Mighty Box Games, a European development shop, has decided to stomp out the dying embers of unmitigated emotion by creating a videogame "loosely based" on the Joy Division song "Love Will Tear Us Apart."
It's been an exceptional week for female rappers. Azealia Banks released a video for "1991" that does justice to that year's aesthetics (she called it homage to Madonna, Crystal Waters and Aaliyah, but I detect some swag copped from Black Box mouthpiece Katrin Quinol, too). Her clip has made my affection for the track…
New York University has enclosed the atrium of the school's main academic library with randomly perforated aluminum screens, in an effort to curb suicides while completely mindfucking the NYU population, reports The New York Times' City Room.
A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized for dehydration after a four-day marathon of playing Modern Warfare.
Remember Roger Ebert's infamous assertion that video games can never be art? Well, nyah, nyah, Roger — the Smithsonian American Art Museum has unveiled its latest exhibit "The Art of Video Games."
I haven't consulted my Del Rey guide yet. Is this the part where we all decide we love her? [Via Uproxx]
Here's a peculiar internet phenomenon that leaves me unable to discern ironic offensiveness from earnest idiocy from cultural paradox: Angry Brides, a Facebook game in which you play an angry Indian wife who bludgeons her husband with frying pans and shoes.
If all news is local, then why aren't all videogames? That seems to be the premise behind Google Shoot View, an incredibly simple new "game" from a Dutch advertising firm. It's your chance to take a fully automatic weapon to an address of your choosing.
A 14-year-old kid in Georgia wounded his grandmother and killed his great-grandmother with a "34- to 36-inch sword" on Monday. Fourteen years old! It had to be rap music, right? Or heavy metal? Or—no—videogames.
Heart exercise! Male infertility! Blood transfusion! Belly fat! Boomer exercise! Smashing drumsticks! Fidget fitness! UFC games! And the Ultimate Fitness System, revealed! It's your Tuesday Fitness Watch, where we watch fitness—begrudgingly!
The Supreme Court has just struck down a California law that would have outlawed the sale of violent video games to minors. Yee haw: Free speech covers busting open aliens' heads with a chainsaw!
Sean Parker's cocaine arrest is no secret. But the former Facebook president—who was played by Justin Timberlake in The Social Network—once had a wide range of addictions, he told Jimmy Fallon at a technology conference.
This morning, Nintendo unveiled the video game industry's first new major home console since 2006. Yes, it's been that long! That console is called the Wii U, and here's everything we know about the machine so far. [Kotaku]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming Nov. 8, 2011, Kotaku has learned, delivering with it mammoth battles that engulf a dozen cities around the world including New York, Paris and London. [Kotaku]
If only you could topple dictators with a simple shake of your phone. Sadly, racing against your friends to gather the most oil before media interest runs out is not too far from the truth.
It's amazing what our bodies are capable of accomplishing. The Tempest Freerunning Gym's video ad dares, inspires and welcomes others to learn about and practice this lesser known discipline.
Of course it's awesome to see what Mario sees when trying to save the princess, but it's also kind of trippy. Keep an eye on the upper left corner to remind yourself just where exactly Mario is on level 1-1.
What if Super Mario Brothers used realistic sounds to depict him running into pipes and eating mushrooms to grow strong? Well, here he is sounding really life-like.
