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Netrunner Is Getting Some Changes (And A New Box For Beginners)

Netrunner, one of the best card games on the planet, is in for some changes next month after Fantasy Flight announced a revised core set. The core set itself seems cool! It’s a great starting point for new players, since it includes everything you need to get started with the game (Netrunner is an LCG,…

Cringe Your Way Through One of the Worst Pro Hearthstone Matches Ever

Last weekend, at renowned esports tournament Dreamhack Montréal, two professional Hearthstone players sat down at computers across from one another and proceeded to play one of the most perplexing, disgraceful matches in Hearthstone history. Here’s what happened. Heading into the game, both contestants, Eduardo “Walaoumpa” Sajgalik and James “Coachtwisted” Neumann are 5-0, and have dominated…

Fallout Fans Resist Wikia’s Attempt To Pivot To Video

If you’re looking for the name of a minor character in Star Wars or trying to brush up on the lore of the latest big video game, you’ll probably end up on a wiki website hosted by Fandom. Unlike Wikipedia, Fandom is for-profit, but all of the content is written for free by a community…

Suda 51 Thinks Nintendo Switch Is Punk AF

“The Switch is a punk console,” says game director Goichi Suda, aka Suda 51. “I was shocked by it. I thought, whoever made this must have something wrong with them. In a positive way. This guy must be messed up in the head to think of something like this.” “It’s kind of like a challenge…

Final Fantasy Netflix Show Nails Weird Behavior of Rookie MMO Players

A new Netflix show about a kid playing the MMO Final Fantasy XIV with his out-of-touch dad totally nails the freaky and opaque behavior of new players in MMOs. Dad of Light is follows Akio, who lures his father into playing FFXIV in an effort to finally forge a relationship with him. The catch: His…

Bungie Removes Destiny 2 Glove With ‘Hate Symbol’ On It

Bungie is changing a gauntlet in Destiny 2 that was based on an alt-right symbol, the developer said today. “It’s come to our attention that a gauntlet in Destiny 2 shares elements with a hate symbol. It is not intentional. We are removing it,” the company said on Twitter this afternoon. “Our deepest apologies. This…

Battlegrounds‘ New Town Hides Great Loot Around Cramped Corners

As part of the game’s September update, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds placed a new town on its large, murderous island. Kameshki’s remote location might leave you scrambling to run to the playzone but the collection of loot you can find makes it a tempting detour. Among the town’s residential houses and small cargo depot is a surprising…

The next game from Journey developer Thatgamecompany is Sky, an Apple TV, iPhone, and iPad social adventure. Looks pretty! [UPDATE (3:59pm): Thatgamecompany says it’s “first coming” to Apple, meaning other platforms will follow.]

Let’s Play Copyright Threat Raises Questions About The Law And How To Use It

Copyright, free speech, and entertainment lawyers have mixed opinions on the legality of game developer Campo Santo’s decision to fight hate speech with a copyright strike after reaching abreaking pointwith YouTube celebrity Felix “Pewdiepie” Kjellberg. Over the weekend, Campo Santo co-founder Sean Vanaman said he would use the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to “cut off”…

GTA Online’s Take On Battlegrounds Is Way More Chaotic

GTA Online’s newest addition, Motor Wars, combines high player counts with dozens of vehicles. The result is a hectic match that is more intense than any other mode in GTA Online. You and 27 other players parachute into different parts of the GTA Online map. You only have one life, and the map shrinks as you…

Okami HD, one of the most gorgeous games ever made, is getting ported to this console generation. It will release on December 12th on PS4, Xbox, and PC.

Battlegrounds won’t be out on PS4 for a while, but while you wait, you can check out Fortnite’s 100-person Battle Royale mode, which launches September 26 (for PS4 as well as Xbox One, PC, and Mac). Last player standing wins. Of course.

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is now available on PS4 and Xbox One. We’ve been enjoying it on PC.

‘I’m An Idiot’: Pewdiepie Apologizes For Saying N-Word On Stream

YouTube’s biggest star uploaded a video today where he apologized for casually dropping the n-word during a Battlegrounds stream last weekend. “I should know better,” Kjellberg said. “I can’t keep messing up like this.” The video, which is titled “My Response,” is short and has no jokes: “You probably won’t believe this when I say…

Cosplay Roofing Service Begins In Japan

For a limited time only, a Japanese roofing company has started a new cosplayer service for customers. Nara-based roofing company Mori Kenchiku Bankinkogyo is rolling out an “On the Roof Cosplay Counter-Plan Service” for customer consultation. The company wonders if this is the first of its kind in the world. I think that’s a safe…

Nintendo Bringing Back The NES Classic In 2018

After disappearing from store shelves, the NES Classic is returning next year. But that’s not all: the Super NES Classic will continue to be shipped through 2018. In Japan, the Super Famicom will still get shipped after October, and the Famicom Mini is going back into production. Hot damn. The SNES Classic was slated to…

The World’s First Cat Cafe On A Train

Japan loves trains. It also loves cats. So, put the two of them together, and you have the world’s first cat cafe on a train. All aboard! The cat cafe train was a one-day only event this past Sunday to help raise awareness for abandoned felines. The cats aboard the train were rescued and, as…

Mossbrae Falls. Dunsmuir, California, U.S. By Christian Hernandez. 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! 

The Tragedy Of A Former Navy Base’s Arcade Games

You might remember last year we told you about a “raid” on an old ship that managed to save a bunch of classic arcade games. Now let’s see what happens when a raid doesn’t have such a happy ending. Tony Temple, who wrote up the nicer story from 2016, now has the tale of Ralph…