Ash Parrish

An Excerpt From Glengarry Glen Nook

“Let me have your attention for a moment. I wanna talk about something important. Put that lily-of-the-valley down. Lilies-of-the-valley are for checkers only. Do you think I’m Flip-ping with you? I am not Flip-ping with you. I’m here from Nook Inc. I’m here from Timmy and Tommy. And I’m here on a mission of mercy.…

Wizards Of The Coast Will Finally Address Racist Stereotypes In Dungeons And Dragons

Dungeons and Dragons developers Wizards of the Coast will change how they describe and characterize fantasy races in future story modules. In a blog post last week, the publishers of the largest tabletop roleplaying game explained how some of their past characterizations have been racially insensitive and set forth a list of actions they’re taking…

Avatar: The Last Airbender comes to Smite During today’s Summer Game Fest showcase, Smite announced they’re adding Avatar: The Last Airbender skins to their upcoming battle pass. Players will be able to select Aang, Zuko, and Korra skins for Merlin, Susano, and Skadi respectively.

How The NYXL Built A Successful Overwatch Team (In 5 Easy Steps)

In Spring 2018, the New York Excelsior had just won the Overwatch League Stage 2 Championship. In preparation for the next stage, the NYXL Twitter account released a promo. The video is a 15-second spectacle, a highlight reel of the breakout stars of the inaugural season of the Overwatch League laid over M.O.P’s “Ante Up,”…

Horizon Zero Dawn Sequel Forbidden West Is On PS5

Aloy embarks in a new westward adventure in Horizon Forbidden West. From Sony, “Horizon Forbidden West continues Aloy’s story as she moves west to a far-future America to brave a majestic, but dangerous frontier where she’ll face awe-inspiring machines and mysterious new threats.” Those threats include a deadly rot-like disease that ravages the flora and…

JETT: The Far Shore, New Game From Superbrothers, Coming To The PS5

From Superbrothers, the developers of Sword & Sworcery, comes Jett: The Far Shore a new action adventure game that invites you to “carve out a future for a people haunted by oblivion.” JETT: The Far Shore is an open world, single player game steeped in atmospheric environments and sounds. Play as Mei, a scout aboard…

Ratchet & Clank Return In New PS5 Game

A new Ratchet & Clank game is coming to the PS5. Titled Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, the new game focuses on interdimensional travel. Check out the trailer here:

Wizards Of The Coast Bans 7 Racist Magic: The Gathering Cards

The company behind Magic: The Gathering is apologizing for racist cards that have been part of the game for decades. Seven cards will be removed from competitive play and from the game’s official card index.. “The events of the past weeks and the ongoing conversation about how we can better support people of color have…

Magic‘s New Set Stars A Black Man Who Can Bend Time, And I’m Here For It

Wizards of the Coast kicked off the new Magic: The Gathering set release with a preview of the Core 2021 set. The set features a new Teferi planeswalker, reprints of powerful cards, and the return of phasing—a mechanic not seen in Standard decks for over 20 years. While the official stream revealed only a handful…

Game Gear Micro Is Missing The Best Portable Sonic Game

Earlier this week, Sega announced the release of the Game Gear Micro as a part of its 60th anniversary celebration. The ludicrously small handheld console comes in four different colors, each of which has four different games. I’m sad to say that Sonic: Triple Trouble isn’t one of them. Two of the four Game Gear…

Wizards of the Coast announced today’s livestream event featuring previews of the Core 2021 set will be delayed until Friday, June 5th at 7 a.m. PST. This delay also affects updates to MTG: Arena and Online that would have implemented the latest banned and restricted ruleset.

Let Me Keep My Damn Weeds, Animal Crossing

I’m new to the Animal Crossing world. Outside of a short-lived stint in Pocket Camp, New Horizons is the first time I’ve ever played a major Animal Crossing title. Part of getting into an established series late means learning things seasoned players know implicitly, like that you’re supposed to pick the weeds. But I don’t…

I Am Black And Tired

George Floyd was murdered by the police, and I can’t tell you how hard it’s been to work, to write, or to live since then. I’ve felt like I’ve lost my ability to write. For the entire day I thought, “I can’t do this.” All my attempts to write something significant devolved into “a not-brief…

Latest Magic: The Gathering Change Nerfs Companions

Say goodbye to Magic: The Gathering’s pesky nightmare kitty Lurrus of the Dream-Den. Companions have been nerfed with today’s new banned and restricted announcement Companions, introduced in the latest Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths set, were a way to play with commanders without playing in the Commander format. Companions were cards that, like a commander, could…

Holy Shit I Found A Switch

A couple of days ago, I wrote a piece about how hard it is to find a Nintendo Switch. With the covid-19 outbreak temporarily halting production of the console in China, and scalpers seizing the opportunity to buy up and flip the Switch for usurious prices, nary a Switch is to be found on American…

Switch Isn’t The Best Way To Play Five Nights At Freddy’s: Help Wanted

I’m one of those people who can’t do VR. Maybe I haven’t found the right console to play on, or the little balance-regulating nub in my brain is too sensitive, but VR makes me puke. So when Steel Wool Games announced a Switch port of VR game Five Nights At Freddy’s: Help Wanted, I was…

BlizzCon 2020 Has Been Cancelled

Blizzard, the studio behind World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo just announced via blog post that they are cancelling BlizzCon 2020. Even as states are slowly reopening with social distancing guidelines in place, Blizzard expressed concerns that it’s just too much to consider trying to throw their massive convention this year. “We’ve had many discussions about…

Trying To Buy A Switch Now Is Just Ridiculous

The covid-19 outbreak created an economy of scarcity. Overnight, goods such as toilet paper, cleaning products, and hand sanitizer became valuable commodities. Meanwhile scalpers seized upon the opportunity to hoard and resell those items at ridiculous mark-ups. But as stocks replenish, one item that hasn’t yet been seen on many shelves is the Nintendo Switch.…

Grand Marshall of the Hot Girl Summer and noted anime enthusiast Megan Thee’ Stallion released the hotly anticipated music video for her viral hit “Savage”. The video is like if Vocaloid, Cyberpunk 2077, and Aeon Flux all got together and had a baby in Second Life—but, thankfully, with way more black people.

Overwatch League tokens are back. Today, Blizzard announced viewers can now earn tokens when they view live matches either in the Overwatch League app or on Overwatchleague.com. Token drops have been absent ever since the League made the jump from Twitch to YouTube, forcing fans to spend real currency to obtain them.