This Is How It Begins

Look, not everyone sets out to have a massive Amiibo collection. A lot of people start out like I just did: with one. At the start of this week, I didn’t own a single Amiibo. Nintendo’s little chip-enabled figures just didn’t appeal to me. Unlike some of my colleagues I’ve never been a big toy…

He Beat Her Offers A Flawed But Interesting Take On Domestic Violence

With its lush art and lovely music, visual novel He Beat Her sounds like an easy sell. The way it handles its subject matter, however, lacks the nuance it deserves. [Given the subject matter of the game, this article will discuss domestic violence and mental illness. This is your content warning.] He Beat Her is…

Korean League Slaps League Player On Wrist For Bragging About Salary

The League Champions Korea Operations Committee has issued a ‘caution’ penalty to SK Telecom T1’s Junsik “Bang” Bae for a reply to one of his viewers during a League of Legends stream in February 2017. The comment came after a viewer of Bae’s stream told the streamer to “work harder,” saying “Faker just got one…

Splatoon 2 Uses Ketchup and Mayo Ink For Splatfest, And It Looks Gross

Splatoon 2’s big event has kicked off in Japan, where players are finding that the game takes the mayo vs ketchup theme all the way. Yes, you will be shooting the warring condiments onto your enemy squids this weekend. Eww. Here’s a whole match, courtesy of Snorth93. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. It’s sort…

People Are Falling In Love With A Video Game Mouse Who Uses Sign Language

In the upcoming VR game Moss, tiny hero Quill uses squeaks and various non-verbal cues to communicate with the player. On August 2, Polyarc animator Rick Lico tweeted a test clip of the mouse issuing a greeting using American Sign Language (ASL). The response was overwhelming. Lico tweeted out the animation to his couple hundred…

Internet Sleuths Think The Last of Us Part II Is Set In Seattle

Is part of the next The Last of Us set in Seattle? Internet detectives believe so, after combing through the game’s concept art and comparing it to real-life Washington. The Last of Us: Part II won’t be out for at least another year or two, but Redditor and artist Voidsby believes they’ve already discovered one of…

Learning To Own The Arena In Splatoon 2 And Pyre

Controlling the field is a core tenet of any competition. Fighting games are about the footsies, League and Dota demand good positioning, shooters like Overwatch and Counter-Strike are as much about tactically holding or taking key areas as they are shooting accuracy. At a high-level, controlling the field of play is as important as play…

Game That Entered Development In 1997 Comes Out Today

If you are wondering why Grimoire: Heralds of the Winged Exemplar, a new release on Steam, looks like something from the 90s, here is your answer: It is from the 90s. After a solid 20 years in development—or roughly twice as long as Final Fantasy XV—Grimoire is out today. “After more than 20 years of…

Hearthstone‘s New Cards Promise Some Wild Possibilities

We’re well on our way toward a fully-revealed Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion for Hearthstone, and so far we’ve seen some truly dope-looking cards. If there’s any theme running through the new cards that Blizzard has revealed thus far, it’s that many of them are just plain weird, and have the potential to affect…

Japanese Politicians Cosplaying As Anime Characters

The mayor of Nagoya and the governor of Aichi Prefecture both recently suited up as famous anime characters. This was not a first. Mayor Takashi Kawamura and Governor Hideaki Omura cosplay at least once a year for the World Cosplay Summit, a major cosplaying event held in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Here is Kawamura: And Omura:…

The JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Movie Being Called ‘Better Than Expected’

It seems like most live-action movie versions of manga and anime are terrible. (Remember Attack on Titan?) However, the release day buzz around the new Jojo live-action movie is that it’s actually good. Created by an ageless man, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure debuted as a manga back in 1987 and has gone on to spawn anime…

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You don’t see much Darksiders cosplay these days, so here’s Uriel by Eylerwain. Photo by aKami777.

You Can Complete Tacoma By Just Standing Around

Tacoma’s space station corridors, seemingly cold and barren, are alive with story. You can explore them to your heart’s content, piecing together a tale about the station’s crew—and much more. Or you can just stand around and do nothing, if you want. Your character, Amy Ferrier, is a corporate contractor responding to a distress call…

There Is A Comedy Show About Esports

Here’s the first trailer for Game Grumps’ new series Good Game, which is all about the esports scene surrounding the made-up game Killcore The show stars Game Grumps’ Dan Avidan and Arin Hanson, and if you think their weird little team of gamers don’t look like your average esports team, that’s the point (the “average…

EA’s Basketball Game Now Has Women’s Teams

Let’s be clear, NBA Live is not as good as NBA 2K. But EA’s series now has one clear advantage over its rival, in that it’s going to have WNBA players and teams available in its lineup. Following on from FIFA’s introduction of women’s football a few years back, it’s a great move by EA,…