Normally when blogs talk about link-building, they’re referring to an SEO activity that involves spamming forums, article directories, and comment threads. This type of link-building is bad. Out friends at IGN give us a different kind of link-building to watch. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a gamer or not – Link from the Legend of Zelda series is probably at least familiar if not recognizable to you. He has been around since the dawn of modern gaming and will likely fill our Nintendo-console screens for years to come. If you ever wanted to learn how to draw him, here you go. …

Die-hard fans of video games often play them continuously until very few people are even playing them anymore. Halo: Reach, which was launched nearly a year ago, has a custom map that is drawing back players in droves. The video telling about it was the top story on Reddit Gaming, a high-volume subredddit that is very difficult to top, and has over 1000 points. It was just launched today but is very likely in the low-6-figures as far as overall views. Looks like fun. …

Most modern games offer in-game features that add to the overall experience in ways that have nothing to do with the game or the mission itself. One such feature is the whiteboard used in Duke Nukem Forever. While the game itself was met with a certain level of criticism and the advertising agency working with them failed even more, this feature of the game has brought out some amazing creativity in people. Check out this video putting a little nibble from another popular game into this one. Pretty epic. …

Few games have been as anticipated in recent months as Batman: Arkham City. The unique adventure game uses an appealing combat style, clever puzzles, and iconic heroes and villains to draw us in and make our collective gaming mouths water. The sequel to the wildly-popular Batman: Arkham Asylum is scheduled for launch October 18th in North America and October 21 in Europe. …

The battle lines have been drawn between the 2 major FPS titles to be released before Christmas this year with both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3 getting tremendous amounts of attention since E3. One unknown fan of Battlefield 3 took the war to the next level by redirecting modernwarfare3.com to the Battlefield 3 official website. The domain had been privately registered in 2009, catching Activision asleep at the domain-buying wheel. Before the redirect, the site featured the video below and said that COD was “the most over-hyped first-person action series of all time” while…

As video game franchises go, Fallout has the longevity and innovative newness that few have been able to duplicate. The latest trailer of the downloaded content for “Old World Blues” will have fans rushing for the credit cards. Mixing gore, psychedelic visuals and audio, and the classic fighting style that only Fallout provides has kept the franchise strong over the years. This latest addition will likely only enhance that. “This will only sting… for a decade.” …

The demand to make viral videos is skyrocketing. Animals, babies, and special effects flood YouTube daily in videos made by companies and marketing firms in an effort to get views and exposure for a brand. One tried and true method of getting views is through skin. Sex sells. We just didn’t know it sold video game accessories. The clever folks over at  xtendplay is trying to do just that with the satirical report of a recent “Nude Gaming Party” in New York City. The video, somewhat NSFW, has over a million views on YouTube and highlights the fictional subculture of XBuffing – playing games “in the…

Our mobile devices have many uses to us, well beyond the talk and text functionality of the past. Millions of mobile apps are downloaded to smartphones and tablets every day. The types of apps we download are an indication of what uses we see for mobile devices. According to a recent study by Nielson, we want to have fun, know when it’s going to rain, monitor Facebook, and get directions. Over half of mobile device users have used apps for gaming, weather, social networking, and/or navigation in the last 30 days. Music, news, and entertainment follow. Perhaps more interesting is the fact that 93%…

Have you ever been tempted to pull out the old Nintendo Entertainment System from the attic just to finish that one game you never got around to? Do you wonder what happened at the end of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game that you were going to get but ended up getting a Super Nintendo instead? Are you too young to look at the NES as an actual gaming platform, but rather a mere predecessor to the real platforms of today? If you meet any of these criteria, you may want to check out what happened at the end of 50 popular NES games. Thanks to TheFineBros, you can hear the final moments of these games in just over…

There were many who tagged this year’s E# convention as a disappointment, but there were some games that got more buzz than others. Saints Row, while not getting the attention, did wow some people with their release, particularly on YouTube. From the official E3 channel, users were able to vote on their favorite trailer and Saints Row emerged as the winner. YouTube has it currently featured on their home page. The trailer is fun but definitely for a mature audience. …