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Monopoly Is Killing The Thimble

While we’ll have to wait until World Monopoly Day on March 19 to find out which eight game tokens fans voted to include in new editions of the game, one classic player piece has already bit the dust. Say goodbye to the thimble. Just in time for this weekend’s 2017 New York Toy Fair, Hasbro…

The Electronic Software Association is offering 30 $3,000 scholarships to woman and minority students of video game design. Its applications just opened with an April, 27th deadline.

The Gardens Between Looks Just Lovely

The Gardens Between is “an adventure puzzle game about friendship, what it means to grow up, what must be let go what should never be left behind”. It’ll be out on PC and Mac later this year.

Mothergunship is a game that mixes over-the-top first-person shooting and bullet hell projectile avoidance. It’s all about movement. Oh, and also crafting ridiculous guns, like a twelve barrel monstrosity that fires rockets. It’s from the person who made Tower of Guns, and it’s releasing… eventually.

Civilization VI x Breaking Bad

Rambawith the cute Civ VI jokes.

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle Turns 75 Today

One of the oldest running diversions on the planet, the New York Times crossword puzzle, turns 75 today. It’s been through a lot! Having “begun as a way to give readers a distraction from war news” in 1942 (after calling them “a primitive sort of mental exercise” in 1924), it’s endured people beingcaught stealing its…

Pokémon Card Game Players Say They Can Tell Rare Cards Before Opening The Latest Packs

Pokémon card players are warning each other against buying loose English Pokémon Sun & Moon packs from retailers. An alleged exploit in Pokémon Sun & Moon’s booster boxes could lead to retailers scamming customers out of rare cards. Over the last few days, Pokémon card players have reported that Sun & Moon’s booster boxes are…

$10,000 Worth Of SNES Games Goes Missing In The Mail

Byuu, a revered SNES emulator developer and game archivist, had a plan. With the help of an avid collector from Europe, he would archive hundreds of SNES games, some of which are exceedingly rare. Unfortunately, that plan recently hit the skids when a package worth thousands of dollars went missing in the mail. Byuu’s goal…

Do you play lots of Ark: Survival Evolved, Diablo, Call of Duty, Eve Online, or World of Tanks? We’re looking for freelance story pitches on any of these games. Email me your ideas, along with writing clips, over at [email protected]. And yes, these are paid opportunities.

Final Fantasy XV’s User Interface Is So Bad

I like plenty of things about Final Fantasy XV, but the map and menus are not among them. This game’s interface is a mess of nonsense so carelessly taped together that it defies logic or comprehension. Final Fantasy XV introduces itself as “A Final Fantasy for fans and first-timers.” Over the fifty-odd hours I’ve spent…

Final Fantasy VI Retrospective: Simply The Best

In the first few minutes of Final Fantasy VI, just when you think you’ve got a sense of the game’s rhythm, everything changes. Your amnesiac hero Terra, who you’ve been controlling for half an hour and are probably assuming will be your protagonist for the long haul, falls down a hole and passes out. And…

Microsoft just announcedthat the Xbox’s E3 briefing will air Sunday, June 11th at 2PM PST, and not on Monday morning, when it usually is.

Pewdiepie’s Shock Humor Is Par For The Course On YouTube

While Pewdiepie makes headlines over a “death to all Jews” stunt that backfired, the kicker is that such antics are not an anomaly on YouTube. The open secret that everyone knows but nobody really talks about: many of YouTube’s popular nerdy figures are ‘offensive’ in an attempt to push back on a world they believe…

Diablo 3 Prepared Me For The Anxieties of Planning My Wedding

With pure luck and a crappy costume, I met my significant other at a sci-fi convention. Our relationship blossomed around our shared passion for nerdy things, and we got engaged at WonderCon. Thus started our next adventure: planning, and paying for, a wedding. Surprisingly, Diablo played a big role in the process. Planning a wedding…

How People Actually Fought With Swords

From Gladiator to Braveheart, most historical fiction about fighting with swords is kinda wrong, influenced more by performance art than how people actually fought each other with blades. Back to the Source, a documentary about Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), is looking to show people how it was actually done. This piece originally appeared 10/26/15.…

First Big Fire Emblem Heroes Update Brings New Characters And Quests

Just when you thought it was safe to stop summoning characters in Fire Emblem Heroes the first major update hits, bringing for new sibling characters to the game, along with a limited-time series of Paralogue quests celebrating their family bonds. The launch summoning focus events have ended, making way for the Family Bonds Summoning event.…

Pokémon Go Update Will Finally Add 80 New Monsters From Gold and Silver Later This Week

After months of fan begging, Niantic will finally pull through and add real content to Pokémon Go. A Pokémon Go update slated for sometime this week will allow players to collect dozens more creatures from the Johto compendium. Once added, the new monsters will found just like other monsters within the game—by going out there…

Satoru Iwata Put Lots Of Thought Into The Nintendo Switch, Says Miyamoto

Back in 2015, Satoru Iwata passed away at the age of 55. That was far too soon, and he had still so much to accomplish in the gaming industry. In a recent Time interview, Shigeru Miyamoto talked about how Iwata contributed to Nintendo’s upcoming console. According to Miyamoto, Iwata was providing feedback during the Switch’s…

A Road Trip. Minneapolis, MN, USA. By Anthony Dixon. 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! 

When Your Partner Loves VR More Than You On Valentine’s Day

Natalie Tran’s Valentine’s Day present to her VR-obsessed boyfriend is pure genius. Mark Serrels writes for Kotaku Australia, where this story was originally published