Gita Jackson

Overwatch Incest ‘Shipping Tests The Limits Of What’s Permissible In Fandom

While it’s possible to play Overwatch and not pay attention to its lore, there’s a part of that game’s fandom that loves it for its lore. These fans theorize about character backgrounds, make fan art, and often obsess over the possible romantic pairing in the game, known as “shipping.” They imagine former friends Reaper and…

Video Game About Pot Farming Is Fun Even If You Aren’t Stoned

In Bud Farm: Grass Roots, you’re farming bud in a fairly optimistic future where potheads have formed their own nation. While the game appears to be just another weed-themed Farmville clone, Bud Farms actually has a lot of heart. When you start Bud Farm, you’re greeted by an aging hippie who runs you briefly through…

Starz’s American Gods: a beautiful adaptation of a book I honestly didn’t like that much. What it is: A prestige drama adaptation of the Neil Gaiman’s novel of the same name, with Hannibal’s Bryan Fuller and Kings’s Michael Green at the helm. What I’ve watched: Only two episodes have aired and I’ve watched them both.…

What Remains Of Edith Finch: The Kotaku Review

What Remains of Edith Finch is a story about family, the nature of life, and the unknowability of mortality. In the end, whatever flaws Edith Finch may have are outshined by its imagination, wonder, and the sincerity with which it approaches these topics. You play as Edith, the last member of the Finch family, returning…

Street Fighter V‘s Got Some Fierce New Costumes

Yesterday, Capcom revealed some new costumes for Street Fighter V. On April 25th, you’ll be able to dress up Alex, R. Mika and Chun-Li for work. I sat down with Compete’s Maddy Myers, the ultimate Street Fighter fangirl, to talk about what works and what doesn’t. Gita Jackson: Let’s start by talking about Alex’s firefighter…

Disabled Streamer Receives Hundreds In Donations After Bullies Kick Him From Match

On Monday, a legally blind and deaf Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player was bullied off a match. In response, the CSGO community rallied around him. Adam “Loop” Bahriz is a 17 year-old Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who got hooked on the game in 2013 while he was with his Algerian family overseas. In 2015 he started…

Wiz Khalifa Fans, Who Are Probably High, Don’t Realize His Weed Game Is Boring

Wiz Khalifa’s Weed Farm has all the ingredients for what should be, at least, a funny distraction. In practice, it’s really boring, but for the people who celebrate the holiday on which it was released that might not matter. It’s April 20th and Wiz Khalifa—rapper, marijuana enthusiast and Amber Rose’s baby daddy—has released a mobile…

Twitch announced two new subscription options to support streamers. Joining the $4.99 subscription, partnered streamers will soon be able to offer subscriptions at $9.99 and $24.99. People who subscribe at these higher levels will have access to special emotes, can help streamers unlock new emotes faster, on top of other bonuses offered by a streamer.

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator Is An Amazing Time-Waster

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is taking YouTube and Steam by storm, and it’s not hard to see why. It’s a bare bones sim, still in early access, where you can creates massive armies, arrange them on a map, and the watch the chaos unfold. Wanna see what it’s like when 1,000 chickens overtake a Roman…

Pop Star YouTuber Captures The Hell That Is Being Online

One YouTube pop star has created a catalogue of every single YouTube video possible, and now you never have to go online again. That Poppy is a project created by director Titanic Sinclair. That Poppy is a pop star and a YouTuber with a channel deliberately unlike other singers of her genre. Instead of saccharine,…

Quiz: Which Inscrutable Nintendo Business Decision Are You?

Last week, Nintendo discontinued the NES Classic, for some reason. This is far from the first questionable business decision they’ve made and it definitely won’t be the last. Find out which one of these decisions you are in this quiz.

The Gentleman Thief Who Inspired Persona 5‘s Killer Look

Persona 5 stars a group of Phantom Thieves who go on heists to steal the twisted desires of targets in the land of Tokyo’s collective unconscious, the Metaverse. The main characters also get a costume change in these heists. Persona 5’s protagonist doesn’t talk in the game, but they say everything you need to know…

Bayonetta, As Told By Steam Reviews

Bayonetta is on Steam, and Steam users have absolutely no chill about it. Following an April Fool’s joke and a mysterious countdown clock, the beloved action game Bayonetta finally landed on Steam. If you’ve never played the game, it’s like Devil May Cry, but instead of a very pretty man you’re a witch with guns…

Despite Nintendo’s Bounty Program, Hackers Think They’ll Crack The Switch

In December of 2016, Nintendo launched a program with HackerOne, a service that provides bounties ranging from $100 to $20,000 for finding bugs and exploits, in order to stamp them out on the 3DS. This program has since been extended to the Switch, and so far has awarded three people with bounties. While some members…

The Switch’s fighting game, Arms, will drop June 16th, as are yellow Joy-Con. Arms is a boxing game with some colorful characters—you’ll be able to equip both your arms with elemental powers. Cool to see a game take their core concept and run with it, even if that concept is “arms.”

Puzzle Game Makes Folding Paper So Dang Satisfying

While Kami 2‘s puzzles can get complicated, the game feels less intimidating because of its gorgeous paper craft look. Kami 2 is the follow up to State of Play’s Kami. Both are puzzle games in which the goal is to fill the screen with one color in a set amount of moves. You’re presented with…

Genji’s New Costume Has Overwatch Fans Asking ‘What Are Those’

It’s a tale as old as time. Overwatch has a new event, and with it, new skins. While the fandom was already hyped for Genji’s Blackwatch skin, they’ve noticed something interesting: he has goddamn knives on his feet. Genji Shimada is a robot ninja whose brother tried to kill him—he’s already an edgy guy without…

Persona 5 Menus Make Everything Better

Persona 5‘s user interface is so beautiful and distinctive that the internet is now plastering it on nearly everything as a joke. In his review of the game, editor-at-large Kirk Hamilton says, “Persona 5 is one of the most stylish video games I’ve ever played. It restlessly pulses toward the corners of your TV screen,…

A Game That Lets You Summon The Power of Anime George Washington

Ever wondered what George Washington would look like as a pretty anime boy? Wonder no longer! Otogi Spirit Agents is a mobile game similar to Fire Emblem Heroes. You summon spirits in order to fight battles, there’s a light plot, and while you’re supposed to exchange currency for more units to do battle for you,…

Persona 5 Players Are Having Some Fun With Team Names

Canonically, the group of charming burglars in Persona 5 is dubbed the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. Persona 5 also allows players to give the group a custom name that occasionally shows up in dialogue and is viewable to friends with Persona 5‘s network features. I named my team Semiotecs, because I’m a fucking nerd, but…