English Language School Recommends Studying Over Nintendo Switch

An advertisement for English language school Menten in China states that people have time to play video games, but don’t have time to learn English. The ad appeared on Chinese social networking site Weibo and was uploaded to Twitter by Chinese Nintendo (via Nintendo Soup). The ad reads, “They say: ‘I’m too busy every day…

Politician Made Anti-LGBTQ Comments On Dragon Quest Composer’s TV Show

Japanese politician Mio Sugita has made international news due to her anti-LGBTQ comments on a television show. The program is co-hosted by Koichi Sugiyama, who composes music for the Dragon Quest games. This was pointed out by Twitter user Shaun Musgrave (via Duckroll at ResetEra): The network is very right-wing. The show isn’t mainstream, nor…

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For Honor Has Some Smooth Animation

It’s always a nice change of pace to feature some animation on Fine Art. Tonight, we’re showcasing the work of Ian Kazimer, who has worked on games like For Honor and Brawlhalla Below you’ll see a highlight reel of his contributions to For Honor, some of which is fairly pedestrian (like running) and some of…

Look At This Glorious Box Art

This is what WWE 2K19’s collector’s edition looks like. Hang it in the Louvre. There’s a bunch of shit that comes inside that box, but since that junk includes a Funko Pop Vinyl, I am going to pretend none of it exists, and we live in a world where I can judge a game by…

League Of Legends’ Lore Finally Has A Proper World Map

In 2014, League of Legends trashed its own lore so it could start over and make it better. That process continues to this day, with League’s world of Runeterra finally getting its own full and official map. Previously just a fragmented collection of stories and sketches, Runeterra is now a place, and to help people…

Game Studio With No Bosses Pays Everyone The Same

The game industry is not exactly known for valuing workers. Big studios are rife with soul-destroying crunch and end-of-project layoffs. French studio Motion Twin, developer of the Castlevania-inspired roguelike Dead Cells, is trying something different: Workers own and manage the company. There is no boss. Motion Twin describes itself as an “anarcho-syndical workers cooperative.” What…

A Giant Mech Game About Flirting With The Enemy

Heaven Will Be Mine is a visual novel about giant robots, political intrigue, and maybe even smooching the enemy. It combines evocative writing with a multi-perspective story that’s as engrossing as any anime. In Heaven Will Be Mine, a strange extraterrestrial threat has driven mankind to the stars by the year 1980. In this alternate…

Renowned Hacker Arrested For Cracking Denuvo Anti-Piracy Tech

Denuvo’s notorious anti-piracy tech used to be seen as uncrackable. It held up against hackers’ best efforts for years, contorting itself into obtuse new shapes every time anybody broke through. In 2016, a Bulgarian hacker calling himself Voksi came along with a breakthrough that revitalized the whole Denuvo cracking scene. He’s been a pillar of…

Fortnite’s New Update Nerfs Fort Building [UPDATE]

Fortnite’s latest update has made the skill of building forts or any other structures less relevant to success, leaving some players to lament that the thing that makes Fortnite’s unique is slowly disappearing. Update V5.10, released July 23, nerfed the building materials used to make walls, floors and any other structures in the game. Stat…

Tips For Playing No Man’s Sky’s Big Update

Whether you played No Man’s Sky two days ago or haven’t played since launch, returning to the game since the Next update is going to involve some adjusting. If you’re wondering how to make Warp Cells or where to find resources, here’s a few tips. You Can Opt Out Of Multiplayer A lot of people…

The Top 10 Zombies In Video Games

Zombies have been integral to horror games for decades now. Whether we’re doing a solo crawls through a haunted mansion, a fast-paced multiplayer kill-fest, or just side content in a first-person shooter series, the undead seem to be the one bad guy we can’t get enough of. Many of these zombies are variations of a…

Rogue Legacy‘s Latest Update Trolls A Four-Year-Old Steam Thread

Rogue Legacy is a great game, but, five years after release, a few things were missing from it on PC. Cloud saves, for one, as well as key rebinding for mouse. Yes, there was actually a person who wanted to play Rogue Legacy, a side-scrolling platformer, with mouse controls, and the developers have finally made…

The Many Reasons I’ve Taken More Than 1,000 Screenshots On My Switch

I’ve had a Nintendo Switch since its early 2017 launch and have taken 1,052 screenshots on it since then. I guess I can’t resist that wonderful camera sound that happens each time I press the screenshot button. That’s can’t be all of it, though. Why am I really doing this? I take shots whenever I…