The recent 2014 SXSW (South by Southwest) Festival in Austin, Texas featured a Game of Thrones exhibit. Within that exhibit, however, was a virtual reality simulator called Oculus Rift. Actress Maisie Williams (‘Arya Stark’) was one of the GoT actors on-site who tried the new gaming system. After stepping into a tiny cage-like room, she […]
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Hasbro has announced it will let Facebook users choose a new word to be added to the official Scrabble dictionary. But they’ve taken care to avoid the dangers of online democracy. Hasbro works with Merriam-Webster to produce an official dictionary for Scrabble players in countries that use American or Canadian English, though it’s been nine […]
Steven K Smith (From Steven K Smith Props), whom we featured in our piece highlighting some of the best male cosplayers in the world last month, just finished one of the most awesome costumes I’ve ever seen: The Level 3 suit from Dead Space. And no, this isn’t a render from the game but an […]
It’s the ultimate super soldier battle as Master Chief takes on Captain America, and the winner has already been decided by fan vote! If you head over to Youtube after watching this, you’ll see that the video has an equal amount of “likes” and “dislikes.” My guess is that there’s quite a few people who […]
A duel between the world’s fastest robot and Timo Boll, one of the world’s best ping-pong player. The unbelievably fast KUKA robot faces off against one of the best table tennis players of all time. Who has the best technique? Who will win the first ever table tennis duel of human versus robot? Too bad […]
) This week’s edition of Man at Arms features Honedge from Pokemon and my friends Chad and Angie from the Screen Team! Every other Monday, master swordsmith Tony Swatton forges your favorite weapons from video games, movies, and television. This week, he tackles the Pokemon Honedge! [Awe Me]
Aware of female representation in video games, game developer QCF went back to the drawing board when it came to developing its characters for Desktop Dungeons. From QCF: It wasn’t good enough for us [at QCF] to simply react with deliberate ugliness or typically masculine factors – the idea was for Desktop Dungeons to remove […]
When two of the video game industry’s most lauded companies embark on a journey together, you know something special is going to happen. Telltale Games, in conjugation with Gearbox Software, has a present for Borderlands fans later this year, and it looks better than any diamond pony. Tales From the Borderlands is going to be […]
The annual film, music and interactive festival kicked off in Austin yesterday, taking over most of downtown and the surrounding areas. One of the big draws this year is the Gaming Expo. Indie developers were out in force, showcasing some fun, sometimes educational, and some fully immersive video games for fans to take a crack […]