Soon, You’ll Be Able To Play Steam Games On Your Phone

Ever wanted to play a game from your Steam library, but also felt like, if you got out of bed, you’d have to face a spiteful, uncaring world? Soon, Steam will have a solution to that: free apps that let you stream Steam games (and movies) to your phone. The Steam Link app, coming out…

It Took Battlefield 1 Players A Year To Open This Door [Updated]

Over a year after its discovery, a long-locked puzzle door in Battlefield 1 is finally open. Inside? Why, more puzzles, of course. The so-called “Zombie Door” was discovered shortly after the release of a map called Fort Vaux in March 2017. In real life, Fort de Vaux was attacked by the Germans during World War…

Cheaters, Conspiracies, And Miffed Girlfriends: What It’s Like Doing Fortnite Customer Support

Working customer support for Fortnite Battle Royale, the biggest game in the world, means sorting through a lot of salt. “It’s always the shotguns,” said Randi, a customer support specialist for Fortnite who asked that we not use their real name. Randi has received countless tickets from Fortnite players complaining that the game’s shotgun is…

Shadow Of War‘s Expansion Adds Some Of The Best Zelda-Style Items

The ship may have sailed on Shadow of War, a messy sequel received angrily by fans and a game that has taken six months to start removing its controversial microtransactions. But, hey, this game just got a new expansion that adds a hookshot and a glider. That’s cool at least. As a fan of weird…

Overwatch Fans React To The New Pink Mercy Skin

Blizzard is releasing a special Mercy skin where all the proceeds go to breast cancer research. Fans are in love with it, and have been drawing it non-stop. This skin is part of a breast cancer awareness charity event that Blizzard is running through May 21st. Although there’s also a t-shirt, new sprays and charity…

Super Smash Bros. Switch Tournament Competitors Announced

Eight players from around the world will face off on the Nintendo Switch in a Super Smash Bros. tournament during the week of E3. Here are those eight. Nintendo will host the livestreamed Smash Switch tournament on June 11-12. The announcement trailer’s title “Introducing: The Players! – Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018″ has some YouTuber…

Peanuts Hotel Opening In Japan This Summer

Considering how Japan already has Snoopy themed teahouses, a Peanuts cafe and a Peanuts museum, a Peanuts hotel was inevitable. Located in Kobe, the hotel’s concept is “It’s nice to have a home where your guests feel comfortable.” That quote is from a Peanuts comic strip quote when a flock of birds takes a temporary…

Let’s Talk About Japan And Sickness Masks 

First time visitors notice them right away: Sickness masks. People in Japan wear them for numerous reasons, including to prevent illness. Some even don them because they think the masks make them more attractive. According to Otakomu, Japanese TV recently did a segment on how foreigners think it’s odd that masks are so widely worn…

Japanese Reaction To Israel Serving Its Prime Minister A Shoe With Chocolate

During Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent trip to Israel, he and his wife Akie dined with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara. Desert was chocolate served in what appeared to be shoes. They were not real shoes, but metal ones created by British product designer Tom Dixon Studio. Israeli celebrity chef…

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The Chefs Of Iron

Alexandre Diboine is a freelance artist from France who worked on Revolting Rhymes, an animated short that was nominated for an Oscar this year You can see more of Alexandre’s work at his ArtStation page To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is…

Darwin’s Choice, a card game where you build your own animals and have to guide them through millions of years of evolution, is now up on Kickstarter. I’ve actually played a bit of it and it’s great fun. Plus the hand-painted art is gorgeous

Now DOTA 2 Has A Battle Royale Mode

At this rate, Civilization VI will have one by the end of the year. As part of Dota 2’s International 2018 Battle Pass, players are getting access to a new game mode called The Underhollow, which will be available soon: Battle through a labyrinth filled with monsters, marvels, and many other three-player enemy squads as…

Mercy’s New Pink Skin a) Is For Charity And b) Looks Amazing

Look at this new Mercy skin. Look at it. Available for purchase from now until May 21, it’s been designed to help raise money for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, who will receive “100% the proceeds” Blizzard makes from sales. There’s a bunch of other pink stuff on sale too, like sprays and icons, as…