Video games

A Gorgeous NES Clone Made From a Solid Block of Aluminum

Running an emulator with a few ROMs on your laptop or smartphone is a great way to scratch a nostalgic itch for a long lost console. But for the full experience, you need a TV to crowd around with friends, real controllers, and of course the hardware. Which is where the Analogue Nt—a gorgeous aluminum…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 12

Play 1984’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text game for free online

This warning says it all: “The game will kill you frequently. It’s a bit mean like that.” Thirty years ago, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams and Infocom’s Steve Meretzky designed an interactive fiction version of the classic work of scifi humor. The game was a huge hit; according to the BBC, it…

io9 Lauren Davis Mar 10

Could the Minecraft movie really be the next Lego Movie?

It’s probably not a coincidence that Warner Bros. is rushing ahead with a movie based on the mega-popular online game Minecraft, right after Lego Movie became one of the year’s biggest films. But will a Minecraft film capture what’s so great about the game? As Deadline points out the Lego/Minecraft comparisons sort of suggest themselves:…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 28

The Haunting, Gothic Concept Art of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Can’t wait for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2? Here’s some exclusive Castlevania concept art to tide you over. This comes from The Art of Castlevania – Lords of Shadow, published by Titan Books, which is chock full of artwork from the first game and the upcoming second game. Castlevania – Lords of Shadow followed Gabriel…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 28

The Most Disappointing Final Battles in All Science Fiction and Fantasy

It’s all been leading up to this. Hundreds of pages, or hours, of buildup, leading up to the final confrontation between the forces of excellent and the forces of not-excellent. And then… it’s kind of a bust. The bad guys kind of fold. Or the fight lasts 30 seconds. Or it’s just thumb-wrestling. Here are…

Movies Jason Krell and Charlie Jane Anders Feb 27

Geniuses created a robot that plays Flappy Bird better than humans

Suck at Flappy Bird? Don’t worry, most humans do. Even if you’re smart, the game is so silly it won’t reward your intelligence. But do you know how you could outsmart Flappy Bird? By building a Flappy Bird terminator. Two guys from China used their frustration to make a robot who basically kicks ass at…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 25

This Last of Us concept art is the coolest post-apocalyptic art in ages

The Playstation game The Last of Us is one of the most important post-apocalyptic stories of the past few years, so it’s not surprising that the game’s concept art is also pretty astonishing. Artist John Sweeney shared a ton of the concept art he created for The Last of Us over at the Concept Art…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 19

Playing Flappy Bird inside this box is way more fun than on your phone

Missed out on your chance to download Flappy Bird? It’s okay. You can just make a DIY box version of the same game. It looks way more fun. That’s what Fawn Qiu did. She made an IRL version of Flappy Bird using an Arduino sensor, two servo motors, a reed switch and magnets. Oh and…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 18

The hilarious differences between video games and real life

If only video games were real life, right? Caffeine could be ditched for super star power ups, quests would be fun to do and rewarding as opposed to simply job saving and you wouldn’t have to worry about budgeting because you would buy everything since it’s so easy to make money. Ah, video game life…

Sploid Casey Chan Feb 14

Why action video games could be a treatment for dyslexia

Dyslexia is typically seen as a reading disorder, but many dyslexics are also known to have trouble processing sensory information. Research now reveals that dyslexics find it especially difficult to shift their attention between visual and audio stimuli. This suggests that brain training with action video games could actually improve dyslexics’ literacy skills. Dyslexia isn’t…

io9 Joseph Bennington-Castro Feb 14

Real Life Sonic the Hedgehog is Utterly Terrifying

What if video game legend Sonic the Hedgehog existed in the real world? It would probably look something like this. And this is disgusting. We are not sure where this originated from but thank you to the So Chill Network for pointing this out. Also if anyone knows where this monster was created can you…

io9 Meredith Woerner Feb 12

This Genius Kinect Rig Puts You Inside a Video Game in Two Minutes Flat

What if, the next time you played a video game, the main character not only looked like you but had the same body, same clothes, same everything? How would it change the way you related to the game? How would it change the way you relate to the other characters in it? I found out.…

