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UncategorizedAfter Shooting At Dr Disrespect’s House, Streamers Are Concerned For Their Safety
Yesterday, one of Twitch’s best-known streamers, Dr Disrespect, was forced to abruptly shut down his stream after someone fired a gun at his house, shattering a window. Police have since said the shots likely came from a BB gun, but this and other recent incidents now have Twitch streamers concerned for their privacy and safety.…
By Nathan Grayson Published September 12, 2018 -
UncategorizedRiot Games Says It Wants To Clean Up Its Mess, But The People Who Made It Are Still There
In mid-August, in front of an audience of his own employees, Marc Merrill, a co-founder of Riot Games, the studio behind League of Legends, admitted fault. According to two sources watching, he apologized, his voice choked up, and he began to cry. Twelve years after Riot’s founding, it had become clear to its employees, League…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published September 12, 2018 - Culture
The Internet Reacts To The New Silly iPhone Names
Apple announced some new phones today, and they’ve got real silly names. Every other year, like a curse, Apple released new models of the iPhone. This year’s are called the iPhone Xr, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max. These are baffling names, though I know once they’re in the wild I’ll be dying to have…
By Gita Jackson Published September 12, 2018 - Culture
Do You Smell Your Video Games?
Here’s a fun fact about me: I was born without a sense of smell. Here’s a fun fact I learned today: people like to smell their physical video games. Help me square these two facts, readers. While browsing reddit today, I came across a thread about someone surprising their wife with a video game. A…
By Riley MacLeod Published September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
Bungie says they’ve found a fix for the bug that cost some Destiny 2: Forsaken players their weekly powerful rewards over the weekend. The fix will go out in a new hotfix on Thursday, and players who were affected will get the gear they missed, just in time for the raid.
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
My Favorite Final Fantasy Taught Me Some Bad Lessons About Love
Final Fantasy VIII, the sorceress epic about a hormone-fueled romance, has been my favorite game in the series ever since I was 12 years old. I beat it almost that many times before I unlearned the lessons that Squall and Rinoa’s relationship taught me about trying to fix sad, broken guys, like the game’s gunblade-brandishing…
Monica Uszerowicz Published September 12, 2018 - Culture
Beating Dead Cells Fast Is Mostly About Running Away
Behold someone who has clearly played a ton of Dead Cells kicking the game’s ass in record time and making it look easy. Motion Twin’s side-scrolling rogue-lite came out just last month, but before that it spent a year in Early Access on Steam. That’s given a lot of players plenty of time to master…
By Ethan Gach Published September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
Tips For Winning Destiny 2’s Gambit Mode [Updated]
Destiny 2’s Forsaken expansion introduces a lot of new stuff to the game, but the most significant addition is a new hybrid competitive/cooperative mode called Gambit. It’s a hell of a lot of fun, once you know what you’re doing. Note: This article originally ran on 9/04/2018. I’m bumping it up with some new tips…
By Kirk Hamilton Published September 12, 2018 -
OpinionAn Exploration Game About Breeding Plants
Plenty of explorations games give you the opportunity to walk through colorful fields or strange, alien worlds. But sometimes it feels like all you can do is wander around. Mendel allows the player to breed plants in order to create wild and unexpected new species. Created by Owen Bell, Mendel is as much a science…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 12, 2018 -
UncategorizedI Really Want To Help Spider-Man Find All His Backpacks
Spider-Man has done the unthinkable and turned me into a completionist. I hate busy work and repetition, and I’ve never 100%’ed a game in my life, but Spider-Man’s various idiosyncratic collectibles changed all of that. As I said in my review, I enjoyed most of the side missions, but I especially loved hunting for Peter…
By Ethan Gach Published September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
A Note About Sunday’s Spider-Man Proposal Story
Since Sunday evening, we’ve been updating our article about a marriage proposal in the new Spider-Man game to better reflect the dynamics and details of the situation. The ex-girlfriend in the story, who has been harassed in the fallout of the proposal’s coverage, denies dating the ex-boyfriend’s brother, a detail we share anew on our…
By Stephen Totilo Published September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
Spider-Man‘s Take On Police Feels Out Of Touch
Spider-Man has taken on his share of street thugs and supervillains, sometimes teaming up with the police to face down foes and rescue the people of New York. While Spider-Man on PS4 undoubtedly shows Spidey’s allegiance to his community, it also casts him as a big fan of police and their tactics that sometimes conflict…
By Heather Alexandra Published September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
The Nintendo Direct that was postponed last week will instead take place tomorrow, September 13, at 6pm ET, Nintendo said this morning. It’ll run 35 minutes and cover both Switch and 3DS games, the company said. Nintendo added that the Switch’s online service will launch on September 18
By Jason Schreier Published September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu is cancelling a live music performance and talk scheduled for October 7 in Kanazawa, Japan for health reasons. In his apology, Uematsu said he hopes he can regain his health to perform in the future with the Kanazawa ensemble
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 12, 2018 - Uncategorized
Japanese Celebrity Attacks Enemies With Vibrator In New Sega Game
Project Judge stars Takuya Kimura as a tough lawyer named Takayuki Yagami. In the game, he beats up baddies with punches, kicks and a variety of weapons including a vibrator. Kimura is a pop star, actor and celebrity. He’s been called the Brad Pitt of Japan. Yet, even that comparison doesn’t seem fitting, because he’s…
By Brian Ashcraft Published September 12, 2018
