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15 Years Later, Neopets Is Full Of Ads And Lets You Wear Poo

I recently logged into my old Neopets account for the first time in over a decade. It required the recovery of my username, my password, my old email account and my old email account’s password. It was a lot of work. My Christmas JubJub was over 5500 days old and “dying”. There was 1090 Neopoints…

GameStop Now Accepting Trade-Ins Of Select Retro Games And Gear

GameStop stores across North America are now accepting games and hardware trade-ins from as far back as the original NES, but not everything. They’ve got lists. I brought a sack of older titles to a local store to see which were worthy of trade-in credit. As part of its continuing effort to stay relevant and…

Sony Announces New Third-Party PS4 Controllers

Posting on the Playstation Blog, Sony showcased two new controllers by Razer and Nancon that will be released sometime this year. The first is the Razer Raiju. Razer’s done some console stuff before. Notably, they have a controller for the Xbox that our own Mike Fahey enjoyed. The Raiju is designed for “conquering professional eSports…

Girlfriend Allegedly Calls Out Overwatch Character’s Name During Sex, Fandom Replies ‘Same’

On r/relationships, posts about someone’s partner calling out the wrong name during sex are a dime a dozen, but rarely do they involve Overwatch. User whotheheckisjesse wrote on the subreddit to inquire, well, who the heck is Jesse, and why did his girlfriend call this mysterious name during sex? “Basically we were having sex and…

A Few Good Mods For Mafia III

Open-world games benefit massively from thriving mod scenes, and while Mafia III is no Grand Theft Auto V, it’s seen a trickle of mods since launch. Here are a handful of good ones. Mafia III’s mod scene is still pretty tiny (Mafia Mods lists 26 Mafia III mods total), but there’s some solid quality of…

Destiny Clan Does An Absurdly Elaborate Michael Jackson Tribute

It’s Halloween in Destiny, a game about traveling the solar system destroying evil aliens and green engrams. Halloween brings with it goofy masks, novelty items, and if we’re lucky, dance routines. Enter the tenacious terpsichoreans from Husky Raid, who are back with their most elaborate dance routine yet. They’ve tackled Gwen Stefani, Backstreet Boys, and…

Counter-Strike Adds Harsher Penalties For Repeat Griefers

As part of the latest patch to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive , Valve has made changes to their policy for bad behavior. Two strikes and you are out, pal. The patch notes read as follows: A temporary griefing conviction assigned by Overwatch will now be elevated to a permanent conviction if the suspect had a previous…

VR Developers Add ‘Superpower’ To Their Game To Fight Harassment

Over the last few months, several women have reported facing or witnessing sexual harassment online in VR. Most recently, author Jordan Belamire explained on Medium last week that the avatar of someone she didn’t know virtually groped her in the online mulitplayer game QuiVR. Yesterday, QuiVR’s developers responded by modding their game to prevent non-consensual…

Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture Headlines PlayStation Plus Lineup For November

PlayStation Plus members can get Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, Costume Quest 2, and several other games for PS4, PS3, and Vita this month. Remember, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription. PlayStation 4 Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture The Deadly Tower of Monsters PlayStation 3 Dirt 3 Costume…

I’m Loving Titanfall 2‘s Crosshairs

I’m working my way through Titanfall 2 and will have a review next week. For now, we need to have a very important discussion about the game’s user interface. One small touch makes it truly shine. A very nice thing about Titanfall 2‘s UI is that it is clean. Some folks might look at the…

Windows 10 Gets Built-In Game Streaming This Spring

The Xbox One has built-in game streaming, so why not Windows? During today’s Windows 10 event, Microsoft announced that Beam interactive broadcasting technology would be built into the operating system with this spring’s free Creators Update. Streaming from a PC can be a complicated affair. Microsoft aims to make the experience as easy as it…

Hometown feelings platformer Night in the Woods is coming January 10 for PC, Mac, Linux, and PS4. If you aren’t familiar with the game, it has two excellent free sidestories you can check out. (Spoilers: You will cry. I cried, anyway.)

Somebody’s Making ‘The Ultimate Gaming Deodorant’

Why settle for one of the dozens of stink-suppressing products available at your local supermarket when you can have Plus Five, a deodorant aimed specifically at your favorite hobby? Practicality? Convenience? Okay, I can see that. It really says “the ultimate gaming deodorant” at the top of Plus Five deodorant’s Kickstarter page, where Tim Cooley…

Evolve’s Creators Are No Longer Working On The Game

Evolve, a team-based shooter about giant monsters, was first released in 2015 as a paid standalone game. Then it went free-to-play. Now, it’s going to keep on going without the help of the people who actually made it. Developers Turtle Rock have posted a letter on the game’s forums saying “unfortunately today is the last…

GTA V’s Train vs 100 Tanks

If we’re going to try and find a glimmer of hope amidst the churning turd maelstrom that is 2016, let’s find it in the GTA V trend of “smashing a certain number of things into other things”. Yachts, planes, whatever can move and smash is being moved and smashed, and we’re all the better for…

Overwatch Player Gets Revenge On Cocky Symmetra Troll

In Overwatch, certain people pick Symmetra for the sole purpose of placing teleporters near ledges and watching gung-ho allies with stars in their eyes and dreams in their hearts plunge to their deaths. The first time it happened to me, I laughed. These days, though, the joke’s old. In this clip, Will-e M nearly falls…

You’re Going To Get Fewer Early Game Reviews From Everyone

Bethesda Softworks, makers of Skyrim, Dishonored and other fine games and franchises, is the latest game publisher not rushing to have their games reviewed, at least not by game reviewers. It’s something all gamers should factor in as they assess when and how they’ll find out if a game is worth their time and money.…

Silly Civilization VI Map Recreates Earth, Melts Graphics Cards

The game’s only been out for a few days, and there’s no Steam Workshop support yet, but already the race to see who can make the best “real” map in Civilization VI is on. And the early frontrunner is…taxing. Gedemonover on Civ Fanatics has released an alpha version of an Earth map that blows right…

What It Was Like To Make The Nintendo Switch Trailer, According To An Actor

A longtime Nintendo fanboy had his big break when he got to act in the Nintendo Switch’s trailer video. And his retelling of the shoot reveals some interesting facts about the production. Last Saturday, Twitch streamer Nicky, who goes by “Dickhiskhan,” posted a video recounting the story behind his first acting gig: playing “European Splatoon…

Battlefield 1 Players Are Trying To Solve A Mysterious Morse Code

The search for answers is on as Battlefield 1 players have found strange headphones across various maps and odd morse code messages relayed from special locations. Originally discovered by Reddit user RHabib, collectable headphones were located across many multiplayer maps. Only one player could collect them per match. Initially, no one was really clear on…