-
Watch Dogs 2 Makes Fun Of Donald Trump
Somewhat unlike its predecessor, Watch Dogs 2 has a personality! I would even go so far as to call it feisty. Warning: minor Watch Dogs 2 spoilers ahead. The embargo dam on Watch Dogs 2 preview footage recently burst, and some interesting tidbits have surfaced. Tonally, the game seems to take some cues from Grand…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 24, 2016 -
Culture
Cities Skylines Player Spends Hundreds Of Hours Building A Near-Perfect San Francisco
A Cities Skylines player just debuted his crowning achievement: a spot-on 1:1 recreation of San Francisco. It’s just like the real thing, all the way down to individual neighborhood and building placements. There’s just one teensy little problem: massive death tolls. The ambitious build’s creator, radiativeDoctor, estimates that it took him 200-250 hours to get…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 24, 2016 -
Culture
Gal*Gun DLC Lets You See Through Clothes For Just $90
Gal*Gun: Double Peace is basically House Of The Dead, except anime boobs. It is in all ways shameless, a policy that extends to its DLC. The new DLC, called Pheromone Z, lets the game’s sight zoom “see through clothes instantly.” It costs a whopping $90, because we apparently live in a world where all the free…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2016 -
The Debate Around Mafia III‘s Depiction Of Racism
Racism is everywhere in Mafia III, in a way never before seen in a major video game. It’s gotten people talking. The game is set in a fictional version of 1960s New Orleans. In it, white computer-controlled characters (NPCs) regard the player’s character, a black Vietnam veteran named Lincoln Clay, with suspicion and fear. Some…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2016 -
EsportsOverwatch Player Shoutcasts During His Own Matches
Plenty of Overwatch players do commentary over matches they’re streaming, but TheUnsteady has the voice of an angel… who ate an eSports commentator. He’s become notorious for suddenly shoutcasting in the middle of matches he’s playing. Funny thing is, he’s so good that people tend to stop talking and just listen. It’s pretty amazing. One…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 21, 2016 -
YouTube Blocks Samsung’s Takedown Of GTA V Note 7 Bomb Video
Yesterday, Samsung filed a copyright claim on a viral video of a Grand Theft Auto V mod that turns the notoriously explosion-prone Galaxy Note 7 into, well, a bomb. The video got taken down, even though it clearly wasn’t in violation of any copyrights. After the video got taken down, the video’s creator, who goes…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 20, 2016 -
The Newest Agents Of SHIELD References The Crap Out Of Overwatch
The latest episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD featured a slightly unhinged Australian demolitions expert. You can probably see where this is going. The character, James, is an Inhuman whose monitor was hacked by the Watchdogs (a fictional terrorist group, as opposed to the video game that is also about hacking and monitors). He quoted…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 19, 2016 -
Samsung Gets GTA V Video Taken Off YouTube, Because It Turned A Note 7 Into A Bomb
Earlier this month, a mod that added Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 to Grand Theft Auto V started making the rounds. The twist? In the game, it was meant to be used as a bomb, because the real Note 7 can get a little explode-y from time-to-time. Samsung, apparently, did not love the joke. If you…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 19, 2016 -
EsportsOverwatch Player Uses Bastion Cheese To Win Pro Match
In low-level Overwatch matches, Bastion is the bane of everybody’s existence. At the high levels, however, everybody knows how to counter the bastard bullet tube. If you look at hero tier lists, Bastion is usually at the bottom. Pros hardly ever pick him. That made it all the more surprising when NoName of Korean team…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 19, 2016 -
Overwatch Players Are Sick Of The Sombra ARG [UPDATE]
Update 10/18/2016: After two months of inching forward, the Sombra-related countdown site hit 100 percent. And nothing big happened. People are now more fed up than ever. Upon completion, the countdown site read, “…Carga finalizada. Unidad Bastion E-54 comprometida…,” implying that Bastion has been compromised in some way or another. Apparently there’s now some funny…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 18, 2016 -
Culture
Faced With Criminal Charges, Valve Denies Facilitating Illegal Counter-Strike Gambling
A few months ago, Valve finally got around to cracking down on Counter-Strike skin gambling, a sketchy secondary market potentially worth billions of dollars. The saga, however, is far from over. Valve is now facing potential criminal charges from the Washington State Gambling Commission. A couple weeks ago, the Washington State Gambling Commission said that…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 18, 2016 -
Overwatch Teams Stop Fighting Each Other To Thwart Cheater
Cheating might win you a game, but it won’t win you any friends. In this case, the red-handed dickhead didn’t get either. Overwatch player SixZoSeven recounted a recent incident in which their competitive mode team picked up somebody pretty obviously using an aimbot, a type of cheat that aims for you, as opposed to an…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 18, 2016 -
Red Dead Redemption Fans Turn Rockstar’s Tease Into Comedy Gold
Rockstar’s been teasing the crap out of a big reveal for the past couple days. Their tease medium of choice? Images of stars and cowboys. Obviously, they’re either about to announce a new Red Dead game, or a gripping open-world narrative experience about sports teams from Dallas, Texas. Where some fans see pictures of Cool…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 17, 2016 -
StarCraft II‘s Next Announcer Is Overwatch‘s D.Va
Time to raise your APM. D.Va is coming to StarCraft II as an announcer. She’s the first from outside StarCraft lore, and she’ll be available to folks who attend BlizzCon. You can listen to a bunch of clips where she says things like, “Your base is under attack!” and “Your SCV has been interrupted, stupid…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 17, 2016 -
Overwatch Player Makes Banana Controller For Winston
Overwatch is no stranger to gimmick controllers. People have used flight sticks for D.Va and turntables for Lucio. This Winston controller, though, is completely bananas. Rudeism, who you might remember from previous over-the-top controller setups, has finally gone too far. He’s created a controller not from plastic or metal, but from organic material. And also,…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 14, 2016 -
Overwatch Streamer Becomes Top Ranked Player In North America, Calls His Mom
For a brief, shining moment, Overwatch player Miso snatched the rank most competitive players can only dream of: number one in the whole dang country. So of course, he called his mom. The moment came after a showdown between Miso and friendly rival Mangachu, a pro player who was ranked number one at the time.…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 13, 2016 -
ReviewsMafia III: The Kotaku Review
Mafia III takes hours to really get going. Sometimes it’s a predictable, janky slog. Once it finds its groove, though, it’s an open-world crime game unlike any other. It’s a bold depiction of a difficult time and place—a portrait of New Orleans in the late 1960s, racism and ugliness included. Early on in Mafia III,…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 12, 2016 -
One Thing In Mafia III Every Game Should Steal
Mafia III has some issues. Despite that, I’ve been enjoying my time with it. I really like losing myself in the sprawling, multifaceted city of New Bordeaux. The game’s navigation system does a great job of enabling that. If you’ve played an open-world game in the past five years, you know how this usually works:…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 11, 2016 -
Developer Error Lets Elite Dangerous Players Reach The Top Of The Galaxy
Two Elite: Dangerous players have managed to reach the top of the galaxy. “It is the very top,” said one, who goes by the name Dr Kaii. “There are no stars above at all.” It was all thanks to a mistake in the beta of the game’s upcoming Guardians update. Recently, Elite’s developers added plumes…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 10, 2016 -
Mafia III Is Seriously Glitchy
I’m still working my way through Mafia III for our review, but I can tell you this much: It’s glitchy. Damn glitchy. Certainly, there are things to like about Mafia III. New Bordeaux is a place I prefer to stroll, rather than drive, through, just to take it all in. It’s a shame, then, that…
By Nathan Grayson Published October 10, 2016
Nathan Grayson
Nathan Grayson's posts