Cracked Archive - Video Games
If Video Game Adaptations of Movies Didn't Suck
What should be a golden opportunity to highlight all the things games do better than less interactive media has more often been an excuse to rush something out before a movie's out of theaters. We show you why it doesn't have to be that way.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- July 09, 2012
The 5 Most Absurdly Expensive Items in Online Gaming
For years alchemists tried to turn stupid lead into gold. Game developers have fixed that formula by ditching the dead weight of the eighth word.
- By Luke McKinney
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- July 03, 2012
If Video Game Covers Were Honest
Let's be real: Video game covers are one more step to get you to purchase the damn things. Unfortunately, more often than not, they are incredibly deceiving.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- June 27, 2012
The 14 Worst Boobs in the History of Video Games
Video games treat breasts like real black holes: irresistable points which suck in anyone who comes near, yet don't obey the classical laws of physics.
- By Luke McKinney
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- June 22, 2012
22 Inevitable Features of Future Gaming Systems
We've come a long way from two lines and a tiny dot playing tennis.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- June 22, 2012
4 Reasons Why the Best Multiplayer Games Are All Broken
I have to admit that some of the most fun I've ever had in gaming was due to multiplayer. It just so happens that every great multiplayer game I've played was completely broken.
- By Robert Brockway
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- June 20, 2012
27 Science Lessons As Taught by Famous Video Games
Video games have a set rules all their own. Here's what it would look like if you sat down in a classroom in some of these universes.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- June 15, 2012
6 Moments That Make Video Games Worth It
With joy in my heart, let me try to explain the feelings that come with being a video game player.
- By David Wong
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- June 12, 2012
5 Great Ways to Destroy Your Highly Anticipated Video Game
There's a long list of massively anticipated games that didn't come out until years after their initial announcement at E3. There are a few reasons why this happens, which I've enumerated in an extraordinarily gritty list.
- By Chris Bucholz
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- June 07, 2012
If Video Games Had Gone With Their (Terrible) First Design
Every great video game is exactly one decision away from being a disaster.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- May 30, 2012
23 Instructional Signs That Must Exist in Video Game Worlds
The vast majority of video game characters we come across are only on screen for a few seconds. In that time they often behave in surprising ways that would suggest they're receiving instructions we're not privy to. We asked you to show us the signs that are giving them those instructions.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- May 28, 2012
The 6 Most Insane Video Games About Dating
Dating video games are hugely popular in Japan. Naturally, some of these games go just a little too far.
- By Mark Hill, Dustin Koski
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- May 24, 2012
The 5 Worst Marketing Failures in the History of Video Games
When the ‘Diablo III’ servers were broken for most of its first day live, millions of frustrated fingers told the Internet how pissed off they were. However, as far as video game PR disasters go, it couldn't contend with these classics:
- By Seanbaby
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- May 20, 2012
6 Japanese Video Games That Will Make Your Head Explode
For those of you who have become numb to video games, allow us to give you feeling again.
- By Miles Bacchus
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- May 19, 2012
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