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Apparently Barcelona’s Soccer Team Loves To Play Mario Kart 8 On The Switch

Four out of seven Barca players give it a thumbs up. What better way for some of the best soccer players in the world to mentally prepare themselves for Sunday’s match against Las Palmas than a little battle mode? The Catalan team’s captain, center-mid veteran Andrés Iniesta, tweeted the below while en route to the…

The Binding Of Isaac Dev Releases Second Mod Pack And Teases New Project

It turns out that Edmund McMillen will not in fact spend the rest of his life making expansions for 2011’s macabre roguelike, The Binding of Isaac. In a post describing the latest fan mods to be added to the official version, McMillen said he and programmer Tyler Glaiel have spent three months in crunch time…

Guy Gets His Dad To Reenact Overwatch Emotes

It’s Friday. Finally! Obviously, it’s time to unwind the same way you do every Friday: by watching a video of somebody’s dad. Nick Luciano got his dad to reenact a bunch of emotes from Overwatch. His dedication to accuracy is surpassed only by the sheer will he’s forced to conjure to stifle his laughter. The…

World War Z (the book): A meticulous, global history of the zombie apocalypse.  What it is: Max Brooks’ 2006 novel stitching together dozens of fictional accounts of a zombie uprising that almost killed off humanity. Adapted in 2013 into a film that threw out book’s entire concept and kept only the name. What I’ve read:…

Hearthstone Playoffs Will Be Held In Buffalo Wild Wings, Which Presents Some Problems

Think you’ve got what it takes to qualify for the Hearthstone Spring Championships? Okay, but can you do it in a Buffalo Wild Wings? If you’re looking to compete in this year’s Hearthstone Spring Playoffs, you might have to throw down in a loud room that smells like honey barbecue sauce. Blizzard Entertainment announced this…

What You Need To Know About Eurovision, Humanity’s Greatest Achievement

The Eurovision Song Contest began in 1956, when seven European countries competed in Switzerland to find the best original song composition. Positioned as a light entertainment event, Eurovision has since morphed into a nightmare techno bloodbath juggernaut. Tomorrow, 26 of the 43 participating countries will perform their original songs to be judged by every European…

The Hitman Series Has A Long History Of Excellence

Yesterday, Square-Enix announced that it was parting ways with Hitman developers IO Interactive. So why don’t we take some time to appreciate one of the best crafted stealth series around? Hitman is an action-stealth series that forged a unique identity in the early days of the genre. While games like Metal Gear Solid (1998) focused…

The Five Best Anime Moms

Three cheers for moms. Single moms, cookie-baking moms, strict moms, workaholic moms, martial arts master moms, bike gang moms, wolf child moms and actually-giant-mecha moms—we appreciate you, in life and in anime. And there are some very, very good moms in anime. In celebration of Mother’s Day, we’re honoring our five favorite anime moms. Here…

The official musical tribute to Magikarp’s uselessness has now been translated to English. Enjoy!

Modder Adds Sonic To Mario Kart 8

Between his inclusion in Smash Bros. and his own kart racing title, Sonic fits into Mario Kart 8 like a puffy white glove. Modder CorBond57 makes it happen by swapping the hedgehog’s model with Mario’s. He looks like Sonic, he drives like Sonic, but he sounds like Metal Mario. That’s because CorBond57’s work-in-progress mod overlay’s…

Tom Brady Is On Madden 18‘s Cover And Life Is Hell

This sucks. Here’s EA: The Madden NFL cover was one of the few career accolades that had previously eluded Brady, and now he adds the honor alongside his multiple NFL championships, MVP awards, Pro Bowl appearances and more. This also marks the first time in Madden NFL history that teammates have graced the cover in…

Alan Wake Is Disappearing From Steam And Xbox Live Because The Future Is Weird

The makers of the horror game Alan Wake said today that they’re pulling the game from Steam and Xbox Live Monday because of a music licensing issue. Although you can keep the game if you own it, you won’t be able to buy Alan Wake again as of May 15. Remedy, the studio behind Alan Wake,…

Parappa And Ouendan Creators Join Forces For Project Rap Rabbit

Parappa the Rapper creator Masaya Matsuura and Keiichi Yano of Gitaroo Man and the Ouendan are teaming up for a new story-driven rhythm adventure. Remember when rhythm games had stories? These two do. While we have little information about Project Rap Rabbit—just ateaser website (viaGematsu) and trailer, the simple fact that Matsuura and Yano and…

Half Of Terminator 2 Recreated In Grand Theft Auto V

And to think, we were impressed when someone recreated just one sequence of the movie. But now a Russian crew has gone and remade a good portion of Terminator 2 inside Grand Theft Auto V, with a final runtime of just over an hour of footage. Note that because the creators (Kramer’s Media) are Russian,…

NPC Spends 263 ‘Years’ Walking Through Theme Park Maze From Hell

Meet “Just a Walk in the Park”. It’s a theme park built in an open source version of Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 with mostly one attraction: a maze. A maze so large, so hellish, that it took a single NPC 263 in-game years just to get to the exit. Back in February, RogueLeader23 uploaded a theme…

I Paid Women To Play Overwatch With Me, And It Was Fantastic

Earlier this week, on Fiverr.com, I selected Biu’s “Basic” package which, in exchange for $5, granted me her company for five Overwatch games. In her profile’s image, a helicopter selfie, Biu is wearing a t-shirt with Zelda’s Link and sticking out her tongue. “If you want a good healer,” her gig page reads, “I’m a…

Don’t Know Much About Heroes Of Shadow Guard, But It’s Got A Lovely Keyboard

Until Wednesday afternoon I was completely unaware of Heroes of Shadow Guard, a free-to-play dungeon crawler/designer game from Louisiana-based indie studio Iron 27. Then the limited edition keyboard was released. Video game themed keyboards aren’t a new thing, but generally they come from large gaming keyboard operations and tie-in to big games like Call of…

Someone Actually Ate That Famous (And Giant) GTA San Andreas Fast Food Order

Last year, some people became obsessed with an old fast food order that happens in GTA San Andreas. And now, a competitive eater tracked down all the food in real life, ordered it, and then tried to eat it all in one sitting. Matt Stonie is Youtuber who creates food challenge videos, such as eating a…

Minecraft Feels Right At Home On The Nintendo Switch

Good news! The Nintendo Switch gets its own version of Minecraft today, and it’s good. In fact, it’s made me want to play Minecraft more than I have in a long time. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition comes out this afternoon on the Nintendo eShop, with a physical version coming “at a later date.” Nintendo sent…

Thousands of Sims Players Want Their Characters To Have A Skin Condition

Just like humans, sims go through fashion trends. As people make custom content and mods, certain ones will rise to the top as particularly attractive or trendy. Right now, thousands of very trendy sims have vitiligo. People who have vitiligo lose the melanin in their skin—Michael Jackson famously had the condition. The vibrant and very…