APC Surge Protectors, 64 oz. Growler, Kershaw Knife, and the Rest of Tuesday's Best Deals
APC surge protectors, a $100 iTunes gift card, and a popular Kershaw knife lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.
D&D's New Digital Toolset Is A Convincing Argument Against Pen And Paper Purists
When everything in the physical world is getting uploaded onto some great supercomputer in space, you will find me hiding somewhere dark, clinging to my Dungeons & Dragons character sheets. Yes, that’s how much I love playing D&D the traditional way: real dice, real paper and real damn pencils. But Dungeons & Dragons’…
We’re already playing a ton of the Destiny 2 beta including this really exciting opening story mission. You can watch some Crucible gameplay here as well, where I get my Guardian groove back and kick ass with a pulse rifle.
The Opening Sequence To Super Metroid Is A Masterpiece
It’s been a little over two decades since Super Metroid debuted on the Super Nintendo, and it’s lost none of its power in the intervening years.
Compete Is Hiring For An Editor
Are you an experienced journalist with a background in sports and investigations who’s interested in hype, game theory, scams, gambling, and people competing to be the absolute best in the world at something? If so, we want to talk to you—Compete is looking for an editor.
A Thrilling Game Where You Can Impact The Course Of Art History
Check your balances of wool and linen. Will you sell them to the merchant from Milan or the one from Venice? Oh, also, the church wants you to buy some of their overpriced alum. Do you accept? These are the questions that ARTé Mecenas asks while you try to build your banking empire during the Italian renaissance.
Play The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Batman, and More with Telltale's Humble Bundle
I imagine most of you have played at least one or two of Telltale’s choice-driven narrative games, but the newest Humble Bundle is a great excuse to try out more.
Tabletop RPG About Breaking The Rules Has Way Too Many Rules
Misspent Youth is a tabletop RPG about young people fighting against authority. Unfortunately, it has a lot of rules, many of which get in the way of the freedom that serves as its core.
Battlegrounds Streamer's Suspension Provokes Candid Explanation From PlayerUnknown
Twitch darling Dr. Disrespect, perhaps Battlegrounds’ most recognizable streaming personality, got suspended from the game last night after pulling the trigger on a squadmate, VICE Waypoint reports. And when Dr. Disrespect threatened to roundhouse kick developer PlayerUnknown in the neck, PlayerUnknown spoke out about…
The Worst Way To Meet Miyamoto
For a certain type of video game enthusiast, getting to meet Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto is the ultimate dream. You rehearse in your head what you’re going to say. You hope you don’t blow it. In 1997, game music composer Grant Kirkhope had, shall we say, a suboptimal experience meeting Nintendo’s game design guru.
Harvest This $20 Deal On Stardew Valley For PS4 or Xbox One
Update: The base game is also available for $15 on PSN, but you won’t get the Collector’s Edition fold-out map, guidebook, or soundtrack.
Watch Us Play The Destiny 2 Beta [UPDATE: Done]
It’s time for a taste of Destiny 2, a video game that I am definitely not feeling insanely pressured to write really good pithy one-liners about. Come watch us play!
ESPN Makes Street Fighter Player Change Character's Thong Due to 'Broadcast Standards'
On Sunday night, ESPN aired Evo 2017’s Street Fighter V finals. During Ryota “Kazunoko” Inoue’s match, in which he played as the character Cammy, ESPN requested that Kazunoko change the character’s costume from her default thong leotard to her formalwear DLC outfit. (Cammy does not wear pants in this formal outfit,…
Staff Writer Heather Alexandra and Video Producer Chris Person recently sat down to leap over pits and get splatted by baddies in the difficult platformer The End Is Nigh. You can watch right here.
BioWare GM Aaryn Flynn is leaving the studio, replaced by Mass Effect trilogy director Casey Hudson, who rejoins BioWare after three years at Microsoft. Hudson was the original director of Anthem, BioWare’s upcoming Destiny-like game.
In Master Mode, Breath Of The Wild’s Starting Area Is The Game At Its Best
The first thing you’ll discover in Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s new “Master Mode” difficulty is that combat isn’t worth it. You don’t want a fight. Run away.
New Link To The Past Mod Lets Two Zelda Players Share Items Online
A new modification to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past brings a difficult multiplayer challenge to the game. With help from an emulator and some special code, two players can coordinate their progress through the game and change each other’s inventory.
The Crash Bandicoot Remasters Really Are Tougher Than The Originals
Today, the developers of the Crash Bandicoot remastered trilogy confirmed what many players had suspected: The physics are very different now. And it makes the game more difficult.
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