Ash Parrish

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.

Someone At American Dad Is A Big Fan Of The Overwatch League

In the grand tradition of primetime animated shows mining contemporary pop culture for content, American Dad’s most recent episode featured esports as its topic of the day. In a clip shared by TBS, the show’s main character is tasked with assassinating a North Korean general while he attends an Overwatch League match in Hong Kong.…

How The Hell Did We Ever Beat The Lion King As Kids? (We Didn’t)

Having access to a lot of classic games these days means a lot of impromptu trips down memory lane. The games I loved as a kid—and the games I’d forgotten I loved as a kid—are all at my fingertips, begging to be replayed for that jolt of nostalgia-flavored serotonin to the brain. So I’ve been…

World-Class DOTA2 Team Newbee Banned Over Alleged Match Fixing

Newbee, a Chinese DOTA2 organization who won the 2014 DOTA2 International and is a founding member of the Chinese Dota Association (CDA), has been banned indefinitely from participating in any CDA events due to alleged match fixing. As reported by VPEsports, the CDA has presented its evidence to Valve and Perfect World. A translation of…