By now you’ve probably heard about the disaster that was Pokémon GO Fest. Actually seeing it all go down in a less-than-10-minute supercut, however, is a whole other level of cringe-worthiness. I don’t want to keep picking on Niantic for the technical difficulties they experienced during their first-ever live event in Chicago last weekend. EspeciallyRead more
Tara Stemkoski, wife of professional StarCraft II caster Daniel “Artosis” Stemkoski, was planning on flying to her hometown with her three children to visit her sick grandmother. But Artosis was traveling to Shanghai to work the IEM Shanghai StarCraft II tournament, and so somehow that meant momma Stemkoski wasn’t legally allowed to board the plane.Read more
The excitement over Sumo Digital’s upcoming Crackdown 3 has been lukewarm at best. But the one human being on the planet who could fix that is the man, thy myth, the legend: Terry Crews. At a recent Comic-Con panel for the game (above), the designers released a video introducing his playable character. Named after Crews’Read more
Soundboards are usually pretty limited, but one Overwatch player loaded one up with clips suitable for nearly every conversational scenario. Overwatch player and Redditor Nezzybit shared a handful of highlights from an Overwatch match with player BumbleDJ, who set up a soundboard pulling perfect quotes from various movies, video games, and songs to communicate duringRead more
Cosplayer Tali XO shows you how to make everyone’s favorite mechanic, Cindy Aurum, from Final Fantasy XV using some old clothes, spray paint, and a little craftiness. Visit CineFix for more episodes. ‘Duck Hunt’ in ‘Halo 5’ has the best twist on the game Guy invents ‘Cycflix’ to make sure he can only watch NetflixRead more
The sex game House Party, which has gained popularity among Youtubers and Streamers, was removed from Steam yesterday due to “pornographic content.” The early access game bills itself as a raunchy sandbox in the style of the ’90s game Leisure Suit Larry. You play as a male party-goer who can “pick up chicks, get insulted,Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson is working on a video game about space (of course), and he’s tapped an unlikely resource to help him: George R.R. Martin. The Game of Thrones creator is listed on Tyson’s Kickstarter page for Space Odyssey alongside other prominent figures, including Bill Nye and Neil Gaiman. They’re all said to be buildingRead more
More like Pokémon GTFO, AMIRITE??? Niantic Labs had a tough go of things on Saturday when its first-ever Pokémon Go Fest in Chicago turned into a disaster. The lines were long, the game’s online service wasn’t behaving, and the fans were riled. Things reportedly got better as the day wore on, but the damage —Read more
Shin Akuma is a playable fighter in Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers for Nintendo Switch. You just have to know how to find him. Akuma was already on the USF2 fighting roster, but Shin Akuma — his demon form, which appeared as a hidden boss in Street Fighter Alpha 2 — is alsoRead more
There’s much we don’t know about Destiny 2. The raid is a (not at all surprising) no-show in previews, the system governing loot drops is a giant question mark, and the loot itself carries some inscrutable elements — such as mod slots — that will only be answered with the final game. That said, thisRead more
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