It’s Christmas In Final Fantasy‘s Midgar, Atop The Plate At Least

The shadow of the Shinra Corporation Headquarters is much less oppressive now that Second Life’s long-running Final Fantasy VII role-playing sim is lit with holiday cheer. But do the residents of Midgar’s slums know it’s Christmas? One of the first places I visited in Second Life when I first logged in back in 2007 was…

Modern Warfare Now Has Female Soldiers

When Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was first released in 2007, there weren’t any female soldier models in the game’s multiplayer. Now, in the game’s 2016 edition, there is. Raven, developers of Modern Warfare Remastered, have added the characters—which include new voice acting—as part of a free December update to the remade shooter, which includes…

Japan’s Most Intense Rock, Paper, Scissors Competition 

Leave it to Japan to make a friendly game of rock-paper-scissors into an event, complete with cosplay, cheering, and crying. Since 2010, members of idol group AKB48 and its sister groups have duked it out in paper-rock-scissors competitions or “janken taikai” in Japanese. “Janken” means paper-rock-scissors (“taikai” means “tournament”), and while I played this growing…

Japan Has Vegeta Refrigerators 

Because you store vegetables in fridges, and you can make a pun, I guess. This is what the Vegeta fridge ads typically look like, and they’ve been around for a while without an overt Dragon Ball nods. They have been “Vegeta” as in “vegetables” and not as in Super Saiyan. But now, no doubt, Toshiba…

Winter In Greece. Evia Island, Greece. By Elias Grammatikakis. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us a line! 

Ghana’s Mortal Kombat Movie Looks Amazing

Remember that Predator movie that came out of Ghana’s Kumawood scene a few years back? Now there’s a flick based on Mortal Kombat That’s one hell of a trailer. There are drones! And martial arts! Even some pretty good costumes. Before you start wondering what the fuck is going on here, know that Kumawood movies…

From a recent Reddit AMA with Justin Kurzel, director of the upcoming Assassin’s Creed movie.

Very Good Final Fantasy VII Cosplay

Narcisseis one of the best Final Fantasy cosplayers on the internet, not just for the amount of work he and partner Lady Zero put into their costumes, but on stuff like his wigs and make-up as well. As you can see with this incredible Cloud Strife cosplay. Photos by Novii Photography. I don’t know what’s…

Pokémon Go‘s New Update Just Isn’t Enough

Pokémon Go’s latest update isn’t what players were expecting. For weeks, fans hoped for a whole batch of 2nd generation Pokémon—bright, adorable Chikoritas or Espeons, and over 90 more little monsters. Or, at least, a few new Pokémon that players could encounter in the wild. Nope. No. Nope. Yesterday, Pokémon Go released seven new “baby”…

In the Overwatch holiday update, Roadhog’s gun is a present from Junkrat. That strange fluttering sensation you’re feeling in your chest right now? That’s your heart being warmed. Thanks for spotting this, gaara

How To Get To Forza Horizon 3’s New Blizzard Mountain

The first big expansion for Forza Horizon 3 is now live on PC and Xbox One, adding ice and snow to the game’s varied Australian terrain, just a plane ride away. Blizzard Mountain adds a rather expansive new area to the game, a wintry place that’s very friendly to trucks and snow tires. New physics,…

Have You Got What It Takes To Solve Dishonored 2’s Wicked Logic Puzzle?

Dishonored 2 is a game about sneaking, stabbing, and teleporting around behind enemy lines. It’s also occasionally a game about solving thorny LSAT-style logic puzzles. Last night I dove back into Dishonored 2 for the first time in a few weeks. I loaded my most recent save and found myself in the Dust District, standing…

Destiny‘s Winter Update Is Slim, But Fun

Destiny, a video game in which players travel through the galaxy waiting for Destiny 2, got a new event today called The Dawning. Like so many live events before it, The Dawning is insubstantial, but fun. In addition to a bunch of new quality-of-life changes (like green engrams auto-dismantling, finally) that you can read in…

Battlefield 1‘s New Spectator Mode Highlights Player Stories

Battlefield 1‘s December Update has dropped. It adds a new map, Giant’s Shadow, as well as a surprisingly robust spectator mode. The tool is easy to use and allows players to see the Great War from a whole new perspective. Spectator Mode can be accessed when selecting your server. A quick look at information will…

There’s No Reason For A Super Nintendo Computer Keyboard, But It Sure Is Pretty

I can’t imagine many rational reasons anyone would need a keyboard designed to coincide with the colors of the Super Nintendo, but I have to admit there’s something soothing about the rows of gray, lilac, purple and black keys of Hyperkin’s “retro-style” Hyper Clack keyboard. Recently unleashed upon the retail world, the SNES-styled Hyper Clack…