Darth Vader Doesn’t Do Pep Talks

Darth Vader was a student once. He learned at the feet of masters on both the light and dark sides of the Force. But don’t go begging the Dark Lord of the Sith to be an instructor. He’ll smack you down with the quickness. Spoilers follow. The current storyline in Marvel’s Darth Vader series has…

The Division Trolls Are Blocking Other Players’ Progress By Standing In A Doorway

The Division has been live for just a few hours, but it’s already got a hilarious griefing problem. As discovered by Eurogamer—and documented in their video, below—Division players with an inclination to troll can simply stand in the doorway of the game’s opening safehouse. As you can see, this makes it tough to leave the…

Top-Ranked Street Fighter V Player Smacked Down Hard By Capcom’s Anti Rage-Quit Measures

Last week Capcom started removing League Points from Street Fighter V players disconnecting from online matches before the game registers a loss. Yesterday the top-ranked player in the world got docked back to the bronze age. As reported by the fine folks at Event Hubs, Japan’s WORLD_COMBO was one of the first two players in…

Kim Kardashian Brags About How Much Bank Her Game Is Making

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood can often be found on the charts for popular mobile games. That is to say: it’s likely making a lot of money. How much money? Well, last night Kim Kardashian took to Twitter with some recent figures,in an attempt to clap back against people who disapproved of her posting a nude selfie:…

Mark Hamill Knows How To Deal With Fans

It’s good to see Mark Hamill’s still enjoying all the silly encounters with fans and he’s ready to fool around. Star Wars fans showing up non-stop with requests could be frustrating. But not for him, as Olilord’s clip proves. The guy with the Joker card knows what’s up. To contact the author of this post,…

Warlords of Draenor’s Notorious Endgame PvP Zone is Staying in Legion

World of Warcraft: Legion’s zones, story, and the new PvP system are all shaping up nicely, yet besides two new arena maps there are still no new PvP battlegrounds announced. Players started to wonder if the current endgame zone, Ashran, is intended to stay. Popular world PvP zones (Wintergrasp, Tol Barad) from previous expansions were…

Smuggler Caught with 9,000 Memory Cards Taped To His Legs

That’s a lot of memory cards. According to South China Morning Post (via That’s), the man was trying to enter Shenzhen, China from Hong Kong when he was caught with over 9,000 memory cards. CCTV reports that the border officials claim the suspect even tried to bribe them after he was caught red handed, er…

The Messy Workspaces of Famous Manga Artists

Have you ever wondered which manga artist has (or had) the messiest environment, whether that be for work or play? Let’s find out. As Kotaku recently posted, whether a manga artist is famous or not, people’s work environments can be unique expressions of their personality. In the past, we’ve taken a good look at some…

This is What a Video Game Museum Should Look Like

Game On, the video game history exhibition that explores why we love games, has finally made its way to Japan. It’s an impressive collection of games and systems—from arcades to home consoles and everything in between. But the best part? Over 120 of them are playable. But if you can’t come see it yourself in…

1980s Anime Shown on Japanese TV, Edited Like All Hell

The Fight! Iczer One original voice anime was first released in 1985. It features Cthulhu, robots, and naked anime girls. A recent TV broadcast in Japan thought the best way to handle the adult scenes was with giant black bars. [Image: hidaka3] Oh, and a notice to viewers to watch the watch the parts of…

Day of the Tentacle Remastered Arrives on March 22 [UPDATE]

The HD version of Tim Schafer’s classic time-traveling adventure game, Day of the Tentacle, hits PC in exactly two weeks, on March 22. The announcement appeared on GOG, which is hosting an exclusive pre-order campaign for the remaster. They included a features summary: Day of the Tentacle Remastered is all the adventure you may remember…

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It’s Launch Night, And The Division’s Servers Are Having Trouble [Updates]

Can you even believe it? I cannot believe it. Just kidding, I can totally believe it. Ubisoft’s much anticipated online shooter The Division launched tonight, and its servers are not doing so hot. I’ve been trying to play the game on PC for the last hour, and have been hit with with endless “Sierra” errors,…

David vs Goliath

Allen Wei is an artist from Beijing who works for More FX, one of China’s biggest effects studios. You can see more of Wei’s art at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger pics in all their glory (or, if they’re big enough, so you can save them as wallpaper), click on…

Disastrous DOTA 2 Tournament Ends With Missing Gear, Pissed Off Players

Valve’s $3 million DOTA 2 Shanghai Major was, to put it lightly, a mess. True to form, it didn’t exactly end on a high note. After Team Secret’s come-from-behind (the entire tournament) victory, GosuGamers reports that players of all teams awoke the next day to find cleared out practice rooms. These rooms housed precious gear…

Plagiarism Scandal Rocks The Crossword Puzzle Scene

What’s ten letters, and is “the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own?” The professional crossword-puzzle community is enjoying some unexpected (and unpleasant) time in the spotlight this week, after an excellent FiveThirtyEight story made public allegations of plagiarism against crossword editor Timothy Parker, who runs puzzles…

Someone’s Making A First-Person Shooter Out Of Snakes And Ladders

Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game that you might know better by its Milton-Bradley-ized name, Chutes and Ladders. Somebody is turning it into a first-person shooter, because of course they are. Snakes-N-Ladders: Origins—Episode 1 is the game’s full name, and it’s really… something. The original board game is a playable metaphor for…