Today's D/L

Joke of the Day

So. Ursa walks into Roshan’s den and says, “Roshan, I haven’t seen you in Aegis!”

Video Game Quote of the Day

“Would you kindly…”

Bioshock

Video Game Fact/Trivia

That huge, industry-defining moment that almost didn’t happen

As is so often the case in video games, last-minute additions can define a legacy.

For Goldeneye 007 for N64, the dev team (without the approval of developer Rare’s studio directors) created the multiplayer component in the last few weeks of development. This massively popular feature was literally an afterthought.

The game went on to help define and establish the first-person shooter genre on consoles, signaling a transition from Doom-like games to more realistic ones.