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This Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox Is Too Much

Happy Friday: this special edition Xbox One X comes with glow-in-the-dark graffiti that says “No Future.” It’s probably right. I wasn’t down with this Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox One X when it leaked on the Canadian Walmart website yesterday. Instead of something bright and neon-fueled, it looked to me like the sort of colorful scrap metal…

Aerith Is My Favorite Party Member In Final Fantasy VII Remake

As a complete newcomer to the world of Final Fantasy VII, I’m meeting (and, in some cases, falling head over heels for) its cast members for the first time in the updated and reimagined Remake. I’ve grown to appreciate every character Cloud has met during his journey, but one stands head and shoulders above the…

Blizzard Extends World of Warcraft’s Double XP Event After Fan Outcry

With players in the game forums and Reddit clamoring for an extension, World of Warcraft’s double experience point event, originally scheduled to end on Monday, will now last right up until the pre-patch for the game’s Shadowlands expansion. The Winds of Wisdom buff grants all World of Warcraft characters 100 percent bonus experience for killing…

Paul Haddad, Voice Of Leon Kennedy In Resident Evil 2, Dies At 56

Paul Haddad, who voiced Leon Kennedy in the character’s Resident Evil 2 debut, has died at the age of 56, according to an announcement from Invader Studios. “Paul Haddad, our dear friend and an icon among the Resident Evil community, has passed away recently,” the statement reads. “We’ve been truly honored to have the chance…

Games Done Quick Is Holding A Speedrun Marathon For Coronavrius Relief

This year’s Summer Games Done Quick charity event has been pushed back to August due to covid-19 concerns, but you can’t keep a good group of speedrunners down. Starting today and running through Sunday, Corona Relief Done Quick is an online speedrunning marathon benefitting global response organization Direct Relief. Sounds like the perfect way to…

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for needing to cut my hair, something I’ve been doing for years but which never leaving the house has caused me to put off until it’s actually going to be a pain to do. The weekend is also for playing video games. Fortnite’s season getting extended gives me more time to catch…

Kirby’s Art Book Is Beautiful, Just Like Kirby

I wouldn’t say what the world needs now is a 272-page book of Kirby artwork, but it certainly can’t hurt. Published by Viz Media in English earlier this week, the Kirby Art & Style Collection is a $30 hardbound tome filled with official art, concept art, box art, and sketches spanning 25 years of Kirby…

Track: Miss Misery | Artist: Elliott Smith | Album: Good Will Hunting (OST)

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A Well-Spent Youth

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Valorant Tournaments Will Have To Turn Off Blood

In a recent blog post detailing their plans for Valorant esports, Riot esports director Whalen “Magus” Rozelle provided a long list of guidelines community organizers will need to follow in their competitions. These include restrictions on event sponsors and a requirement to disable in-game blood. Valorant, despite its fantasy elements, is still very much a…

Selena Gomez Suing Game For $10 Million For Stealing Her Likeness

Selena Gomez has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the companies responsible for Clothes Forever – Styling Game, a phone game that will, by its own account, “allow you to live out all your fantasies and become the fashionista you were born to be!” In reality, it’s a cheap dress-up game that, like most mobile…

Final Fantasy VII Devs Wanted Sephiroth To Feel Like Jaws

Like many things in Final Fantasy VII, the main antagonist Sephiroth is an iconic part of gaming history. He’s a striking, menacing presence throughout the classic roleplaying game. Much of Sephiroth’s reputation has to do with the way the developers took cues from an entirely different piece of media: Steven Spielberg’s 1975 thriller, Jaws During…

Fallout 76’s NPCs Don’t Care About Getting Nuked

This week’s Fallout 76 Wastelanders update added human non-player characters to the game for the first time. Naturally, one of the first things players tried to do was nuke them. Players have been finding all sorts of curious new details in the game thanks to its burgeoning populace, from the return of pizza rolls to…

Destiny 2 Is Getting Its Own Version Of The Olympics

Destiny 2 is getting a new limited-time event called Guardian Games next week. The event will have players try to out-compete one another for the honor of having their guardian class represented in the Tower for the rest of the year. The Guardian Games were teased in this season’s roadmap but didn’t have an exact…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: Should I Ask Out The Worker At Cheesecake Factory?

Hello, all you sexy angels of the Abyss, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only advice column that can help you manage your relationships in real life AND in Animal Crossing We may be under self-isolation and social distancing, but just because life is on pause doesn’t mean that love is too. Sometimes love…

Gamescom 2020 Won’t Happen In Germany, Goes Digital

Gamescom, one of the biggest gaming conventions in the world, won’t be happening in Germany this year. Gamescom 2020 is canceled, its organizers announced today, but a digital version of the event is in the works. “It’s official: unfortunately, gamescom will under no circumstances take place on site in Cologne this year,” the German Games…

How To Lose Friends And Alienate Villagers

The heart of Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the friendships you build with your animal neighbors, each with their own quirks, aesthetics, and personality traits. So when Tom Nook announced that the humble island of Bussy Beach had its very first visitor at our brand new campsite, I was ecstatic. I rushed to the campgrounds,…

How’s It Going?: Improvement Edition

It’s Thursday! It’s very pretty outside where I live, which seems like a cruel joke. Welcome back to our daily open thread. I didn’t get the chance to reply to the comments on yesterday’s thread, but I wanted to share here how much I appreciate them. You all are staying so strong through so much,…

Track: Zettai Zetsumei | Artist: Tokyo Jihen | Album: Ultra C