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Video Game Menu Music Gets Its Own Tribute Album

The music we listen to as we play our favorite games is nice, but what about the music we hear when we aren’t playing? The Materia Collectivecommunity celebrates the music of the start screen with Menu: An Homage To Game Title Themes, a 52 track remix album featuring music from Final Fantasy, The Witcher, Mario…

The Master Chief Collection Is What Happens When A Studio Doesn’t Give Up On A Game

It’s now taken as gospel that the future of a game isn’t written in stone when it first comes out. Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege rebounded from a lackluster launch, hampered in large part by its grinding, fragmented progression system, into one of the most successful shooters on PC right now. No Man’s Sky released bereft…

Anime Movies Are Finally Getting The U.S. Theatrical Releases They Deserve

Just a couple decades ago, anime fans would pore over Japanese dictionaries to hand-translate subtitles for their favorite anime films, which they’d disseminate over IRCs and password-protected forums. Over the last couple of years, those same fans to see marquee displays for “SPIRITED AWAY” and “YOUR NAME” hanging above their local brick-and-mortar movie theater. More…

Detective Pikachu Trailer Just Dealt A Fart Joke 

Since 1996, when Pokémon debuted, I have not once wondered whether or not a Pikachu can fart. Then I watched the latest Detective Pikachu trailer. The film is the first live-action Hollywood adaptation of the world of Pokémon, fart jokes and all. Is this movie canon? I’m not anti-fart joke! Not at all This trailer…

A Small Town With An Old Canal. Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany. By Christian Amthor. 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 a line! 

Brawl Stars Mixes Battle Royale & Dota 2 Into A Fun Mobile Game

I was being chased. I couldn’t get away. I ran into a nearby bush and yet I wasn’t safe. I was almost dead. I yelled out to a friend nearby to help, but I didn’t need to say anything. They had seen the chase and ran in to to save me, pushing my pursuer away…

Watch Darth Maul Play Beat Saber 

Ray Park was the actor who portrayed Darth Maul in Star Wars Episode I. While not the best Star Wars film, many fans love Park’s Darth Maul and have been wanting the former Sith Master to try out the VR game Beat Saber. Sadly, PSVR doesn’t support a staff saber. But regardless, Ray Park seems to…

The Big Daddies Are The Best Part Of BioShock

There’s a lot to love about BioShock. Released in 2007, the game was praised by critics and seen by many as a spiritual successor to System Shock 2. The city of Rapture, the underwater dystopia where BioShock is set, is filled with fantastic world building and some gorgeous water. One of the big reasons BioShock…

Watch This Relaxing And Informative Let’s Play Of Jurassic Park Trespasser 

Jurassic Park Trespasser isn’t a very good game, but it is a perfect game for a let’s play. Shadefyre’s excellent 10 part series is one of the best let’s play of Trespasser and one of my favorite let’s play on all of YouTube. Shadefyre has a very relaxing and calming voice. All of his Trespasser…

There Are A Lot Of Beds In Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VII is big JRPG with classic enemies, a shocking death and powerful gods. But the game also has a surprising amount of beds spread around the world. Dedicated fan Signal over on the ResetEra forums spent some time putting together a large collection of every bed that appears in Final Fantasy VII. I…

This Mod Recreates The Pre-Release Version Of GTA 3

Grand Theft Auto 3D is a mod for GTA IIIthat aims to recreate what the game looked like before it was released. Using early screenshots, alpha content, and pre-release gameplay the team of modders spent over four years creating this early version of GTA III. After this long development cycle the mod was finally released…

Red Dead Online and GTA Online’s Battle Royale Modes Aren’t Great

Rockstar keeps trying to make battle royale modes work in their online games. Grand Theft Auto Online has had a few modes that feel inspired by popular battle royale games like Fortnite or PUBG. Now Rockstar is adding more battle royale modes to their newest multiplayer game, Red Dead Online. But overall these attempts at…

Sega’s Holographic Arcade Game Was Pretty Strange

Holograms. The word immediately makes me think of cool sci-fi movies and not so cool real world tech, like reviving a dead musician and making them dance around a stage. But back in 1991 Sega was using holograms for a more noble purpose: Creating an arcade game about a time traveling cowboy. Simply titled Time…

Fortnite’s winter event is now live, following a countdown on in-game TVs and the ice orb. The event covers the map in snow and winter-themed monsters. If you, like me, had some trouble getting into a match to view the event, one player captured it on YouTube here

Entire Machinima YouTube Channel Set To Private [UPDATE]

With no public announcement or advanced warning to many creators, the entire Machinima Youtube channel was effectively wiped from the internet recently. All videos on the channel are now private, making them unable to view. The news quickly spread across social media, with fans and creators sharing their stories and information about the shutdown using…

Minecraft Finally Adds Composting

Minecraft was released in 2009 and since then has been updated constantly. Updates have added new worlds, new creatures, modding tools and more. But finally, after 10 years of waiting, Minecraft finally has composting. Sure, the last major update for Minecraft added cool underwater sea life, but can a dolphin turn useless plants into fertilizer?…

Ace Combat 7‘s Sound Design Is Amazing

If you haven’t checked out an Ace Combat game before, the amount of on-screen information might look overwhelming. But most of what you need to know is communicated to you via the game’s audio. And Ace Combat 7’s audio is so damn good. Watch the video to see and, more importantly, hear it all in…

Capcom Really Loves Remaking Resident Evil 2

For many fans, Resident Evil 2 is their favorite game in the long running horror franchise. Later this month Capcom will finally release the Resident Evil 2 remake for PS4, Xbox One and PC. But this isn’t the first time Capcom has remade or re-imagined Resident Evil 2. The Sphere Hunter has made a great…

They Are Billions, last year’s excellent Early Access Steam game about fighting off waves of zombie attacks, is getting a narrative campaign in the future. According to an update from the developers earlier this week, that campaign is supposed to be 45-50 hours long. Which is a lot.

As Spreadsheet Of Accused Abusers Spreads, Anime Conventions Get Their MeToo Movement

A spreadsheet containing the names of alleged abusers and harassers who attend U.S. anime conventions is making its way around social media as part of a small #MeToo movement in the niche community. After a days-long social media discussion among U.S. convention-goers naming alleged harassers, who are accused of anything from preying on minors to…