The Fruits Basket Reboot Does A Classic Manga Justice

Fruits Basket is where a lot of tween otaku picked up their first few otaku-isms: baka, neko, kawaii desu. A late ’90s slice-of-life manga that was adapted into an early ’00s anime, Fruits Basket is a gem of the shoujo canon, the quintessential anime that’s cringy to describe in hindsight but close to the heart…

Overwatch Players Are Recreating Mercy’s Old Ultimate In The Game’s Workshop

It’s been a long time since Overwatch’s winged flock of Mercy mains were entirely happy with the state of their favorite healer. A series of changes and nerfs had many feeling like she was less exciting to play than she used to be, and she didn’t fare well in the game’s now-waning GOATS meta. Some…

Ask Dr. NerdLove: I’m His Best Friend, But He’s Not Mine

Hello all you ordinary humans of the sexcrime twitternet, and welcome to Ask Dr. NerdLove, the only dating advice column to help you go from loving games to having game. This week, we’re navigating the tricky world of friends and romance. What do you do when you’re the only friend of a lonely, obnoxious geek?…

Every Big Game Coming Out In Spring 2019

At the start of spring, just for an instant, the Earth’s equator lines up perfectly with the center of the sun marking the first day of spring, at which point we are collectively thrust into another season chuck full of game releases. “A walk on a spring morning is better than an eighty-mile ride in…

I’m Addicted To The First Three Stages Of Galaga

Stage one: Get one ship captured, then rescue it to double firepower. Stage two: Take advantage of doubled weaponry to wipe out aliens before they can even enter formation. Challenging stage: Kill 40 aliens for 10,000 points. Bonus stage: Feel deep satisfaction because nailing the first three stages in Galaga is one of the best…

Eevee Is Missing A Few Evolutions, So This Artist Made Them

Theoretically, the Pokémon Eevee can evolve into anything. It doesn’t have a set evolution; instead, you can use a variety of techniques to evolve it into different Pokémon types. Not all of the Pokémon types have official Eeveelutions for them yet, though. One fan has made designs for Eeveelutions for the Pokémon types haven’t been…

Sea Of Thieves’ New Story Quests Are Just What The Game Needed

Sea of Thieves’ Anniversary Update is live. The pirate game’s ambitious expansion brings activities from competitive player-vs.-player battles to fishing and cooking. Largest of all are the “Tall Tales,” a lengthy chain of cutscene and exploration driven story missions that are designed to be completed in a group or by your lonesome. The first—hunting down…

Artist Fixes Live-Action Sonic The Hedgehog

Edward Pun is a talented artist at Sucker Punch, makers of Ghost of Tsushima, Infamous and more. His quick fix for the live-action Sonic is excellent. Here is how the original and Pun’s reworking compare: I think he nailed Sonic, avoiding the creepy Uncanny Valley of the movie version. Now, if he could fix live-action…

Soldier Arrested After Going AWOL To Watch…Avengers: Endgame

Military professionals are paid to answer the call of duty. However, one soldier in South Korea answered the call of Marvel. According to WowTV (via tipster Sang), eighteen soldiers with the Republic of Korea Air Force 20th Fighter Wing left their base yesterday for public service duty. One of the troops, however, vanished. The military…

Robot Dinosaurs In The Mist

Richard Dumont is a freelance artist who has worked for companies like Ready At Dawn and Guerrilla Games. We’ve featured some of Richard’s Killzone stuff before here on Fine Art, but that was four years ago, so here’s a more recent showcase from games like Horizon You can see more of Richard’s work at his…

Snakeybus is a game where you drive a bus that grows longer and longer as you pick up passengers. As in life, your only true enemy is yourself—your unpredictable backside, specifically. So it’s like classic game Snake, but in a big city where you’ve got to drop off passengers ala Crazy Taxi. It’ll be out sometime…

Five-Year Minecraft Game Ends With Shameful Death

Streamer Phil “Philza” Watson had been playing the same Minecraft survivial game for five years—five years!—until he got cocky a few days ago and died in the most “fucking stupid” way. Philza has been playing (and streaming) Minecraft’s Hardcore mode, which erases the entire world as soon as you die. And for all those years…

Microsoft’s Official Examples Of “Acceptable Trash Talk” Are A Joy

Microsoft updated the company’s “Community Standards for Xbox” earlier this week, and while this is normally not news, the content is so damn wholesome that it’s worth a closer look. You can read the whole thing here, and I genuinely recommend you do: the company has gone way beyond simply listing rules you should follow,…

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