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CultureCosplayShowcaseThe First Diablo 4 Cosplay Was Perfect
When Diablo 4 was announced over the weekend, there was some very large and very professional cosplay to go along with it. Like they’ve done with recent Overwatch character reveals, Blizzard hired professional cosplayers to help out on the news, in this case getting Henchmen Studios—one of the biggest and best costume/prop workshops around—and make-up…
By Luke Plunkett Published November 3, 2019 -
ReviewsToysLet Us Dream Of LEGO Transformers
There have never been official LEGO Transformers, and there likely never will be. But boy, these fan-made efforts by Alex Jones come real close to filling that void. Via Brothers Brick, he’s somehow managed to get both the vehicle and robot forms looking good, which when you throw in the transformation process must have taken…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2019 -
Australia Allows Some Fallout 76 Refunds After Consumers Were “Misled”
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission—a government body that basically looks after customer’s rights in the country—announced today that some refunds will be handed out for purchases of Fallout 76 after ruling that Bethesda was “likely to have contravened the Australian Consumer Law”. The ruling—technically against Bethesda’s parent company Zenimax—came after folks buying Fallout 76…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2019 -
CultureThe Outer Worlds Does Colorblind Gaming Right
It’s cool that many modern games include colorblind options, so that those who struggle to differentiate between various hues can still enjoy the experience to the fullest. It’s even cooler, though, when a game is designed from the ground up with that support in mind. Obsidian’s Josh Sawyer shared this info in a Tweet earlier…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 31, 2019 -
CultureWhat If World War Two Tanks, But Also Mechs
Emerson Tung is a concept artist at id Software, home of Doom and Wolfenstein We’ve featured Tung’s work before back in 2013, but his recent series of “Tankhead” pieces—which also include aircraft and battleships—are so damn good I thought it was time for another showcase. Oh, and if you’re as into these designs as I…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2019 -
CultureAI Masters StarCraft II, Ranked Higher Than 99.8% Of Human Players
DeepMind’s AlphaStar artificial intelligence was recently put to work trying to master the real-time complexities of Blizzard’s StarCraft II. Which it successfully managed in just over six weeks, becoming the first non-human to reach the rank of Grandmaster in the game. The AI was first tasked with watching human players to study their (our?) movements,…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 30, 2019 -
CultureOnce Again, EA Cancels Its NBA Game
EA Sports’ NBA Live 20, which had the honour of being officially delayed before it was even officially announced, has now been cancelled. It’s the fourth time in ten years that EA has not released an annual entry in its flagship basketball game on a home console. As Polygon reports, the break will allow EA…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2019 -
CultureBlizzard Loses Sponsor Over Hong Kong Actions
When Blizzard decided to take action against a pro Hearthstone player for speaking out over the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, they ate a lot of shit from fans. They also, it turns out, lost a commercial sponsor in the form of Mitsubishi Motors. The Taiwanese branch of the Japanese auto giant had been a…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 29, 2019 -
