Mothergunship is a game that mixes over-the-top first-person shooting and bullet hell projectile avoidance. It’s all about movement. Oh, and also crafting ridiculous guns, like a twelve barrel monstrosity that fires rockets. It’s from the person who made Tower of Guns, and it’s releasing… eventually.

Civilization VI x Breaking Bad

Rambawith the cute Civ VI jokes.

Valve Is Training AI To Detect Counter-Strike Cheaters

There’s nothing worse than going on a tear in Counter-Strike, only to get gunned down by some asshole who’s spinning around, one-tapping everybody. He’s obviously cheating. Why hasn’t he been caught? According to Valve, it’s complicated, but they’re working on a new system to bust fun-killers. First, here’s the reason Valve hasn’t augmented their Overwatch…

Pokémon Card Game Players Say They Can Tell Rare Cards Before Opening The Latest Packs

Pokémon card players are warning each other against buying loose English Pokémon Sun & Moon packs from retailers. An alleged exploit in Pokémon Sun & Moon’s booster boxes could lead to retailers scamming customers out of rare cards. Over the last few days, Pokémon card players have reported that Sun & Moon’s booster boxes are…

$10,000 Worth Of SNES Games Goes Missing In The Mail

Byuu, a revered SNES emulator developer and game archivist, had a plan. With the help of an avid collector from Europe, he would archive hundreds of SNES games, some of which are exceedingly rare. Unfortunately, that plan recently hit the skids when a package worth thousands of dollars went missing in the mail. Byuu’s goal…

Here’s A Dope Quad Kill From The Newly Competitive Counter-Strike Map

Earlier this month, Valve took the infamous “Dust2″ map out of rotation to make room for a remodeled “Inferno.” Today, at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas, team North inducted the new map with a vicious quad-kill through smoke to take a round off opponent OpTic. The above round had North on the Counter-Terrorists side, after a…

Final Fantasy XV’s User Interface Is So Bad

I like plenty of things about Final Fantasy XV, but the map and menus are not among them. This game’s interface is a mess of nonsense so carelessly taped together that it defies logic or comprehension. Final Fantasy XV introduces itself as “A Final Fantasy for fans and first-timers.” Over the fifty-odd hours I’ve spent…

League of Legends Debuts Okay-ish Practice Mode

A Valentine’s Day update to League of Legends brought a long-awaited practice mode for aspiring competitive players and newbies alike. In a vacuum, it provides a much-needed feature in an accessible manner; but in doing so, it misses the mark for becoming a more ubiquitous asset. League’s new mode, called the Practice Tool, is a…

Final Fantasy VI Retrospective: Simply The Best

In the first few minutes of Final Fantasy VI, just when you think you’ve got a sense of the game’s rhythm, everything changes. Your amnesiac hero Terra, who you’ve been controlling for half an hour and are probably assuming will be your protagonist for the long haul, falls down a hole and passes out. And…

My Quest To Push Everyone Off A Ledge In For Honor

Ubisoft advertised For Honor, released yesterday, as a game about skewering enemies with medieval weaponry. Man, did they bury the lede on this one. A few days in, I’ve discovered what For Honor really is, and it is undoubtedly a game about pushing people off ledges and laughing. I actually learned this last night, when…

Pewdiepie’s Shock Humor Is Par For The Course On YouTube

While Pewdiepie makes headlines over a “death to all Jews” stunt that backfired, the kicker is that such antics are not an anomaly on YouTube. The open secret that everyone knows but nobody really talks about: many of YouTube’s popular nerdy figures are ‘offensive’ in an attempt to push back on a world they believe…

Diablo 3 Prepared Me For The Anxieties of Planning My Wedding

With pure luck and a crappy costume, I met my significant other at a sci-fi convention. Our relationship blossomed around our shared passion for nerdy things, and we got engaged at WonderCon. Thus started our next adventure: planning, and paying for, a wedding. Surprisingly, Diablo played a big role in the process. Planning a wedding…

How People Actually Fought With Swords

From Gladiator to Braveheart, most historical fiction about fighting with swords is kinda wrong, influenced more by performance art than how people actually fought each other with blades. Back to the Source, a documentary about Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), is looking to show people how it was actually done. This piece originally appeared 10/26/15.…

Tips For Getting The Best Discount Candy After Valentine’s Day

Yes, yes, people love each other. That’s great. Now that Valentine’s Day is over, it’s time for one of the biggest sweet-lovers’ holiday of the year. It’s the first Discount Candy Day of the year, and Snacktaku is here to help you make the most of it. Discount Candy Day is the day following a…