Cooking is more important in Zelda: Breath of the Wild than ever before

[wpdevart_youtube]gl09tzJWQRk[/wpdevart_youtube]   The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild features Nintendo in a rare situation where it isn’t totally looking inwards. The game is loaded with homages to other franchises and genres, and the booming survival-genre is obviously playing a huge role on how players approach this vast, open Hyrule. No longer is Link…

This Simple Computer Game Seriously Boosts Children’s Math Skills

What’s the best way to get a child to learn mathematics? As it turns out – and probably much to the chagrin of many parents – one of the most effective ways appears to be teaching mathematics through videogames. Multiple studies have shown that videogames improve cognition, reasoning and mathematical abilities in young children, particularly…

EVE: Valkyrie Carrier Assault out now — experience a VR trench run

EVE: Valkyrie is the game that got me hooked on VR, and while it’s an exceptional game that showcases the immersion VR is capable of, it’s a little light on content. That recently changed, as developer CCP has released the first major, post-release update called Carrier Assault. And it’s 100% free.   [wpdevart_youtube]IwznFUJ0ejY[/wpdevart_youtube]   Unlike…

The Absolute Worst Moments of E3 2016

The lack of Mass Effect: Andromeda gameplay source: nerdreactor.com Mass Effect has an absolutely massive cult following, all committed and dedicated to seeing their franchise succeed, do well, and impress. Andromeda didn’t have much of a presence at E3 2016, and naturally, quite a few people are upset by this; most prominently, the long-term fans…

The original Halo Wars is coming to Xbox One and Windows 10

Ensemble Studios’ Xbox 360 game Halo Wars is getting an overhaul for Xbox One and Windows 10. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition will bring improved graphics, additional achievements and all of the game’s downloadable content to modern platforms, according to an announcement from Microsoft and 343 Industries. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition will be included as part…

Pixar movies after Finding Dory: Release date calendar

Roughly 13 years passed between Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, and yet, here we are, on the opening weekend of release of Disney/Pixar’s follow-up to the second-most successful movie of 2003, wondering: What’s next? It’s a perfectly natural question to ask of the hit-making studio, especially as they gear up for a new wave of…

Pewdiepie kicked out of his recording studio due to this outrageous reason

YouTube’s most successful celebrity, PewDiePie, is to be evicted from his apartment, amid neighbors’ complaints of excessive noise and anti-social behavior. Uploaded on Friday, PewDiePie created a video discussing the events leading up to the eviction notice. The video in question contains footage of his landlord calling him a “faggot”, which PewDiePie further clarified in…

This Arduino-powered Robot Just Solved A Rubik’s Cube In Less Than 1 Second

Short : A new robot made by an industrial engineer has solved a completely scrambled Rubik’s Cube in less than one second. Powered by Arduino, Sub1 uses a solution that’s calculated with Tomas Rokicki’s extremely fast implementation of Herbert Kociemba’s Two-Phase-Algorithm.   January, a robot solved a completely scrambled Rubik’s Cube in less than two…

Attack on Titan hands-on: Captures the spirit of anime

[huge_it_gallery id=”2″]   Most of the animation coming out of Japan flies right under the radar for all but self-described anime fans. Once in a while, a show will manage to break out of that thanks to a weird enough or interesting enough concept. Attack on Titan was one such show.  Set in a European-style kingdom,…

Check Out This Mind-Bending Star Wars Video From Magic Leap

Mysterious augmented reality startup Magic Leap announced a partnership today with Industrial Light and Magic’s ILMxLAB., Wired reports. The deal will (hopefully) result in semi-interactive Star Wars experiences coming to a reality near you. Both Magic Leap and ILM are being frustratingly tight-lipped on what form this will take, but a video from ILM gives…