Gita Jackson

The Developers Of No Man’s Sky Have A Surprise New Game

In case you think Hello Games hasn’t been working hard enough, given their multiple, massive and free updates to No Man’s Sky, tonight they’ve announced a new game, called The Last Campfire “The Last Campfire is an adventure, a story of a lost Ember trapped in a puzzling place, searching for meaning and a way…

Far Cry Is Heading To The Post-Apocalypse

The new Far Cry, called Far Cry New Dawn, takes place in a post-apocalyptic world after the end of Far Cry 5. Apparently, it’s coming out February 15th. You probably know the drill with Far Cry already: in New Dawn, you’re going to explore a huge map, including Far Cry 5‘s Hope Country, craft cool…

Sayonara Wild Hearts, developed by Annapurna and Simogo for Switch, was just announced at The Game Awards. It’s a game based around pop music with a bunch of fictional bands and catchy music. Put it in my hands.

The Leaked Box Art For Far Cry New Dawn Owns

The box art for the next game in the Far Cry series, Far Cry New Dawn leaked on social media ahead of tonight’s announcement at The Game Awards. As per usual for the series, it’s provocative and transgressive. It depicts a white man strapped to a car riddled with bullet holes, and in the foreground,…

Spacewar! Creators Didn’t Know They Were Making History

Long after I’m dead, if the country remains unscathed, there will be a recording with me on it in the Smithsonian. On it, I will be heard asking the developers of Spacewar! if they had any idea what the video game industry was going to become when they made their game in 1962. The recording…

The Swedish Economic Crime Authority have conducted a raid on Starbreeze, the studio behind the Payday 2, on suspicion of insider trading. According to a tweet, translated by Eurogamer, one person has been arrested.

A Bite-Sized Simulation Game

I love simulation games of all kinds. Give me Dwarf Fortress, SimCity 3000, or The Sims and I can get lost in them for days. Sometimes, I don’t have days in which to get lost in a game. Simmiland scratches my simulation itch without taking too much time away from my life. I’m a busy…

Tumblr’s New Algorithm Thinks Garfield Is Explicit Content

Yesterday, Tumblr announced that it will ban all adult content starting December 17th. As users logged into their accounts, they have seen that some of their posts now have a red banner across them, marking them as flagged for explicit content. The problem is, a lot of these posts are hilariously far from being pornographic.…

Tumblr Will Ban Adult Content This Month

Beginning December 17th, the digital scrapbook Tumblr will ban all visual adult content on its site. It’s the latest step in the platform’s struggle with adult content. Tumblr’s new community guidelines are very specific. “Adult content primarily includes photos, videos, or GIFs that show real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples, and any content—including photos, videos,…

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Is Still A Stressful Mess

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp is now over a year old, and a load of changes haven’t transformed it from being the opposite of what I want from an Animal Crossing game. I play Animal Crossing to relax. When I opened up Pocket Camp today for the first time in many months, I got five alerts…

Evangelion Isn’t Fun, But It’s Still Worth Watching

Neon Genesis Evangelion is coming to Netflix in the spring of 2019, making it available to watch in America without pirating it or shelling out hundreds of dollars for an out-of-print box set for the first time since its American license ran out in 2011. It’s a show that’s had a huge impact on me,…

No Man’s Sky‘s Latest Update Celebrates The Community

When No Man’s Sky drops a big update, I tend to wander around the world wondering what’s changed. Was the grass always this lush? Is the water the same color? Have the bushes always been purple? Visions, the surprise update dropped on Thanksgiving, has many of those kinds of subtle changes. But my favorite part…

Of Course Lady Gaga Loves Bayonetta

It makes so much sense that Lady Gaga is obsessed with Bayonetta Stefani Germanotta, a pop musician and now movie star who performs under the name Lady Gaga, never seems to do what people expect of her. Her unusual fashion choices are par for the course now, but when she first debuted in 2008 with…

A Sims 4: Get Famous Story

Three generations ago, my grandmother came to Del Sol Valley, trying to make it big as a movie star. I’m the same as she was when she first started now, and from my new home in the desert, it’s hard not to think about what she went through as I embark on my own journey.…

Gnomes Are Part Of The Weirdest Sims 4’s Thanksgiving

The Sims 4‘s holidays, introduced in the Seasons expansion, do a good job of mimicking their real life counterparts. In order to complete holidays successfully, you have to achieve certain goals before the day is over. On Love Day, you’re expected to give flowers and go on a date. During Winterfest, you give gifts and…

Popular Overwatch Fan Song Has Turned Into An Excuse To Mock Female Gamers

TikTok is a lip-synching app that’s popular among teenagers. If you’re not a teenager, you might be more familiar with this app through “cringe” compilations, which are videos that string together several TIkTok videos, often for the purposes of mockery. Every single “cringe” compilation that I’ve watched contains at least one instance of the Overwatch-themed…

No Man’s Sky To Roll Out Thanksgiving Update With New Biomes And Bizarre Creatures

Count your blessings, interlopers. No Man’s Sky is getting a surprise update, called Visions, for Thanksgiving. This update doesn’t appear to be quite as hefty as previous ones, but it’s still introducing new biomes, outer space creatures, and more community events. The update will launch tomorrow while many Americans are chowing down on turkey and…

What We Liked And Didn’t Like About Pokémon Let’s Go

Mike Fahey and I have been battling all up and down Kanto in Pokémon Let’s Go. Now that our respective quests are at an end, we sat down to talk about Master Trainers, playing with kids, and how weird Pokémon type weaknesses are. Gita Jackson: Hey Fahey! It’s amazing to be in the presence of…

A Game That Captures The Magic And Anxiety Of Finally Kissing Your Crush

Do you remember your first kiss? Smooch.Click can take you back to that moment. My first kiss was in the living room of a friend’s house. We had all been watching movies together, and my friend was trying to set me up with a guy. It worked, mostly because I was eager to get kissed…

Jessie And James Are As Evil, Stupid, And Delightful As Always In Pokémon Let’s Go

Pokémon Let’s Go revisits a lot of the same scenarios from Pokémon Red and Blue, including run-ins with members of the villainous Team Rocket organization. In Let’s Go, these aren’t just any Team Rocket members, it’s the notorious Jessie and James from the Pokémon anime. They’re as evil and dim-witted as they’ve always been, and…