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8 Terrible Games That People Inexplicably Have Nostalgia For

Nostalgia is a powerful feeling: it can bring back happy memories, but it can also make us overlook some pretty egregious flaws in the things we have loved. Case in point: Here are eight games that were fairly lousy — but people insist on loving them anyway. Disclaimer: Despite literally everything I’m about to say…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 3

Now Your Amazon Fire TV Can Stream Games, Too

Ever heard of GameFly? It’s what Netflix used to be, but for video games: mail-order disc rentals for Xbox, Playstation and Nintendo titles. It’s neat, but slow. Today, the company launched something a little faster: GameFly Streaming, a cloud gaming service for the Amazon Fire TV. Like Nvidia’s Grid or Sony’s PlayStation Now, GameFly’s new…

Tech News Sean Buckley Jun 3

Ghosts Should Still Fear a Single Pixel Pac-Man

At 35 years old, Pac-Man has managed to remain a popular video game for decades. If only his dated graphics weren’t really showing their age. Instead of giving the yellow hero a facelift, though, Hackaday’s Mike Szczys has instead made the game’s graphics even simpler with his 1-Pixel Pac-Man de-make that you can build yourself.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 2

Take A First Look At Ernest Cline’s Armada… And Win A Signed Copy!

Ernie Cline took the world by storm with his video game epic Ready Player One. Now he’s back with a brand new novel Armada — with a premise that will sound very familiar to fans of The Last Starfighter. Read the first chapter, right here — and we just gave away 40 signed copies! Cline’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jun 1

Lego Worlds is basically Minecraft but with those plastic bricks we love

With Lego already making loads of official Minecraft playsets, you’d think the company would avoid stepping on the insanely popular building game’s toes. But apparently that’s not the case, because today Lego Worlds was officially announced, and the only real difference between playing it and Minecraft is that you get to build with actual Lego…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 1

The latest Lego Jurassic World game trailer makes the wait even harder

It doesn’t reveal much in terms of gameplay, but Warner Bros. has released another trailer for Lego Jurassic World that shows a few more glimpses of the levels based on the three previous films in the franchise. It also mentions the Lego Jurassic World Creation Lab, so in addition to being able to play as…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 29

8-bit video game version of The Shawshank Redemption is still good

It shouldn’t come as a surprise as The Shawshank Redemption is one of the all-time great movies but this 8-bit version of the film captures a little bit of that same spirit and is fun to watch too. I guess Andy and Red’s friendship translates into any medium, even if it’s animated in a retro…

Sploid Casey Chan May 27

Tiny Lego video game consoles to keep your Minifigs entertained

Worried your collection of Lego Minifigures is bored while you’re at your nine-to-five all day? Even tiny plastic people need a way to stay entertained, and for those times when the carnival isn’t in town, these Minifig-scale Lego video game consoles and controllers are the perfect addition to any studded living room. The custom pieces…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 27

Screentendo Turns Screenshots Into a Playable Super Mario Level

When you’re bored at work, pulling out your Game Boy to pass the time isn’t exactly inconspicuous. But this simple app called Screentendo is. It snaps a screenshot of whatever you’re working on and then turns it into a simple Super Mario level with clouds and breakable blocks. Spreadsheets have never been more entertaining. Developed…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 27

How To Get Into The Witcher Novels

If you play video games, you might be familiar with The Witcher. But before Geralt of Rivia dazzled gamers in CD Projekt Red’s series, he was the star of Polish writer Andrzej Sapowski’s hit fantasy novels. Want to know more about the literary origins of the Witcher? Here’s everything you need to get started. Origins…

io9 James Whitbrook May 21

New Civilization: Beyond Earth Expansion Lets You Colonize Alien Oceans

Civilization: Beyond Earth—The Rising Tide expands, revises, and refines the original Civ: BE with new biomes, a brand new diplomacy system, and oceans full of resources and aliens that can be exploited and colonized. We talked with the lead designer to find out what this expansion has in store for Civ fans. In the half…

io9 Ed Grabianowski May 19

Meet Orgrim The Orc In This Amazing First Peek At The Warcraft Movie

We’ve been drip fed reports about test footage and even gorgeous painted recreations of unreleased trailers, but here is our first official look at Duncan Jones’ Warcraft: The gloriously detailed visage of Orc chieftain Orgrim Doomhammer! https://gizmodo.com/a-whos-who-of-the-heroes-of-the-warcraft-movie-1656436541 Wired have officially unveiled our first good look at the mindblowing work of Industrial Light and Magic for…

