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Some Very Cool Strategy Games Have Been Shown Off This Week
14.6.2023
Strategy games—of all persuasions, I’m not just talking about armies on a map—aren’t usually the stars of big gaming shows, because they tend to be more sedate affairs, not well-suited to blockbuster trailers and breathless announcements. Over the last week, however, I have seen a lot of very...
Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology Is Indistinguishable From Magic
8.6.2023
Sara Hermellin is an artist based in Paris.Read more
Duolingo Is An App For Language-Learning, So Why Is It Plagued With Cheaters?
5.6.2023
Julian wanted to brush up on his Japanese and Spanish. The popular language learning app Duolingo, with its gamified incentives and rewards, its leagues, tournaments, and power-ups, seemed like a good way to do it. He started spending hours in the app, trying to claw his way to a better rank....
A Review Of Every Major Desktop Launcher For PC Games
2.6.2023
Over the last decade many of the biggest video game publishers (and some smaller ones too!) have decided that we can’t just launch our PC games straight from Steam or the desktop. Instead, we need to fire up their own desktop app first and then start our games.Read more
Reddit Is Killing The Best Way To Read The Site
1.6.2023
Reddit is one of the biggest and most important websites on the planet, especially since it’s one of the last places human beings can get questions answered by actual human beings. So it sucks to see that the company is about to crush many of the best ways to actually experience the whole...
Ron DeSantis Announced He's Running For President On Twitter And It Was A Disaster
25.5.2023
On Wednesday evening, as previously reported, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his presidential campaign alongside Elon Musk via Twitter Spaces. But because Twitter is a giant trainwreck these days—held together with glue and a few overworked employees who haven’t yet been fired —the entire...
Trigun Fan Account's Tweet Turns Queer Sci-Fi Novel Into An Amazon Bestseller
10.5.2023
On May 7, a Trigun anime fan account called “bigolas dickolas wolfwood” tweeted a glowing endorsement of the science fiction novel This Is How You Lose The Time War. The tweet blew up, and the number of copies sold has wildly surpassed the co-author’s expectations. As of the time of writing,...
Discord Announces Forced Name Changes, Pisses Everyone Off
4.5.2023
Discord is a pretty good product. It’s an easy way to communicate with friends, find realtime communities around topics of mutual interest, and crucial for making use of voice chat across most online multiplayer games. And now Discord’s decided to muck it all up by forcing everyone to switch to...
Rainbow Six Kickstarter Asks For More Money From People Who Already Backed
4.5.2023
In 2021 Mythic Games, with the backing of Ubisoft, announced a Kickstarter campaign for an officially-licensed board game adaptation of Rainbow Six: Siege. Two years later, Mythic are asking people who already paid for the game to pay a bit—and in some cases a lot—more.Read more
Newest Steam Update Is Pretty Good, Actually
28.4.2023
Steam is getting a new update, and it’s bringing pretty handy features to your PC games to allow you to do more without having to leave your game.Read more
Chaos Ensues After The ‘LeBron James Of Incels’ Gets Laid
26.4.2023
We’re only four months into the calendar year and the incel community, an insular corner of the internet composed of dudes who lack romantic and sexual relationships “despite trying,” has lost one of its strongest soldiers because…well…he’s finally done the deed. Read more
Let's Go Down The Latest Spotify 'Fake Artist' Rabbit Hole
21.4.2023
Recently, Spotify’s “fake artist” problem, first spotted as far back as 2017, has been a topic of conversation yet again, with a playlist of 49 virtually identical songs from different artists making the rounds on the internet. And no, this isn’t a snarky jab about how all pop music is built on...
Fortnite Totally Nailed Attack On Titan's Thrilling Movement
18.4.2023
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Stardew Valley Is Getting Some Totally New Stuff For The First Time In Years
18.4.2023
Stardew Valley, the reigning champ of cozy gaming, is poised for a content refresh. Stardew creator ConcernedApe (developer Eric Barone) confirmed this week on Twitter that version 1.6 is on its way, sticking to the plan for an update that he originally announced in June 2022.Read more
The Big Discord Military Secrets Leaker Was, Surprise, A Racist
13.4.2023
Last week, a ton of military documents leaked onto popular social media platforms. It originated from a smaller Discord server, and was eventually reposted in a Minecraft community. New details just came out about the original leaker and he’s not exactly a swell guy.Read more
Fortnite Stops The 'One Pump' Shotgun, Unvaults Dirt Bikes
11.4.2023
If you had previously enjoyed the blistering body damage and absurd headshot multiplier of Fortnite’s Mythic Havoc pump shotgun, I’ve got some sad news. In a recent update, Epic Games nerfed the brutal weapon. But don’t worry, as update 24.20 still has a few exciting things to take advantage...
Report: U.S. Military Documents Leaked To Minecraft Discord Server
10.4.2023
This weekend, the U.S. military was faced with a massive document leak that could have a significant impact on the war in Ukraine, and officials say that it’s one of the “most damaging in decades.” The leaks originated from a small Discord server, and then spread to a popular Minecraft one.Read more
Trump Hasn't Been Arrested But AI Images Keep Fooling People
21.3.2023
The former U.S. president Donald Trump still walks free as of the time of writing. But certain AI-generated photos on Twitter tell a different story. These deepfakes depict a world where one of the most powerful white men in America can be treated like any other citizen, meaning actually be held...
Overwatch 2 Pros Apologize For Making Rape Jokes During Practice
17.3.2023
Content warning: language about sexual assault.Read more
Hyper Light Breaker Looks Like A Haunting Mashup Of Some Of The Best Games Around
14.3.2023
Hyper Light Drifter is one of my favorite indie games of the last decade. It mixes tight top-down arcade action with an evocative pixel art style and moody world building. Spiritual successor Hyper Light Breaker is looking more and more like an incredibly ambitious expansion of those inspirations...