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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.
By Nathan Grayson Published February 15, 2017 -
Civilization VI x Breaking Bad
Rambawith the cute Civ VI jokes.
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2017 -
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…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2017 -
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…
By Cecilia D'Anastasio Published February 15, 2017 -
$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…
By Nathan Grayson Published February 15, 2017 -
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.
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 15, 2017 -
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…
By Kirk Hamilton Published February 15, 2017 -
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…
By Jason Schreier Published February 15, 2017 -
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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 15, 2017 -
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.…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 15, 2017 -
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.…
By Mike Fahey Published February 15, 2017 -
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…
By Patricia Hernandez Published February 15, 2017 -
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…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 15, 2017 -
“…two months before we shipped Half-Life 1, we lost the whole history; our VSS exploded”, Valve’s Erik Johnson told Gamasutra last week. “And so we had to put that all together off people’s machines. So yeah, we don’t have the history going back to the very start. We have the snapshot from that month.”
By Luke Plunkett Published February 14, 2017
