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Dungeons & Dragons Earns A Spot In The National Toy Hall Of Fame

Dungeons & Dragons, Satan’s game, joins Fisher-Price’s Little People and the swing as the 2016 inductees to the National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong Museum of Play. While other children were outside playing cowboys and we’re cowboys too just evil cowboys, I was inside with my friends playing Dungeons & Dragons, which is…

Pokémon Sun and Moon Planner Lets You Build The Perfect Team In Advance

So many cool new monsters in Sun and Moon, yet only six spots on your team. Who is going to make the cut? While the upcoming Pokémon games aren’t out yet, you can start planning your choices right now. Introducing Pokémon Team Planner, an unofficial tool created by richi3f. All you have to do is…

Xbox Holiday Update Rolling Out With Clubs, Group Chat, Emojis And More

The Xbox community across Xbox One, PC and mobile platforms is about to get a whole lot more communal. Microsoft is rolling out the Xbox Holiday Update, making it easier to find friends, find games and communicate with stupid little faces. As you can see in the screenshot above with the odd choice of team…

Dumbledore Reminds Us Lego Dimensions Wave 7 Comes Out Next Week

He says he’s not Dumbledore, but he obviously is, and he’s here to usher in Lego Dimensions’ seventh wave. It kicks off on November 18 with the Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them story pack and Sonic the Hedgehog’s Lego debut. In the latest “Meet the heroes” short for Lego Dimensions, Dumbledore the Grey…

Big Sky and Big Rocks. Cappadocia, Turkey. By Nick Warner.  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! 

New DualShock 4 Wants You To Give It 100 Push-Ups

This “Green Camouflage” PS4 controller will be out in Europe in January. I own one of the grey camo pads—video gaming’s equivalent of cargo shorts—and it’s OK. It was on sale, and I like the matte texture. This looks better, if you’re the kind of person who was/is very into 80s action movies, Sgt. Slaughter…

You Can Now Make GIFs On The PS4

Sony has updated its ShareFactory PS4 application to allow users to turn gaming clips captured on the system into animated GIFs. The editing software is easy to use, though the GIFs are fairly low-res. They’re tailored for Tweeting. Here’s how it works. If you have a PS4, download the Share Factory app and make sure…

New Walking Dead Game Is An Arcade Shooter

Some Walking Dead games are good! Others are poop. Who knows where this big arcade shooter will lie on that spectrum, but if anything we can at least revel in how expensive the whole thing looks. Called simply The Walking Dead, it’s a fancy cabinet shooter that uses a crossbow controller and has lights in…

Blizzard On Overwatch‘s Sombra, Roadhog’s Hook, And Gay Characters

Between hacker hero (and boop monster) Sombra, Overwatch League, and a new selection of Arcade modes, Overwatch is about to change a lot. At BlizzCon, I spoke to lead hero designer Geoff Goodman and artist Rachel Day about what the future holds and also Roadhog’s goddamn hook, damn it. Nathan Grayson: People’s first impression of…

The Future Of Leveling In World Of Warcraft

By now, you probably know the drill: a new World of Warcraft expansion comes out, and the level cap soars to new heights. In the past couple expansions, though, focus has shifted from traditional leveling to alternative forms of advancement like Keeps, Order Halls, and Artifact Weapons. Zones have also become non-linear. Blizzard told me…

Animal Crossing Helps Me Cope On A Day Like Today

Today is a day where it is hard to feel good about anything. Last night I called my dad crying, in despair about what my country has done. When I tried to think of reasons to get out of bed this morning, I took some comfort in the cozy world of Animal Crossing. I hated…

Pokémon Sun and Moon Pokedex Entries Get Pretty Dark

The data mining of Pokémon Sun and Moon continues, this time bringing us a new look at the in-game descriptions for all of the monsters. While every generation has a few twisted Pokedex entries, this time around, there seem to be more bleak entries than ever before. (SPOILERS!) Over at ProjectPokémon, there’s an enormous text file…

Five Anime Pets That Almost Make Things Better, But Not Really

Anime isn’t real. That’s why, in anime, I find that there are so many joyful things. Reality isn’t always fertile ground for the more pure comforts we find in anime. Today, the deranged worldview of a reality television star has been legitimized as a reflection of American values. For many, it can feel like there…

A Video Game Called Tyranny Comes Out This Week

Tomorrow, the development studio Obsidian will release Tyranny, a video game about a grand war between good and evil in which the forces of evil, led by an iron-fisted fascist named Kyros the Overlord, have achieved victory. Obsidian describes Tyranny as “a game that challenges players to find their place in an original fantasy realm…

A String Of Upsetting Calvin & Hobbes Strips Told A Bold Story About Bullying

There was no happy ending, no neat resolution, when Moe bullied Calvin out of his toy truck. But during that two week stretch of Calvin & Hobbes strips from 1989, cartoonist Bill Watterson made a dark but salient point about how unfair life can be. It was a gutsy move, and it resonated with anyone…

Another Diddy Kong Racing Sequel That Didn’t Happen

Seems like a good morning for a monkey riding on the back of a Rhino. Game archivist Andrew Borman of PtoPOnline shares video and background information on Climax Studios’ undeveloped pitched for a sequel to Rare’s Diddy Kong Racing. Diddy Kong Racing Adventures is the name of the game, and had it been picked up…

Here’s How The Presidential Election Is Playing Out In Second Life [Update]

As real-world Americas flock to voting stations in order to get the 2016 Presidential election over with, virtual versions of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take to the streets of Second Life for last-minute campaigning and carousing. Update: Additional reporting from the Clinton HQ as election night came to a close. The recreation of the…

The Simpsons Predicted President Trump Sixteen Years Ago [Update]

Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States. The Simpsons saw this coming, way back in the year 2000. In this episode, “Bart to the Future,” Lisa has been elected President and, as Deadline points out, must contend with the “budget crunch” her predecessor, President Donald Trump, left for the country. Below, you…

When Customized Figures Are Excellent 

As we’ve seen before, artistSam Kwok takes figures and customizes them. The result is very, very good. To see exactly what Kwok does, here is comparison to between a figure that pre and post customization. Nice, no? You can see how his custom paint work brings the figure to life in a new way. Check…

Trumpcake Is A Sad Delicacy On This Day Of Days

Aside from the actual result of today’s election, the thing I am going to (probably) remember most at the conclusion of the day’s polling is, given the website I write for, this cake. This sad, delicious cake. Look at that reflection. That 1000-yard stare that. That slight hint of remorse. None of us will actually…