Hamster escapes Portal-themed maze and the cake is not a lie
I submit to you Exhibit A of how you know the pandemic has been going on for too long. This guy built an incredible Portal themed maze...
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This guy made a functioning Wunderwaffe DG-2 from Call of Duty
Nick Martinelli spent 6 months building a functioning Wunderwaffe DG-2 from Call of Duty. Well, "functioning". It doesn't behave like a Wunderwaffe DG-2 actually does because then...
Taking a look inside a ridiculous esports training and streaming compound
If I said "Totino's Fortnite Training Room" obviously that would be a nonsense statement that makes sense to nobody. And yet here we are, in the year...
This Super Mario World Record speedun is causing some drama
Apparently there's been some drama in the Super Mario Bros. speedrunning community because only weeks after a world record speedrun was set, another speedrunner tied the time....
KFC has made a gaming console. Seriously.
As if making a melodramatic Lifetime movie about Colonel Sanders wasn't weird enough, KFC is now releasing a gaming console. Called the KFConsole and made in partnership...
This guy made a beautiful animated tribute to video games he played as a child
Eric Power animated this beautiful music video as a tribute to all the video games he played growing up. I'm not a super old fogey so I...
This guy spent 11 years working on this Line Rider track
Software engineer and Line Rider enthusiast David Lu spent 11 years creating this absolutely incredible Line Rider track he titled Omniverse II. It would suck if you...
Sega is releasing the prototype of a Golden Axe remake to the surprise of the developers
In 2012, developer Tim Dawson and a small team were tasked by Sega with building a prototype for a Golden Axe remake. Despite only being given two...
Doom running on a digital pregnancy test
It was just a matter of time, but Twitter user Foone managed to get Doom running on a digital pregnancy test. I tried zooming in and turning...
Researchers develop battery-free Game Boy that can run forever
Researchers at Northwestern University and the Delft University of Technology have developed a Game Boy that uses solar power and the energy generated from mashing buttons to...
'Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit' turns your living room into a Mario Kart level
This is the announcement trailer for Nintendo's Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit , an augmented reality Mario Kart game that uses actual physical Karts with cameras attached...
Thirty minutes of rain from thirty different video games
YouTuber Jez Burrows put together this 30 minute video of rain compiled from 30 different games. The video is exactly what it sounds like. No fluff, no...
IKEA recreates their 2021 catalog in Animal Crossing
IKEA Taiwan recreated their 2021 catalog in Animal Crossing and the results are pretty good considering the game's limitations. The cleverest is probably this one, where they...
Glitches and weird buildings in Microsoft Flight Simulator
Because Microsoft Flight Simulator pulls data from Bing Maps and OpenStreetMap to create its usually photo-realistic landscapes, the occasional glitch occurs when the data is missing or...
This guy walked around Shibuya like he's in a video game
This is a video of a Japanese YouTuber walking around Shibuya like he's in Grand Theft Auto. He absolutely nails the motion, and my favorite moment from...
Guy builds custom roller coaster synced to Bohemian Rhapsody in 'Roller Coaster Tycoon 2'
YouTuber ChuggersRCT synced up his custom roller coaster in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 with Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. He says: This is a synchronized coaster I've made in...
Somebody paid $114,000 for a 'Super Mario Bros.' cartridge still in its original packaging
A copy of Super Mario Bros. still in its original plastic sealing became the highest-selling video game ever when it was sold to an anonymous bidder last...
Incredibly charming handmade cardboard Tetris
This is an extremely charming handmade cardboard Tetris game. I mean, I guess it's Tetris? The pieces are right and all, but this girl has at least...