What Are You Playing This Weekend?

The weekend is for getting a personal training consultation at my rock climbing gym. I am excited to get answers to all my rock climbing questions, like “Could I really climb that?” and “How?” Oxygen Not Included left early access this week, and I’m excited to tool around with Klei’s latest survival crafting game. Last…

Why Video Game Headshots Will Always Be Popular—And Unsettling

Like a lot of people who play video games, I have spent decades aiming at digital heads. I have also spent a considerable amount of time during those years feeling uncomfortable about it. “Headshots” as a concept are, as Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo wrote in a 2010 report, ghoulish to the outsider, and essential to the…

Smash Bros. Takes Center Stage At The Biggest Fighting Game Event Of The Year

For the first time since it was released in 2016, Street Fighter V won’t be the final headlining event that concludes the Evolution Championship Series this weekend. Instead, that honor goes to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This is the first time in the history of the series that it’s ever received top-billing at the event.…

I Couldn’t Help Snooping On A Stranger’s Fire Emblem House On The Subway

Fire Emblem: Three Houses offers the agonizing decision over which group of students you want to teach and lead in battle. It’s a tricky choice that greatly affects the story you experience and the characters at your command. But it’s also a bit of a personality test, and I’m fascinated to know what house people…

EVE Online‘s Developers Want A ‘Chaos Era’ For The Game

EVE Online’s developers have talked a lot recently about bringing some changes to the game. On a recent episode of player-created podcast Talking in Stations, CEO of CCP Games Hilmar Pétursson called for a “chaos era” to be ushered in for EVE Online and warned players to brace for impact. If other changes from this…

No Man’s Sky Beyond Is Coming In Two Weeks

Interlopers, rejoice. No Man’s Sky Beyond is coming on August 14. No Man’s Sky fans have been anticipating the latest in a string of massive, free updates, titled Beyond since it was announced in March. Hello Games co-founder Sean Murray said at the time that the update would be “three major updates rolled into one…

The Outer Worlds Is Just As Screwed Up As Real Life

Before one of the designers of The Outer Worlds talked to me about the game he worked on, he commented on the Buffy The Vampire Slayer patch on the back of my denim vest. Brian Heins, senior designer at Obsidian Entertainment, liked the patch. We’re both big Buffy fans, it turned out. My mother and…

If Only This Pikachu Painting Was Pokémon Card Material

Gomi Kuzu Tarou is a talented artist. He recently did a painting of Pikachu, but he says he hasn’t heard back from the Pokémon people. Hachima reports that submissions were accepted with the winning art being turned into cards. Here are said winners. I guess his painting wasn’t picked because it’s freaky. Then again, so…

Publisher Of Satoru Iwata Book Says Unauthorized Translations Will Be Subject To Criminal Charges

A collection of Iwata Asks interviews done by former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata was recently published in the book Iwata-san. The book is in Japanese, and there are talks about doing official translations. The book is being published by Hobonichi, the company founded by famed copywriter and Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi. According to the official…

McDonald’s Cups Inadvertently Feature Sexual Imagery, Mocking Ensues

In Japan, McDonald’s has released a new series of cups for its McFizz soda drinks. The cups are supposed to show a young woman and a young man on each side. When you finish the drink, it looks like they are smooching on the lips. But people have found something else entirely. [Updated: 8/1/19, 7:28…

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Adidas’ Naruto Sneakers Are Looking Much Better

Because the Dragon Ball line was trash, and the first shoe revealed for the company’s Naruto tribute similarly gross, my hopes for the rest of that line weren’t great! So imagine my surprise to see this very nice Kakashi Hatake sneaker get announced today via Sneaker News A problem with the Dragon Ball shoes was…

Ooblets Is Epic Exclusive, Developer Puts Expected Backlash In Perspective

Ooblets is one of those games that just oozes effortless charm. It’s not even out yet, but the gooey, chewy mash up of Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, and Pokémon has already earned its fair share of salivating admirers. Today, the game’s developers announced that, on PC, Ooblets will be an Epic Games Store exclusive. In…