Final Fantasy Netflix Show Nails Weird Behavior of Rookie MMO Players

A new Netflix show about a kid playing the MMO Final Fantasy XIV with his out-of-touch dad totally nails the freaky and opaque behavior of new players in MMOs. Dad of Light is follows Akio, who lures his father into playing FFXIV in an effort to finally forge a relationship with him. The catch: His…

Bungie Removes Destiny 2 Glove With ‘Hate Symbol’ On It

Bungie is changing a gauntlet in Destiny 2 that was based on an alt-right symbol, the developer said today. “It’s come to our attention that a gauntlet in Destiny 2 shares elements with a hate symbol. It is not intentional. We are removing it,” the company said on Twitter this afternoon. “Our deepest apologies. This…

Battlegrounds‘ New Town Hides Great Loot Around Cramped Corners

As part of the game’s September update, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds placed a new town on its large, murderous island. Kameshki’s remote location might leave you scrambling to run to the playzone but the collection of loot you can find makes it a tempting detour. Among the town’s residential houses and small cargo depot is a surprising…

New Battlegrounds Patch Makes It Harder To Earn In-Game Currency By Doing Nothing

If you ask many PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds players (or PlayersUnknown, if you want to use the grammatically correct plural form) what their biggest problem with the game is, they’ll probably say AFK farmers. Now, after weeks of complaints, PUBG’s developers have made it much harder to sit around and earn currency. As part of the game’s…

Let’s Play Copyright Threat Raises Questions About The Law And How To Use It

Copyright, free speech, and entertainment lawyers have mixed opinions on the legality of game developer Campo Santo’s decision to fight hate speech with a copyright strike after reaching abreaking pointwith YouTube celebrity Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg. Over the weekend, Campo Santo co-founder Sean Vanaman said he would use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to “cut off”…

GTA Online’s Take On Battlegrounds Is Way More Chaotic

GTA Online’s newest addition, Motor Wars, combines high player counts with dozens of vehicles. The result is a hectic match that is more intense than any other mode in GTA Online. You and 27 other players parachute into different parts of the GTA Online map. You only have one life, and the map shrinks as you…

How Speedrunners Are Racing Through Green Hill Zone, Sonic Mania‘s Most Contested Level

Green Hill Zone’s loop-de-loops and tropical scenery make for one of the most iconic stages in Sonic The Hedgehog. Sonic Mania’s version of GHZ adds new complications and complexity that’s turned it into one of the game’s most hotly contested speedrun courses. 2-D platformers like Sonic Mania thrive on the notion of fast, uninterrupted movement…

‘I’m An Idiot’: Pewdiepie Apologizes For Saying N-Word On Stream

YouTube’s biggest star uploaded a video today where he apologized for casually dropping the n-word during a Battlegrounds stream last weekend. “I should know better,” Kjellberg said. “I can’t keep messing up like this.” The video, which is titled “My Response,” is short and has no jokes: “You probably won’t believe this when I say…

Cosplay Roofing Service Begins In Japan

For a limited time only, a Japanese roofing company has started a new cosplayer service for customers. Nara-based roofing company Mori Kenchiku Bankinkogyo is rolling out an “On the Roof Cosplay Counter-Plan Service” for customer consultation. The company wonders if this is the first of its kind in the world. I think that’s a safe…

Nintendo Bringing Back The NES Classic In 2018

After disappearing from store shelves, the NES Classic is returning next year. But that’s not all: the Super NES Classic will continue to be shipped through 2018. In Japan, the Super Famicom will still get shipped after October, and the Famicom Mini is going back into production. Hot damn. The SNES Classic was slated to…

The World’s First Cat Cafe On A Train

Japan loves trains. It also loves cats. So, put the two of them together, and you have the world’s first cat cafe on a train. All aboard! The cat cafe train was a one-day only event this past Sunday to help raise awareness for abandoned felines. The cats aboard the train were rescued and, as…

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ALERT: VERY GOOD MUPPETS COSPLAY

Here’s the latest effort from the Portland Superheroes Coalition: a complete, life-size recreation of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, the house band for The Muppet Show Dr Teeth is Paul Lamoreau, Janice is Kaitlin Lamoreau, Animal is Josue Garcia, Zoot is Sandy Iwata, and Floyd is Jamie Iwata. The gang were in attendance at…

Portraits Of Overwatch Heroes

Jai Kamat is an artist and illustrator from Rochester, New York. You can see more of Jai’s work at his personal site To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video game artists, showcasing the best of…