turned a corner. After years of being outright awful, they’ve finally reached a tier perhaps best described as “harmlessly fine.” But now that we’ve thankfully reached a level of basic competence, it also weirdly enough gave me a delirious moment of imagining what could…

Movies James Whitbrook Feb 18

Sonic the Hedgehog Had the Best Domestic Opening of Any Video Game Movie Ever

It used to be conventional wisdom that video game movies were not a way to walk the path to success. Warcraft, Assassin’s Creed, and a whole pile of bizarre failed ‘90s game adaptations tell the tale of a film niche that was better left alone. But that may be changing, and Sonic the Hedgehog might…

Movies Julie Muncy Feb 16

Kingdom Come Developers Turn the Tables on Pirates With Copyright Counter-Attack

The great ideological battles over internet piracy feel like they’re long behind us, but the developers of the action RPG video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance have come up with a tactic to combat their pirate foes that has us reminiscing about the old days. Rather than throwing a fit, the developers are monetizing a pirate…

Games Rhett Jones Feb 14

Sonic the Hedgehog Is a Heartfelt Adventure for Kids and Twitchy Nostalgia Junkies Alike

It may come as a shock to adults who read genre news sites to hear that a movie like Sonic The Hedgehog—a movie so heavily influenced by the ‘90s video game IP it’s based on that it almost hurts—is squarely aimed at kids who just wanna see cute, fuzzy cartoon characters get buckwild and bash…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 14

For $65 This Handheld Console Isn’t Perfect But It Gets the Important Things Right

If you assumed that Nintendo was the only company still making handheld gaming devices, you’re missing out on some excellent hardware coming out of China. The New Pocket Go might not be as polished as the Switch or the 3DS, but for its price, it’s a fantastic little handheld that puts decades worth of emulated…

Gaming Andrew Liszewski Feb 13

An iOS Game Where You Play Four Retro Games at the Same Time Might Break Your Brain

There may never be a more accurate way to sum up the experience of using a smartphone than Kieran Haden’s new iOS game: Quadracade. Players face a random collection of retro-inspired mini-games that on their own are each easy to beat, but here you’re challenged to play four of them at the same time. Every…

Games Andrew Liszewski Feb 10

Peter Parker Comes Undone in This Gorgeous Spider-Man PS4 Poster

The Spider-Man PS4 game—or to give it its official title, Marvel’s Spider-Man, just in case you forgot who owned one of the biggest superheroes in the world—didn’t just give us a compelling new take on the world of the beloved webslinger. It also gave us some gorgeous Spider-suits, like the one celebrated by this beautiful…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Feb 5

One of the Rarest Video Game Consoles of All Time Just Sold For $360,000 at Auction

The Last of Us Is Heading to HBO, Courtesy of the Mind Behind Chernobyl

How Castlevania Nails the Balance So Many Video Game Adaptations Mess Up

One of the Most Beautiful Side-Scrollers of All Time Is Now Available for $3 on iOS and Android

The 35 Best Star Wars Moments of the Disney Era

Decked Out Bed For Gamers Only Comes in Single Sizes

Attractively Sad Vampires and Psychedelic Horror: Warren Ellis and Kevin Kolde Lift the Lid on Castlevania‘s Third Season

The First Monster Hunter Movie Posters Are Here, and Giant Sword Giant Sword Giant Sword Giant Sword

You Can Connect Your Game Boy Camera to Modern Printers Using This $20 Adapter

Nintendo Cracked Open Its Secret Game Boy Stash to Help a 95-Year-Old Fan

Eli Roth Is Directing a Borderlands Movie for Lionsgate

A New Book About Sega Includes Incredibly Detailed Pop-up Paper Models of Its Iconic Arcade Games

Hasbro Is Bringing Back Tiger Electronics’ Handheld LCD Games

My Favorite Part of the Sonic Movie Actually Had Very Little to Do With Sonic

Sonic the Hedgehog Had the Best Domestic Opening of Any Video Game Movie Ever

Kingdom Come Developers Turn the Tables on Pirates With Copyright Counter-Attack

Sonic the Hedgehog Is a Heartfelt Adventure for Kids and Twitchy Nostalgia Junkies Alike

For $65 This Handheld Console Isn’t Perfect But It Gets the Important Things Right

An iOS Game Where You Play Four Retro Games at the Same Time Might Break Your Brain

Peter Parker Comes Undone in This Gorgeous Spider-Man PS4 Poster

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