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Tinder Parody Game Tries To Turn Your Controller Into A Massager

Mr. Massagy is a PlayStation 4 game in which players go on Tinder-esque dates with a variety of women to unlock, ahem, massage settings for your controller. Who is this game for, exactly? Let’s pause for a moment: is Mr. Massagy actually intended for massaging? All the packaging of the game points to no. In…

Someday, Our Astronauts Might Have Clothes As Cool As These Mass Effect Uniforms

Human beings won’t make it to the far reaches of space for a long, long time, and the engineers who make spacesuits aren’t sure what we’ll wear when we get there. I hope our future astronauts look at cool as the characters in Mass Effect: Andromeda The purpose of a uniform is to broadcast who…

Hidden Persona 5 Tip Will Help You Nail Every Demon Negotiation

The new RPG Persona 5 brought back the Shin Megami Tensei series staple of demon negotiation. In order to acquire new Personas, you have to chat with them. But the guide for getting this right is hidden away (h/t Twitter user Aeana!). When you knock down an enemy group in Persona 5, you can convince…

Here Is Some Edgy Fashion Inspired By 4Chan Culture

The culture of 4chan is unavoidable across the internet—and now you can hang it in your closet. Kara Quinteros is a freshman at Parsons School of Design in New York. Her boyfriend frequently visits 4chan, and she initially thought of creating a line of clothing inspired by it as a joke. The idea of exploring…

Baking A Cake Is Still The Hardest Thing To Do In Parappa The Rapper

When I was seven years old, I could never beat the Cheap Cheap Chicken stage of Parappa the Rapper. Now that I’m an adult and the HD remaster has been released for the Playstation 4, I figured I’d finally get past it. I was wrong. Parappa the Rapper is a game bursting with joy. You…

Twitch And YouTube Streamers Slam Persona 5‘s Video Policy

Yesterday, Atlus warned Persona 5 players that if they show gameplay footage after a certain point in the game, Atlus will go after their channels with copyright claims and strikes. While some streamers aren’t surprised by this policy, they’ve reacted with frustration at what they feel are measures that will negatively impact their channels. Atlus…

After Game Developer’s Death, His Collaborators Set Out To Finish His Project

Shard, a platformer meant to be played with a friend, was still incomplete when its creator passed away. Now, two of his collaborators are trying to finish it. Roger Morash died along with his wife, Valerie, and their pets on January 23rd, due to “acute carbon monoxide poisoning.” Morash had been a former Harmonix developer,…

A Game In Which You Play As A Twitter Egg And Romance Other Eggs Via Subtweets

Twitter can be a pretty awful place. The Subtweet Game makes the worst parts of it into a romance game. The Subtweet Game was made in a month for the NaNoReNo game jam, and it perfectly captures the feeling of flirting on Twitter by faving any and everything that sounds like it might be flirtatious.…

Breath Of The Wild Voice Actor Drops In On Streamer

Over the weekend a streamer finally beat Breath of the Wild, not realizing that the voice actor of her favorite character had been watching the whole time. Haley Ojedi, who streams and makes gaming videos on her YouTube channel, didn’t think her subscribers would even be interested in her streaming the ending to Breath of…

YouTube’s Latest Advertising Changes Have People Worried About Money

Last week, big advertisers such as AT&T pulled ads from YouTube, inreaction to being matched with content that was deemed racist or inappropriate. YouTube has since said they are fine-tuning how people make money on YouTube in general, but content creators on the platform say their channels are being unfairly affected by changes they do…

Link’s Best Breath Of The Wild Outfits Are The Simplest

“Less is more,” is a common aphorism you hear about fashion. While it’s not always true, in Breath of the Wild, the simplest outfits are the most stylish. My favorite outfits in Breath of the Wild aren’t the “coolest” ones. That trophy can handily be given to the Guardian Armor, with its glowing Tron lines.…

Nier: Automata, As Told By Steam Reviews

Nier: Automata is another classic Yoko Taro game: it shouldn’t work, but it does. It’s one of those rare, once in a lifetime treats. Steam users are also fond of the nicely rendered robot ass. Nier: Automata is firmly in the wheelhouse of director Yoko Taro’s particular brand of wacky. According to Steam, it’ll make…

The Pokémon Skincare Collection Is Bad

Korean skincare brand Tonymoly dropped a collaboration with Pokémon in December, and I finally got my hands on it. It sucks. The Tonymoly Pokémon collection had a ton of products, including some makeup items that I’m not sure make it to the States, but I was mostly interested in the cleansers and moisturizers. It was…

The Best Part Of The Sims 4‘s Bowling Stuff Pack Is The Furniture

I never really got bowling until I reached the legal age to consume alcohol, so the new Sims 4 Stuff Pack, Bowling Night Stuff, wasn’t exactly up my alley (I’m sorry). When I dug into it, however, I found a few things I absolutely loved. Bowling Night Stuff is a Stuff Pack that gives you…

Junji Ito-inspired horror game World Of Horror has a spooky new trailer and is now on Steam Greenlight I love it. Almost like it was made for me….

Three Shrines I Loved In Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The longer I play Breath of the Wild, the more easily I can deduce which kinds of shrines are going to be absolutely my shit, and which shrines are going to frustrate me. By far my favorite shrines are the ones that deal with launching Link (and other objects) into the air, followed by shrines…

Dating Sim Asks What You Are Doing With Your Life

At first glance, Date (Almost) Anything Simulator is your average dating sim. But where most dating sims are fluffy and comforting, this one is confrontational. There’s nothing about Date (Almost) Anything Simulator that makes it immediately obvious what kind of ride you’re on. It is aggressively normal at the outset, and pretty cliche. You play…

Breath Of The Wild Directors Reveal Their Favorite Shrines

The creators behind The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild talk about their favorite shrines, locations and characters in a follow-up to their making-of series. Nintendo has released a bonus video for theirthree part series about the development of Breath of the Wild where art director Satoru Takizawa talks about his favorite shrine, and…

The New ‘Nonary Games’ Remake Makes 999 Way Better

Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, a remaster of the first two games in the Zero Escape trilogy, were released today on PC, Playstation 4 and the Vita. If you haven’t played 999 or Virtue’s Last Reward before, this is the release to pick up. And if you have, the remaster of 999 is still worth…

Princess Zelda’s Breath of the Wild Outfit Helps Tell Her Story

Princess Zelda’s outfit from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is great—a cool departure from the norm for the Hylian princess. If you take a look at the details, it also makes it easier to understand her character arc in the game. Zelda wears a variety of outfits in the game, but her…