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UncategorizedGuy Tracks His Eyeballs While Playing Overwatch
Picture somebody playing a first-person shooter. You probably imagine them sitting stock still, staring ahead with an almost blank expression on their face, one that denotes quiet focus. You might, however, be missing one key detail: their eyes are moving all over the dang place. Human eyes move fast, especially when we’re doing something spatial…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 21, 2017 - Esports
Women’s College Launches Varsity Esports Program For Student Overwatch Team
Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, is the first all-women’s school to announce a varsity esports program, supported with scholarships. According to ESPN, the program will begin in fall of 2017, and the team will compete in the Tespa Collegiate Series for Overwatch. According to the Stephens College website, Overwatch was “selected because of its diverse…
By Maddy Myers Published April 21, 2017 - Uncategorized
I Can’t Stop Feeling Guilty For Dicking Around In Breath Of The Wild
My name is Nathan Grayson, and I have a problem: I can’t stop dicking around in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild When I play Zelda, I feel like I’m wasting time. Don’t get me wrong: it’s a masterpiece of a game filled with rewarding activities and delightful surprises. I just don’t really, uh,…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 21, 2017 - Culture
What Are You Playing This Weekend?
Weekends are for going to see another play with a friend because you’re being very cultured lately. Good job, you. Also, video games. I’m going to play more Flinthook this weekend, because I enjoyed it a lot. I’ve also been reading a lot of reporting out of EVE Fanfest recently and have decided this will…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 21, 2017 -
UncategorizedPeople Are Trying To Find The Truth About A Creepy ‘Unfinished’ Playstation Game
Over the last few weeks, a YouTube channel has been uploading a Let’s Play of a game called Petscop. On the surface, Petscop appears to be a peppy animal collecting game that was never officially released. Hiding underneath that, though, is a dark and fucked up game that references real-life child killings. Nobody can tell…
By Patricia Hernandez Published April 21, 2017 - Esports
Who Are These ‘New’ Dota Teams At The Kiev Major?
The upcoming Kiev Major is one of the most important tournaments of the Dota season, a big tournament in its own right, and an important qualifier for the multi-million dollar The International, Dota’s equal part World Cup and Super Bowl. But if you haven’t been plugged into the Dota community for the last few months,…
By Eric Van Allen Published April 21, 2017 -
UncategorizedStreet Fighter V‘s Got Some Fierce New Costumes
Yesterday, Capcom revealed some new costumes for Street Fighter V. On April 25th, you’ll be able to dress up Alex, R. Mika and Chun-Li for work. I sat down with Compete’s Maddy Myers, the ultimate Street Fighter fangirl, to talk about what works and what doesn’t. Gita Jackson: Let’s start by talking about Alex’s firefighter…
By Gita Jackson Published April 21, 2017 - Uncategorized
Activision Announces Call of Duty: WWII
The next Call of Duty is probably set during World War II, as is evidenced pretty strongly by its title, Call of Duty: WWII. Activision announced the game today, adding that there will be an official “reveal” next Wednesday at 1pm ET. We’ve known about Call of Duty: WWII since last month, when it was…
By Jason Schreier Published April 21, 2017 - Uncategorized
Twitch has announced a new Affiliate Program that allows smaller channels to earn revenue. It will launch later this month, granting fans the ability to donate cheers to affiliated channels and drown streamers in ego-inflating internet kudos. Features including channel subscription will be added in time.
By Heather Alexandra Published April 21, 2017 -
UncategorizedOur Top Four Spring Anime Picks
Spring has sprung, but probably, so have your allergies. Stay inside. Drink some iced tea. Watch our remarkably good picks for this season’s anime. Re:Creators Genre: Magical realism Studio: Troyca Where to Watch: Amazon’s Anime Strike Plot: Re:Creators is an anime that asks: What if anime was real? An everyday otaku is sucked into the world…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published April 21, 2017 -
UncategorizedHere’s May’s Xbox Live Games With Gold Lineup
May’s Xbox Live Games with Gold lineup features a couple Star Wars games and some Lara Croft. Remember, these games are only “free” if you have an active Xbox Live Gold subscription. May’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams—Director’s Cut (May 1-31) Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (May 16-June…
By Riley MacLeod Published April 21, 2017 - Uncategorized
TSA Regulations Place World of Warcraft In Dire Peril
According to an exchange with the TSA’s official Q&A Twitter account (via /r/wow), even World of Warcraft Horde Chieftans have to check their weapons on flights. But should that weapon also be a lithium ion power bank, then Azeroth is truly doomed. In the proper hands, Orgrim’s Doomhammer could by one of the keys to…
By Mike Fahey Published April 21, 2017 - Culture
More Beautiful Art From Horizon Zero Dawn
While we’ve already seen some of the work Karakter did on Horizon Zero Dawn, the studio has since released a lot more. Which means we’re going to take a look at it here, because everything visual about this game is just the best. You can see more of Karakter’s work at their company site The…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 21, 2017 - Uncategorized
30 Games I’d Put On The N64 Classic, Which Will Never Exist
SNES Classic wishlists? So two thousand and late: I’m gonna scoop everybody and write the 30 games I want to see on the Nintendo 64 Classic, which not only doesn’t exist, it isn’t even rumored to, and probably won’t. Check and mate. The release of Nintendo 64 in 1996 was the culmination of an orgy…
By Chris Kohler Published April 21, 2017
