Posts tagged comedy 
Mega 64 spoofs Heavy Rain, makes all of us uncomforJAAAASOOON
Yes, Mega64's (second) spoof of Heavy Rain features one of the guys wandering through a mall on a very vocal hunt for Jason -- but that's not all. It also contains some of the most cringe-worthy moments of social discomfort that the troupe has ever, ever managed to elicit. ...
Kinect Hack: The sensor goes self-aware
Don't worry, guys -- the video after the jump is from the jokesters at CollegeHumor, so we're pretty sure that it's a fake. Since it's portraying the very terrifying, very possible future of self-aware consumer entertainment devices, we pray to all powers holy that it's a fake. ...
Xperia Play phones given away at GDC end up on eBay
Sheesh. First the Xperia Play is obtained by the press even before its official announcement, and now the first units to reach the North American public, given away to developers at a GDC panel and raffles last week, are ... wait for it ... being sold on eBay. That's right -- even weeks before ...
Onion: Madden NFL 12 to let players feel tackles, go deaf from crowd noise
We realize The Onion, purveyors of funnies, is joking with this video segment past the break that details a new head-and-neck peripheral for Madden NFL 12, but we think there's actually potential here. Think about the people who play Madden: people who like football; people who play professional ...
We Dare trailer mocked with Flash demake, soundtrack recuts
It didn't take long for the video game community to speak out about the plainly ridiculous We Dare trailer released today, and the venom it's inspired has gotten creative. Developers Stew Hogarth and @hypnic__jerk have assembled this Flash demake of the title, and while it doesn't actually ...
Wolfenstein 3D loses two dimensions, becomes Wolfenstein 1D
Cheeky programmer/comedic mastermind Mike Lacher recently added a twist to an old classic by ... um, removing almost all of it. The game in question is Wolfenstein 3D, from which Lacher has stripped the height and depth, leaving only the meager remnants of a 1 pixel-tall line of width. The ...
Angry Birds try for a more diplomatic resolution to their pig problem
Birds have always looked down on pigs due to their inability to fly, while pigs themselves have always been envious of their flight-enabled counterparts -- it's led to much conflict between the species, naturally. But we're happy to report that today the two finally sat down for peace talks. ...
Stephen Colbert follows Nintendo's example, trademarks old catchphrases
Television comedic mastermind/pundit extraordinaire Stephen Colbert isn't one to sit on the sidelines while a hot new business trend passes him by. Inspired by Nintendo's recent (and timely!) decision to trademark the phrase,"It's on like Donkey Kong," Colbert explored the profitable possibilities ...
Daily Show solves video game violence issue, saves Family Game Night
Okay, so maybe you were waiting to learn about this critically important Supreme Court video game case until you could hear The Daily Show's take on it. And yes, for that, you should be deeply ashamed. But here it is -- just after the break! In the clip, correspondent John Hodgman solves the ...
CollegeHumor figures it out, creates the Jersey Shore RPG
How had we never put this together before? MTV's sorrowfully popular reality show Jersey Shore shares common elements with every RPG ever: Dudes with outrageously spiky hair, puzzlingly proportioned women, so much fighting, near-incomprehensible dialogue ... the list of similarities goes on and on. ...