Tech News Brent Rose Feb 11

The Ugly Behind-the-Scenes History of Video Game Movies

Few Hollywood announcements are treated with such fierce-yet-wounded anticipation as video game adaptations. Full of incredible artistry, instantly-recognizable characters and an increasingly-mature approach to storytelling, you’d be forgiven for thinking gaming is a medium particularly well suited for making the jump to the silver screen. But history tells another story. This piece was originally conceived…

Movies Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK Feb 11

Crazy Oculus Rift Rig Turns Any Room Into a Holodeck Full of Zombies

The Oculus Rift is already great when you’re just sitting down, but it’s easy to imagine an awesome future where you walk around with it on. A holodeck on your face. Well, that future’s already here. Meet the Inversion VR system from Zero Latency. Unlike a holodeck, you can’t just walk in though. To get…

Tech News Eric Limer Feb 5

The Saddest Little Dragonborn in Skyrim

The Khajiit battled across Skyrim and learned the Dragon Shouts, relying on his wits, his sword, and his incomparable cuteness. But as soon as he took that arrow to the knee, he knew his quest was at its end. This is the final image from Darren Geers’ “The saddest Khajiit“ series, which finds our fluffy…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 4

Seeing every single Nintendo NES video game start screen is so fun

Wow. NicksplosionFX just created a time machine of emotions by stitching together every single—yes, every single—original Nintendo NES video game start screen in one epic video. The whole shabang lasts 3 hours and goes in alphabetical order and has so many memorable beeps and boops that you can’t help but feel like a kid again…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 22

Nikon Just Put Me in a Video Game and It Was Totally Insane

I finally fulfilled my childhood dream and it made me feel like a kid again: I played a video game as myself in the freaking game. It was beyond incredible and so weird, but oodles of fun. This is the best thing. Alexx Henry teamed up with Nikon to create this xxArray camera system that…

Tech News Casey Chan Jan 8

China Finally Suspends Its Ban on Foreign Game Consoles

After 14 years of prohibition, the Chinese government has lifted a ban on the sale of foreign consoles inside the country’s border. This opens the door for Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony to tap in the multi-billion market—though the companies have already admitted it won’t be easy. It’s so far unclear exactly how far the suspension…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jan 7

This is Ellen Ripley’s daughter, all grown up and ready to kill Aliens

Meet Amanda Ripley, daughter of Ellen Ripley and main character in Alien: Isolation. Do you think she looks like her mother? This first image comes on the heels of a ton of amazing gameplay footage that came out today from Alien: Isolation, the Alien tie-in video game starring Ripley’s ass-kicking daughter. Check out the footage,…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 7

How to conquer Magic the Gathering‘s new Duels of the Planeswalkers

You’ll need a brand new strategy for Duels of the Planeswalkers, the casual “video game” version of the Magic the Gathering card game. Luckily, our ultimate Planeswalkers guide will tell you when to counterspell, when to summon a massive elder thing, when to reanimate a demon corpse, and how to lay waste to your opponent.…

io9 Ed Grabianowski Dec 25

A Gorgeous NES Clone Made From a Solid Block of Aluminum

Play 1984’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy text game for free online

Could the Minecraft movie really be the next Lego Movie?

The Haunting, Gothic Concept Art of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

The Most Disappointing Final Battles in All Science Fiction and Fantasy

Geniuses created a robot that plays Flappy Bird better than humans

This Last of Us concept art is the coolest post-apocalyptic art in ages

Playing Flappy Bird inside this box is way more fun than on your phone

The hilarious differences between video games and real life

Why action video games could be a treatment for dyslexia

Real Life Sonic the Hedgehog is Utterly Terrifying

This Genius Kinect Rig Puts You Inside a Video Game in Two Minutes Flat

The Ugly Behind-the-Scenes History of Video Game Movies

Crazy Oculus Rift Rig Turns Any Room Into a Holodeck Full of Zombies

The Saddest Little Dragonborn in Skyrim

Seeing every single Nintendo NES video game start screen is so fun

Nikon Just Put Me in a Video Game and It Was Totally Insane

China Finally Suspends Its Ban on Foreign Game Consoles

This is Ellen Ripley’s daughter, all grown up and ready to kill Aliens

How to conquer Magic the Gathering‘s new Duels of the Planeswalkers

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