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EsportsAlmost Nobody Predicted This Weekend’s Wild Dota 2 Tournament
The International 2018 ends tomorrow. By day’s end, over $25 million will be divided up among 18 teams from around the world with the lion’s share, $11.1 million, going to first place. Whoever that turns out to be at this point, though, will be a team almost nobody saw coming. The tournament for Valve’s action…
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Battle For Azeroth Level Cap Reached, What Now?
After a week and a half of leisurely quest grinding, my diminutive Warlock has reached World of Warcraft’s new level cap of 120. Now it’s time to explore dungeons, hunt for treasure and power up my equipment. Or I could just wait for the next expansion to come along and render all that extra effort…
By Mike Fahey - Uncategorized
The Gamescom Fortnite Pooper Story Didn’t Happen, Epic Says
Yesterday, the German website Playnation.de reported on a rumor that a Gamescom attendee defecated in a bag while waiting to play Fortnite. Today, the rumor circulated further on social media. Despite how badly we may want this to be true, according to Epic, it never happened. Sorry! According to Playnation.de’s article, other attendees stepped in…
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CultureIt’s Been A Groundbreaking Month For Ocarina Of Time Speedrunning
The last month has seen some dramatic changes to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time speedrunning, especially in the completionist category. A handful of newly-discovered glitches and shortcuts have blown open the doors on what was previously thought possible. One of the scene’s most accomplished players has managed to combine them to achieve some…
By Ethan Gach - Uncategorized
The Original Metroid Has No Map, But Samus Wouldn’t Need One
I’ve played through the first Metroid three times, but I’ve never played it without a map. Yesterday, I was wondering how the game’s original players even coped and what it says about Metroid, and about Samus Aran, that the first game doesn’t have one. The first Metroid game, which came out in 1986 on the…
By Maddy Myers - Uncategorized
Developer Aims To Explore Female Sexuality With A Game That Lets You Bone ISIS To Death
Super Patriotic Dating Simulator, which is now on Kickstarter, is your typical romantic story of an elite spy infiltrating, seducing and then killing members of ISIS. Correction – 10:38am: The original version of this article misstated the beginning of this game’s Kickstarter campaign. Karlee Esmailli, who wrote and is developing the game, is an first…
By Gita Jackson
