And just when I thought Duke Nukem Forever was the industry’s biggest joke. What my eyes have just seen cannot be unseen and there are no words to begin to explain or elaborate. Just watch. Read more…

Our flights have landed, our bags have been unpacked into our respective hotel rooms, the laptops are out in full force (minus Emily’s which has shit the bed). She has assured me however, that she will force push her coverage onto the site, and I am not one to question the power of the force. Read more…

Will gamers look past his extended absence and help him in his quest for the White House? Can they forgive his lengthy history of broken promises? Let’s find out.

In response to this video several other well known gaming icons have responded with bids on the oval office themselves. Enjoy. Read more…

This is what we have all been waiting for … a battle for the ages, and the time is now. We have assembled 32 of the finest video game characters that have ever called a console home, and a five round single elimination tournament of speed, skill, strength, and determination stands between them and being named pixel for pixel the baddest that ever was, the “King of the Game”.

Can Marcus Fenix roadie run his way through a bullet blazing, one liner laden, no holds barred battle with the one and only Duke Nukem? Will Metal Gear’s main man Snake slither his way to victory against the Splinter Cells triclops, Sam Fisher? Metriod’s Samus Aran, or the combat evolved Master Chief? The king of cold: Sub Zero or the queen of hot: Lara Croft?

We here at ripten have been working for over two months, researching, arguing, and eating lots of junk food, all in the name of bringing you an accurate account of each characters quest for video game immortality. Read more…