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In Praise of Shadows
12.7.2022
Our dear friend Robin has a new essay called In Praise of Shadows. Now, before you hop over there looking for nuggets on CSS box shadows, text shadows, and shadow filters… this is not that. It’s an essay …
In Praise of Shadows originally published on CSS-Tricks. You should...
Holy Hole in a Doughnut, Batman, Robin Is Teleporting In The New Gotham Knights Trailer
28.6.2022
Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released a new Robin-centric Gotham Knights trailer showing the caped crusader bam! pow! and kerpslatting goons while (checks notes) teleporting. Read more
5 Very Queer Games On Steam To Close Out Your Pride Month
24.6.2022
Pride month has a political history—it originated from the the pivotal 1969 Stonewall riots, and queer people, especially those of color, fight daily for safety and equality. But June is a time for pure revelry too, something that includes video games. Read more
Beloved Tabletop RPG Will Now Let Fans Make, Sell Their Own Games
16.6.2022
Indie tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) designers will have some new rules to play with soon. Monte Cook Games announced last week that its core set of tabletop roleplaying game rules, known as the Cypher System, is switching to an open license that will allow anyone to design and sell content...
New One Piece Odyssey Trailer Gives Straw Hat Pirates Movie-Esque Intro
9.6.2022
One Piece’s manga might be going on a month-long hiatus, but that didn’t stop Game Pope and Muppet enthusiast Geoff Keighley from giving fans a new look at its upcoming JRPG during Summer Game Fest. Read more
One Piece ‘Super Fan’ Streamed Himself Reading All 1,051 Chapters In 106 Hours
7.6.2022
It should come as no surprise at this point that Kotaku is a pro-One Piece website on account of the manga being a crazy good read for nearly 25 years and by virtue of it being the only series to have Nico Robin in it. While some folks have yet to finally raise their anchors and venture into...
CoinDesk Confidential: Robin Schmidt
2.6.2022
Head of video and multimedia at media company The Defiant, answers our questionnaire ahead of Consensus 2022
CoinDesk Confidential: Robin Schmidt
2.6.2022
Head of video and multimedia at media company The Defiant, answers our questionnaire ahead of Consensus 2022
Gotham Knights Dev Addresses Details That've Had Fans Feeling Concerned
27.5.2022
In recent weeks, WB Games Montreal has been shedding new light on its upcoming Batman game sans Batman, Gotham Knights, and some details have left fans skeptical about the direction the game is taking with Bruce Wayne’s surviving Bat Family. First, a 13-minute gameplay video revealed that GK’s...
Yoshitaka Amano Makes Batman Look Like Final Fantasy And I’m Here For It
25.5.2022
A future issue of DC Comics’ Detective Comics (that’s Detective Comics Comics’ Detective Comics for those of you keeping score at home) will feature a variant cover by none other than prolific Final Fantasy artist Yoshitaka Amano, the company’s August 2022 catalog announces.Read more
Robinhood Launching New Non-Custodial Web3 Crypto Wallet
19.5.2022
Trading platform Robinhood is launching a non-custodial, web3 cryptocurrency wallet. “Customers will be able to hold the keys for their own crypto,” the company said. Robinhood Building Non-Custodial, Web3 Wallet Popular trading platform Robinhood announced Tuesday that it...
Now Would Have Been A Good Time For Another Batman Arkham Game
11.5.2022
Yesterday, Gotham Knights showed off a dozen minutes of gameplay and my excitement started to fizzle. Weird, floaty superpowers. Chunky Jason Todd. And a menu screen that looks ripped straight out of every failed live-service loot game. Gotham Knights may turn out to be great, but right now it’s...
Gotham Knights Devs Drop New 13-Minute Gameplay Video, Scrap Last-Gen Versions
10.5.2022
Developer WB Games Montreal dropped a new Gotham Knights video showing gameplay for Nightwing and Red Hood, two of the four playable characters. It’s somewhat in-depth, highlighting both heroes’ combat skills, the game’s various modes of travel, and some unlockable gear. The studio also gave...
PAX East Enforcer Dies From Covid 'After Being Exposed During The Convention'
3.5.2022
A PAX East Enforcer died from coronavirus after working at the convention last Saturday. Dawn “Deestar” Wood was well-regarded by other Enforcers who donated to the GoFundMe for her funeral (which met its goal in a single day). The organizer for the fundraiser emphasizes that Wood had “the most...
One Piece Odyssey Promises To Be a ‘Full-Blown’ JRPG Experience
28.3.2022
Move over Mario, Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat pirates are setting sail in a game of their own in the upcoming, One Piece Odyssey.Read more
How to Easily Prepare Your Crypto Taxes – Koinly Founder Robin Singh Explains
27.3.2022
Koinly is a tax solution for cryptocurrency investors and accountants. Anyone who owns multiple exchange accounts or wallets knows the pains when it comes to declaring taxes. Koinly was built to solve this very problem – by integrating with all major blockchains and exchanges Koinly reduces...
'Hacker' Steals NFTs 'Worth' Millions From Opensea Marketplace
21.2.2022
Web3, the famously decentralised internet technology that has centralised much of the NFT marketplace into a single shopfront (Opensea), woke over the weekend to find that the site had reportedly been compromised, and loads of precious NFTs stolen.Read more
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets Final Buffs And Nerfs In Update
2.12.2021
While this isn’t the last Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the game’s official Twitter points out that Ver. 13.0.1 will be the final game balance update. Read more
Man Dressed As The Joker From Batman Arrested After Knife Attack
1.11.2021
Seventeen people were injured on October 31 in Tokyo during an attack on a Tokyo subway train. The attack has left one victim, a man in his 70s, in critical condition. A 24-year-old man, dressed as the Joker from Batman, was arrested at the scene for attempted murder.Read more
Gay Road Trip RPGs Are A Thing Now, And I'm Into It
30.9.2021
Not many hero’s journey games lean into the journey part occurring from the back seat of a convertible, where you talk about how you had a crush on your best friend while their partner drives, but then, Get in the Car, Loser! isn’t afraid to get awkward, while also gaying up the place with all...