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That Is A Very Long Train

Min Guen is an artist who has worked on games like Warface, and TV shows like Agents of Shield and the new Snowpiercer series on Netflix. You can see more of Guen’s stuff at his ArtStation page

A Journey Inside Second Life’s Most Expensive Brothel

Yes, Second Life is still going, and yes, people are still spending loads of real money on stuff inside it. Like The Monarchy, the game’s most expensive, exclusive…brothel. In this fascinating video by People Make Games, Quintin Smith takes a tour of The Monarchy and speaks with its owner, learning all about how the place…

Oh Hell Yeah Toy Soldiers Is Getting A WW2 Sequel

Toy Soldiers, one of the most dangerously underrated tower defence games of all time, has had a couple of spin-offs. But this week, marking ten years since the original’s release, a full-blown sequel has been shown off. While the original was set in the First World War, one spin-off in the 1980s and the other…

Step Aside

Entei Ryu is an artist based in Tokyo. You can see more of Ryu’s stuff at their ArtStation page

Fortnite Winner Caught Cheating, Stripped Of Prize Money

Sekosama, the winner of the Asian leg of the The Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS), has been suspended from the game and had his prize money taken away after he was caught “teaming”, a co-operative act that’s banned in competitive play. The Japanese player has lost his $15,000 winnings, and will also serve a 14-day suspension.…

Android Now Has A Very Good 3DS Emulator

While there has been an unofficial port available for a while now, anyone wanting to see what a 3DS game really looks like on a modern phone can now download an official Android version of Citra, the best 3DS emulator around. Having got requests for a handheld version of their now-basically-complete desktop emulator for years,…

The Great Flying Hanzo

Kevin Christian Muljadi is a concept and 3D artist from Indonesia. You can see more of Kevin’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Track: Grounds for Divorce | Artist: Big Business | Album: Here Come the Waterworks

Skyrim Grandma Is Taking A Break Because Of Internet Assholes

Skyrim Grandma, aka Shirley Curry, is one of the most pure, honest and wholesome video game streamers around. It is absolutely heart-breaking to learn, then, that she’s had to make a new video specifically for the people who cannot stop upsetting her. In a video posted earlier this month, but only gaining traction over the…

Pro Driver Hires Gamer To Race For Him, Gets Caught

Like a lot of sports, Formula E has been replacing its actual car races with virtual ones, which drivers can compete in from home. Which is fun, but also left the door open for one driver to attempt some absolutely brazen cheating. As the BBC report, 27-year-old German driver Daniel Abt finished third in the…

The Midnight Train

Kevin Moran is a concept artist and matte painter who has worked on stuff like Apex Legends You can see more of Kevin’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Mod Gives Overwatch’s Widowmaker Spider Legs And No Thank You

I love it, but also, I hate it. Made by Therister, this mod gives a lady based on a spider actual, enormous spider legs, which aside from looking horrific also let you crawl up walls. If you want to try it out,the workshop code is 5D4FX

Archaeologists Uncover 1700-Year-Old Board Game

A team from the University Museum of Bergen excavatd a site in Norway last month, and among the pots and glass they found there was also something a lot cooler: the remains of a board game dating back 1700 years. In total they found 18 double-sided pieces, or tokens, and one die, which rather than…

Manchester United Trying To Sue Sega Over PC Mods, Team Name

Global marketing powerhouse and occasional football side Manchester United are suing both Sega and developers Sports Interactive over their Football Manager series, claiming that the game’s use of “Manchester United” as an unlicensed team name is “wrongful”. As The Guardian report, United say that “the products and services that are licensed by the claimant benefit…

Pac-Man Is Getting His Own Version Of Super Mario Maker

As part of Pac-Man’s 40th birthday celebrations, Bandai Namco and Amazon just announced Pac-Man Live Studio, a new game that lets you play multiplayer and upload custom maps. While it’ll include the classic, original way to play the game, Live Studio also includes the tools to create your own levels, as well as play them…

Don’t Talk To Me Or My Son Cloud Strife Ever Again

Max Berthelot is a character designer and illustrator based in Tokyo, who has done work for companies like Level-5. You can see more of Max’s stuff at his ArtStation page

Elder Scrolls Player Casually Spends 600 Years In Prison

If you ever get locked up in an Elder Scrolls game, you probably want to get out of there as quickly as possible. But like, sometimes, you don’t have to. You can just stay there. Forever Like longtime superfans The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pageshere: To put it in more digestible numbers, 225001 days in prison…

Terrace House: Aloha State Is Actually Good

I have been on public record as saying Terrace House: Aloha State sucks, and sucks so much it’s not even worth watching. But having given the show a second chance this past month, I am a changed man. I repent. My Terrace House fandom timeline is as follows, and may be similar to yours. I…

Track: Bubblegum | Artist: Cookii

Spirited Away 2: Bathhouse Boogaloo

Jéssica Brasil is an artist from Brazil. You can see more of Jéssica’s stuff at her Instagramand ArtStation pages