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Dangerous Golf was recently patched to increase the frame rate and reduce loading times. After a few rounds, I can confirm it’s an improvement! Unfortunately, the rest of the game is still pretty mediocre—it’s no crash mode from Burnout—and a patch is unlikely to fix that.

Overwatch‘s D.Va Is So Good Now

Last week Overwatch got a big update with a new character and a bunch of balance tweaks. The new sniper Ana got a lot of attention, but some of the less obvious tweaks are just as big a deal. Chief among them: A remarkably involved buff to the mech-driving pro gamer D.Va, which has transformed…

The Proud Underdogs Of Pokemon Go‘s Team Instinct

Team Instinct is, by most available metrics, the smallest of Pokemon Go’s three factions. They are, if nothing else, numerical underdogs. It’s a role many of its members have embraced. The reaction to Instinct’s recently revealed leader, Spark, is the latest chapter in the team’s come-from-behind saga. People are calling him a doof, a slob,…

Quadrilateral Cowboy is a hacker heist game from the developer of Thirty Flights of Loving, and though I haven’t finished it yet, it’s excellent. I hope to have more to say about it this week, but if you’re on the fence, don’t be!

Why We Crouch

The crouch. One of humanity’s most basic movements. Humans have been crouching since they figured out that going to the bathroom standing up only worked half of the time, but in video games we sometimes need a little prompting. This post originally appeared 12/3/15. We’ve been crouching in video games for decades—pull the joystick down…

South Park: The Fractured But Whole Got Its Title Because They Couldn’t Use ‘Butthole’

The next South Park video game was originally called ‘The Butthole Of Time,’ series creator Trey Parker says in a recent dev diary for the game. But they just couldn’t pull it off. See, when Parker and co-creator Matt Stone took this potential title up the chain of Ubisoft decision-makers, word came down that retailers…

Pokémon Go Player Says He Put A Magikarp In The White House To Send A Message

Magikarp may be one of the weakest monsters in Pokémon Go, but he still managed to briefly control one of the most sought-after gyms in the entire country: the White House. It’s amazing. Behold: Yes, it’s named after Donald Trump. This is the world we live in now. As you may already know, it has…

The Eight Games You’d Bring To A Desert Island

Hypothetical situation. You’re about to be sent to a deserted island, where you’ll be stranded, cut off from all human contact for the rest of your life. What eight games do you bring? That’s the premise for the Final Games podcast, a show by freelancer Liam Edwards that brings on various guests from throughout the…

The Newest One Piece Film Is Huge In Japan

One Piece Film Gold, the 13th feature film based on the world’s bestselling manga, hit Japanese theaters last Saturday, grossing nearly 11 million dollars in its first two days. The movie appeared on a reported 743 screens, the largest for any Japanese movie ever. Anime News Network reports that One Piece Film Gold even bested…

The Internet Reacts To Pokémon Go‘s Team Leaders

We don’t actually know much about Pokémon Go’s team captains, but it doesn’t matter. Players have run with the newly revealed team leader artwork, and are now creating all sorts of personality quirks, backstories, and hilarious jokes. Among the surge of reactions, you’ll notice a few common threads, such as: Candela is understood to be…

Nintendo Stock Skyrockets, Then Plummets Because Investors Were Confused

Nintendo stock went for a wild ride this month after the launch of Pokémon Go, leaping and then falling not because of the game’s actual profitability but because stockholders are skittish and prone to assumption. On July 6, the day Pokémon Go started rolling out in the West, Nintendo shares were trading at 14,380 yen.…

The Makings Of A Brilliant Virtual Reality RTS

It’s funny how much more important defending your base is when you’re standing in the middle of it. Cosmic Trip for the HTC Vive uses virtual reality to deliver a intimate perspective on real-time strategy. Constructing buildings, harvesting resources, deploying units and defending territory are central elements of real-time strategy. Cosmic Trip has all of…

Please Do Not Catch Pokémon At Beyonce & Rihanna Concerts

Hey, you, the person paying a lotta money to go see Rihanna and Beyonce in person. Maybe put the phone away for a minute. Those Pokémon aren’t worth it. Vulture reports on two horrible/fantastic clips over the weekend from two concerts, one by Rihanna, one by Beyonce. First, Rihanna, who has some sound advice for…

The Witcher 3 As A First-Person Game

Forget workarounds using a horse, here’s a proper mod that lets you play The Witcher 3 (well, most of it, at least) in first-person. skacikpl’s mod (which is still a work in progress) is fairly easy to get running, and once enabled lets you walk and run your way around the countryside in full first-person…

Sick Of Pokémon Go Disturbances, Local Government Asks Game To Remove Pokestops

Remember the Sydney suburb of Rhodes, where a combination of high population density and sweet Pokestop placement has resulted in cops being called and eggs being thrown? Yeah, things have not improved. The City of Canada Bay Council have contacted Niantic, developers of Pokémon Go, and asked that two of the three Pokéstops causing all…

 Meet Your Pokémon Go Team Leaders

And now, here are the true faces behind Team Valor, Team Mystic, and Team Instinct. What do you think? Still stand behind your choice? I for one am very happy with the design of Candela, though Spark might have tempted me a bit more had I known what he looked like. The designs were revealed…

Kojima Productions, Ladies And Gentlemen

That whale came from the moon. Before any Kojima Productions video game starts, the studio logo movie must play. This is that studio logo movie.

The Final Splatoon Splatfest Is Over, And One Squid Sister Reigns Supreme

After spending more than a year falling in love with Callie and Marie, Splatoon’s final Splatfest asked players to choose between them. It was incredibly close, but we’ve decided to live with mom. Wait. Okay, maybe it wasn’t that hard of a decision. More of the Vicky Vale or Robin sort of thing Batman’s always…

Breath Of The Wild Link Makes A Very Pretty Action Figure

The latest version of The Legend of Zelda’s hero has been stealing hearts since he made his E3 2014 debut. Medicom’s Real Action Hero figure of Breath of the Wild Link follows suit. You get what you pay for with Japanese toy maker Medicom. In the case of 12-inch Breath of the Wild Link here…

The U.S. version of Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV will be released digitally on August 30, followed by a Blu-ray and DVD release October 4. Check out the latest trailer. revealed alongside the release dates at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend.