26 jobs that Mario is inexplicably qualified for By David Houghton published 9 October 17 Features Mario might not be a plumber anymore, but to have this many incongruous occupations over the course of one career? He's either an eclectic genius or a very dangerous scam artist indeed.
Gaming's most overly elaborate evil schemes By Dave Meikleham published 9 December 16 Cat-strokingly good plans for wickedness
The mysterious biology of video game bad guys explained By David Houghton published 3 July 13 Walking fungus? Sentient hands? What are they, really?
The strangest things to fall from the sky in video games By Justin Towell published 20 June 13 Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's... WTF?
Stealer trailer is so damn beautiful you won't care if the game never materialises. Which it might not By David Houghton published 3 December 12 Whatever this thing is, we want more of it ASAP
PS Vita is like a woman with 4 breasts, according to this French advertisement. Wait... WHAT? By Justin Towell published 1 November 12 It can't be real... can it?
Monster Hunter movie "currently in planning", says the man behind the Resident Evil and Dead or Alive films. Yay? By David Houghton published 11 September 12 Gratuitous bullet-time coming to Capcom's cerebral beast-slaying franchise?
Forget the GTA IV realism mod. A base-jumping, stunt-biking elephant is what you really need By David Houghton published 10 September 12 Nelly the elephant packed her Glock and blew away the rest of the jungle...
Uh-oh. Downloading New Super Mario Bros 2 from the 3DS UK eShop is 30% more expensive than buying a physical copy online By David Houghton published 13 August 12 This is not the brave new world of digital retail we wanted
Why the notion that games need photoreal graphics to tell better stories is backward nonsense, whatever 2K's boss says By David Houghton published 2 August 12 Apparently we only have lots of shooters because graphics aren't good enough for anything else
Facepalm photo of the day: HMV drops another fail-bomb in the games aisle, advertises non-existent console By David Houghton published 17 July 12 Again, HMV? Really?
You are not ready for Microsoft's penis-joking, drug referencing, old-school rave tribute to software developers By David Houghton published 11 June 12 No really, you are not
Halo's United Nations Space Command is NOT involved in Syrian conflict after all, BBC confirms By Matt Cundy published 29 May 12 We didn't really think Space Command was involved, but it's still good to know all the same...
Japanese bureaucrat arrested for taking up-skirt photos. Blames gaming. Wins cliche of the year award By David Houghton published 25 May 12 Leave no cliché unturned!
Beyond Good & Evil 2 screenshot contains 26 references to fish. See them all here By Matt Cundy published 9 May 12 Extreme analysis of alleged in-engine Beyond Good & Evil 2 screenshot reveals all signs point to fish and seafood...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2: How will THIS logic-defying plot point be explained? By Matt Cundy published 3 May 12 We thought being exploded point-blank by five grenades would almost certainly leave Sergeant Frank Woods in a terminal state of being dead. But we were wrong. Silly us...
This unashamedly pervy Lollipop Chainsaw Achievement is one of the easiest you'll ever earn By Matt Cundy published 20 April 12 Lollipop Chainsaw demonstrates an almost telepathic understanding of its target audience...
Sega gives Japanese gamers the chance to roll Super Monkey Balls over a woman's boobs By Matt Cundy published 19 April 12 Incarcerated simian gets to play all over obstacle course made of swimsuit model...
Capcom gives Resident Evil 6 a $1300/820 special edition. Extravagant celebration, or huge self-parody? By David Houghton published 11 April 12 Yes, you are reading that right
What video game box art would look like if it hadn't changed in 30 years By Matt Cundy published 2 April 12 The craptacular box art of yesteryear, applied to the games of today