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A Grown-Ass Man's Guide To Super-Hard Old Nintendo Games
This is a thing about playing old NES games that I couldn't beat as a kid to see if I could beat them now as an adult, but let me tell you this first: I had sex while wearing a Power Glove not that long ago. It's maybe the most impressive thing that I've ever accomplished in my whole entire life. Th...
Hell Is Other People: <em>Titanfall</em>'s Story-Free, Multiplayer-Only Dystopia
Loyal readers of Deadspin might be interested to know that this site's esteemed editor, Mr. Tommy Craggs, is a preternaturally gifted Halo player, or at least used to be. This would have been almost 10 years ago, in San Francisco, in the House of Debauchery, where most of us lived. We were a small b...
Yasiel Puig Hits Grand Slam With Self In Video Game, Reacts Accordingly
Does Yasiel Puig play as himself when he plays video games? Of course he does! Does he flip the hell out when he hits a grand slam with the digital version of himself in that video game? I think you already know the answer to that question....
<em>Borderlands 2</em> Is The Best Video Game Ever
So a new Borderlands game is coming in the fall. Now, a guy like me gets all kinds of news throughout the course of the average day—Facebook ate a baby, girlfriend has a rash on her foot, another A's pitcher's getting Tommy John surgery—but this cut through the clatter like a broadsword through Ned ...
NBA Feuds Played Out In <em>NHL 14</em> Fights
It's not quite Melo/KG, Westbrook/Beverley, or Cuban/Stern, but it's probably the closest we're going to get....
If <em>NBA 2K14</em> Is Any Guide, Kevin Durant Better Watch Out For Lil B
As far as we know, Kevin "The Servant" Durant hasn't yet taken up Lil B's invitation to get served in 1-on-1, so the real and Based World alike are left to speculate. Luckily, Pitchfork has taken things one step further by creating the Based God in NBA 2K14 and pitting him against Durant....
The NFL Made EA Sports Take The Ambulance Out Of <em>Madden</em>
Over at SI's Extra Mustard, Jon Robinson has a wonderful look at eight features the NFL forced EA Sports to remove from its Madden series of video games. They are, roughly, what you'd expect: a whole lot of things related to player safety, including helmets popping off, coaches being run over on the...
Here's What The New <em>R.B.I. Baseball</em> Game Will Look Like
Anyone who ever owned an NES was excited to hear that MLB Advanced Media was bringing back R.B.I. Baseball. Now, we have pretty good idea of what the game will actually look and feel like....
Conan O'Brien's Virtual Wrestler Looks Like An Underfed Donald Trump
Conan O'Brien has an occasional segment on his show called "Clueless Gamer," and for the latest installment, he played WWE 2K14. He followed his Irish roots and chose Sheamus as his wrestler, accurately describing Stephen Farrelly as "Louis CK crossed with Bart Simpson." ...
The NCAA Debated Allowing Player Names In Video Games
It is no secret that the NCAA Football game series included actual players—jersey numbers, heights, weights, hometowns, etc.—an EA Sports producer admitted it under oath, and documents show the NCAA was well aware. So why not go whole hog, put their names on the backs of jerseys in the game, and cut...
Sochi's Most Memorable Moments As Rendered By Old-School Video Games
We're loath to see the Sochi Olympics go—truth be told, a few of us are starting to miss Nightmare Bear—so we enlisted the help of old video game consoles to help recreate some of the Winter Games' most memorable moments. Hockey, freestyle skiing, curling—they're all here, backed up by an NES, a Seg...
<em>R.B.I. Baseball</em> Is Returning This Spring
Rejoice! R.B.I. Baseball, the famed NES game (with a few sequels) will return this spring, thanks to MLB Advanced Media. ...
America, The Beautiful
Dig these beautiful photographs by William Albert Allard....
This Hardcore Gamer Is NOT FUCKING AROUND
What would have happened if Kevin Garnett had decided to take up competitive gaming instead of basketball? This. This would have happened....
Man Applies For UND Head Coach Job, Cites Playing <i>Madden</i> As Experience
Thanks to years of playing the Madden and NCAA Football franchises on Sega Genesis and Playstation, Christopher McComas feels confident he can lead the University of North Dakota to football immortality. His plan? "Chuck the pigskin" and then chuck it some more. Relentless defense. No mercy punting....
Don't Swear While Playing <em>NBA 2K14</em>; You'll Get A Technical Foul
I used to throw my controller across the room when I got frustrated. These days, with touch screens and gyroscopes and motion sensors, that's probably not such a good idea. I'm well out of the video game loop by this point, but I can tell you this: I damn sure wouldn't want my console enforcing its ...
In 1984 Epyx Sent A Commodore 64 Copy Of <em>Summer Games</em> To The Soviets, Who Couldn't Play It Because They Only Had Ataris
Thirty years ago, we didn’t have fancy PS4s to drool over. No, we had to type in things like “LOAD”*”,8,1 to play games, and those games were real. One of the best, of course, was Epyx’s Summer Games, which let you take part in such Olympic competitions as swimming, diving, sprinting, and gymnastic...
Every NHL Team As A <em>Mega Man</em> Sprite
Reddit user adam4283 has created 31 sprites (including the North Stars) from everybody's favorite 8-bit side-scrolling platform shooter. For just a few pixels, it's amazing how instantly recognizable most teams are. That's testament to Adam's work, as well as the clean and distinctive logos and colo...
Confessions Of A Masturbating Video Gamer
Up Up Down Down is an occasional column about video games. ...