School Shooting Game Angers Steam Users, Developer ‘Likely’ Changing It [UPDATE]

Earlier this week, a game called Active Shooter appeared on Steam. It’d be nothing more than another heap of hacked-together pre-purchased assets—or an “asset flip,” as they’re known on Steam—if not for its subject matter. It’s about mass shootings. The unreleased game’s Steam store page describes it as a “dynamic S.W.A.T. simulator” in which you…

The Speedrunner Smashing Records On Mario Kart 64’s Donkey Kong Track

Matthias Rustemeyer has been trying to collect every individual Mario Kart 64 course world record for half a decade, but thanks to Daniel Burbank that job just keeps getting harder. Burbank has been getting better and better times on the game’s lone Donkey Kong race track since the beginning of the year and shows no…

Fallout: Cascadia Fan Project Looks To Bring Nature Back To The Wasteland

Fallout: Cascadia is a mod project for Fallout 4 that aims to create an entirely new story for the game in Seattle. Cascadia first surfaced a couple years back, and like all ambitious fan projects inspired by Bethesda games, progress ebbs and flows. This week, however, the team released an official teaser trailer that gives…

Tips For Playing Dark Souls Remastered

Maybe you thought the original Dark Souls was too hard. Maybe you thought it was too dreary. Maybe it looked boring. For whatever reason, plenty of people missed playing it the first time around. Dark Souls Remastered is out today, and it’s a great excuse to check out the series for the first time or…

New Post-Apocalyptic 3DS Game Is Nintendo At Its Weirdest

Maybe you’re waiting for more Zelda or Animal Crossing, but I tend to get the most excited for Nintendo’s stranger, less well-known games. Their new one is pretty strange. Consider these true facts about it: It’s called Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers and is actually the third game in a 3DS series that launched in 2012 with…

Modder Turns Skyrim Fan’s Hyper-Specific Lydia Mod Idea Into Reality

Sometimes players want to do very specific, occasionally strange things in games—say, role-play as the chair Skyrim’s Lydia sits on—but something gets in the way. Thankfully, there’s often a chance some kind-hearted modder will help you out. Last nighton Reddit, a Skyrim player asked, “Is there a mod to let me turn into Lydia’s seat…

I Overcame My Fear Of Bar Trivia

Although I like quiz and game shows, I’ve never wanted to play trivia games myself. I have a hard time remembering things on the spot, and I get really anxious in high-pressure situations, even silly ones. Last night, I went to a bar down the street for a trivia night, despite my misgivings. We won,…

Absolutely Do Not Pickaxe Fight Me In Fortnite 🙅‍♀️

All 100 players in a given game of Fortnite land about as defenseless as they day they were born—except for their pickaxe. Fortnite’s pickaxe isn’t really a weapon, though. It is a means to an end. That end is mining materials. It is for felling trees, collecting brick. The pickaxe is not meant for killing.…

Dad Makes Cute Lunches Based On His Daughter’s Drawings

Takafumi Ozeki doesn’t just make his daughter’s school lunch, he makes it based on her drawings. The result is wonderful, touching and delicious. Ozeki is a Japanese comedian in the comedy duo known as The Geese. But, as Pouch points out, here is how he brings his child’s to life for pre-school bento For more,…

Dragon Ball‘s “Death Pose” Fan Art With An Unusual Spin 

Out of all the fan art I’ve seen, Dragon Ball or not, this is the first time I’ve ever seen it created on a carpet quite like this. The tableau in question is Yamcha’s death pose. But instead of it being drawn on paper with pencil, it was made on the carpet. Twitter user Agito’s…

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NBA 1K Is An Excellent Takedown Of Terrible Microtransactions

In the latest episode of Bleacher Report’sfantastic Game of Zones series, in which the modern NBA is projected onto a Game of Thones-like setting, a gang of rookies are huddled around a ye olde game of basketeballe. And even in this fictional universe, the microtransactions are ruining it. To recap: NBA 2K18, an otherwise fine…

Apple Blocks Valve App That Lets You Play Steam Games On Your Phone

Earlier this month, Valve announced an official Steam Link app that lets users play Steam games on their phones. Last week, the app came out on Android, with an iOS version nowhere to be found. Now Valve has explained why. According to a release from Valve sent to Kotaku, Apple had approved the Steam Link…

Game Critic Totalbiscuit Dies At 33

After retiring from games criticism at the start of the month, YouTube personality John “Totalbiscuit” Bain has passed away. Bain’s wife, Genna, posted about his passing on Twitter. “Rest in Peace my Dearest Love,” she wrote. Bain, who was 33, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2014. It went into remission, only to return last…

It Sucks To Be A Mom In God Of War

In God of War, being a mother will end your life, either literally or metaphorically. Much has been written about the game’s depiction of series protagonist Kratos and his journey as a father. The game centers on his strained connection to his son, Atreus. Each major mission is a story beat that takes players through…