News::'Minecraft' creation plays 'Pokemon' on a virtual Game Boy

It's no longer strange to see elaborate devices built in Minecraft, but this one is particularly eyebrow-raising. Reqaug has built a Minecraft machine that plays Pokemon Fire Red for the Game Boy Advance. It's very rudimentary at the moment (it's missing combat and dialog, among other things), but it's still surprisingly thorough. There's even a level editor and the option to replace textures. As the creator explains, the whole concept revolves around layers of structure blocks (a recent addition) that represent tiles in the game and move when you move.

Via: Reddit

Source: Planet Minecraft, Reqaug (YouTube)

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News::'Skullgirls' is coming to mobile with a role-playing twist

Lab Zero's hyper-stylized fighting game Skullgirls has been available on almost every modern platform at some point in its history, but you couldn't play it on your smartphone... until now. Hidden Variable (best known for producing versions of Threes) has revealed that it's developing a Skullgirls game for Android and iOS that shakes up its formula. Rather than making a straightforward brawler, the studio is adding role-playing elements -- you collect, equip and upgrade characters as they progress through the story. There's even a Fight Assist option that lets you focus more on the bigger picture and less on the moment-to-moment action.

Via: Kotaku

Source: Hidden Variable

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News::Six months with the Steam Controller

The gentle whine of the haptics, the new rumble support, those inner paddles that make toggling run and crouch so easy ... oh, and the one-click quick-save! I may be in the minority, but that I love my Steam Controller.

The divisive Valve device has just cleared six months of existence. You may have dismissed it at launch, as most reviewers did, as being "weird." In the past half-year, though, it's found its groove among weirdos, modders and amateur tinkerers. My love for the controller has even begun to grow outside of gaming, and I've found that it's started to colonize my interactions with Windows in many surprising ways.

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News::Watch your favorite games quickly conquered for charity here!

It's the long holiday weekend, we're smack dab in the middle of the summer drought for big game releases and you want to make it to Tuesday with all your fingers intact. That basically rules out lighting fireworks or playing a new game. And, let's face it, the chances of you actually playing anything you bought during the Steam summer sale are slim, at best. What's there to do? How about plopping down and watching a ton of video games beaten in record time, for charity?

Source: Games Done Quick (Twitch)

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