- Esports
Tekken 7 Competition Concludes With Miraculous Comeback
The Japanese tournament Mastercup has few equals when it comes to Tekken competition, and the ninth installment of this annual event certainly lived up to its pedigree last weekend. The stunning conclusion saw one competitor singlehandedly defeat five straight opponents to earn his team a grand finals victory. Over the past few months, Tekken 7…
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How To Make Money Quickly In Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Making money isn’t the point of Animal Crossing as a series. It’s more about taking it easy and making friends in the forest. But if you are interested in making some quick cash in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, here’s what you should be doing. Talk To All The Villagers At Your Camp You might already…
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UncategorizedPlanet Of The Apes: Last Frontier Has Great Apes, But That’s About It
There’s no confusing Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier with a Telltale-style adventure game. There is no exploration, no dialogue trees or puzzles to solve. It’s a three-hour movie peppered with simple A or B choices that influence how events play out. It’s about as basic as interactive fiction gets. Set a year after the…
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UncategorizedGetting A ‘Haircut’ In Splatoon 2 Seems Like It Would Hurt
One moment my Squid Girl is sporting the same side tentacle she’s been rocking since Splatoon 2 launched, the next her gorgeous glistening appendage is sliced, chopped and tied off into a pair of wriggling pigtails. Sounds painful, doesn’t it? At first I was excited about the four new hairstyles added to Splatoon 2 in…
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UncategorizedPeople Are Making Cults And Prisons In Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp has a couple weird rules about furniture, and players are using those to make some really creepy camps. There’s a couple quirks to how furniture works in Pocket Camp. If you place a lamp down, villagers will stand in front of it and turn it on and off. If you put…
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What Did Black Friday Make You Buy? 2017 Edition
Black Friday and its numerous extensions (Cyber Monday, Just Buy Our Damn Stuff Thursday) are a magical time in retail, when the veil between wallet and willpower is at its thinnest. Which games, gadgets and gear made it past your defenses this year? I’ll start. First up we have the special Poké Ball version of…
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- Culture
The Week In Games: Xenoblade Strikes Back
Xeno is Greek for “foreigner,” though Xenoblade Chronicles 2 hardly seems like a stranger at this point. A cult classic in the PS1 era with Xenogears, a lackluster trilogy of vague prequels with the PS2’s Xenosaga, and then a series stumbling toward renewed JRPG greatness across three different Nintendo platforms in the modern era. Clearly…
By Ethan Gach
