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Holy Shit Jet Set Radio Cosplay

Look! Jet Set Radio cosplay! In 2019! Bless all of these cosplayers and keep them safe until the ending of the earth. This group was at Blerdcon, which was held in DC over the weekend. As he was last year, Legend of Micah was there shooting video, and managed to capture this group outside, who…

Some Cosplay From Germany’s Biggest Anime Con

DoKomi is Germany’s biggest anime show, with over 45,000 people turning up in Düsseldorf last month for video games, panels, music acts and cosplay. So Say We All photography took the trip over from the UK to be there, and was kind enough to share some pics with us (you can see more at his…

A Slightly Different Take On Metroid’s Samus Aran

Trevor Carr, an artist at Riot, has been working on this version of Metroid’s Samus Aran for a while now. Originally wanting to “deviate pretty wildly from the core design,” he eventually settled on something closer to her original appearance, “or you’d lose what was so iconic about that classic look.” You can see more…

When City-Builders Meet Mario Galaxy

Not too long after Islanders, there’s another peaceful, cute-as-hell city-builder on the way, only this times things are on a more planetary scale. This is Before We Leave, “a non-violent city building game set in your own cozy corner of the universe.” “Rediscover and rebuild civilization,” the game’s official description continues. “Create a multi-planet resource…

The Internet Reacts To Hanzo’s Abtacular Summer Skin

We’re once again in the midst of summer’s steamiest months, and you know what that means: Blizzard has made yet another Overwatch character hot. Also, Lucioball is back for the fourth year in a row. Between those two things, it’s unsurprising that it’s Hanzo “Hotzo” Shimada who’s the talk of the balmy beach town right…

Cities: Skylines Map Becomes A Poop-Powered Computer

While it’s impressive seeing games like Minecraft being turned into weird little computers, there’s something about achieving the feat in Cities: Skylines that makes it seem so much more impressive. Daniel Bali has, with the aid of some wind turbines and water pumps, managed to build a very small, very slow “4-bit adder” machine that…

We Debate The Best And Worst Super Smash Bros. Games

Among the greatest video game debates—should hard games lower their difficulties? What’s the best controller?—is one that can make even the most docile Nintendo fan into a belligerent shit: Which Super Smash Bros. games are the very best and the very worst? In the Nintendo series’ 20-year run, Smash has had some major bumps in…

Okay, Seriously, Maybe VR Gaming Is About To Have Its Big Moment

I keep thinking about a video game I played in Los Angeles a month ago that’s what you’d get if the renowned covert ops Splinter Cell series required your character to always be in a kayak. The game is called Phantom: Covert Ops, and it’s pretty cool. The catch is that it’s all in VR.…

Destiny 2’s Latest Exploit Lets You Farm Materials By Doing Nothing

For the entire five-year span of Destiny’s existence as a series, players have been looking for ways to exploit it. Any old Destiny head will speak fondly of the days we had Loot Caves and cheesed bosses without shame. In the pantheon of cheap Destiny exploits, the latest Destiny 2 scheme for scoring loads of…

Joy-Con Drift Is Becoming A Real Problem On The Switch

For months, Nintendo Switch users have been plagued by what’s become known as “Joy-Con drift.” Although they’re not touching the joystick on their Nintendo Switch controller, the console still thinks it’s moving. With no permanent fix being offered by Nintendo, they’re just sick of it. Recently I’ve been doing nothing but playing the upcoming Switch…

Déjà Poo: Nintendo Deletes Another Mario Maker Level By Popular Speedrunner

A popular Mario speedrunner and Mario Maker level creator said Tuesday morning that Nintendo is once again deleting his Mario Maker levels, this time targeting his popular Super Expert course in Super Mario Maker 2 for the Switch, called “Pile of Poo: Kai-Zero G.” “I am at a loss for words and extremely sad about…

I Love Games About Bluffing (Or Do I?)

I love games that involve bluffing, even though I can never tell when any of my friends are lying. This past weekend, my poker night buddies and I played a tabletop game called Skull, which involves bluffing. I didn’t win, perhaps because I have too much faith in my friends. The apocryphal origin story of…

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Call of Duty Pros Agree To Ditch Their Cosmetics To Avoid A Major Bug

Days before a major Black Ops 4 event, Call of Duty pro players are agreeing to ditch their cosmetic items in order to avoid a bug that could affect the outcome of matches. As originally reported on Dexerto, pro players have been using social media to spread word of a recently discovered Black Ops 4…

Kylo Ren Was Made For Devil May Cry 5

Sometimes a mod is worth looking at because it’s funny, or challenges your ideas about a game. In this case, a Kylo Ren mod for Devil May Cry 5 is about finding two things that were made for each other. If Capcom’s dark, moody and flamboyant game had announced Ren as DLC, ala Vader in…

Overwatch Cheaters Are About To Get Games Automatically Shut Down

Blizzard is currently testing a new and interesting way of dealing with cheaters in an Overwatch match: whenever cheating is detected, they’ll just automatically shut the game down, no questions asked. They call it the “next evolution of cheat detection” in the game. Normally that would suck, because everyone else would be punished for one…

Some Streamers Are Boycotting Twitch In Support Of The Amazon Prime Day Strike

Unless you’ve got the world’s most powerful ad blocker, you’re probably painfully aware that it’s Prime Day, a holiday that Amazon made up because it could. Deals parade naked in the streets and the company hosts glitzy concerts, all to encourage Amazon Prime subscribers to stick around. For the second year in a row, however,…

Four-Year Effort To Beat Ocarina Of Time In Under 17 Minutes Finally Succeeds

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is well-known for impressive speedruns, even among casual players. Every time it seems there are no improvements left to make, a new glitch or intense session of play shaves seconds off the best time. Last week, the fastest completion time slipped under 17 minutes, marking the culmination of…

Four Videos For Phoenix Wright Fans Who Can’t Get Enough

Lately, I’ve been going back and enjoying some games in the Phoenix Wright series, which I personally like to call Perjury Gaiden. Because it is a good series of games, there are lots of videos about it, and I’ve picked some of my favorites here, which will be best enjoyed by people who’ve played Phoenix…