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Nintendo has slapped artist CptnAlex with a trademark claim after he released a series of custom “Etika” Joy-con shells for charity. The initial crowd funding campaign had raised $10,000 in support of the JED Foundation, in honour of fellow content creator Desmond “Etika” Amofah, who had tragically taken his own life last year. The JED…
Sam & Max Season One received a remaster this month. The new game brings updated graphics, lighting, and a new soundtrack to Telltale’s classic comedy adventure game. It also brings something that fans certainly did not ask for: censorship. The adventures of Sam, a 7 foot tall anthropomorphic dog, and Max, a hyper-kinetic rabbit thing,…
The 9th generation console launch debacle is probably the single biggest gaming story this year. Both the PS5 and Xbox Series sold out within seconds of going live on retail sites. Largely due to botnets scooping them up far faster than any human could ever hope to. Most of these systems are now selling on…
I generally try to refrain from dedicating an entire article to poke fun at other gaming sites. It’s low hanging fruit and a tad tasteless. However, every so often you get one that puts out a take so hilariously bad that I can’t help myself. Enter Kotaku and their truly bizarre review of the PlayStation…
Whenever games journalists review a game, it’s commonplace to tack a score on the end. The traditional ten point scale gives readers a measure of quality in an easy to digest format. Yet, at the same time, those scores are utterly meaningless and it’s about time we got rid of them. I got to thinking…
Yet another Nintendo fan game has been shut down by the grim spectre of lawsuits. Kaze Emanuar, who is well known in the modding community, had been making a title called “the Missing Link”, using the same engine as Ocarina of Time. Now the game has been completely stripped from the internet after it was…
Western gaming is sick. Rather than focusing on unique and engaging experiences, we’ve now hit a brick wall of stagnation. One where fun takes a backseat to tired political dogmas and sleazy monetization schemes. Frankly, I’m getting really burned out by it. The inspiration for this piece came from a couple of stories this week….
It must be tough out there to be a Triple A game publisher. Making games has gotten soooo much more expensive in the past decade. Everything else has gone up with inflation, so why shouldn’t they get an increase? They need to charge $70 now just to make ends meet. Allow me to whip out…
Epic continues to escalate their fight with Apple. This week, they joined the Coalition for App Fairness. A group of companies and organizations who seek to “preserve consumer choice and [create] a level playing field for app and game developers that rely on app stores and the most popular gatekeeper platforms.” Members of the coalition…
Well, I was right. Back in August, I made the case for delaying next gen consoles until 2021. Due to concerns over low stock, I predicted that launching this year would be an unmitigated disaster. Well… so far it’s been an unmitigated disaster. Pre-orders for the Xbox Series X and S went live today, and…