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The Worst Way To Meet Miyamoto
For a certain type of video game enthusiast, getting to meet Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto is the ultimate dream. You rehearse in your head what you’re going to say. You hope you don’t blow it. In 1997, game music composer Grant Kirkhope had, shall we say, a suboptimal experience meeting Nintendo’s game design guru. This…
By Chris Kohler Published July 18, 2017 -
Watch Us Play The Destiny 2 Beta [UPDATE: Done]
It’s time for a taste of Destiny 2, a video game that I am definitely not feeling insanely pressured to write really good pithy one-liners about. Come watch us play! We’ll be streaming for a while starting around 1:30pm ET, and if we’re lucky, maybe our good buddy Kirk Hamilton will come join us and…
By Jason Schreier Published July 18, 2017 -
In Master Mode, Breath Of The Wild’s Starting Area Is The Game At Its Best
The first thing you’ll discover in Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s new “Master Mode” difficulty is that combat isn’t worth it. You don’t want a fight. Run away. The new difficulty setting came out a couple weeks ago with the Master Trials DLC, the first of two planned downloadable expansions for Breath of the Wild.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published July 18, 2017 -
The Crash Bandicoot Remasters Really Are Tougher Than The Originals
Today, the developers of the Crash Bandicoot remastered trilogy confirmed what many players had suspected: The physics are very different now. And it makes the game more difficult. Speaking through Kevin Kelly at the Activision blog, the folks at Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy developer Vicarious Vision explained that their remastered version of the game has…
By Jason Schreier Published July 18, 2017 -
An Undersea Game Where You Evolve To The Top Of The Food Chain
Have you ever wanted to be a shark and terrorize the ocean? Or maybe, you want to see what happens when a seagull fights a beaver? Well in Deeeep.io, your greatest aquatic-themed dreams can be realized. In Deep.io, you want to make it to the top of the food chain. You start off as a…
By Chloe Spencer Published July 17, 2017 -
Super Mario Odyssey Brings Back Super Mario 64’s Best Jumps And Adds New Ones
Mario games are my favorite games. Jumping is my favorite thing to do in a Mario game. Video games are my favorite hobby. In summary, jumping in a Mario game is my favorite thing to do. We got a chance to sit down and play Super Mario Odyssey recently. Nintendo’s very nice PR people were…
By Tim Rogers Published July 17, 2017 -
One Trick To Getting Better At Battlegrounds: Shrubbery
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds can be rough. Fighting against one hundred other players takes a combination of good gear and precise aiming. But I’ve discovered the game’s most powerful tool: bushes. My initial strategy when I first started Battlegrounds was to leapfrog from house to house. It was an effective process that earned me a victory the…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 17, 2017 -
How To Get Into Anime
So you want to get into anime. Buckle in. From outside, it looks like a big, scary and potentially fatal undertaking. And that’s because it is. Anime is a medium that contains all the dazzling peaks and deep, deep troughs of human imagination. When it’s good, it’s brain-bending sci-fi plots, mirthful belly laughs, involuntary squees…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published July 17, 2017 -
Marina Might Ruin Splatoon 2‘s Splatfests, Bless Her
Splatoon 2 just had its first Splatfest, asking players to fight and see which dessert is better: ice cream or cake. The competition was rigged from the start thanks to the popularity of Marina, the Octoling pop singer. This is my confession: I love cake. Cake is fluffy, delicious, and pretty much perfect. Cupcakes are…
By Heather Alexandra Published July 17, 2017 -
New Service Builds Gaming PCs Based On The Games You Want To Play
BLD is a new service from computer hardware maker NZXT that simplifies the process of buying a new gaming PC. Customers select the games they want to play and the price they want to pay, and BLD spits out a rig that’ll get the job done. I went through the process, and it’s pretty painless.…
By Mike Fahey Published July 17, 2017 -
There Is A Loading Screen Simulator Game
Loading Screen Simulator doesn’t even tell you what you’re trying to download, but the mystery is a part of the charm. The gameplay is simple: you play on a computer interface, where you can use a variety of apps to either kill time or improve the loading speed. You can spam the earn money button…
By Chloe Spencer Published July 17, 2017 -
14 Game Developers From Around The World Made This Image
From time to time, I’ll make a stunt out of my interviews with video game professionals. I’ll do this when they’re bunched together for a weeklong event like Game Developers Conference or the huge E3 show in Los Angeles. I’ll convince every executive and game designer I speak to at one of these things to…
By Stephen Totilo Published July 17, 2017 -
This Is An Ataribox, Whatever That Is
This is the Ataribox. It is a box. From Atari. It’s got four USB ports, an HDMI port, an SD card slot and a place to plug in a network cable. What does it do? *shrug* The Ataribox was initially teased back in Juneas a “new Atari console.” Now we have a series of renders…
By Mike Fahey Published July 17, 2017 -
Kingdom Hearts III Director Says It’s Square’s Fault The Game Is Taking So Long
Kingdom Hearts III director Tetsuya Nomura says the extended development cycle is “out of his hands.” The third Kingdom Hearts is taking this long, he says, because of technology changes and decisions made by higher-ups at Square Enix. Speaking to my good buddy Mike Rougeau over at GameSpot, Nomura blamed a switch to the third-party…
By Jason Schreier Published July 17, 2017
