How To Make A Great Video Game Without Guns Or Sports
I don’t play games anymore because they’re too violent, or involve sports. Sly Cooper is here to save the day.
I don’t play games anymore because they’re too violent, or involve sports. Sly Cooper is here to save the day.
On Nov. 29, 1972, a crude table-tennis arcade game in a garish orange cabinet was delivered to bars and pizza parlors around California, and a multi-billion-dollar industry was born. Here’s how that happened, direct from the freaks and geeks who invented a culture and paved the way for today’s tech moguls.
Watching your characters eat food is the best part of video games. Now Gourmet Gaming lets you experience the virtual glory FOR REAL.
Yet. If any indie developers wanted to turn Ty Letteu’s art into a game, no one would complain.
“Will you be my player two?
How a terrible, deliberately provocative Flash game from 2002 became part of the conversation about gun violence.
Or perhaps it is just pretending to be Mario.
You know it’s only a matter of time.
The protagonist from the Legend of Zelda series needs an intervention. He isn’t even taking the rupees anymore.
Our parents really loved us. This explains why November was Hamburger Helper Month.
Capcom is set to release a fan-made video game that wraps up the 25th anniversary of “Street Fighter”, while commencing the silver anniversary of “Mega Man.” Oh, and did we say that it will be free?
Video games are getting older, and so are you.
Artist Jesse Eisemann created these Bluth-family tributes using old NES cartridges as his canvas. Now someone needs to make these actual games, stat. H/T: The Daily Dot.
Mario wasn’t always a plumber and he wasn’t always called Mario.
Oh God, the pressure is too much! It’s like artist Sailor Swayze is inside my mind.
Besides the fact that it’s the greatest game ever.
SE-GA. Video game voices in the 90s sounded more like robots learning to mimic human speech patterns.
The biggest duty of all. Honestly, who wouldn’t play a FPS voiced by Jane Lynch?
Word to the wise, don’t steal Naomi’s pizza. The only downside to this interactive YouTube video is you only get to make one choice.
Colleen Lachowicz is a State Senate candidate by day, “orc assassination rogue” by night. Or does facing off with troglodytes and balancing a life and a raid schedule make her MORE qualified?
Remember when you could buy a single, self-contained game for practically any subject you wanted?
I need these because of reasons. But not to cook in because they are too magnificent to stain.
Zombies and Call Of Duty are about as inevitable as death and taxes. Anyone else getting a serious Left 4 Dead vibe from this trailer?
Pokémon Black and White was inspired by New York City.
This Super Mario Brothers tribute board game is a work of sheer genius, turning Hungry Hungry Hippos into an amazing Koopa battle where you eat everything that you can. Game on!
Hey! Listen! For twenty-six years, the silent Link has been perfecting his skills to save Hyrule.
Warning: Most of these contain adorable cats and/or rainbows!
Without giving away the entire plot. Well played, Disney.
You know what, I’m over the flying car. Just give us this!
BuzzFeed sat down and interviewed sock puppets. Because sock puppets are people too.