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UncategorizedThe latest documentary from fighting game community storytellers Hold Back to Block chronicles the creation of Them’s Fighting Herds, a fighter that started as a My Little Pony fan game before aHasbro cease and desist took it in a new and different direction. It’s one of my favorite fan game stories ever.
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CulturePokémon Go‘s Pokédex Expands Into The Unova Region
While other Pokémon games trim down their collection of pocketable monsters, Niantic’s mobile Pokémon safari continues to expand. Critters from Pokémon Black & White’s Unova region have started showing up in Pokémon Go. Come to me, Tepig. Come to me. A veritable parade of adorable old friends started popping up in game yesterday, including Snivy,…
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OpinionImpressionsApple Arcade Is Live In The iOS 13 Beta And It’s A Lot
While the $5-a-month Apple Arcade subscription doesn’t officially launch until Thursday, iOS 13 beta testers can sign up right now and dive into new games from some of the best indie studios on the planet. With nearly 60 games on the service so far, it’s an overwhelming amount of entertainment, all at once. Last week…
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Culture22 Years Later, A Major Milestone For RPGs Is Finally Coming West
Amongst all the many, many games coming to Nintendo Switch soon, you should pay close attention to Moon, a port of a 1997 role-playing game for the PlayStation that’s never left Japan before. Why should you care? Well, Moon was sort of the flashpoint from which a whole little community of unique, avant-garde Japanese game…
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ReviewsControllersBig, Beefy Switch Controllers For Big, Beefy Hands
Joy-Cons are small. They are designed so that Switch can be a sleek, nearly-seamless handheld gaming device. Hori’s Split Pad Pro is what happens when ideas like “small” and “sleek” and “not ridiculous” are tossed out the window. The more I play with them, gripping them in my larger-than-average hands, the less I mind their…
By Mike Fahey
