The “Late Night With WhatIfGaming” is a new series feature of ours. No, it won’t have the little blue icon but it’s going to be just as significant. Every week we’re going to be doing either a video or post about anything we want to show or discuss on (you guessed it) very dark and late nights.

Just don’t find yourself in this situation.

The “Late Night With WhatIfGaming” is a new series feature of ours. No, it won’t have the little blue icon but it’s going to be just as significant. Every week we’re going to be doing either a video or post about anything we want to show or discuss on (you guessed it) very dark and late nights.

Don’t be lame. But you can try.

Two thirds of women with access to the internet love casual games. Some love the Wii, go figure girlfriend! According to a new survey, this large sector in the industry for online games remains untapped and totally crapped out.

The potential for growth in this area is also substantial and this is more related to a widening of the market than a growth amongst those already committed to the paid-for online sector.

70% of women who are between 16 and 45 and live in households connected to the internet have played some form of free online game in the last year, with only 18% paying to play. Great. More orcs in the World of Warcraft realm. Just what we all needed. As for the other percentage, 59% of all women who go online between the ages of 16 and 45 play free internet flash games once a month, with the youngest being more dominant. And yeah, all tests discounted lunar cycles.

Is it a great thing that the industry sucks for females? Maybe. What’s for sure is one thing: the industry and females seem to have nothing in common. Even in the grim sector of the future.

Survey Source: Arkton

What If….

Stay away from the meds, man

What Pacman Sees [goonfleet]

Sometimes the news media does funny stuff. Most of the time, it’s Fox News.

Next they’ll say Final Fantasy is a sports title

Fox News & GTA4 - A Racing Game? [flickr]

There are some things that naturally go good together. Peanut Butter and Jelly, Chocolate and peanut butter, Cake and Frosting but Mario and Medieval style? Perhaps its best let the art experts judge.

Were there even plumbers back then?

Mario [buttjohnson.com]

Check out the Mario Cosplayers with Mickey Mouse hands. Represent!

You wish you were this awesome.

Mario Cosplay [grza.net]

This reminds me of how me and my friends used to play at the store. Granted we didn’t use each other, but rather had one hold the place in line (there was always a line) while another went to go grab some boxes to sit on.

That’s what true friendship is all about.

Teamwork [Stashy]

Ever heard of game publisher Mastiff? I haven’t, until now. Turns out they gave $250 worth of pizza to gamers. Hey, Mastiff, where’s the love for me? Even though free pizza is now out of the question, you can still sign up for free $15 burgers. You know, the good kinda burgers. Hopefully ice cream will come next.

Mastiff Gives $250 Worth of Pizza to Starving Gamers[wiitopia]

You know what? I hate most blogs. They’re nothing more than useless stories about boring people. But for every million boring one, there’s at least one that does interesting stuff that people should check out. Like, who would ever think about creating an 8-Bit Mario caricature out of floppy disks?

Guess those things ARE good for something after all.

The 198.28Mb Capacity Floppy Disc Mario [Maurozea]

Whoever thought of this must think like me be clinically insane. Combining pokemon and politics while insulting both and paying homage to none. What if this a precursor of things to come?

Ron Paul, I choose you!

Remember how your mom used to say “You can have [insert new awesome game here] cause you already own too many games”? Well, this guy’s mom (yeah, it’s a guy) never said that to him.

From the looks of it, he’s still livin in his mom’s basement.

All Nes Games [Ebay]