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Video games for consoles and PCs worth checking out. Expect unique concepts, clever mechanics, and nostalgic throwbacks. Discover systems, accessories, and ideas that enhance how you play.
New Wave Toys teamed up with Skee-Ball to create a miniature version of the classic arcade game. The playable, 1:6-scale game has arcade sound effects and digital scoring. We wish the balls had a woodgrain finish, but they say it wasn’t feasible. The tiny Skee-Ball machine shown here is its final engineering prototype, and due
Robotech fans have been aching for a video game deserving of the Macross mantle; this trailer of Macross: Ace Frontier (PSP) has us drooling like an Invid on protoculture.
Obsessed with Mario Kart World, engineer Sophia Tung made this real world version of the Tune Thumper bike. With the help of cabinet maker Joe DiMaio and her boyfriend, they created a fully functional version of the ride-on-boombox. Everything on the radio bike works, including the buttons, lights, speakers, and a built-in Switch 2 dock.
To celebrate 25th years of Xbox, Mattel Brick Shop created a buildable version of the classic game console. The 3509-piece set creates a 1:1-scale model of Microsoft’s O.G. console with its chunky Duke controller, which triggers lights and sounds. You’ll also build mini-dioramas inspired by Halo, Psychonauts, and The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind that hide
To celebrate the release of Halo: Campaign Evolved, the vocalists of Munx Gregoriana performed a haunting a cappella version of the game’s iconic theme music, composed by Martin O’Donnell. They sang the song while standing inside a former oil tank in Helsinki, Finland, giving it the atmospheric echo the track deserves. When that baritone kicked
Fans of Apple TV’s standout science fiction series Silo should definitely check out this free interactive website created by Silo fan h.stratev. Explore the Silo lets you scroll from the Up Top to the Down Deep to visit every level of the mysterious underground structure and includes a handful of easter eggs and hidden relics
This chill organizer game puts players in charge of a shop that only sells one thing – dice for role-playing games. The problem? The place is a mess and now thousands of dice are a mixed up mess. Your job? To pick them all up, identify them, and sort them back into their proper bins
Gas Powered Games’ action/RPG Space Siege is now available. You defend a colony ship after a massive attack on Earth. The graphics aren’t top notch, but you do get to blow up lots of alien baddies.
Destructoid has a great article giving eight reasons why Xbox 360 owners should download the recently released Braid. Kind of like a time traveling version of Portal, it’s a fun mind bender.
Grand Theft Auto IV is coming to the PC on Nov. 18th in the US and Nov. 20th in Europe with “newly expanded multiplayer”, and we couldn’t be happier. Two words: Invincibility Cheat.
Star Trek Online’s rebirth will be complete on August 10th, with Leonard Nimoy officially announcing the game in Las Vegas at one of the world’s biggest nerd-fests, the Star Trek Convention.
EA’s third-person space zombie shooter is getting a gory animated movie prequel. Titled Dead Space: Downfall, it’s slated for a DVD/Blu-ray release alongside the game in October ’08.