I’m going to tell you all about this awesome-looking Kickstarter game–but first, let me take a voracious bite out of this raw yellow bell pepper, then stare directly into your eyes with an unflinching grin. As we all know, Iron Chef is the supreme televised cooking competition, because 1) it’s …
Read More »Gamings worst AI companions
Artificial Unintelligence AI companions tend to come in a couple different flavors. There’s the true companions, versatile and interesting characters who really add something to the experience, like Elizabeth from BioShock Infinite or Alyx from Half-Life 2. Next are the harmless annoyances, who aren’t great to have around but don’t …
Read More »15 Smash Bros. rip-offs that couldnt outdo Nintendo
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery The Super Smash Bros. series is one of a kind, isn’t it? Masahiro Sakurai is a genius for taking a genre as complicated as 2D fighting and opening it up to a massive audience of casual and hardcore gamers alike. The simplified control …
Read More »Problems only a 90s gamer could understand
Want a totally tubular and radical trip into the the past? Relive these ’90s problems in our newest video… Back in my day Its annoying to feel like the old man at GamesRadar when Im only 31, but the situation pops up when Im surrounded by all the other relative …
Read More »10 iOS spinoffs that are actually good
Rate this app Your favorite gaming series is going mobile… uh oh. We’ve all seen perfectly good games chopped up to add cynical in-app purchases, overhauled with unnecessary new graphics, and–more often than not–saddled with unresponsive, unintuitive control schemes. If you’re looking for quality mobile games, your best bet is …
Read More »RadioRadar podcast 84: Rustys Game
We’re all hot and bothered over glitches this week. We discuss our favorites, the ones that made it into games, and the ones that changed gaming forever. We also talk about a very sad dog, too, so you’ll want to listen for that. That dog. So sad. So… so sad. …
Read More »10 Pokdex entries that make absolutely no sense
Something’s very wrong here For as charming as the Pokmon universe might be, there’s no denying that some things simply don’t add up. There are weird inconsistencies, strange occurrences, and plot holes that haven’t been addressed. Hell, if anything, even more have surfaced: Pokmon X and Y randomly added the …
Read More »Silicon meets shinobi with gamings greatest cyborg ninjas
A version of this article originally posted February 21, 2013. Part man. Part machine. All ninja Once upon a time, the term cyborg called to mind man-machine combinations like Robocop. Those augmented humans boasted the firepower of tanks, but had the limited mobility to match. Flash forward to today, where …
Read More »Top 7… reasons its awesome to be a gamer
A winner is you! To kick off GamesRadars Best Week Evar, I thought now would be a great time to really celebrate being a gamer. Well, I say gamer Im not a huge fan of the term gamer. Yeah, I play games. I love games: but it doesnt define me. …
Read More »Lawsuits that altered the course of gaming history
Objection! The misuse of the court system by countless sleazy lawyers may be the key to the the decline of western civilization, but sometimes its hard to forget all the ways theyve impacted our lives. Legal battles protect countless civil rights, lead to safer consumer products, and give us the …
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