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Civilization Player Gets Space Race Victory In 90 AD

Civilization IV player WastinTime has achieved something I would never have thought was even remotely possible: winning a space race victory in the strategy classic by launching a rocket two centuries before Jesus was born. It took an incredible amount of knowledge of the systems underpinning Civ IV for him to even attempt this, and…

Netflix Is Making A Carmen Sandiego Movie

Gina Rodriguez (Jane the Virgin, Annihilation) is going to be playing mystery thief Carmen Sandiego in an upcoming live-action movie project for Netflix. Rodriguez will also be voicing the character in Netflix’s other Carmen Sandiego project,an animated series that’s due in 2019 Deadline reports that the movie “will be a standalone Carmen adventure that will…

Turns Out My Most Hot-Headed Overwatch Teammate Is A Therapist IRL

I recently found out that the most hot-headed guy in my Overwatch crew—who throws the biggest fits whenever we lose—is actually a professional therapist. Hearing him divulge this over Overwatch voice chat after only knowing him through his in-game persona, I couldn’t help but laugh. We’ve shared in some jubilant win streaks, yes, but on…

Of Course People Are Using KFC’s New Twitch Emote For Racist Jokes

Twitch, a platform that’s notoriously dealt with racist chat spam for years, recently added an official Kentucky Fried Chicken chat emote that depicts a bucket full of the Colonel’s original recipe. You can probably see where this is going. The emote launched over the weekend as part of a PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds promotion in which streamers…

Goodbye, Ice Block, And Burn In Hell

The object of Hearthstone is to bring your opponent’s life points down to zero, so it stands to reason that Ice Block, a Mage-specific card that makes that literally impossible to do for a whole turn, is pretty strong. So strong, in fact, that starting with the next expansion, Blizzard is moving the card out…

Netflix’s Auto-Playing Trailers Are Just The Worst

It’s Friday night, and you’re browsing Netflix. You want to relax and watch something. What should be a chill time flipping through shows and movies is significantly less chill because these STUPID ADS KEEP PLAYING. Unfortunately, that’s just how Netflix apps work these days. As you browse, a trailer for the thing you’ve got selected…

Being A Sea of Thieves Pirate Sometimes Means Being An Asshole

Sea of Thieves is mostly about hunting down treasure with your friends, but every now and then things get ugly. In a game where everyone wants loot and crews can battle each other at the drop of the hat, the line between being a pirate and being a jerk feels razor-thin. There’s only a few…

The New South Park DLC Is Short But Good

If you have ever wanted to dress up like a goth kid and eat dozens of sopapillas, South Park: The Fractured But Whole’s new downloadable content is for you. From Dusk Till Casa Bonita, which came out last week for $12, adds a new class, a new party member, and a new area to the…

Guess I’m Not Done With My 3DS

My Switch backlog is ridiculous. I’m busy juggling Ni No Kuni II and a review copy of Far Cry 5 on my PS4, neglecting the half-played Evil Within 2. I’ve got games to play on my Xbox One as well (some of them old). I figured it was at least okay to stop carrying my…

Pokémon Go Gets Storylines, Quests, And Mew

Pokémon Go continues to add some structure beyond “capture everything,” with Niantic announcing that the AR game will soon add more interesting ways to play the game and earn rewards. While many of these additions have been known for a while now thanks to data mining, the inclusion of a quest-like structure and storytelling is…

Evangelion Makes For Excellent-Looking Race Cars

Since 2012, Tokyo-based Run’a Entertainment has had an official Evangelion motorsport team. This was a very good idea. Not because it has any tangible impact on the team’s winning record. But what it does impact is the cars and bikes’ appearance. While the Eva cosplay race queens might seem like pandering to anime fans, the…

Square Enix is ending service for mobile game King’s Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon this June. “We would like to express our sincerest apologies for ending the service but we hope you have enjoyed your time with the game,” the company said via Twitter

Goku’s Voice Actress Hopes Dragon Ball Will Return To TV Sooner Rather Than Later 

While this weekend saw the last episode of Dragon Ball Super, no doubt Dragon Ball will be back on the small screen. Until then, Masako Nozawa, Goku’s Japanese language voice actress, had this message for fans. “We finished recording the last Dragon Ball Super and…even now I’m filled with emotion,” the 81-year-old is quoted as…

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Over 1 Million People Watched A Group Of YouTubers Playing Fortnite

Last week, YouTuber elrubius—who has over 28 million subscribers—put out a call saying he wanted 100 of the top Spanish-speaking Fortnite players to get together and play in the one game. That game went down earlier tonight, streamed live on YouTube, and over 1 million people tuned into watch. The game, organised for fun, brought…

Battlegrounds Is Slower Than Fortnite And That’s A Good Thing

There’s a burning question in everyone’s mind: Which is better, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds or Fortnite? Despite having put time in each, I find PUBG to be the more fulfilling experience, and that’s because it’s not afraid to slow you down. The Fortnite-enjoyers in my life often cite the game’s fast-paced frenzy as a reason they enjoy…

D&D Creatures Created By A Neural Network Are Weird

Dungeons & Dragons is full of mixed up creatures like owlbears, which are half bear and half owl, and perytons, the deer-headed eagles of your dreams and nightmares. D&D creatures generated by a neural network are even weirder. Janelle Shane, a research scientist who works with neural networks, has generated a whole host of new…

As previously mentioned, High Score Girl is getting a TV anime. It will debut this July and if this first teaser is anything to go by, it will do a spot-on job of capturing the manga’s appeal and featuring classic games.

Dragon Ball Super‘s Last Episode Just Aired And Oh Man

Today Dragon Ball Super’s last episode aired. There is a movie hitting theaters this December, so more Dragon Ball is coming, but for now, it’s over. Note: This article might contain spoilers. If you haven’t seen the last episode, you can watch it on Crunchyroll The general consensus seems to be that the last episode was…

Here is the first teaser for Sword Art Online: Alicization, which begins airing this October. A-1 Pictures is handling the animation duties.