Asheron’s Call Closes its last Servers
The Turbine MMO that launched in 1999 has run for the last 17 years and will finally call it quits. Mashable featured an article where a 74 year old Grandfather has been playing this game since its inception and will have to hang it up at the end of the month. Sony’s Everquest released earlier the same year as Asheron’s Call, and quickly became the popular choice. But by the end of the month, the servers will close forever...
Check out Metroid: The Sky Calls
Nerdist Host, Jessica Chobot has joined her powers of geekery with Rainfall films to create this short film in which she plays Samus Aran. Chobot is pretty striking with the blonde hair and blue eyes – a contrast from her chestnut features we are used to seeing her in. The film itself is interesting and looks like something that would be a great setup for a new game. What do you think of the short...
Dimensions Voice Cast includes Pratt, Fox and Banks!
Lego Dimensions is set to take over the new gaming subgenre of console games that includes figurines to unlock characters and levels in game. But Lego Dimensions is more than a mashup of the Lego Movie crossover worlds and console gaming. Many of the original voice actors of those characters have returned to their iconic roles just for the video game! Chriss Pratt, Gary Oldman Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Joel McHale, Alison Brie...
Batman Arkham Knight Delayed until June
I have played all of the Batman Arkham games from Asylum to City to Origins and while it saddens me that this will be Rocksteady’s last version of the game (I hope it continues forever) the newest chapter is coming out soon. Well, less soon than we thought, but an official delayed release date has been announced. But while we are pining over the delay of this game, check out some extended gameplay footage! That was pretty...
Microsoft Announces The HaloLens!
Alongside the Windows10 release announcement, Microsoft also introduced a new technology they are working on that just might be more exciting than Google Glass – and because everything they do has to abuse the crap out of their Halo franchise trademarks so of course its called the HaloLens™ This virtual reality lens has a lot of potential and how they illustrate that is just amazing. It looks to be even more versatile than...
Amazing 3D Printed Batman Cosplay
We are living in the future. Cosplay future. Everything could change in the world of Cosplay as one designer chose to take a different route of hand crafting amazing costumes and 3D printed the parts he needed to craft a Batman suit from the game Arkham Origins. Robot6 says: According to 3D Print, the suit was 3D modeled before being printed. A mold was then created for casting of the armor (everything except the cape and undersuit...
Warcraft 3 gets Modded using StarCraft 2 Engine!
Blizzard Entertainment really owes all of its success to the original Warcraft real-time strategy, resource management, topdown-ish combat game – Warcraft. It started out as a simple fantasy game in 1994, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. This game came on a staggering 12 floppy discs or one CD-Rom and featured two factions gathering resources and building armies to face off in a massive war of point and click warfare. The most...
Solving the World’s Largest Rubic’s Cube!
I have always been perplexed and fascinated with Rubic’s Cube – the rotating six sided multicoloured puzzle that took the 80s by storm. I think my deep wonderment for this toy puzzle was that I was completely unable to ever solve it without smashing the pieces out and re-assembling it or peeling off the stickers. But as if my secret shame of not being able to solve a Rubic’s Cube wasn’t enough they came out...
Thief Compared on all Available Platforms
One of the upcoming hottest games on the market has to be Thief. Aside from the nostalgia factor of this franchise being reborn on next gen consoles, one of the things contributing to its popularity has to be its wide distribution across all platforms. The game is released on PC, XBox360, XBoxOne, Playstation3 and Playstation4. But this is not about the popularity of the game, but rather this multiplatform release gives us the...
How to win at Flappy Birds
Remember when you were younger playing video games and there was always one level you just couldn’t get past so you either ragequit the game or you got a buddy or older sibling to get past it for you? Well that is the entire premise of the now legendary Flappy Birds. However, two inventive robotics geeks in China have created a robot that will beat the hell out of this copyright infringing game. Liu Yang and Shi Xuekun made a...
Harold Ramis Passes Away at 69
The legendary Director and Actor Harold Ramis has left the mortal plane as the result of a complication of a rare blood disease. ABC reports: Ramis was surrounded by family in his Chicago home, where he’s lived since 1996, when he died early this morning from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, his wife Erica Mann Ramis told the Chicago Tribune. Ramis is probably best known for his in-front-of-the-camera work in...
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Game Trailer
Transformers Rise of the Dark Spark looks to be continuing the fun and style of War for Cybertron for the gaming world. The film versions of the Transformers seem to have a bit of influence on the prequel generation of Transformers found in the game. Looks like a lot of fun. I wished there were more Transformer games like War for Cybertron, and it looks like there will be! Which side would you be playing? Autobots or...
The Art of Trolling – XBoxSignOut
I do not condone Trolls – people who cause disruption and start fights online for amusement. However, this is such a clever use of the new technology to fool impulsive players into doing something unintentional. On the XBox One (and XBox) there are voice commands that you can issue like so many Star Trek Captains before you. Announcing “XBox” followed by a number of simple commands verbally will cause the XBox to...
Glorious Cosplayer of the Week: Riddle’s Messy Wardrobe
A feature we hope can carry on for a long time here is our featured Cosplayer of the Week! This week’s featured Cosplayer is Riki LeCotey of Riddle’s Messy Wardrobe I have been an admirer of Riddle for a long time now, so I love that she can be my first featured Cosplayer. I really like Riddle because aside from being incredibly attractive, she also makes her own costumes, and is a true fangirl. Her enthusiasm around the...