William Vitka

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Protesters take to the streets in Greece

Protests erupted in Greece after a 34-year-old musician described as an anti-fascist activist was allegedly stabbed to death by a neo-Nazi.

The Tribute in Light

The twin beams of the annual Tribute in Light commemorating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks shine above the city's skyline in New York.

When a drunk chipmunk robs a bank

What happens when a drunk chipmunk (drunkmunk?) decides to rob a bank?Special guest Sgt. Max ButtThrust is here to answer that very question with some folks in Payday 2.(As always,...

Payday 2 is coming

Let's celebrate the imminent release (August 13) of Payday 2 with just one more video. This one doesn't go all that badly, actually. (We will be playing the hell out...

Our wonderful lowlights from Payday 2's beta

Payday 2's official launch is just a few days away -- August 13th. To celebrate, here's some of our lowlights with the beta. And I do mean low.We'll have one...

Rockstar's 'Red Dead Redemption' breeds awesome grindhouse fan film

The idea of not liking Spaghetti Westerns -- or Westerns in general, actually -- is horrifying and sad to me. I love them. When Rockstar released Red Dead Redemption, to...

Payday 2 Beta 4-player Co-Op part 3: Doubleheader

It's Monday. It's Payday 2 day. This time, we manage to really rock the first mission ... and then I kinda screw it all up in the second.WARNING: PAYDAY 2...

Ouya: what's in the boooox?

I knew I was in a little bit of trouble when the controller wouldn't pair. I waited. And waited some more. Then the Ouya needed to update. It restarted. The...

Payday 2 Beta 4-player Co-Op part 2 (with bonus stupidity)

We couldn't stop after just one robbery. We had to keep going. And while the road has been rocky (mostly because we had no idea what we were doing), Overkill's...

Payday 2 Beta hands-on (gameplay video)

It's a million-dollar idea. Overkill's Payday: The Heist was a welcome switch in the co-operative forumla. Instead of playing with friends as good guys, why not play as real, real...

Star Wars Left 4 Dead 2 is finally over

I would love to say that this has been a fun ride. But it hasn't. It was fun in the beginning, and then the game started to hate us. And...

Wrath of the Kool-Aid man

Our horrifying journey through modded Left 4 Dead 2 campaign (while playing as Star Wars characters) is drawing to a close. But if there's one thing we've learned, it's that...

We might be the reason The Empire failed

It's a well known fact that The Empire are jerks. It's also well-known that they failed in their bid to truly exterminate the Jedi and rule with the Dark Side....

Give Insection your money

As you may have noticed, we're pretty big fans of co-op games. In particular, ones that let us either chainsaw zombies Osama bin Ladens or blow up alien bug monsters.So...

Star Wars Left 4 Dead 2: Our triumphant return goes terribly

We decided that, for our return to the Left 4 Dead 2 campaign, a Star Wars-themed adventure would be great. So we donned our new Survivor suits: Imperial Survivors. I...

Alien Breed 2: Apparently a game about standing in a corner while shooting

We really wanted to like Alien Breed 2: Assault. But it was kind of ... How do I put this?Crap. It was kind of crap. Check out our YouTube channel.

Arma 3 tomfoolery: The thrilling conclusion

By thrilling conclusion, I mean about seven minutes of stupidity and even some team-killing. We'll also be playing a lot more Arma (as well as other games), so really, this...

ARMA 3 Zombie Test Of Terror

It looks like the fine people of Agia Marina ate some bad beef. And because it's a video game, everything goes bonkers. Of course. Visit our YouTube channel.

Arma 3 hijinks

The ARMA series is, in a word, ridiculous. The game strives to maintain pole position in terms of military simulations. And it mostly succeeds. Except for some wonky physics issues....

From the living room to the front lines: video games are more than just entertainment

Video games do a lot of heavy lifting these days.They entertain. They make companies billions. They're a platform for art – for expression.And now they're helping our men and women...