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Rose Tico™. She’s the Star Wars™ character Asian girls needed so they’d have someone to look up to. At least since Disney unceremoniously canned Jan Ors out from “canon”. But who needs interesting characters anyway? We’ve got Rose instead. She’s short, she’s annoying, and she’s here to point the finger of scorn at all your…
Ever wanted to be the tyrannical dictator of your own South American country? In Tropico, you can! Tropico is part city builder, part economy management sim. You play the role of El Presidente, ruler of the titular Caribbean island nation. How you got to power, nobody knows for sure. Maybe it was a communist revolution,…
Better late than never. 2017 was a bit of a mixed bag for video games, but when it delivered, oh boy did it deliver. Here’s the very best of the best. Bronze medal goes to… Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice (Ninja Theory) Hellblade is a deep psychological thriller unlike anything we’ve seen before in video games. You…
I hate to let you down man. These games aren’t necessarily bad, but like getting stood up on a date, they left us feeling slightly more dead inside. Dishonorable Mention goes to… The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) We waited through years and plenty of delays for the newest Zelda adventure. What…
Should games journalists be good at games? The recent release of Cuphead has reignited an age old debate over the legitimacy of video games media, or rather some of the people working in that particular field. GamesBeat writer Dean Takahashi gained internet infamy when he famously could not beat Cuphead’s tutorial level while attempting to demo…
The first Switch teardown is in. Nintendo’s handheld/console hybrid hasn’t even been out a day, but that didn’t stop YouTuber Gamers Nexus from peeking inside. Thankfully, Nintendo is keeping with their current design trend. No tri-wing or security screws in sight. Just plain old Phillips heads. Cracking the Switch opens reveals a pleasantly modular design. The Switch…
I got chatting with a co-worker the other day about video games, and the whole console versus PC debate. He loves his Xbox One. Fair enough, we can’t all be perfect. Then I asked him what he thought about the Switch. “Too expensive.” The usual Nintendo fanboys seem happy with the $300 USD ($400 CAD)…
If you though the circus around No Man’s Sky was over, things took a strange turn on social media this week. Hello Games suddenly tweeted “No Man’s Sky was a mistake” shortly before new EDT Friday. The post was quickly removed, but not before being retweeted over a thousand times. Obviously they must have been…
So you’ve just bought a fancy new gaming PC and are looking to enhance your frame rates. Maybe you’re thinking a second graphics card in SLI or CrossFire will do the trick. Multi-GPU setups have been around for the better part of 20 years now. While they can improve performance, they have major drawbacks as…
Ubisoft has hinted that they may not be releasing a new Assassin’s Creed game anytime soon. In an inteview with IGN, Ubisoft VP of Editorial, Tommy François said that they are examining the franchise. “We believe Alpha for these games needs to be one year before release. We’re trying to achieve that. That’s super [expletive] blunt, I don’t…