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Sony Announces An Updated PlayStation VR Headset

The newly updated PlayStation VR headset features a revamped design with some welcomed changes like integrated stereo headphone cables and an updated processor. Via the PlayStation Blog, here is the full Q&A: Is there a new PlayStation VR model? How is it different? A hardware update to PlayStation VR is being prepared. The new version,…

An update on that questionable Chinese Ultraman film: It was released today in China with the movie’s studio saying it legally licensed the rights from a Thai company with the international rights and that China’s highest court ruled in the studio’s favor. Noted!

Twitter Users In Japan Imagine Hollywood’s Your Name 

J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures are developing a live-action remake of the hit anime movie Your Name. Wonder what it’ll be like? On Twitter in Japan, people are already predicting just that. Let’s have a look! It will probably have big Hollywood stars. A bit more action. Certain Japanese culture specific things will have to…

At Sasuke Inari Shrine. Kamakura, Japan. By Nama. 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!   

No, The Steelers JuJu Smith-Schuster Did Not Do A Hadouken 

That is Goku’s kamehameha, clear as day. This is what a hadouken looks like. Street Fighter’s Ryu thrusts his arms forward in one fluid motion, then pulls them back in. What Smith-Schuster did was much more drawn out. Look at him hold that pose. Just like Goku. Here’s a demonstration. Look familiar? But however confused…

Keyboardist Makes Up Music For Random Video Game Stuff

Meet Seth Everman. He’s internet famous and posts a lot of stuff online, including weird musical experiments like this one. There are a tone of re-occurring motifs in gaming that don’t really make any sense. Racing mini games, start menu themes, that water level you keep dying on for no good reason—if you described what…

For Some Players Installing Cuphead Was The Most Challenging Part 

It’s hard to beat a game that you can’t even start. In a season of limited Microsoft exclusives, the indie platformer Cuphead comes at just the right time to offer Xbox One and Windows 10 players something to get excited about. And after seven long years in development, the game has delivered. At least for…

What Goes Into Picking The 101 Video Games Kids Must Play

As a sixth grade teacher, my students ask me a lot of questions, and I have a lot of influence on them based on how I reply. My new book, 101 Video Games to Play Before You Grow Up, is my response to every student who has ever asked, “What games should I try?” Outside…

In FIFA 18 For Switch, Human Flesh Is An Illusion 

It’s sports season, which means sports games, and also lovely sports game glitches. FIFA 18 came out on Friday for every platform under the sun, including the Switch. While players were worried the game would be only a shadow of the PS4, Xbox One, and PC versions, it’s not all that bad. I’ve been playing…

Playing Destiny 2 Without Reading The Lore vs Reading It 

Destiny’s lore, famously, is housed in things like gun descriptions and collectibles. How does this affect the way we interact with and understand the game? In my case, I accidentally ended up joining a faction that is basically space Trump. Whoops. In the latest episode of the Favecast, Gita Jackson and I discuss what it’s…

Nintendo Devs Reminisce About Making The Leap To The SNES

The SNES is old. As much as I love the first Mario Kart, going back and loading up the Mode 7 graphics of Bowser Castle 1 feels quaint. A series of interviews with Nintendo developers from that era though serves as a good reminder of just how advanced the technology was at the time. In…

The Norwood Suite Is A Very Different Kind Of Music Game

Don’t expect high scores or top 40 hits in this jazz-fueled adventure. Music games tend to be fast-paced and twitch driven. Songs or techno rythms play in the background while your fingers or feet punch in buttons in intricate patterns dictated by what scrolls past on the TV screen. That’s the premise of games like…

We’re going live with some giant robot action in Gundam Versus right now on Twitch. Fly, Gundam!

Splatoon Toilet Paper Joke Becomes Splatfest Reality

Next weekend, European Splatoon 2 players will have the chance to weigh in on how toilet paper should be loaded. Front roll or back roll? It’s a question that could only be asked by someone who’s never wiped their ass before. The event runs from 4:00PM CEST on October 7 to the same time on…

Here’s A Close Look At The Other SNES Classic

While we’ve reviewed the North American SNES Classic already, let’s not forget that those of us living in Japan, Europe and Australasia have gotten a slightly different console So let’s take a look at it! The hardware is the same, of course, and most of the games are as well, but here we can see…

Ripped Carts Of Star Fox 2 Are Already For Sale On Ebay

Nintendo’s absurdly anticipated SNES Classic console launched today, but somebody’s already ripped Star Fox 2 to a handful of original SNES cartridges, listed them on places like eBay and Etsy, and sold them. Star Fox 2 was completed decades ago, but not officially released until today. The seller of this homemade regular SNES version, lvretrogames,…

You Know What They Should Have Done With Mario Bros.?

Did you know that my uncle Billy Rogers used to review arcade games on a public access show that I hope and pray no one watching this video actually believes I want you to think was real? Well, he did! (Seriously, he didn’t.) He had a lot of neat ideas for how Nintendo could have…

Sega Genesis Flashback has a new release date of November 10. Early reviews universally panned the $80 HDMI classic console, but its manufacturer said the units were faulty and bumped back the release. The final units will replace 10 of the weird shovelware games like Hangman with 8-bit Sega B-sides like Psycho Fox and Kenseiden

Revisiting Radiata Stories, My Favorite Video Game As A Kid

When I was about ten years old, my brother Mike introduced me to my favorite game, a JRPG for the PS2 called Radiata Stories. It was a fantasy love story about a young man, Jack Russell (yes, you read that right) whose dreams of becoming a knight are shattered after his teammate, Ridley, is nearly…

Destiny 2‘s Struggle To Please Both Casual And Hardcore Players

I’m playing a lot less Destiny 2 than I was a week ago. I sense I’m not alone in that. That’s because despite—and occasionally because of—all the ways Destiny 2 has improved upon its predecessor, the game is struggling to balance between people who wish they could play it forever and those who worry they…