Movies James Whitbrook May 18

Breaking Bad expertly recreated with GTA V graphics is just fantastic

That’s it. GTA V is such an amazing world that it can be used to create anything. Let’s make movies and full seasons of TV shows using just GTA V graphics because this is just stunning. Here is a Breaking Bad tribute done completely with GTA V and it sums up a decent amount of…

Sploid Casey Chan May 15

Action Heroes We Love: Commander Shepard

Action heroes save the day. Sometimes, they even save a whole city, a whole country, and if they’re especially great, the whole world. Not every hero gets to save the entire galaxy from eons of cyclical destruction: That honor goes to Commander Shepard, one of science fiction’s ultimate action heroes. Commander Jane — or possibly…

io9 James Whitbrook May 14

You’ll actually get to play as dinosaurs in the Lego Jurassic World game

Jurassic World hits theaters next month, and in addition to more dino-themed merchandise than you can shake a fossil at, it will also be accompanied by a new Lego game featuring levels from all four films in the Jurassic Park franchise. And as the latest game trailer reveals, you’ll actually get to play as your…

Movies Andrew Liszewski May 14

8-bit Captain America: The Winter Soldier is almost as fun as the movie

Captain America: The Winter Soldier smartly buoyed what could have been a pretty bland character with other fun ones which all added up to a really fun movie. One of Marvel’s best, probably. Here it is summed up in 8-bit video game style, which Captain America looks great in. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow…

Sploid Casey Chan May 13

This Simulator’s Steering Wheel Is Strong Enough To Break Your Wrists

So how realistic do you like your simulators? Some racing fans are willing to spend thousands of dollars on displays, controls, and seats that move and shake to enhance their virtual driving experience. But a company called CXC Simulations is taking things to a whole new level with a new force feedback steering wheel that’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 13

A Tiny Video Game-Playing Business Card You Can Smuggle In Your Wallet

A year ago Kevin Bates singlehandedly justified the antiquated tradition of swapping business cards with a thin and tiny handheld console that could even play video games. He originally created the Arduboy as the ultimate business card to show off his electronics skills to potential employers, but now anyone can finally buy one through Kevin’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 11

Lego Dimensions instruction manuals reveal Portal and Doctor Who sets

Although Lego Dimensions won’t be out until September, we’ve already had a pretty good look at some of the game’s extra expansion packs. But an instruction manual uploaded to Lego’s website has given us even more news: our first look at Lego Doctor Who, and confirmation of Lego Portal! The pictures come from the instruction…

Tech News James Whitbrook May 11

Virtual Reality Theme Park Will Let You Step Inside A Video Game

If this bold new idea for a virtual reality theme park is real, we’ll be first in line, because this is as close as your ever going to get to a holodeck/dreamatorium. It’s like actually being inside a video game. Utah is opening up a virtual reality park that sounds bananas amazing, if they can…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 7

8 Terrible Games That People Inexplicably Have Nostalgia For

Now Your Amazon Fire TV Can Stream Games, Too

Ghosts Should Still Fear a Single Pixel Pac-Man

Take A First Look At Ernest Cline’s Armada… And Win A Signed Copy!

Lego Worlds is basically Minecraft but with those plastic bricks we love

The latest Lego Jurassic World game trailer makes the wait even harder

8-bit video game version of The Shawshank Redemption is still good

Tiny Lego video game consoles to keep your Minifigs entertained

Screentendo Turns Screenshots Into a Playable Super Mario Level

How To Get Into The Witcher Novels

New Civilization: Beyond Earth Expansion Lets You Colonize Alien Oceans

Meet Orgrim The Orc In This Amazing First Peek At The Warcraft Movie

Breaking Bad expertly recreated with GTA V graphics is just fantastic

Action Heroes We Love: Commander Shepard

You’ll actually get to play as dinosaurs in the Lego Jurassic World game

8-bit Captain America: The Winter Soldier is almost as fun as the movie

This Simulator’s Steering Wheel Is Strong Enough To Break Your Wrists

A Tiny Video Game-Playing Business Card You Can Smuggle In Your Wallet

Lego Dimensions instruction manuals reveal Portal and Doctor Who sets

Virtual Reality Theme Park Will Let You Step Inside A Video Game

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