H̷̗̠̻̖̥̦͇͕̳̠͎͎̄̈́̓̈́̈̆́̈́̈́̕ͅͅo̵̳̥͎̥̜̣̞̒̋̈́̔ṅ̸̳̦̜̗̜̦̐̈́̾̏͜k̸̼̪͙̱̺̜̬̤̳̼̳͙̆̃̊͛͊̈͋̕!̷̡̢̨͚̠̪̣̰̖͍̘̺͇͙̙͐͆͂̈̂̍͘͝ ̴̨̜̭̤͉̮̯̱͕̰̩̉͆͗B̴̨̨̛͉̰̫̻̼̞̊̓̓̀̈̀̊̓e̷̛̝̯̰͔͉̕ͅh̵̛͈̩̠͊̍́͌̑̈́̒͑̏̑́͘ö̶̜̫̺̣̻͖̜͈̤͈̟̭̩̰́̾͛͌l̶̰̱͓̹̿̈͠͝d̷̩̼̱͇̝̒̈́̅̉̉͌̚ ̸̡̦̝̭̦̣̘̀̈́͜T̴̼̩̞̮͇̼̟͚̓̕̕͜ḩ̴͎͓̪̟̫̭̤̪̣̪͖͌͗̀̇̕͝͝ͅe̸̡̫͕̙͙͓̳̣̥͚̗̜̖̺͓͑̇͆̑͊̕͘̚ ̵͕̘̲̫̱̫̱͎̳͉͆̿̓̈̿̓̄̓̓̑̎̀̆͠͝ͅͅN̷̼̥̠̤̯͔̙̦͓͔̆̃͆̌͑͋͂̃̽̚i̵̞̳̼̱͓̼̻̺͙̣͈͙͗͛̓̀̍̔́́̄̕̚̕͝ģ̶͇̼͗́͛̆̓̕͝ͅḥ̶̡̨̞̬͚̺̱̹̤̦̒̿͜͝ͅt̶̥̹͔̱̘̭̐̅̐̅̕m̶̮̥͚̻͉͖̬̪͎̅͐̄̿̽͛̍́̈́̆͑͒̌à̶̢̨̢̫͓̙̖̼̩̺̩͑̿ř̵̙̺͇̣̠̠̦̩̜̘̬̤͊̀̀̔̇͜͝͠ͅë̸͈̪͚̯̜͈̞͙͔̰͔̤̤̺́̍͐͛̉͗̀̋̂͒͂̃́̄̚ ̴̢̨̨͈̭̞̯̱̻̘͍͇̥̒͒̓̎͌̈́͗G̸̨̢͔͍͇̮̫̻͉͙̎̔̍͒̿̀͆̊͜õ̵͉̩̜̥̞̳̦̻͍͉̼̀̅̄͐̀̆̽͛͊̃̌͊ơ̷͈̠͍̥͙̗̣̺͚̱̥͓̙̟͗͋̏̂̿̈́̒̈́͝s̸̩̜̪͊̐̈́̇̚͠ȩ̶͉̹̥̻͈̟̈́̊͊̐̌͂̎̀͜͜͜
“It’s a lovely day in the village, and you are a horrible…”.
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2019 -
ReviewsBoard GamesArkham Horror: Final Hour Is A Terrible Introduction To Lovecraftian Board Gaming
I wrote about Mansions of Madness last week, because it’s a great game and I loved every second of it. This week, I’m writing about a different, newer Arkham game from Fantasy Flight, and yikes, this one I don’t like anywhere near as much. Final Hour is a new game that massively strips back the…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureTeenage Fortnite Pro Swatted Live On Stream
Fortnite pro Cody “Clix” Conrod—who is only 14 years old—was in the middle of a Fortnite Championship Series game on the weekend when his home was swatted. As Dexerto report, Conrod announced to viewers watching mid-stream that he would have to be leaving the match. “Police are here…yo, I just got swatted…one second, I gotta…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 28, 2019 -
CultureEpic Suing Former Tester For Revealing Fortnite Spoilers
Epic Games is in the process suing a former tester for spoiling some of Fortnite’s big Chapter Two reveal secrets. As Polygon reports, Epic filed the suit last week in North Carolina, alleging that former tester Ronald Sykes, who had played loads of the Chapter Two content back in September, began tweeting at other Fortnite…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2019 -
CultureThe Most Expensive Pokémon Card On Earth Sold For $224,500 [Update]
One of the rarest Pokémon cards in existence went up for auction last week at New York-based Weiss and sold for $195,000. It is now officially the most expensive Pokémon card in existence. It’s a “Pikachu Illustrator” card, a promo given out to winners of a comic contest that was held in Japan in 1997-98.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 27, 2019 -
Google’s New Phone Has An Excellent Pokémon Gimmick
I picked up my new Pixel 4XL yesterday, and instead of rushing to test out the new camera, radar features or terrifyingly fast face-scanning, the first thing I did with the new phone was…play with some interactive Pokémon wallpapers. The Pixel 4 has an app called Pokémon Wave Hello, which is part Sword and Shield…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2019 -
CultureFallout 76‘s Paid Subscription Service Has Not Had A Good Launch
Part of Fallout 76’s controversial new paid subscription serviceFallout First is the addition of an unlimited Scrap Box, which is somewhere players can store all of their junk. Problem being that some players are finding that the Scrap Box is bugged in the worst way possible: They’re losing everything they put into it. There have…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 24, 2019
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