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The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died
28.6.2021
The brilliant, highly respected emulator developer Near (previously known as Byuu) appears to have taken their own life. Read more
'Shop Contest: Father's Day, Winners!
27.6.2021
Dads. Love or hate ‘em, they are a part of this crazy world. Or something. Look, I just drank a big can of Monster Zero way too fast. Let’s get to the awards and stuff. Read more
I'm Never Taking Down My Halloween Decorations In Fallout 76
26.6.2021
It might be June, but I won’t be getting rid of my goofy skeletons and creepy smoke machine in Fallout 76, thank you very much.Read more
Rough Landing
25.6.2021
Sam Amar is an artist from France.Read more
Why Video Game Press Events Sometimes Go Horribly Wrong
24.6.2021
With the recent apology from CI Games, the studio creating Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts 2 who organized a particularly offensive press event, it’s cast my mind back a couple of decades, to the era when I would often go on such trips. It got me thinking about how easily games journalists can...
Stardew Valley Speedrunners Are Racing To Get Married
23.6.2021
In real life, few things are more bone-chillingly terrifying than the prospect of marriage. In the simulation game Stardew Valley, though, it’s just what you do. Some speedrunners are messing around to see how fast they can get the job done—and they can do it in under an hour.Read more
One Of Last Year’s Best JRPGs Now Has Pet Dual Wielding
23.6.2021
After six long months, gaming’s most important update of 2021 has arrived: a new patch for farming JRPG Sakuna: Of Rice And Ruin that lets you dual-wield the game’s adorable pets.Read more
After Playing Pachinko, Man Gets Irritated And Goes On Rampage In His Car
22.6.2021
Startling footage from Hokkaido, Japan shows a man going on a rampage in his kei car, repeatedly smashing into another vehicle and trying to run over a man on a bicycle.Read more
Killer Instinct’s Soundtrack Used A Human Bone Instrument
22.6.2021
Spinal is the Killer Instinct franchise’s resident bone daddy, so when it came time to lay down his theme for the 2013 reboot, composer Mick Gordon naturally procured an instrument made from an actual human bone to round out the track.Read more
Hell Yes Bring Back That 1990s Flight Sim Aesthetic
21.6.2021
While some retro video game looks are making huge comebacks—muddy PS1 textures, I’m looking at you—I’m particularly excited here to see here a developer bringing back one very particular aesthetic that I was super into as a kid: that of early 90s hardcore military flight sims.Read more
'Shop Contest: Pot Goblin, Winners!
19.6.2021
Pot Goblin, a loveable enemy from the upcoming Elden Ring, was the star of last week’s contest. You all did a great job celebrating this little bulbous creature. Read more
Galvantula Eats Babies And Takes Its Time Doing It
19.6.2021
Every Pokemon is interesting and worth talking about. I don’t play a ton of Pokemon, but I do enjoy the universe and I love learning more about the creatures in it. So, Here’s Another Pokemon! It’s Galvantula!Read more
Oh Hey, George R. R. Martin Is Talking About Elden Ring
18.6.2021
While in town to receive an honorary doctorate from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin spoke with local news station WWTW about his life, TV shows and, hey, the upcoming video game Elden Ring.Read more
New Tamagotchi Is A Wearable Smart Device
17.6.2021
Remember Tamagotchi? Those virtual pets that sparked a craze in the 1990s are back. But this time, they’re back, but as wearable smart devices.Read more
LEGO, Adidas, What Are You Doing
16.6.2021
My eyes. My eyes.Read more
Life Is Strange Coming To The Nintendo Switch
15.6.2021
Announced during Nintendo’s E3 Direct, Life Is Strange: True Colors and Life Is Strange Remastered is coming to the Nintendo Switch.Read more
Beware Of Fake Cat-Shaped Backpacks
15.6.2021
Realistic-looking neko no ryukkusakku (猫のリュックサック) or “cat rucksacks” went viral earlier this year. Japanese TV now warns of clumsy knockoffs! Read more
Introducing HUMAN Protocol: A New Way for Humans and Machines to Securely Connect and Collaborate
15.6.2021
HUMAN Protocol is an infrastructure to reshape how humans work, by supporting distributed job markets in which any job, of any size or type, can be securely tokenized, published, and completed. The Protocol facilitates direct, globally mapped connections that bring workers closer to the rewards...
Human Protocol Expands hCaptcha Tool, Launches Wallet to Make AI Smarter
15.6.2021
“Proof-of-HUMANity” could also thwart front-running DeFi bots
Antoine Griezmann Is An Yu-Gi-Oh! Ambassador
14.6.2021
When not playing Football Manager the hard way, Barcelona and France striker Antoine Griezmann is playing soccer. When he’s not doing that, he might be watching Yu-Gi-Oh! But does he play it? Hrm...Read more