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Splatoon 2 Gets Tweaked Before Becoming A Paid Online Game

Splatoon 2 is still kicking thanks to a community of dedicated fans. The new 4.0 update rewards that dedication with big changes to how Splatfests work and a cache of stylish weapons. Splatfests have always felt equally exciting and frustrating in Splatoon 2. These timed events run about every month, asking players to choose a…

State of Decay 2‘s Daybreak DLC Is Fun But Fleeting

In State of Decay 2, players manage a ragtag group of survivors as they gather resources, use resources, and waste resources, as well as complain and fight off zombies. In the game’s DLC Daybreak, out this week, base-building and citizen micromanagement are put aside in favor of pure zed-killing action. Daybreak is an independent co-op…

Twitter’s Emerging Competitor Doesn’t Want To Be Twitter

Twitter is a hellhole. Mastodon isn’t trying to replace the trashcan fire that is Twitter, but it is offering its users something different. Mastodon, a social network released in October 2016, could be described as a Twitter competitor, but the more you dig into it, the less true that feels. On the surface, it’s pretty…

Old School Musical Is A Rhythm Adventure Through Video Game History

Old School Musical is an incredibly charming rhythm adventure game that pairs a dope pixelated art style with chiptune tracks. The game is out today for Switch and PC. The gameplay itself has standard rhythm game mechanics, as colorful icons move to the center of the screen and a small reticle tells you when to…

Shenmue Has Aged Poorly, But It Is Still Special To Me

This year I bought Shenmue for the third time. I bought it despite knowing, having played it and its sequel three times, that in many ways it is a trial to play. But it’s special to me anyway, as it is to probably millions of others. It’s a relatively new phenomenon, games following you through…

Diapers, Divorces, And Unstable Pay: Parents On Twitch Struggle To Strike A Balance

In February, aspiring streamer Mystic hit a breaking point. When her kids started going to school, she had decided to try and turn streaming on Twitch from a hobby into a career. At first, she only streamed during the day while they were away, but as time went on, she became obsessed with keeping her…

Lucas Pope, the developer behind Papers, Please, says his new game, Return of the Obra Dinn, should be completed this fall. It takes place in the early 1800s and revolves around managing insurance and solving murder mysteries. There’s a brief new trailer as well. Currently, it’s being developed for PC and Mac.

Final Fantasy VIII Is MIA

Last night, Nintendo and Square Enix delighted Final Fantasy fans by announcing a whole bunch of new Switch ports. There’s Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X/X-2, Final Fantasy XII, and even the adorable pocket edition of Final Fantasy XV. But where’s Final Fantasy VIII? It’s not clear why the adventures of Squall…

We’re playing Old School Musical live on Twitch. Join me and Gita as we chill on this casual Friday stream to some dope chiptune tracks in this charming rhythm game on Switch. Join us in chat! 

But Seriously Who Is Peachette

Nintendo dropped a bombshell during its Direct yesterday that has added a fascinating and perplexing new layer to our collective understanding of the expanded Mario universe: By placing a gold crown on her head, Toadette can become Peach. Or, more specifically, Peachette. Does this mean Peach has really been a Toad all this time? And…

Fortnite‘s Creators Initially Thought Rocket-Riding Was A Bug

When Fortnite developers released the game’s notorious rocket launcher, surely they knew they had designed a fatal long-range weapon. Always crafty, Fortnite players quickly discovered something else about these rockets: They’re nifty ways to get around the map. As it turns out, they’d stumbled upon something Fortnite’s developers hadn’t planned for. Today, Apple published an…

A Tactics Game That Lets You Run Your Own Cyberpunk Company

I’m a sucker for tactics games and cyberpunk settings. Frozen Synapse 2 combines both into a cerebral, moody management game full of corporate politicking and high tech squad battles. While the game can be glitchy and has rough edges, the core experience nails everything I want in a cyberpunk game. Frozen Synapse 2 is a…

What started out as a typical Weather Channel hurricane report took a turn when the broadcaster submerged himself in nine feet of digital flood water. The hyper-realistic visualization was created with Unreal Engine, which powers video games like Fortnite, Ark: Survival Evolved and Street Fighter V. Yikes, though!

The Top Five Loot Drops In Destiny 2: Forsaken

There are a lot of cool weapons in Destiny, which is one of the reasons it’s such a popular game. Here are the top five drops in the latest expansion, which launched last week for PC and consoles. These are all guns that Kirk and I have gotten in the past week, screencapped from our…

Gintama Manga Isn’t Ending Yet Because Its Creator Screwed Up

Previously, it was officially announced that the Gintama manga was slated to end in the September 15th issue of Weekly Jump. Now its creator says the popular manga isn’t actually ending. As translated by Twitter user Kewl0210, Gintama creator Hideaki Sorachi write a one-page letter to fans explaining the situation. While Gintama won’t be in…

Japan Says Goodbye To Its Queen of Pop

This weekend, iconic J-pop star Namie Amuro will hold her final concert. After that, she will apparently never perform on stage again. Amuro is one of the biggest-selling artists in Japanese music history, selling 38 million records during her career. She debuted in 1992 at age 14 as a member of the idol group Super…

Red Panda Nap. Franklin Park Zoo, Boston, MA. By Ramón Avendaño Arechavala. 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! 

Wake Up, Sheeple: Luigi Is Still Dead

I’m Nathan Grayson, host of Nint-Infowars, coming to you live from THE BOTTOM OF A HOLE from which I’m now forced to broadcast after having been banned from all social media and also the earth’s surface. During today’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo showed us what APPEARED to be a living, breathing Luigi, even though THE VERY…

Big Bang Empire Somehow Makes Porn Unsexy

Today, I am playing Big Bang Empire. It’s a sort-of tycoon game on Nutaku, where you design a porn star and send them off into the world to make it big. You’d think it would be a lot sexier than it actually ends up. NSFW Warning: This post contains NSFW cartoon imagery! Most tycoon games,…

Artist Thomas Pringle, who we’ve featured on Fine Art a few times, has written and illustrated a new graphic novel called Ascend: Hell Climber. The story: “The survivors of a downed patrol ship have only one hope of escape: Steal a shuttle from the highest level of an ancient defense tower.” You cancheck it out…