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Play Geoguessr — The Game That Lets You Travel The World

Jackie Mancini — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:22 +0000

Created by Anton Wallén, Geoguessr.com is a game for geography nerds, people who think technology is really awesome, and anyone else who happens to love fun. Do you love fun? Of course you do, dummy. Completely integrated into Google Street View, Geoguessr has two sentences of instructions: Look at the area and figure out where you [...]

The Most Beautiful Video Game Cosplay Girls

GuySpeed Editors — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:51 +0000

Cosplay girls are a video game nerd's dream come true. Have trouble talking to women because you spend twelve hours a day trying to beat Fire Emblem: Awakening on lunatic difficulty? Fear no more! You'll surely have a few things in common with these beautiful cosplay girls who dress up as some of video games' most legendary and tantalizing characters.

What most people don't know is cosplayers spend weeks creating costumes from

Man Proposes With Romantic Hacked Version of 'Angry Birds'

Drew Weisholtz — Sat, 04 May 2013 19:34:36 +0000

Angry Birds has made for one happy woman. An Australian man recently proposed to his girlfriend in a specially-designed version of the popular game. During lunch last month, Ben Levi asked Melissa Swift if she wanted to play Angry Birds Friends. She took him up on the offer and nothing seemed out of the ordinary [...]

$8 Goodwill Video Game Fetches $17K at Auction, Pants Still Only Worth a Nickel

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:00:12 +0000

If you’re like us, your old Nintendo game cartridges are probably collecting dust in your parent’s attic, or stuffed into a closet somewhere. You might want to go dig them out after you hear about the North Carolina woman who recently sold a rare game for more than $17,000. ‘Stadium Events’ is known to enthusiasts [...]

Do You Believe in the Madden Curse? — Sports Survey of the Day

BJ Ragone — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:33:24 +0000

The Madden Curse—which causes whatever NFL star is featured on the popular game’s cover to suffer a horrible injury or a disappointing season the next year—is something that many NFL fans believe in fully. But if it happens this time around, that would be kind of weird. That’s because retired Detroit Lions running back Barry [...]

Meet Jose Muñoz: The Man Who Used Xbox to Keep From Being Deported

Wes Glinsmann — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:00:36 +0000

You don’t need a law degree from a fancy college to craft a good legal defense. If you’re Jose Muñoz, all you need is an Xbox. Muñoz was brought to America from Mexico by his parents as a 1-year-old, but his parents never went home when their work visas expired. This means that the Muñoz [...]

World's Biggest Time-Waster Spends Six Years Playing Video Games in Internet Cafe

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:00:20 +0000

Life is all fun and games for one man in China. Li Meng, 30, has spent the last 6 years spending all day everyday playing video games in an Internet café in the Jilin province. Li only gets up from his seat to grab a bite to eat or use the bathroom. He takes a [...]

Minecraft Plus Beetlejuice Equals Our New Favorite Video

Emerald Catron — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:33:19 +0000

If you aren't playing Minecraft already, you'll want to be by the time this video's over. Two people hunkered down for two months (we imagine they didn't have time for anything else), and made this amazing Minecraft roller coaster in creative mode in the Xbox 360 version of the game.

Linkin Park Share 'Castle of Glass' Performance From Spike Video Game Awards

Chad Childers — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:06:30 +0000

Linkin Park may be off the road at present, but the band has just served up a reminder of how captivating their live shows can be. The group just posted their performance from the 2012 Spike Video Game Awards, where they played their latest single 'Castle of Glass' (watch above).

Sinful Robot Creates Virtual Whack-Shack for Gamers and Other Sex Fiends

Mike Adams — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:00:34 +0000

I think sex on TV is fine as long as you don’t fall off – Woody Allen There was a time not so long ago when the most advanced conception of no-latex virtual sex involved spending hours sitting in front of a tv spanking the ol’ joystick to ‘Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of [...]

Slash Records Version of 'Angry Birds Space' Theme

Dave Lifton — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:09:25 +0000

Few things kill a day's productivity for us more than a new update from one of the Angry Birds games. So as rock fans, we were thrilled to get a bit of a surprise today (March 7) when we saw that the latest version of Angry Birds Space features Slash, whom creators Rovio branded an 'honorary Angry Bird' in the update's notes.

Slash Gets Animated for 'Angry Birds Space' Game

Chad Childers — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:09:02 +0000

Slash has been seen in animated form before, whether it be in his 'Bad Rain' video or appearing in a 'Phineas & Ferb' film and music video, but he's never quite looked as he does in the 'Angry Birds Space' game.

Groupon CEO Leaks Own Resignation Letter, References 'Battletoads'

Emerald Catron — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:10:33 +0000

Andrew Mason, now-former-CEO of Groupon, resigned today. Well, actually, he was more fired, really. And he told everybody. How do we know? Because he also publicly released his own letter of not-resignation, because it was going to leak anyway. Here's what it said.

Preteen Jack Black Pitches For Atari in '80s Commercial

Mike Moody — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:06:41 +0000

A preteen-looking Jack Black delivers his trademark overexcited delivery in this 1980s clip for the classic Atari game ‘Pitfall.’ It’s hilarious! You gotta give the kid credit for nailing down his shtick early and sticking to it. For those who weren’t around to play it, ‘Pitfall’ was a thrilling ‘Indiana Jones’ –esque adventure game about an 8-bit explorer swinging [...]

How the Internet is Reacting to Playstation 4

Emerald Catron — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:02:14 +0000

So this video does a pretty good job of summing up the PS4 press conference yesterday, if you didn't have several hours to spend watching streaming video about a new gaming console. Some people are excited. Others are underwhelmed. Still others are making memes, because this is the internet, and that's what people do. Here are some of our favorites.

Watch a 9-Year-Old Boy Score an Incredible Winning Hockey Goal

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:28:53 +0000

Talk about your net winnings. Nine-year-old Tyson Greencorn won $5,000 after he made a shot from center ice during a charity hockey game in Canada last week. Never mind the stick was almost as big as he was. Never mind the PA announcer was leading a chant of his name with the whole arena looking [...]

Bizarre North Korean Anti-US Propaganda Video Features Call of Duty, Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie

Wes Glinsmann — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:00:48 +0000

When they’re not busy eating one another, the North Koreans have a real fondness for creating trippy self-promotion videos; it's kind of their thing. They may have outdone themselves with this new one, though, which features a man peacefully dreaming about launching a rocket attack on New York City—complete with graphics straight from 'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.'

Grand Theft Auto V Delayed: What We Know So Far

GuySpeed Editors — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:15:01 +0000

Grand Theft Auto V, initially scheduled to hit shelves in Spring 2013, has been pushed back to September 17, 2013. The news comes from the official Rockstar games website.

Here is what else we know

Adorable 84-Year-Old Grandpa Plays 'Halo 4,' Freaks Out

Emerald Catron — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:35:55 +0000

Sometimes you need to watch a video of an old man spazzing out while playing a first-person shooter for the first time. If this is one of those times for you, then watch this video. Some folks invited their 84-year-old grandfather to play ‘Halo 4′ and ‘Black Ops 2′ with them, and this is what [...]

NASA May Stage Angry Birds-Style Invasion of Martian Moon

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:49:36 +0000

The Angry Birds franchise turned to NASA for the development and promotion of their game Angry Birds Space. Now it appears the space agency is turning to the super-addictive game for their latest strategy to explore the great beyond. To probe Phobos, a tiny moon of Mars, NASA plans on launching, Angry Birds-style, what they are [...]