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YouTubers Clash With Visual Novel Developers Over Spoiler Videos

“The Prince of Play” Solon Scott is a YouTuber who plays through visual novels, mostly Japanese dating simulators. It’s his art medium. In his videos, Scott acts out characters’ voices, explains literary devices and offers sharp commentary on visual novels’ plot. He sees himself as a performer and his videos as, in his words, “his…

Many Voice Actors Have No Clue What Game They’re Working On [UPDATE]

Last week, members of the Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists went on strike against key game companies. Per Motherboard, we’re getting a closer look at one of the guild’s complaints. According to a piece by Emanuel Maiberg, the issue of transparency is far worse than we might have initially thought. Game…

Pokémon Sun and Moon Fans Are Obsessing Over A Mysterious Old Man

The Pokémon Sun and Moon demo has secrets, some of which are only viewable if you play multiple days in a row. Some players are convinced that a creepy NPC must be a part of those special events, even though he repeatedly admits there’s nothing to him. Meet the mysterious old man. That’s not a…

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Monkey Island Headline November’s Xbox Games With Gold

Paying subscribers to Xbox Live can grab four games for “free” in November. The two games for the Xbox 360 are backward compatible, so you can play them on your Xbox One as well. Remember, these are only free if you have an Xbox Live Gold subscription. This month’s Games with Gold are: Xbox One…

Open-World Sonic The Hedgehog Game Being Made By Fans

Sonic Utopia is a fan-made game being made by a small team who want to“expand on Sonic gameplay in an intuitive way in 3D”, while at the same time “capture the best of Sonic’s style and tie it together in a cohesive experience”. The animation and art look cool! They also show off the fundamental…

Pokémon Go’s Halloween Event Makes Ghosts Appear More Often

If you play Pokémon Go from October 26th to November 1st, you might notice an increase in spooky apparitions. That’s totally intentional! As the trailer for Pokémon Go’s seasonal event states, the mobile game will be celebrating Halloween. Trainers will enjoy an increase in candy rewards, which is very appropriate. Niantic says that having a…

Cats Really Do Make TV News Better

I said it before, and I’ll say it again. Cats make television news shows better. Daily Saba reports that TV show in Turkey’s Denizli Province received a surprise guest when a stray cat wandered on set. The critter, it seems, entered through an open door and ended up on camera. The show’s anchor Kudret Çelebioğlu…

Rice Paddy in the Morning. Near Sacramento, California. By Kurt Kelley. 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! 

Imagining The Nintendo Switch In Different Colors [Update: And Themes]

The Nintendo Switch shown in the console’s debut trailer is grey. This being Nintendo, though, you can be sure that other shades and variations will be coming. TheGrumpyCat decided to get out ahead of Nintendo’s marketing and mock up a range of Switches. White ones, red ones, there are even Famicom and NES variants, throwback…

Sean Bean Is Magnificent In Civilization VI

Sean Bean is not the star of Civilization VI. But he is easily one of the highlights. The role of Civilization tech narrator, despite sounding boring as hell, is actually a pretty famous one! Leonard Nimoy, for example, was incredible in the job, turning a dull series of quotes into a real treat every time…

Retailer Tries Charging People To Demo PlayStation VR

Some GAME stores in the UK are charging people to try the new PlayStation VR headset. Not to buy it. Just to try it. £15 is just over USD$18 in this post-Brexit world. The fact they’re charging at all is nuts, but charging that much is insane. While some stores, like the one above, are…

Battlefield 1 Players Are Encountering A Spectacular Airship Glitch

If you’ve been playing Battlefield 1 this weekend, you might have seen the game’s gorgeous zeppelins do something unexpected. A video uploaded earlier today to Imgur shows a Zeppelin from the latest Battlefield glitching after it’s hit by a plane and transforming into a glorious, flaming tornado of death. A YouTube user by the name…

Long Lost SNES Rayman Game Discovered After 24 Years

When Michel Ancel isn’t teasing fans with concept art for a Beyond Good & Evil sequel that was announced eight years ago, he’s apparently searching for a long lost build of Rayman for the SNES. His efforts seem to have paid off earlier today when he discovered an EPROM (erasable programmable read-only memory) of the…

Destiny Player Destroys Latest Raid Boss All By Himself

Early Saturday morning, a Destiny player and YouTuber by the name of ScaRdrow accomplished the nearly unimaginable: he soloed the final boss in Wrath of the Machine and lived to tell the tale. Ever since the game’s latest expansion, Rise of Iron, arrived last month, players in Bungie’s online first-person shooter have been banding together…

Man Vs. Snake Documents One Man’s Obsession With Nibbler

Nibbler is a snake arcade game similar to Pac-Man where the player grows longer the more things they eat. In Nibbler, however, there aren’t any ghosts chasing you. Instead, the only thing the serpent has to fear is itself. If it makes contact with another part of its body while zig-zagging through mazes, the game…

Battlefield 1 Medic Can’t Stop Stabbing People With Syringes

The Hippocratic Oath requires doctors to commit to a code of ethics about saving, and protecting life. Chief among its principles is “do no harm.” World War I was hell though, so the medics in Battlefield 1 can be forgiven for doing as much harm, if not more, than good. In the Latest Battlefield, players…

You can now get a lime green edition of the Nintendo New 3DS XL that comes pre-installed with Super Mario World The old-style 3DS isn’t able to play ports of SNES games, like Earthbound. Nintendo is selling the system exclusively through Amazon.

If you buy the Stellaris: Leviathans DLC, which dropped today, you’ll also be getting the Cuties Portait Pack. This snail is precious. Please protect him.

Nobody Tells Primal Kyogre What To Do

So Archie was all like, “Kyogre! Listen to my commands!” And Kyogre was all, “Haha, whut?” That’s pretty much the plot to episode eight of Pokémon Generations, “The Cavern.” It’s also the plot of Team Aqua, the group which, depending on if you’re playing Sapphire or Alpha Sapphire, wants to make the world better for…

The Debate Around Mafia III‘s Depiction Of Racism

Racism is everywhere in Mafia III, in a way never before seen in a major video game. It’s gotten people talking. The game is set in a fictional version of 1960s New Orleans. In it, white computer-controlled characters (NPCs) regard the player’s character, a black Vietnam veteran named Lincoln Clay, with suspicion and fear. Some…