Evan Narcisse

Shitty Voltron Turns Four Players Into a Shitty Defender of the Universe

This weekend, a video game made me realize how hard it must be to be part of the Voltron team. I played a game called Shitty Voltron on Saturday. Created by Portland, Ore.-based game developers Jack Meade, Oliver Smith and Terence Lee for the Tinderbox arcade cabinet, the multiplayer game tasks four people with controlling…

The State of the Punisher

Frank Castle’s been around for more than 40 years and, like most comic-book characters, has evolved over the course of his publishing history. Originally published 3/16/16 When the second of season of Daredevil starts on Friday March 18, the Punisher will be the primary antagonist for the Man Without Fear. The two characters have a…

That Time Marvel Comics Had An Awful Sex Demon

People talk about how bad the comics of the ‘90s were. But, after actually revisiting some of the storylines from two decades ago, they’re even worse than I remembered. Exhibit A: a crossover between Luke Cage, mercenary Silver Sable and an antihero who used other people’s body parts against a hellbeast with the power to…

Secret Wars’ Finale Says Goodbye to the Marvel Comics of Old

The final issue of Marvel’s everything-changing event series bids farewell to the fictional father figure of its superhero reality. Reed Richards doesn’t exit the stage quite the way we’ve been led to believe, either. (This piece originally ran on January 13, 2016. I’m bumping it up because the collected edition of Secret Wars is out…

‘Dickbutt’, ‘Shitlord’ and Other Naughty Words Your Character Can Say in Nintendo’s First Mobile Game

Miitomo is brand new, marking the first time that the House of Mario is entering the brave new world of mobile gaming. The game currently has a big rookie mistake: you can swear like the rudest teenager ever in it. Let’s hear how my Mii sounds with a mouth full of filth. Nintendo has a…

Mortal Kombat Characters Are Getting Drunk for St. Patrick’s Day

Today, Bo Rai Cho isn’t the only drunken master in Earthrealm. Everybody in Mortal Kombat X will be throwing back green beers and feeling a little bit luckier this March 17th. The new Watch Out Leprechauns premier tower went up earlier this week, bundling together eight matches where players will have to contend with modifiers…

A Quick Tour of Miitomo, Nintendo’s First Mobile App

Three years ago, the very idea of Nintendo creating an experience solely targeted at smartphone users seemed like an outlier, bizarro-world possibility. Today, Nintendo released Miitomo in Japan for iOS and Android devices. Here’s what it looks like. Miitomo’s debut is only limited to Japanese storefronts right now, meaning that you’ll need a Japanese iTunes…

“Once Upon a Climb”, the third episode of the new King’s Quest series will alight onto Steam, PlayStation and Xbox platforms on April 26th. We dug the first episode of The Odd Gentlemen’s the revival of the classic adventure series. Contact the author at [email protected]

The next episode of The Walking Dead: Michonne miniseries will be out on March 29 for multiple platforms. Check out our thoughts on episode one here Contact the author at [email protected]

Six-Month-Old Baby Beats Birdie’s Story Mode In Street Fighter V

When this child is older and dominating chumps at the game of his/her choice, he/she will be able to say, “I been doin’ this since I was in diapers!” And it will be true. YouTuber PapaPaint decided to combine his quality time with his infant child and Capcom’s latest fighting game. The result has the…

The Issues That Really Matter

America needs a return to good ol’ Japanimation, perhaps? The recent drama at Trump rallies has ramped up the attention and so this moment happens, as spotted by screenwriter Mike Le during a CNN broadcast. The meme’s been around for much of the election cycle but this might be the most high profile airing it’s…

AI Bot and Its Human Creator Team Up to Defuse a Video Game Bomb

You’re supposed to play Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes with other human beings. In a typical game, people get sweaty and flustered as the timer on the detonation device winds down. But, when you have a life-or-death session with an AI bot that listens and responds, the experience is anything but typical. Keep Talking and…

Street Fighter V Fan Makes Better Version Of The Game’s Story Mode

Right now, there isn’t a whole lot of story mode in Street Fighter V. One fan of Capcom’s latest fighting game has taken it upon himself to make his own version of plot-centric content around the game’s characters. And he’s doing it in a very cool way. The vignettes being created by YouTuber sigmaG19 are…

Grand Theft Auto V’s Mt. Chiliad Mystery Still Hasn’t Been Solved [UPDATE]

Grand Theft Auto V came out two-and-a-half years ago. There’s still no real answer for the bizarre Mt. Chiliad Mystery that some players are obsessed with. But folks are still finding new clues hidden around Los Santos. Shortly after its release, a subset of fans who reached 100% completion in GTA V started trying to…

EverQuest Next Has Been Cancelled

Almost three years after its announcement, development has stopped on the next iteration of the long-lived Everquest MMO franchise. Daybreak Studios’ president Russ Shanks announced the news on the game’s official site: I’m writing today to let you know that, after much review and consideration, Daybreak is discontinuing development of EverQuest Next For the past…

It’s going to be time to get ugly this fall. The Luke Cage show—starring Mike Colter and based on the popular Marvel character—will be premiering on Netflix on September 30th. Contact the author at [email protected]

Capcom Offers New Info on Street Fighter V March Update

The publisher of Street Fighter V offered up new details for the first big update to their newest fighting game. Capcom mentions specifics about SFV’s first DLC character and inbound game modes, but is still mum on a permanent fix for rage-quitting. A blog on Capcom Unity runs down major features of the moveset for…

I Hope Marvel’s Black Panther Movie Is As Good as These Comics

The Black Panther isn’t Captain America. He’s not Iron Man, either. He’s different than most of Marvel’s big superhero characters and, in the right hands, he’s arguably better. Don’t think so? Read these comics and see. This post originally appeared in August, 2015. Fans got the first look at the movie version of Black Panther…

The 12 Best Comics Coming Out Right Now

You want to explore other universes? Get under the skin of some weird, complicated, are-we-even-sure-they’re-human people? Rekindle the love you once had for word balloons and illustrated drama? The comic books being published nowadays are a great place to do that. Here are twelve sequential series that will open you up to all sorts of…

‘We Were Still Stuck In The Past’: 16-Year Game Dev Veterans Explain Why They’re Quitting

When it comes via an unexpected studio closure, the end of a career in video games can be sudden. Other times, the writing is on the wall and the best thing to do is try for a graceful exit and figure out what’s next. The makers of upcoming shooter/platformer hybrid Rive say that they know…