This hat is the future of hats
Everything changes at the drop of a hat.
Snuggle up and melt a cat in your hot cocoa this winter, you deranged monster
The Japanese company Yawahada specializes in adorable, artisanal marshmallows, but they veer from the norm, coming in flavors like chocolatey tiramisu, cheese tarts, baked apple, and so on. As if wrenched from Kirby’s most kawaii dreams, they also make little marshmallows shaped liked cats, which in
A wolf in civil servant’s clothing
Telltale’s detective story was an exploration of dysfunctional government.
Long live Telltale’s presumably death-filled Game of Thrones series
Try to say “Telltale Games’ Game of Thrones game” three times fast. Or just go play episode one, released today. Explore Telltale’s latest transmedia contribution in part one of their episodic GoT series, out now.
It’s finally happened: Ubisoft broke Assassin’s Creed
Rogue abandons the Creed in more ways than one.
21st century Rumpelstiltskin is here to eat your baby
Man, what a weird fairytale.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is equal parts small and forward-thinking
A genderless mushroom person explores dioramas, to charming results.
VA-11 HA-LL-A, where the everyday people of cyberpunk dystopia go to be heard
A cyberpunk booze ’em up that’s all about waifus and forgetting your troubles. VA-11 HA-LL-A makes bartending in a dystopia look like way too much fun.
Celebrate Cyber Monday by watching these crappy robots destroy each other
Well this is probably the best thing you’re going to see all day. Remember Battlebots? This is why Battlebots sucked. A group of 31 people got together in Japan recently for Hebocon: The Robot Contest for Dummies. The sumo-like matches pitted one crappy machine against another to see which could sta
Super Chibi Knight: Coded by daddy, designed by 8-year-old daughter
I mean: adorable.
You probably already know if you want to play Persona Q
Getting the band back together.
The Detail is one of the darkest games we’ve ever played
Murder, molestation, and a man’s face in a deep-fryer.
Get your fix of destruction in Where Is My Hammer
Where Is My Hammer lets you destroy a whole house, its contents, and the car parked outside with a large mallet. You can chip away at the structures carefully, causing cracks in pillars so you can sit back and watch as it slides in half before collapsing. Or you can rush in with a red-hot charged ha
Indoor kids rejoice: there’s finally a social interaction simulator you can use as practice
Feel better about your social ineptitude with Social Interaction Trainer.
Everything in its right place: a Pokémon Omega Ruby Review
Exactly what you’d expect.
If you build it, will they come back?
World of Warcraft and Detroit have responded similarly to dwindling populations.
Live-action graphic novel stars sludge-monsters from the planet Zygon
Comicbook commedia dell’arte.
Find joy in the little things with Petrichor
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso This morning, it rained. I watched from inside, warm and happy to be there instead of underneath a punctured sky. Each droplet bolted to the ground like a bullet, heavy, fast, exact. The sound of rain, calming but
Contemporary Indian fiction becomes impossible architecture in Somewhere
Somewhere’s nonsensical worlds have a very real-world meaning.
Sunburn charts a deadly path through the cosmos
Progress through defeat.
Everyone at the CIA is playing a puzzle game named Kryptos
Games at work are good for national security
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions attempts to improve on perfection
It’s all in the neon-soaked details.
MINIDAYZ lets you play DayZ without the cruelty of other players
I’d been playing DayZ for no longer than two hours when it first happened to me. Jogging tired and hungry across knackered pastures, I heard a gunshot ring out into the air; an enormous clap that could only have come from a deadly long-range rifle. I dived into the xeric dirt and stayed still. After
An exclusive excerpt of The Art of Game Design
The game begins with an idea.