VIDEO GAME NEWS, REVIEWS, COMEDY, AND MORE
Stephen Colbert Makes Candy Crush Saga “Movie”
Last night on the “Late Show,” Stephen Colbert made fun of video game/movie crossover films, and then he showed a little Candy Crush Saga film for the “Late Show” audience—starring in it...Read More
Nintendo Apps Now In Development Will Be Free to Download
According to the Wall Street Journal, all of the Nintendo apps in development right now will be free to download, but will probably include in-app purchases. This came from DeNA CEO Isao...Read More
NBA Live 16 Review: Airball
Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 4 We played on: PlayStation 4 They say competition breeds innovation, but I’m not so sure that’s always the case. When it comes to choosing a...Read More
Stack-Up.org Launched To Help Soldiers and Veterans Through Video Games
We’ve written before about how Operation Supply Drop was started to help U.S. veterans by supplying them with video games. Captain Machuga founded Operation Supply Drop, and now he’s started...Read More
We’re Giving Away a Copy of Guitar Hero Live
Hey there! We’re giving away a copy of Guitar Hero Live for the PlayStation 4—including the new guitar-controller. Andrew Hayward compared Guitar Hero Live with the new Rock Band for Pixelkin, and he...Read More
You Can Get Some Great Family Games From Target This Black Friday
Target’s Black Friday compendium is 36 pages long. I don’t want you to have to read all that. Heck, I didn’t want to read all that. But I did. Note:...Read More
Nintendo Direct is Coming Back on November 12
Nintendo Directs are coming back after a five-month hiatus this Thursday at 2 p.m. PST. Nintendo made the announcement on Twitter this morning. Nintendo Directs are Nintendo’s premiere medium for big...Read More
Tech-Less Mom: Breaking Things in LEGO Jurassic World
When the folks at Pixelkin suggested I review LEGO Jurassic World this month, I was surprised. How do you combine scary, blood-thirsty dinosaurs with LEGOs? In all of the Jurassic...Read More
Nintendo Is Coming to a Mall Near You
Nintendo is going to be touring 16 malls across the United States to show off a bunch of its games and amiibos to holiday shoppers. They’ll be there from November 23...Read More
Mensa Brain Training Review: Not Much Fun
Mensa Brain Training is an app “accredited” by the Mensa organization and developed by Barnstorm Games.Read More
U.K. Students Create MolCraft, a Minecraft World That Teaches Biochemistry
In the U.K., students at The University of Hull have created a Minecraft world that aims to teach basic biochemistry. It’s called MolCraft, and it’s sponsored by the Royal Society...Read More
Lightneer Launches as Angry Birds Cuts Its Education Division
“The world caught us off-guard,” says the website of game startup Lightneer. Lightneer is the new learning-game company founded just as Angry Birds developer Rovio restructured. The comment refers to...Read More
Rock Band 4 vs. Guitar Hero Live: Battle of the Band Games
The music-game genre used to be all the rage. And Rock Band and Guitar Hero used to be the dueling juggernauts. But when sales sagged, both franchises took some time...Read More
Sneak Peek: Fallout 4 Comes Out On November 10
Fallout 4 (rated M for Mature) is the fifth major installment in Bethesda Softworks’ Fallout series after Fallout New Vegas, (hence the numbering mismatch). The game takes place in 2077, 200...Read More
