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Kirill Barybin is an artist at Karakter, a design studio in Berlin that’s worked on stuff like Horizon Zero Dawn You can see more of Kirill’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page

Zelda Fan Builds Enormous Wooden Map Of Hyrule

Photographer Mason Drumm is also pretty handy with a set of tools, and this Summer set out to build one hell of a tribute to Breath of the Wild Here’s how he describes it: Inspired by hundreds of hours spent playing “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,” I set out to create a…

Battlefield V Is Going Back To The Pacific

Next week, Battlefield V is heading to the Pacific with two new maps, two new factions and loads of new vehicles and weapons. It also, somehow, is going to be the first time you can play as the USA in this game. The Pacific is the focus of Battlefield V’s Chapter 5, and when it…

Old Arcade Games Had Just The Most Beautiful Typography

Hey, so we’re going to look at something different tonight in Fine Art. We’re not looking at environments, or characters, or weapons, or user interfaces, or animation, or any of the other stuff we normally feature. Instead, we’re looking at typography Read-Only Memory have released a book called Arcade Game Typography, which they describe as…

Madden Is Full Of Useless Stats To Make Players Feel Better

NFL players often complain to EA Sports about their Madden ratings when it comes to attributes like speed, but I had no idea there’s a subset of complaints that come in every year about stuff that most people at home will never actually get to see or use. This Banner Society story details a long…

Woman Killed After Witnessing Robbery While Playing Pokémon Go

21-year-old Cayla Campos has been shot and killed after witnessing an armed robbery in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last Friday. Campos had been playing Pokémon Go in her car when the shooting occurred. As local station KRQE report, Campos and her boyfriend had a regular Friday night routine where they’d get in their car, drive to…

Whoso Pulleth Out This Carrot Of This Dirt Is Rightwise King Born Of All England

Iqnatius Budi is an artist and illustrator from Indonesia who has worked on games like Smite and Mobius Final Fantasy. You can see more of Budi’s stuff at their ArtStation page

Mansions Of Madness Is Still One Of The Best Co-Op Board Games Out There

After somehow avoiding it for over two years, I finally got the chance this week to sit down with the second edition of Fantasy Flight’s Mansions of Madness, easily my favorite of their line of Lovecraftian games. The big difference between this version and the first is that it gets rid of the role of…

NBA 2K20 Combines The Worst Parts Of Buying Sneakers And Playing Video Games

The worst thing about playing video games in 2019 is the money-grubbing bullshit. The worst thing about buying sneakers in 2019 is that it’s almost impossible to get the shoes you want at retail. It does not surprise me even one bit that NBA 2K20 has managed to find a way to combine those two…

Amidst massive protests in London this week against Brexit and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s never-ending buffoonery, one honking voice could be heard above all others. Bonus shots!

Old Yoda Puppet Remade Using Original Molds

Special effects and make-up wizard Nick Maley—who helped make the actual Yoda for Empire Strikes Back in the late ’70s—has taken some original molds and other materials and used them to create an all-new and improved version of the puppet. While the exterior of the puppet is for all intents identical to that used in…

Introducing The Oktorok-3000

Cki Vang is an artist from France who has worked for clients like Guerrilla Games, Bioware, Activision and Blur. You can see more of Cki’s stuff at his personal site

Our Favorite Cosplay From The 2019 New York Comic-Con

New York Comic-Con is quickly growing into one of the biggest shows not just in the U.S., but on the planet, with Hollywood stars hosting panels and over 200,000 people coming through the gates. Being the biggest show on the East Coast also means it’s one of the most important cosplay shows of the year,…

Report: Jimi Hendrix, On Acid, Was Unbeatable At Risk

You may not associate Jimi Hendrix with board gaming, but as you’re about to find out, the former (and very brief) member of the 101st Airborne Division was a fiend for military strategy classic Risk In an interview withSirius (which actually took place last year, but only just surfaced thanks to some reddit posts), Graham…

Fallout Speedrunner ‘Tomatoanus’ Changes Name For Upcoming Event

Tomatoanus, one of the best Fallout speedrunners on the planet, will be playing at January’s Awesome Games Done Quick under a different name after reaching an agreement with organizers. He’s actually already played at six Games Done Quick events in the past under the name Tomatoanus, but several of those had not displayed his runs…

Rejoice, For Crusader Kings III Cometh

Crusader Kings II, one of the greatest strategy (and family murder plot) games of all time is finally getting a sequel, publishers Paradox announced today. I’ve gone on at length on this website about how special CKII is, but the fact is, despite getting a ton of important expansions as recently as earlier this year,…

If You Believe In The Madden Curse, It Just Dislocated Patrick Mahomes’ Knee

I have written at length—albeit a long time ago—on this website about how there is no such thing as the Madden curse. If you ever want to put together a counter-argument, though, today is your day to do it. Patrick Mahomes, the brightest young star in the NFL, reigning MVP and cover star of Madden…

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Leslie Rosique is a concept artist and illustrator from France who has worked at companies like Quantic Dream. You can see more of Leslie’s stuff at her ArtStation page

At this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Archipel (makers of the excellent Toco Toco TV series) ran a series of very cool little interviews after bumping into famous Japanese games developers, like Yakuza’s Toshihiro Nagoshi. 

Modded Witcher 3 On Switch Allows PC Graphics Settings, 60FPS

The version of The Witcher 3 that exists on the Nintendo Switch works, which is a miracle in itself, but it’s far from the ideal version of the game. Those with a modded Switch console, though, can play something that looks a lot nicer. The game by default runs at 720P and 30FPS while docked,…