GeoGuessr, as you might have guessr'd from the name, is a straightforward game. You get dropped in the middle of a random location on Google Street View and have to guess, based on your surroundings, where the hell you are. The closer you are, the higher your score. Pretty simple right?The difficulty varies wildly. Sometimes it'll drop you in front of a sign that reads "Welcome to Rio De Janeiro", and other times it'll strand your ass on a dirt … [Read more...]
Ah, Uncharted's Nathan Drake — The everyman's adventurer. In a gaming landscape populated with neckless, 'roid-filled space marines and cyborg ninjas, you're here to remind us that being a regular joe on a mystical adventure is its own kind of cool. Drake has gone through a lot of small, tiny changes over the years, but one thing that has mostly remained (somewhat) constant is the 'Half-tuck' — An innovative form of shirt wearing that game … [Read more...]
Mood is such an important thing in a nuclear apocalypse; a detail that is so easy to forget. That’s something that’s painfully palpable in the first hour of Metro: Last Light Yes there are telepathic, radioactive creatures. Yes, there is shooting and stabbing. But what really sticks to my ribs more than anything are those tiny, nigh invisible moments of quiet — those tiny glimpses when you see someone frittering away time and simply being a … [Read more...]
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, came out last week. If you played it, you may notice that its main character, Rex "Power" Colt, is an unstoppable, one-liner army. In the supercut above, I assembled some of Rex's funniest, stupidest and most groan-worthy zingers. See how long you can go without cringing, giggling or saying "I see what you did there!" to your monitor. Head's up: the above video above has very mild, pun-centric spoilers and contains … [Read more...]
Did you know that Snoop Dogg (né ‘Snoopy’) has a game out today? It’s true! Its also doesn’t work half the time! Way of the Dogg is a downloadable game out today for XBLA. In it, you play a blacksploitation stereotype named America Jones (let that one really sink in) whose girlfriend is shot (it’s not clear why) after he loses a rigged, underground cage match. America swears vengeance against the poorly-explained villains and seeks … [Read more...]
Yesterday, Katie Couric did an hour-long exposé on the dangers of violent, addictive video games. While at times it attempted to be sympathetic and contained actual moments of pathos, it was essentially a maudlin, fear-mongering and clichéd piece of television meant to provide easy answers and scapegoats to very real, complicated problems. Here’s the whole thing in a nutshell. Two Stories Katie brings out two legitimately tragic stories. One … [Read more...]
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AppAdviceToday's Apps Gone Free: Bottle Cap Blitz, Inclusion, Move And Match And MoreAppAdviceSmash ice cubes to bits by flicking bottle caps at them in Big Pixel Studios' arcade game, Bottle Cap Blitz. We also have a slick game of numbers, and…
Road Warrior Tech: Apps to Make Business Travel EasierEntrepreneurHundreds of apps can help you navigate with turn-by-turn directions. Waze stands out because it has 40 million users imputing data in real time. When you're driving in an unfamiliar …
Apps to stay healthy, hear the news and keep in touchThe Japan TimesThere are number of Pomodoro apps available to alert you when it's time to take a breather, but it can be hard to know which one to buy. Having experimented with more than a few fo…
