Zynga Co-Founder Wants To Make American Politics More Like FarmVille 

Do you remember Mark Pincus? He co-founded Zynga and led the burgeoning online games company as CEO until 2013 when he was replaced by then czar of Xbox entertainment, Don Mattrick. After returning to the company for a short stint in 2015, Pincus now has a new pet project: making the Democratic Party more like…

Watch The Third Day Of The 2017 Summer Games Done Quick Speedrun Marathon

Summer Games Done Quick is on its final day and its going out with a bang. Along with Awesome Games Done Quick at the start of the year, SGDQ has grown bigger every year and proved an awesome way to kick-off the summer. Setup at the at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, speedrunners…

Final Fantasy IX Had Some Spectacular Backgrounds 

Series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi recently reiterated which Final Fantasy was his favorite. Hint: it was the last one he happened to work directly on. While Final Fantasy IX isn’t at the top of my list, you can’t deny it had some really beautiful backgrounds. With Sakaguchi playing favorites again, illustrator Kevin Hong took it as…

Project To Curate A Thousand Small Indie Games Is Finally Complete

“One Thousand Voices” is Steve Cook’s freeware curation project. It’s a Twitter thread of hundreds of experimental games by unique individuals that tries to highlight all of the amazing work being done in the game’s space that doesn’t get the attention it deserves, and over the weekend he tweeted out the 1000th and final game.…

Blizzard Teases New Lore Surrounding Overwatch‘s Enigmatic Doomfist 

An update on Blizzard’s Overwatch blog adds more more details about Doomfist, long suspected to be the game’s next hero. Pointing to an “incident at Helix Security International’s classified maximum security installation,” the post states, “it can now be confirmed that what occurred was an attack by the Talon organization with the express purpose of…

Devs Conspire With Twitch Viewers To Troll Clustertruck Speedrun

097Aceofspades currently holds the world record for beating Clustertruck, a game where you hopscotch across a death course of rampaging semis and pileups, so naturally during his attempt at Summer Games Done Quick the game’s devs collaborated with the Twitch chat to fuck with him. Clustertruck is notorious for a backdoor that allows its developer,…

Rebellion Is Working On A Sequel To Evil Genius

The cult-PC classic came out in 2006, and in a video interview released today, Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley announced that Evil Genius 2 is currently in the works.  Kingsley says that development only began last spring but wanted to stress the upcoming game is not simply a remaster of the original. “Evil Genius 2 will…

How People Are Cooling Down The Nintendo Switch 

If you’re hot this summer, you can bet the Nintendo Switch is, too. The hardware already gets heated and is bound to do more so as the temperature rises. Here’s how folks have been trying to cool down their Switches. Note: these are not recommendations! An Opolar laptop cooler has been shoved onto a Switch.…

Final Fantasy‘s Creator Picks His Favorite FF

You might have your favorite Final Fantasy. Well, so does series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. He likes Final Fantasy IX the best. Sakaguchi has mentioned this before, saying it’s the “closest” to his ideal of what Final Fantasy ought to be. Sakaguchi recently called the game, which he wrote and produced, his favorite when speaking with…

Good Times at Korea’s Sex Theme Park

When visiting South Korea, there are the traditional museums and sites to see. The country is soaked in history and culture, so there is much to do. Then, there are the more peculiar sites. You know, places like this sculpture garden dedicated to screwing. Note: This article is NSFW and has content some readers might…

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Assassination Plot Discovered By Video Game Forum

A 23-year-old man has been arrested after his plot to try and assassinate the French President was uncovered by the users of a video game forum. The man, who was arrested last week, threatened police with a knife when they arrived at his home, and had planned to kill the newly-elected President Macron during France’s…

The Return Of The Best Oblivion Impersonator

After a year’s hiatus, Max LaFave has a new Oblivion video out. If you’ve never seen the originals, they are about as good an impression of Bethesda’s world as it gets. Just in case, here are the first three from 2016: And here’s the new one. It’s very good.

Valve Announces Big Changes To Dota 2‘s Tournament Structure Going Forward

The biggest Dota 2 event of the year is next month, but that hasn’t stopped Valve from announcing a major overhaul of the esport’s competitive scene to take place after the $20+ million tournament is concluded in August. “For the next year we will be taking a more organic approach to growing the competitive ecosystem,…