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All The Ways I Tried To Murder People In Planet Coaster

Contrary to how most people play RollerCoaster Tycoon, crashes aren’t my first preference. Too much indiscriminate death and destruction. I like to mete out my fury in teaspoons, slipped to my guests one by one. Individual tragedy lets you enjoy the subtleties of suffering, and forces your subject to wonder what they did to deserve…

In Pokémon Sun and Moon, The Swimmer Has Evolved Into A Hot Dude

You know, the Swimmer, right? Save for swapping briefs for trunks, the male version hasn’t changed so much over the years. But the one in Sun and Moon sure has! Note: This article contains spoilers. Past male Swimmers wore swimming caps and googles, and since Pokémon Red and Blue, they’ve always looked similar. But here…

Microsoft’s Solitaire Now Available On Rival Phones

Microsoft’s own version of Solitaire, one of the most popular and enduring video games of all time, is now available for the first time ever on a platform that isn’t Windows. It’s part of an app—available for both iOSand Android—called Microsoft Solitaire Collection, which bundles five card games (Klondike/classic Solitaire, Spider, Freecell, Tripeaks and Pyramid)…

Battlefield 1 Player Finds Safety Behind Brick Wall

Or not. Good night, sweet Prince. That gif is courtesy of Paste123, but the full source video is below.

Overwatch Players Are Using Symmetra’s New Shields To Break The Game

Overwatch’s Symmetra overhaul is live on the game’s PTR, and people are really putting her new kit through its paces. Thanks to the magic of custom games, Overwatch players have taken to spawning as many Symmetra shields as possible and watching as they sail into the sky like celestial frisbees. Until they collide with something,…

The Division’s New Survival Mode Is Intense

The $15 “Survival” expansion to 2016’s second most-intense emotional rollercoaster, The Division, seems to be a very good addition to the game. Emphasis on “seems to be,” because I can only extend so much praise to a clever but brutal game mode that keeps killing me. These are first impressions from a guy just trying…

Four Times Pokémon Sun and Moon Get Way Too Real

Something that really surprised me about Pokémon Sun and Moon were the random spurts of bleakness. The latest generation of Pokémon games aren’t afraid to go there, even if it leaves the player uncomfortable about the implications. I’m not just talking about the dark Pokedex entries, which make everyone reconsider their favorite monster, as well…

Pokémon Sun and Moon‘s Characters Are Dancing All Over The Internet Thanks To Fans

The 3D models for Pokémon Sun and Moon have been co-opted to make dance videos, and it’s amazing Players have been using MikuMikuDance, a program developed to make Vocaloid fan videos, to make Team Skull, Professor Kukui and the protagonists from Sun and Moon boogie down. The models have only been available for a few…

The Best And Worst Of Destiny PvP

There have always been at least two Destinys. There’s the Destiny that most people play, where you fly around the galaxy with your friends, blowing up aliens and carefully managing your vault space. Then there’s competitive Destiny, where players go headshot-to-headshot to see who’s deadliest. I avoided Destiny’s competitive Crucible for most of my first…

Beware Of Broken Lego Dimensions Marceline Toys

Poor Marceline. She shows up late to the Lego Dimensions’ Adventure Time party, she’s a timed Toys’R’Us exclusive in North America, and while her minifigure is excellent, many seemed to have shipped with broken toy tags, rendering her unplayable in the toys-to-life game. Toy tags are the disc-shaped platforms that Lego Dimensions figures and accessories…

Study Shows Twitch Chat Is Very Different When Women Are Streaming

In the “water is wet” category, researchers at Indiana University just published a study confirming that Twitch viewers on popular women’s streams like to talk about boobs. It also asks why big-name female streamers hear a higher ratio of chat comments about their bodies than women who run less-trafficked Twitch channels. The researchers analyzed 200…

A Look Back At Final Fantasy VI‘s Banquet, Which Was Worse Than Any Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving is tomorrow. It is a day of stuffing, gravy, and turkey. A glorious day where we yell at each other about politics before drunkenly apologizing later in the evening. No matter how hard it gets, know that it could away get worse. This banquet in Final Fantasy VI sure did. The world of Final…

Majora’s Mask Cartoon Is Real Good

Majora’s Mask: Terrible Fate is a fan-made animated short that serves as an origin story for Skull Kid. If Nintendo ever get serious about making Zelda cartoons again, they could do a lot worse than this kind of art style. This is a cool little Zelda story! But it’s also a showcase for just how…

The Lego Batman Movie Minifigure Set Is Magnificent

For the first time in my Lego minifigure-collecting life, I might have to buy a whole box. Lego has revealed the 20-character The Lego Batman Movie blind bag minifigure set, featuring Fairy Batman, Lobster-Lovin’ Batman and so much more. While I love me some brooding Batman, I can’t get enough of Will Arnett’s lighter take…

We have “Boop.” I repeat, we have “Boop.” Symmetra isn’t the only one getting important fixes in today’s OverwatchPTR update.

Greenheart Games, creators of the excellent Game Dev Tycoon, have announced their second game: Tavern Keeper, which is basically a fantasy pub simulator

Pokémon Go’s ‘Nearby’ Feature Is Now Actually Useful

Having begun testing in August, Pokémon Go’s new nearby system—which actually works—is finally rolling out to select users around the world. It only kicks in if you’re near a Pokéstop. Instead of just saying a Pokémon is nearby…somewhere, the new system shows a little image of which Pokéstop it’s closest to, which lets you zero…

A 151-Game Charity Bundle To ‘Combat Some Of The Ugliness In Our World’

A Good Bundle is offering 151 games, including indie hits like Gone Home and Proteus, for peanuts. 100 percent of the profits will be split between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood. The bundle’s stated goal is to “combat some of the ugliness in our world.” Which is a badass goal. It’s…

Titanfall 2‘s First Free DLC Drops On November 30th

Respawn Entertainment has outlined their plans for Titanfall 2‘s first multiplayer DLC. ‘Angel City’s Most Wanted’ adds a fan favorite map and an in game store. The DLC will be released on November 30th. It is the first of many free DLC coming to the game. Respawn Entertainment has promised that all of their multiplayer…

Ditto Finally Appears In Pokémon Go [Update]

For months, nobody could find find Ditto in Pokémon Go. It wasn’t in the game. Today, reports are flooding in from a variety of players who say they’re spotting the elusive shapeshifter. UPDATE 11/23 2:57 PM: It’s official. Twitter and other social media platforms are flooding with images and reports of Dittos out in the…