​Sierra Entertainment. The name alone is enough to conjure up titanic waves of nostalgia for any gamer with a sense of history. With that legendary crest logo and accompanying theme, they were, in there heyday, like the Hollywood of electronic entertainment, or at least the Disney. Now, it and fellow adventure legend LucasArts are both seen as icons of a bygone age though, perhaps "bygone" isn't exactly the right word, seeing as adventure games seem to be having a comeback. But for much the '80's and '90s, Sierra was an indisputable powerhouse and set the standard for the graphical exploration-based game; heck, they practically invented it.

As with a lot of older pieces of entertainment, it can be difficult to look at these titles without one's judgment getting completely be-fogged by nostalgia. For many of us, these were our introduction not just to computer games, but to computers in general; I can't say for sure that I'd know half of what I do about Windows if Ken and Roberta Williams didn't force me to make sure I had sufficient "heap space" to run their software (and if you get THAT reference, you probably need a hug and a good cry). But with appreciation slowly returning for these classics, it seems a fitting time to re-examine the best works developed by this dream-factory. Shall we? More >>

NECA is making an official, 1:1-scale Aperture Science Portal Gun.I'm told that it does include glow both blue or orange, and will be out in June.

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FUCK AND YES. You can pre-order it at Hobby Search at the moment for about $170, although I imagine it'll get more prevalent and slightly cheaper shortly. Much thanks to tip-generatin' machine SlyDante for the tip.

The new Resident Evil game for the 3DS came out yesterday, but for those of you who haven't picked it up yet, The Warp Zone has decided to compile the most revealing revelations from... well, Revelations. All it's missing is for Leon Kennedy to admit, "Yeah, those guys in Resident Evil 4 didn't actually have some kind of plague, I just really, really hate foreign people."

​Yes, the evil combiner Bruticus won't just be making an appearance in the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron videogame; he's also be making an appearance in toy stores, too, as Hasbro is actually producing a figure of his new and improved version. He'll be made up of the five Combaticons, of course, a few of which you can see individually at Seibertron. Meanwhile, I'm going to put out an extra pair of pants, because if this game series and/or toyline ever gets around to doing a truly updated Devastator I'm going to need them.

​Markus Persson, creator of Minecraft, is a fan of Tim Schafer's Psychonauts game, like a lot of people. Unlike a lot of people, Markus Persson has a shit-ton of money. So when Persson tweeted two messages to Schafer...

• "Let's make Psychonauts 2 happen."
• "I'm serious."

...it seemed worth mentioning. Like yesterday, this is simply people talking about doing cool things in anticipation of hopefully doing them, but I know enough folks who have told me how unbelievably brilliant Psychonauts is that even the mere possibility of a Psychonauts 2 should send them in paroxysms of joy. Besides, I would very much like to see a trend of rich people funding sequels to awesome games that didn't sell very well (*cough* Shenmue III *cough*). Thanks to SlyDante for the tip. (Via GameSpot)

I'd have said someone deciding to mash-up Snoop Dogg's "Smoke Weed Everyday" with the Chrono Trigger overworld music was more than nerdy enough, but this gent went the extra mile, and made a game video of it -- a game where you play as Snoop and break into people's houses and yell at them to "Smoke weed everyday" or other such sage advice. It goes without saying that were it real, I would play the holy fuck out of this game. Infinite thanks to LJDarten for the tip.

Two words: Pussy. Magnet. (Via NY Mag)

And speaking of cute girls dressed up like Ash from Army of Darkness...

This is a new trailer for Lollipop Chainsaw, the Suda51-directed and James Gunn-written videogame starring a cheerleader who fights zombies with a chainsaw and her boyfriend's decapitated head. Specifically, it's a trailer for the five alternate outfits you get for pre-ordering the game from GameStop. I don't recognize the last four, but the first one... YOWZA. You got me, guys. Sexy Ash touches me in some kind of sexual place I didn't even know I had. I'd say I have the weirdest boner right now, but honestly, it's not that weird at all. Which makes it even more weird, when you think about it. (Via Anime News Network)

300's Leonidas and Halo's Master Chief have gotten into a bit of a scuffle, resulting in the best Epic Rap Battles of History video in quite some time. Both fighter's rhymes are reasonably phat and impressively cutting, and the fact that they got a rather shockingly accurate Leonidas facsimile helps immensely. Maybe I'm just impressed whenever someone manages to work Lipton the tea company into a rap.

To be honest, I thought I was posting this video so you could meet the new characters of Mass Effect 3 through their voice actors, but then I realized the new characters consist primarily of Freddie Prinze Jr., so maybe you should just enjoy these celebrities talking about how their characters have changed and what to expect from Mass Effect 3. Besides 100% more Freddie Prinze Jr., obviously.