I Can’t Stop Playing This Busted Survival Game

Impact Winter is a snowy, post-apocalyptic survival game that came out last week for PC. Some of its design decisions are bizarre, and a lot of the game is downright broken, but I’ve been playing it obsessively anyway. Development studio Mojo Bones released Impact Winter on Steam through publisher Bandai Namco after an unsuccessful 2014…

The Powerpuff Girls And Teen Titans Go! To Lego Dimensions In September

Just when you thought that it had passed, Traveller’s Tales goes and saves the best for last. The second season of Lego Dimensions wraps up on September 12 with the release of five new sets featuring The Powerpuff Girls, Teen Titans Go! and Beetlejuice. The introduction of three new properties to Lego Dimensions should finish…

Lightning Strikes Once

Gabriel Beauvais is a character sculptor who has worked on movies like Edge of Tomorrow, Alien: Covenant, Fantastic Beasts and Jupiter Ascending You can see more of Gabriel’s work at his personal site. To see the images in their native resolution, click on the “expand” button in the top-left corner. Fine Art is a celebration…

Introducing A New Pokémon App Called Pokéland

In Pokéland, toy Pocket Monsters duke it out on various in-game islands. Think Pokémon Rumble, but for smartphones. Slated for iOS and Android, this app requires an internet connection and uses your Nintendo Account (meaning that your Mii can appear in Pokéland). The app is going into an Android-only alpha test in Japan. The test…

The Hunter X Hunter Manga Returns This June

It looks like Hunter X Hunter’s latest hiatus is drawing to a close. The manga will resume regular publication on June 26 in Weekly Shonen Jump Earlier this month, there was speculation that Hunter X Hunter was returning to print. At that time, its publisher replied, “Regarding the serialization’s resumption, that is undecided at this…

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Lara Croft Cosplayer Poses With Actual, Giant Bear

I once did a cosplay photoshoot where I had to pose partially submerged in water in the middle of winter. I thought that was dedication. I was wrong — this Russian cosplayer has diced with the giant, furry jaws of death itself to get the perfect photo, shooting her Lara Croft cosplay with an actual,…

Look At These Space Channel 5 Figures

Good Smile Company are going back to the Dreamcast days for a couple of upcoming figmas, with two figures based on Space Channel 5’s Ulala. Out in December, there’s a “Cheery White” and “Exciting Orange” version, with both shipping with different Morolians.

A Game About Geckos Battling Each Other With Vomit

Gecko Ridemption, a game about the very real struggles geckos face in captivity, is not entirely “good” in the traditional sense. But it’s extremely good in many others. Published by Adult Swim, it’s a 1v1 gecko combat point capture sports game… I think? Yeah! Sure! Basically, though, you and your opponent are both geckos, and…

There’s A Starbucks At Blizzard’s HQ, And The Menu Is Great

Blizzard’s company headquarters in Irvine is a big, fancy place. So big that it has its own Starbucks, selling coffee with a Blizzard twist. While the main menu is of course the same as any other Starbucks, the specials at the moment are based on WoW: And Overwatch: And StarCraft: As you can probably tell…

Danger Zone Is A Great Revival Of Burnout‘s Crash Mode

At age 16, many teens learn how to drive. When I was 16, I learned the opposite of how to drive, by which I mean I spent hundreds of hours playing Burnout 3‘s Crash Mode. For years, I waited for some kind of successor to that gleeful demolition derby, but it never came. Until now.…

Spectator Crashes Key Street Fighter V Tournament Match

Christopher “NYChrisG” Gonzalez was in a tricky spot during the tail end of Combo Breaker’s Street Fighter V tournament in St. Charles, Illinois this past weekend. His opponent, Japanese fighting game god Naoto Sako, had him on the ropes in their losers bracket match. Down two games and on the brink of elimination, Chris took…

New Sims Game Pack Makes Teens More Realistic, For Better Or Worse

The Sims’ new Game Pack, Parenthood, makes growing sims behave more like real life teens and children. While the new mechanics are fun, they’re also very stressful. The aim of Parenthood is to add some dynamism to families. I was really looking forward to this one—in the base game, there’s not a lot going on…