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Nintendo Demos The Switch Controllers
The Nintendo Switch comes with two controllers, called Joy-Cons. Here’s a demo of how they work. When you play the Switch on the TV, you’ll set them in the Joy-Con grip, but they can be removed to play with friends and can each be used as a fully functioning controller. They have an NFC Reader/Writer…
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I Love This German Grandma Reading Children’s Books On Twitch
My knowledge of foreign languages amounts to “can read some French okay and could conceivably order a beer and ask where to bathroom is if I really had to.” Despite this, I still can’t get enough of a German grandma reading what I’m pretty sure are children’s books on Twitch. I do not speak any…
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Over Two Years Later, The Sims 4 Gets Toddlers
The Sims 4 is getting Toddlers in a free update today. After two years of waiting, get your sims ready for sleepless nights and emptying potty chairs. “I’m not exaggerating when I say we’ve been talking about this particular update for years,” The Sims 4 team said in a blog post. “We just had to…
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Prompto Is My Boyfriend
I’m leaning against a tree. The back of my shirt is beginning to itch and my palms are sweaty. It’s a humid August day, but on our ride home he insisted we stop. “Isn’t that a nice tree?” he had said. It is: the branches hanging low, filtering the light like fireflies. There was no…
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Visual Novel Lets You Pretend To Be A Jane Austen Character
The Lady’s Choice is a visual novel that takes its inspiration from Regency era novels. Its arch writing and wry sense of humor give in the same sense of charm and intrigue as the best of Jane Austen. You play as a woman returning to society after a long absence, and although you’re not necessarily…
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Overwatch ‘Shippers Clash Over New Mercy, Genji Voice Lines
Overwatch fans have uncovered new voice lines for Mercy and Genji for Valentine’s Day in the Public Testing Region’s latest patch. The two characters share some chocolates, which seems innocuous. You might assume that more information about these characters would be a boon for ‘shippers—people who write fanfic and make art about the characters in…
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The Sims 4 Gets Vampires
If you feel like your game of The Sims 4 has been missing Lestat from Interview With A Vampire, never fear. The game’s newest Game Pack will introduce Vampire sims as well as a new World, Forgotten Hollow, to unleash Anne Rice havoc in. The Vampires Game Pack drops January 24th, and will include Create…
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Pokémon‘s Team Skull Takes Over Magfest
Very important news, y’all—joining Team Skull is possible. Over the weekend, Magfest turned into Po Town as Team Skull cosplayers took over the con. Pokémon Sun and Moon’s “evil” Team Skull were the breakout stars from a game already packed with inventive and fun characters, so it’s no surprise that cosplayers would latch onto them…
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The Best Moments From A Twitch Conversation Between Two Google Robots
Two Google Homes argue with each other on Twitch, and it’s amazing. Vladimir and Estragon have been sitting next to each other having a somewhat coherent conversation since this morning. It’s riveting—here are some highlights. When they argue about whether or not they’re in love, it has the same dramatic peaks and valleys as the…
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The Sims 4 Celebrity House Update: Kim Kardashian Set The House On Fire
Things haven’t been going awesome for Kim Kardashian recently, what with the robbery and her husband’s psychotic break. Hey, she’s taking selfies again, at least! Kim, if you’re reading this, take solace in the fact that the version of you in my game of The Sims is having a much, much worse time. Last week…
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Final Fantasy XV‘s Prompto Sure Is Good At Photography
One of the best features of Final Fantasy XV are Prompto’s photos. Every time you rest for the night, the game will show you a roll of photos from that day’s adventures which you can save and share on social media. These randomly generated mementos are mostly unique to your particular game, giving it a…
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Ariana Grande Final Fantasy Remix Is Weird, But Not Bad
As if adding Ariana Grande’s likeness to Square Enix’s free to play mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius wasn’t strange enough, her song “Touch It,” will also be given a fully orchestrated remix for the game. It’s kind of ….good? Music producer Nick Wood from SYN Productions, a music studio he co-founded with Simon LeBon…
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Horror Game Explores A Corrupted, Glitchy Video Game
When I was a child I had an inexplicable fear of opening games on my family computer. They were often my brother’s games, and I was terrified of him finding out. But also, in the brief moment of blackness before a pre-rendered video or pixelated graphic filled the screen, it wasn’t just that I feared…
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Porn DVD In Splatoon Box Ruins Little Girl’s Christmas
In what now seems to be a sad holiday tradition, a mother in West Chester, Ohio, tried to buy her seven year-old daughter a video game for Christmas, only for her child to discover a porn DVD when she opened the box. Kristy Greider told WLWT that she bought Splatoon for her daughter at a…
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Here’s A Zombie Game About Sitting At A Dinner Table
In The Chinese Room, a game developed for Ludum Dare 37, a zombified human has to infiltrate a triad and steal their crime secrets. But pretending to be alive is a lot harder than it looks. The Chinese Room gives you a simple set of controls to do something we all do unconsciously every day:…
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Pokemon Sun and Moon‘s Thick Villain, Wicke, Got Modded Into Smash Bros
There’s a Wicke skin for Super Smash for Wii U. If there’s anything that game definitely needed, it was everyone’s favorite Aether Foundation member crushing people with her thighs. You never fight Wicke in Pokémon Sun and Moon, so this model is taken from her overworld sprite, which seems to have taken some work. Modder…
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One Father’s Issue With Peach Getting Kidnapped In Super Mario Run
Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first mobile game, follows the standard Mario formula: Princess Peach gets kidnapped right away, and it’s up to Mario to save her. It’s for this reason that Chris Suellentrop doesn’t want his daughter to play it, as he wrote in an Op-Ed for The New York Times, saying, “the game is…
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I Put A Bunch Of Celebrities In The Sims 4 And Drake Got Owned
In The Sims 3 and 4, you can upload your creations to a virtual gallery for other players to admire and download for their own games. This means that virtually every celebrity has been made and is ready to download from the gallery. Today I decided to just throw a bunch in a house to…
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2016 Was A Great Year For ‘Shipping Our Favorite Characters
Ever loved a piece of fiction so much you never wanted it to end? That’s what fandom is for. While transformative works like fanfiction and fanart can serve more serious purposes like exploring subtextual themes or fixing up plot holes, sometimes it has a less lofty goal: getting two cute characters to kiss. Here’s what…
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Five-Year-Old Makes Millions To Play With Toys
Ryan of Ryan ToysReview is a five year old YouTube star, playing with toys for an audience of millions. But, as reported in the Verge,his popularity and financial success raises new questions about the ethics of child stardom. To be fair, it seems like Ryan’s parents have a good head on their shoulders. As they…
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