Cecilia D'Anastasio's posts
“We deranking u cool?” asked the creator of “LOSING GAMES/TROLL/DERANK,” a group queued up for a game of Overwatch.…
When one of World of Warcraft’s top ten guilds recruited Cam as their chief hunter, his suicidal thoughts surged. To…
Everyone’s favorite cartoon about a resentful red panda squirming under the suffocating grip of corporate life will return for a second season. Yes, that’s Aggretsuko, the Netflix sensation that has pencil-pushing women everywhere screaming, “Literally me!”. Season 2 will be released sometime in 2019.
Art is always going to express a certain point of view because ultimately, whatever form it comes in, art is made by…
After nearly a week in downtime, Fortnite’s much-anticipated Playground mode is back online. It’s a Minecraft-like environment for Fortnite players to practice their building and shooting skills. Here’s how it works. Read more
In Fortnite, the best player doesn’t always win out. Sometimes, the worst does. A new Fortnite kill record was set…
Cartoonist and self-described Dungeons & Dragons nerd Luke Howard hand-crafted a convincing argument in favor of…
Cecilia and Heather are testing out Overwatch’s new hero, the mech-driving hamster Wrecking Ball right now on YouTube Live!
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It looks like Overwatch’s newest hero might be who—but not what—we thought. Fans speculated that the first-person…
Overwatch players needed something to incentivize good sportsmanship and, yesterday, they got it. Blizzard’s latest O…
After a slew of complaints from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players over the game’s buggy new Event Pass, Battlegrounds is making some necessary changes ASAP: “Firstly, we’ve upped the daily XP limit and reduced the minimum play time required to count towards mission progress. We’re implementing these changes first… Read more
Fortnite’s long-awaited “Playground” mode is finally live this morning. It’s a freeform, Minecraft-like practice…
In The Awesome Adventures of Captain Spirit, nine-year-old Chris Eriksen sets up a tower of his father’s beer cans…
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players have been through a lot since the game’s release early 2017. Although the…
Earlier this month, a buddy sent game developer Ben Esposito a surprising screenshot: an Instagram ad for a game…
There are a hell of a lot of ways to win a Fortnite game, but the most reliable strat has gotten a little too…
Winning a game of Fortnite is impressive on its own. Winning a game of Fortnite with no weapons is bonkers.
Pay-to-win games are garbage. Loot boxes are passe. Cosmetics are cute, but not a great incentive to keep playing.…
This was the first E3 I’ve attended IRL, and I spent most of it interviewing producers of games like Splatoon 2, Jump…