And thank the good lord it doesn't take place on Melbourne Cup weekend.

Video: Two new trailers for upcoming DC Comics fighting game Injustice 2 have popped up over the last two days, showing Swamp Thing and Poison Ivy smacking around other super-folk. I hope this game has those two plant-loving super-folk submitting to the unspoken passion in their hearts.

Frogger, Space Invaders, Asteroids, Centipede, Jungle Hunt, Missile Command, and Pong are among the 101 built-in games on the new Atari Flashback 7 Classic Game Console, available right now. Isn't life grand?

If you've only got one virtual reality setup at home, you might be able to relate to this.

Happy Valentines day, VR widows!

With some 30 years of video gaming history now behind us, there's never been a greater choice of retro games to dig back into, whether it's on your smartphone or a classic console rebooted for modern times. For the more serious seekers of gaming nostalgia, there are plenty of hands-on projects you can attempt yourself, and these are some of the best we've found. So prep your wallet, brush up on your coding and handyman skills, and get ready to build.

Two days ago, news broke that a Castlevania TV show would be heading to Netflix in 2017, prompting thousands of jokes quoting dialogue from the video game series. In a Facebook post, producer Adi Shankar said, "I personally guarantee that it will end the streak and be the Western world's first good video game adaptation." I talked to Shankar yesterday and he sounds totally committed to that.

We are just a few weeks away from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which means it is now time to rank all the Zelda games.

If you intentionally held off buying the last generation of console to save a couple of bucks, but you still want to play all those platform exclusives, now might be the time to take the leap. EB Games will sell you a Xbox 360 E console with a 500GB hard drive, plus a couple of games, for less than $100.

The Classic Mini NES is on sale at Target right now. There are no silly countdowns or website issues to navigate. Just click and buy! You can also get extra controllers for two-player games. Here's the link to the sale.