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UncategorizedReal-Life Politician Removed From In-Game Office In EVE Online [UPDATE: Accusations Dropped]
Yesterday, EVE Online player Brisc Rubal was permanently banned from the game and removed from the Council of Stellar Management, the game’s player-elected representative body. Outside of EVE, Rubal’s real name is Brian Schoeneman, and he’s a lawyer and a career politician, working as a lobbyist in the state of Virginia. A developer blog released…
By Lee Yancy Published April 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Elder Scrolls Is At Its Best When It’s Super-Weird
This weekend, I started playing The Elder Scrolls: Blades on my iPhone. While I do enjoy dungeon crawling, I also felt disappointed. The Elder Scrolls is a rich setting packed with some of the more evocative cosmology I’ve ever encountered. But there I was, fighting standard goblins as if it were any other fantasy game.…
By Heather Alexandra Published April 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedYouTuber Takes Beautiful Walks Across Huge Video Games
Open world games keep getting bigger and bigger, but the time we have to thoroughly explore them is limited. Most players will never see all the beautiful things a game has to offer, but a time-lapse walkabout across the entire map can offer a slightly blurry glimpse. As spotted by Eurogamer, Gaming YouTuber Enigma recently…
By Ethan Gach Published April 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedCJ From Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Fits Perfectly With Everything
Another video game joke is taking over the internet. Ah shit, here we go again. Sometimes weird performances of inconsequential lines can live in your memory forever. To quote James Franco in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3, they are so good. One of those, for Grand Theft Auto fans, is CJ’s first lines in the game…
By Gita Jackson Published April 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Past And Present Of Dragon Age 4
In December 2018, developer BioWare teased the next Dragon Age game, hinting at a mysterious future for the popular fantasy series—one that’s enticing, but seems very far away. Why, more than four years after Dragon Age: Inquisition, is Dragon Age 4 still so early in development? The answer is complicated, and reflective of BioWare’s turbulence…
By Jason Schreier Published April 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedBlizzard says it is bringing back Overwatch’s seasonal co-op event with Storm Rising, an all-new story mission about Overwatch’s pursuit of the Omnic Talon boss, Maximilien. With Storm Rising, the previous two Overwatch Archives events (Uprising and Retribution) will also be repayable, with “more than 160 cosmetic items” in seasonal loot boxes.
By Joshua Rivera Published April 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedFallout 76‘s PVP mode is about to get a lot less brutal In the patch notes for today’s update, Bethesda announced significant nerfs to the game’s survival mode, including greatly reducing the number of caps players drop when killed as well as how many aid items they leave behind.
By Ethan Gach Published April 9, 2019 -
CultureKotaku Game DiaryI Can’t Stop Myself From Telling People To Play Phoenix Wright
When I talk to people about the Phoenix Wright series, I often find myself adopting the idiosyncrasies of a crazed motivational speaker. “What are you waiting for?” I implore people, insistent that it’s for their own good. When will you take control of your life? I slink into the brazenly annoying behavior of someone who…
By Natalie Degraffinried Published April 9, 2019 -
Kotaku EastK-Pop Pick Of The Day: Very Very Very
When I brought up Mnet’s Produce and IZ*ONE last week, it led me down a rabbit hole to taking another look at IZ*ONE’s predecessors, I.O.I. I.O.I (no, not the bad guys from Ready Player One) was the first project group to come out of the Produce series, and Very Very Very came near the tail…
By Seung Park Published April 9, 2019 -
CultureCosplayCosplayers Made Dave Bautista’s Last Ever Wrestling Outfit
When it came time to plan his last ever WWE outfit before announcing his retirement at this year’s Wrestlemania, Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista knew exactly where to turn: some expert cosplayers and a very big pair of Lebrons. While working on Guardians of the Galaxy a few years back, Bautista heard about…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 9, 2019 -
UncategorizedWhy People Are So Mad About The Epic Games Store
For more than a decade, Steam has dominated the PC gaming market. More than 100 million people have amassed vast game collections on Valve’s platform, not to mention friends and communities. Now Epic is trying to muscle in on Steam’s turf, and a certain segment of PC game players are remarkably mad about that. Here…
By Nathan Grayson Published April 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedStrategy Classic Fantasy General Is Making A Comeback
I ama big fan of Panzer General/Corps, but it’s easy to forget that back in the day, the original turn-based WW2 game had a fantasy spin-off called Fantasy General that was almost as good. Well out of nowhere today we’ve got the announcement that there’s going to be a Fantasy General 2 Slitherine (Panzer Corps’…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedThe Eight Best Dwarf Fortress Stories We’ve Seen
Dwarf Fortress is a game where when things go wrong, you know you’ll have a great story to tell. Because its systems are so intricate and complicated, you’re always hit with multiple problems at once, and sometimes one of those problems is a demon invasion. Players often record their Dwarf Fortress exploits as written stories,…
By Gita Jackson Published April 8, 2019 -
OpinionImpressionsA Big Adventure In A Literal Sandbox
Supraland is a massive game. Cast in the role of the hero of a race of red humanoids in conflict with their blue counterparts, players travel sprawling fantasy landscapes battling enemies, climbing immense towers, and solving incredibly clever puzzles. It’s easy to forget the whole thing takes place in a young boy’s sandbox. To be…
By Mike Fahey Published April 8, 2019 -
UncategorizedAnthem’s latest update is live and corrects some of the smaller problems players have been having with loot. Players will no longer get loot for Javelins different from the one they’re using and Elysian Cache items now immediately appear in players’ inventories. The newsfeed, which had been blank, is also fixed.
By Ethan Gach Published April 8, 2019
