At TGS, even trailers have two hour wait times. Granted, in this case, said trailer is for the new Steins;Gate. Doesn’t make it any less ridiculous, though. Photo by Richard Eisenbeis. JPGs is a photo peek into wherever gamers might find interesting. If you’re a photographer and have images you want to share, drop us…

21 Things We Just Learned about Final Fantasy XV 

At the Tokyo Game Show today, Final Fantasy XV director Hajime Tabata answered a whole bunch of questions about the game. We learned new things! Such as.. – They will not include Japanese and English language voice tracks on the disc, because apparently, they can’t fit both on the physical game. But according to Hajime…

Destiny Team Smashes Taken King’s Raid In Seven Hours

Multiple teams raced to the finish over the last seven hours, eager to complete the newest Destiny raid, King’s Fall. But only one group can claim first. For comparison’s sake: it tooksix hours for a team to beat The Dark Below’s raid for the first time. Seems like killing Oryx was a bit tougher! Some…

Splatoon Players Are Damn Good At Throwing Shade

Wooooow. So that’s how it is, huh? Splatfest—the event where Splatoon asks players to pick between two sides and duke it out against one another—is happening this weekend, and some of the trash talking I’ve seen in the Miiverse plaza is FIERCE, as evidenced by this screenshot taken by Brittany Rolstad‎. It’s kind of unsettling…

Fallout And XCOM Had A Baby, And It’s Tough As Nails

Its name is Bedlam, and it will probably kick your ass. In a good way, mostly. I love Fallout, but the recent games have been lacking in one major area. I wish there was more for me to be authentically, tangibly afraid of. Bethesda’s Fallout games (Fallout 3, Fallout: New Vegas) told me I was…

20 Excellent Super Mario Maker Courses You Should Play

I have spent dozens of hours playing through hundreds of Mario Maker courses. Here’s the cream of the crop. One of the biggest criticisms I’ve seen floating around for Mario Maker is that it’s really difficult to find good courses. While that may be true, it doesn’t mean Mario Maker is completely bereft of great…

Ronda Rousey, Kicking Floyd Mayweather’s Butt In Modded Street Fighter

Ronda Rousey and Floyd Mayweather may never wind up trading blows in real life. But, now we know who’d win if they were Street Fighter characters. YouTuber Richie Branson modded the PC version of Street Fighter IV so that he could make Balrog and Cammy resemble the UFC superstar and the dude she’s talked mad…

Destiny’s Latest Exploit Lets You Kill Yourself For Exotics [UPDATE: Patched]

If you started playing Destiny today, you may have noticed an unusual number of your friends doing the same ancient low-level mission. Why would they do that? The answer—of course this is the answer—is that the mission lets players take advantage of a new loophole and earn lots of powerful exotic items with a minimum…

Until Dawn and the Illusion of Choice

There are so many good video games out right now, which means there’s so much good writing about video games, too. Worth Reading, our weekly guide to the best commentary and observations about games, is here to help. Hey, You Should Read These “Loving Your Enemies in Metal Gear Solid V” by Joshua Cauller Many…

Five New Board Games You Should Play

In the board game world, the North American convention season is mostly over. Gen Con saw a unique attendance of almost 62,000 people and had slightly over 400 new games. The upcoming convention at Essen, Germany in October already has a list of almost 600 new games, and it is not done yet. With so…

Rocket League‘s Next DLC Is Coming in October

There’s new DLC coming for everybody’s favorite car soccer game and the add-on will give a nod to Rocket League’s obscure predecessor The name of the Revenge of the Battle-Cars pack references Psyonix’s previous release Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars. The add-on will include two cars—Scarab and Zippy—from that game along with a bunch of new…

Destiny‘s Xur Is A Little Different Now

Today, Xur is back in Destiny, a video game that wouldn’t be nearly as good as it is now if we hadn’t spent the past year traveling through space and complaining about Destiny The infamous weekly shopkeeper is a little bit different now. Instead of a guaranteed weapon every week, Xur will now either sell…

Mario Maker Level Is An Awesome Tribute To Dragon Ball Z

Here’s a simple yet sweet Dragon Ball tribute made by Eddie Stilson in Super Mario Maker It’s a musical stage, full of renferences, where Dragon Ball Z’s iconic, first opening theme Head-Cha-La plays, as we run forward. To contact the author of this post, write to: [email protected]