The Genius of Super Mario 64

Super Mario 64’s 15th anniversary is almost upon us. To celebrate, we take a look back at this pioneering platformer’s Top 10 moments.

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LEGO Gears of War Chainsaw Lancer Can Do Almost Everything It’s Gaming Counterpart Can…Except Kill

LEGO builder extraordinare PLUM B has built this life-sized replica of a Gears of War Lancer rifle that doesn’t just look the part, it shoots the part as well.

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IGN Readers in Favour of Voice-Acting for Zelda – Wii News at IGN

The results are in, but is it a landslide victory or almost too close to call?

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Ten Games That Have Amazing Lighting Effects

So many various engines are designed to animate and render the games we enjoy. There’s a lot going on under the hood that we take for granted as we headshot that n00b for the millionth time, from physics and gravity, to wind and flowing particles. Lighting is one such graphical flourish that has seen a lot of development over the past few years. Here’s a run down of some of the games that have had the best lighting effects.

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The Legend of Zelda: Of Man and Weakness [Comic]

We’ve come across many Zelda comics but this might be the one which we enjoyed reading and viewing the most.

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I Am Alive Officially Not Dead, Gets Release Date and EPIC Debut Trailer

Ubisoft’s long dormant post-apocalyptic survival game, I Am Alive, has finally been unearthed and given a release date.

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Gears of War 3 sells 3 million in a week to become the biggest game of 2011

If you are an Xbox 360 owner and you’ve been online in the last week, the odds are that you have seen at least a few of your friends playing Gears of War 3. The game is officially a grade-A bona fide hit, but we already knew that—the only question is how big of a hit.

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox 360 exclusive Gears of War 3 has sold more than 3 million copies in its first week, making it the highest grossing game of the year. It also pushed the franchise past the one billion dollar mark, making it the first Xbox 360 franchise to achieve that.

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Survey Deconstructs the Social Gamer

A recent study dives into the mind of the average social gamer.

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The Dark Souls Death Diary: Part 1

My first steps into From Software’s latest were just as perilous as expected.

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A Gallery of Mirrored Games

It’s a pretty rudimentary exercise in photo manipulation, folding over one side of something to create a mirror on the other. I didn’t think much would come

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