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CultureUFC Getting Private Island, Is Now Basically A Fighting Game
Unlike most sports, which are just riding this whole covid-19 thing out, the UFC is out there trying to get back underway as quickly as possible. By taking what used to be a fairly conventional combat sport and turning it into the plot of a Dead Or Alive or Tekken game. UFC boss Dana White…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 7, 2020 -
Explaining Board Game Rules Is Some Bullshit
If you haven’t seen it, Shut Up & Sit Down are to thank for the essential guide to overcoming the worst thing about board games: how to explain the rules to your friends. This video from the Aunty Donna boys is…the opposite of that. I am Mr. Secretly Watching Football, and I feel personally attacked…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2020 -
CultureSuper Mario 64‘s Glitchy Smoke Has Been Fixed After 24 Years
For all this time, over all these decades, we’ve all been playing Super Mario 64 with a visual glitch: The smoke that comes off Mario’s butt when you catch fire is broken. Yup, turns out the MS-Paint-lookin’ effect we’re so used to isn’t how the smoke is supposed to look. Rather, after some poking around…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2020 -
CultureNASCAR Driver Ragequits Virtual Race, Is Definitely Not Mad
The eNASCAR iRacing Pro invitational Series event, where NASCAR drivers are racing each other on the internet because they can’t currently do it in real life, is already giving us some spicy sports action. During Sunday’s race, which was televised, Bubba Wallace quit in the middle of a race after tangling with a rival in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2020 -
CultureCosplay7 Years Improving Some League Of Legends Cosplay
When a cosplayer spends weeks or even months on an outfit, it’s not always so they can wear it once then bin it. A lot of the time a costume can be kept for years after its first wearing, as it’s added to and improved upon. As an example of that, here’s cosplayer Alexandre, who…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2020 -
Link To The Past’s Hyrule Recreated In Animal Crossing
That is a lot of terraforming. VaynMaanen has taken their regular Animal Crossing island of Forsena and completely transformed it into the Link to the Past version of Zelda’s Hyrule, from towns to waterfalls to mountains. That is, uh, a lot of work, but it also looks fantastic, not just as a homage, but just…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2020 -
OpinionBoard Games Are Having A Bad Time
As we’re only now starting to see in video games, with The Last Of Us 2 being the most high profile casualty (so far), global Covid-19 lockdowns are wreaking absolute havoc on the ability of companies to make and sell games. But if you think it’s bad for video games, spare a thought for anyone…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 5, 2020 -
Loads Of Awesome Old PC Games Will Keep Your Damn Kids Busy
ExoDOS, a project we profiled last year to catalogue and preserve every MS-DOS game ever released, is doing something special in these new and trying times: rounding up all their collected educational games and distributing them with notes and tips for parents. This is some essential shit! My wife and I (mostly my wife, since…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2020 -
Professional Fashion Photographer Now Taking Snaps In Animal Crossing
Under normal circumstances, Jessica Kobeissi is a professional photographer who spends her time shooting agency models in glamorous settings. But these are not normal circumstances, and so for the next little while, Jessica is taking photos in Animal Crossing instead. In this video posted to her YouTube channel, Jessica shows how Animal Crossing’s photo mode,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2020 -
CultureCosplayGalleryWelcome To BreadCon, Where Everyone Is An Anime Character Who Is Late For School
For a few years now on April 1, cosplayers from around the world have joined in on a common joke and posted some pics. This year’s effort, though, took on some added significance, as without any major cosplay cons taking place in the foreseeable future, this “con” was as close to a show as anyone…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 2, 2020 -
CultureActivision Wins ‘First Amendment’ Call Of Duty Lawsuit
In 2017, Activision was sued by AM General over Call of Duty’s accurate depiction of Humvees. In its defense, the publisher said the vehicle’s inclusion was a “first amendment” issue, a point a federal judge agreed with today while dismissing GM’s case. As Law360 report, U.S. District Judge George B. Daniels decided, “If realism is…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2020 -
Animal Crossing Is Letting Me Wear $1,000 Jackets I Could Never Afford
While it’s perfectly expected and cool that people are using Animal Crossing’s design tools to create unique and interesting clothes, some players are simply using them to craft recreations of outfits they already own. Or, in this case, might never own. Outside of video games, I’m kinda into techwear, a style of clothing that’s about…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 1, 2020 -
QuakeCon 2020 Is Cancelled
This won’t come as a surprise to any of you, but id Software officially cancelled QuakeCon 2020 today, saying, “gathering is the last thing any of us should be doing right now.” In a statement posted on the con’s site, id say the show—due to take place in August—just can’t be put together at the…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2020 -
Gloomhaven’s Sequel Raises Over $4 Million In One Day
Gloomhaven, one of the most popular board games in years, launched its big new campaign Frosthaven today on Kickstarter. Things are, uh, going well. At time of posting, with less than 24 hours gone on the game’s Kickstarter campaign, it has raised over USD$4 million. Watching the page at any time looks a little something…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2020 -
The BestsLet’s Rank The Civilization Games, Worst To Best
How do you separate greatness? You can only try. And remember that hexes > grids. In this latest instalment of Pecking Order, I’m going to be choosing between some of my favourite, and most-played games of all time. From the original all the way through to Civilization VI’s expansions, I’ve been lucky to enough to…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 31, 2020
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