Announcers Rib Pro Madden Player For Chewing On Bottle Caps

This is Anthony “Misery” Pulli, a young pro Madden player from Pennsylvania who spent today fighting for a shot at the 2017 Championship. He also spent all of game two gnawing on a chunk of plastic, mesmerizing sportscasters in the process. Misery had a good first game against number two ranked Trueboy, but fell flat…

Slime-san Is A Lo-Fi Platformer That Wants To Sweep You Off Your Feet

Slime-San is the type of twitchy, lighting-quick platformer I‘m happy to spend hours dying in. Filled with micro levels similar to Super Meat boy, the fourth project from the New York studio Fabraz takes the labyrinths of classic games like Super Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong Country and condenses them down into a single screen…

Demolition Paves Way For Rocket League Team’s Clean Sweep

Among the similarities between Rocket League and soccer is the physicality of the game, though rather than red cards, Rocket League opts to simply have cars explode when they collide with enough velocity. Today was Selfless’ first time competing in the North American Rocket League Championship playoffs, and coming in as the no. 5 seed,…

There’s Finally Another Dancing Skeleton Theme On The PS4

The Playstation Store has tons of themes for you to choose from and one of the newest includes a reggae skeleton shaking his bones and dreads to some chill Jamaican beats. The theme comes from Mass Creation, but it’s not the outfit’s first time. They released one last December that featured not one but THREE…

Overwatch Team Wastes Four Ultimates Trying To Take Down Roadhog

Pro tip: don’t engage your ultimate unless you’re sure you’ll actually get to use it. It seems like the best Rodhog players are always playing for the other team, and I’m sure that’s how the Soldier 76, Genji, and McCree felt when they and their fellow Roadhog got absolutely destroyed in Massev’s recent Play of…

PlayStation Player Finally Wins A FIFA Regional

In Madrid today, some of Europe’s best virtual footballers gathered to determine who would move on to Berlin for FIFA 17 championship and for once, a PlayStation player pulled out the win. The bracket of each regional is divided by platform, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Once a champion for each has been determined, they…

The Weekend In Esports: Rocket League Finals, IEM Sydney, And More

Are you ready for some rocket ball? The Intel Extreme Masters takes Counter-Strike to Australia and two mid-tier League of Legends teams battle it out for a ticket to the Mid-Season Invitational in Brazil, but not to be outdone Psyonix’s Rocket League will see it’s second annual spring championship crown victors for both America and…

DreamHack Hosts ‘Seniors’ Competition For Counter-Strike Players Over 30

If you’re over 30, DreamHack considers you to be a senior, at least in the world of competitive Counter-Strike The tournament organizer has announced that DreamHack Summer 2017, held June 17 through 20 in Jönköping, Sweden, will host four special Counter-Strike tournaments for juniors, seniors, women and free-for-all players. These BYOC (bring your own computer)…

Player Spends A Decade Polishing Epic Theme Park In Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 

The game came out in 2002, but up until yesterday, I-am-Prime was still working on fine-tuning an isometric amusement park that was years in the making. As Prime mentioned in a Reddit post, the park contains 34 roller coasters, 255 attractions and shops, and nearly 8000 guests. To-date, the park’s monorail has been ridden by…

For Twitch Streamer Who Got Swatted On A Plane, Notoriety Is A Double-Edged Sword

Since the end of last week, news reports have been circulating about Paul “Ice Poseidon” Denino, a streamer who got swatted while on an airplane and subsequently got banned from Twitch. In his eyes, he was booted unjustly, chewed up and spat out by Twitch’s new “IRL” section. However, this isn’t Denino’s first brush with…

Hacker Makes the ‘Nintendo PlayStation’ Fully Operational

An original prototype of Sony’s PlayStation, dating back to the company’s short-lived partnership with Nintendo, has now been completely restored to life by popular console modder Ben Heckendorn. Created in the early 1990s, this machine is little more than a Super Nintendo Entertainment System with a CD-ROM drive. It would have represented Sony’s entry into…

Prey’s Mouse And Keyboard Controls Are Really Good

Most big video games these days seem designed to work best with a controller. PC mouse and keyboard controls are often an afterthought. Prey is the unusual, welcome exception. Since Prey is also on consoles, I assumed it’d work fine with a controller. I figured it’d have a four-way hotbar tied to the D-Pad, combat…

Rapidly Deflating Pikachu Rushed To Safety By Small Horde Of Suited Men

Tragedy struck in mid-dance number during the Pokemon World Festivalin Incheon, South Korea earlier this week, as the lead Pikachu sprung a leak during “You Can’t Stop The Beat.” Fortunately an elite squad of suited men was standing by. The incident occurs at the 1:00 mark in the video below, posted by YouTube user Green…

Here’s a quick look at Ever Oasis, an upcoming 3DS game (June 23) that feels a whole lot like Fantasy Life. You run your own village and do lots of side-quests in a cute world with basic action-RPG combat. Seems fun!

What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for usually writing some funny thing here about your weekend and then also mentioning video games, but you’re playing Prey for review so that’s all you’ve got. I’m playing Prey. I streamed some of it earlier today and it was a lot of fun, though I wish the mimics would jump like…

In This Fighting Game Tournament, Each Round Lasts Two Seconds

Fighting game matches can come in many forms, from quick blowouts to drawn-out bouts, but one Japanese arcade has introduced something quite unique, holding tournaments for the game Galaxy Fight in which the rounds last only two seconds each. Mikado, located in the Tokyo neighborhood of Takadanobaba, is holy ground for fighting game fans. With…

Three Hours With Prey

One of the first things you should know about Prey is that it’s really tough. If you’re anything like me, you may find yourself stuck in an area called the Trauma Center, dying over and over again because all you’ve got is a wrench and you have no idea how to get past that dumbass…

The Long Dark Pisses Off Players With Unsatisfying Teaser

This week, The Long Dark developer Hinterland learned a tough lesson: If you’re going to put a weeks-long countdown clock on your game’s homepage, it should be counting down to something amazing—not another countdown. A little over 20 days ago, wilderness survival sim The Long Dark started a mysterious countdown on its home page. For…

If You’re Playing Prey, Try Turning Off Mission Objectives

The new sci-fi thrillerPrey is all about exploring an intricately designed space station. Unfortunately, it seems to want to lead you around that space station by the nose. That’s right, it’s me! The guy who’s always telling you to try playing games without minimaps and other navigational aids. I’ve played a couple hours of Prey…

My Final Fantasy Keyboard Has Quina Instead Of A Q

Along with giving folks a comfortable means of typing for hours on end, a decorated mechanical keyboard can also reflect the passions of the user. Since no existing keysets adequately reflected my love of Final Fantasy, I made my own. A nice set of keycaps can completely change the look and feel of a mechanical…