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From Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics) comes a humorous choose-your-own-adventure game based on Hamlet. To Be or Not To Be features art by Kate Beaton, Mike Krahulik, Zac Gorman and more. Also available as a book.

“If you paired this with Oculus Rift, this is like next gen!” The Fine Brothers put iconic late ’80s tech in the hands of today’s youth. While the Mattel Power Glove for the NES never lived up to its promise, we know one person who still uses his.

An endearing exploration and platforming game. You are BUD, a robot tasked with growing an alien plant so you can harvest its seeds and bring them back to Earth. It’s Windows only for now, but it’s clearly begging for a console port.

WrestleMania fans, get out your wallets. Stern Pinball’s latest machine features the sights and sounds of the WWE ring. The LE model gets a 5.7″ full color video screen, Hulk Hogan’s autograph and other goodies. Go inside the machine here.

The RPG about RPGs is now available on iOS and Android. Evoland is a very short game but it’s a great homage to the genre. As you progress, you unlock in-game features, such as better graphics and new game mechanics.

To celebrate the launch of Technabob’s new online shop, our sister site is giving away a Sony PlayStation 4 console, valued at almost $400. Enter to win, then share to earn more entries. (Contest ends 3/5/15)

From the makers of Fallen London, Sunless Sea is a rogue-like naval adventure set in gothic Victorian London. You may choose to trade or conquer, but most of all dare to explore, because the Unterzee holds many tales.

Fence Post Productions‘ fan film that pokes fun at the endless wait for the next Half-Life game, as an aging Gordon Freeman is left alone with nothing to do. VALVE, can we just have this game already? You know you’d sell a squillion copies.

Smosh Games takes on Blizzard’s ridiculously addictive card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, a game that seemingly is way more about luck than strategy. And messing with the playing fields is our favorite part too.

The debut trailer for the much awaited social sim and RPG Persona 5. The game stars a group of high school delinquents (and a cat). Platforming and sneaking have been added to its dungeon exploration. Drops this year for PS3 and PS4.

(NSFW: Language) A sublime episodic adventure about a teenage girl who gains the power to rewind time, this coming of age story has a top notch script and voice acting. For Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4. Watch out Telltale.

The punishing Darkest Dungeon is a gothic horror rogue-like RPG. Its varied character classes get stressed as you adventure, and there’s never enough respite for everyone. Now on Steam Early Access. Also coming to PS4 and PS Vita.

Portal Stories: Mel is an upcoming free-to-play fan made mod for Portal 2. Set between the first two games, it’s about Mel, a test subject for Aperture’s hibernation vault. She sleeps for years, only to wake up with the lab in shambles.

We can only imagine how many hours it must have taken the dedicated fans behind this epic MineCraft map to replicate the massive world of Westeros, and they aim to build every location from George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy universe.

The IKEA shopper’s nightmare turned into a video game. Höme Improvisåtion is about building flat-pack furniture. The furniture requires no tools for assembly, but it also doesn’t come with any instructions.

The classic turn-based strategy game returns in HD for PCs and iOS and Android tablets. Sadly, the PC version is buggy and doesn’t have LAN support, so you’ll be better off with the classic HoMM3 complete pack.

Currently in alpha, Besiege is a charming physics-based construction game. Build wacky medieval siege engines to accomplish objectives, which are mostly about destroying stuff. It’s like Kerbal Space Program but with more explosions.

(Gore, Crude humor) Before they meet for the Super Bowl, Marshawn Lynch and Rob Gronkowski fought in Mortal Kombat X on Conan’s Clueless Gamer. Watch them talk about Mario Kart, football celebrations and more.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 is set 30 years after the first two games. Now shut down, the events in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza have become urban legends. That is, until an opportunist makes a horror theme park based on the restaurant.

Joe hand fabricates some of the most amazing dominoes we’ve laid eyes on. From the ones filled with shredded U.S. currency to the anodized aluminum pieces, they’re all quite special. Joe also offers custom engraving for logos and signatures.

Mythbusters‘ episode on 1/31 is about video game tropes. One of them is the Doom guy’s ability to carry the game’s health packs, guns, etc.  Adam and Jamie tested that with the help of Bethesda and UFC fighter Brendan Schaub.

The original Homeworld and Homeworld 2 as well as overhauled versions of both games, with 1080p and 4K graphics, remixed sounds and new cinematics. The limited edition set has a 13″ mothership replica.

(NSFW: Language) This live-action commercial for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare‘s Havoc DLC imagines an actual person behind the franchise’s KillCam feature. We’re surprised there’s only one of him.