A new open letter from Angela Hession, Twitch’s vice president of global trust and safety, details the company’s approach to making its streaming platform a more harmonious place, most notably the deletion of millions of bots in an attempt to stem the …
The Saga Of The Ultra-Rare McDonald’s DS Game Comes To An End After 11 Long Years
The gaming preservationists over at Forest of Illusion recently got their hands on the holy grail of the Nintendo DS catalog: a cartridge meant to teach McDonald’s workers the ins and outs of the fast-food restaurant via the popular two-screen handheld…
LAPD Officers Fired For Ignoring Robbery To Play Pokémon Go
Two officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) were fired due to, among other things, playing Pokémon Go, a newly published court document reveals (h/t Axios).Read more…
Man Invents Possibly The Worst Way To Play Doom
A Calgary-based programmer recently shared his work turning a rotary telephone into what may be the least effective video game controller of all time.Read more…
Mother Watch Promoted With Appropriately Offbeat Commercial
We may not be getting a Mother 4 any time soon (well, officially at least), but series creator Shigesato Itoi is still busy pumping out merchandise by way of the Hobonichi Mother Project. Of course, seeing as it’s related to one of gaming’s most absurd…
Ian Walker’s Top Ten Games Of 2021
Writing up a “Top X Games Of X Year” list is always a slog, but all the ups and downs of 2021—both personal and global—made it even harder. Frankly, there were points over the last 12 months where the last thing I wanted to do was sit down and play a v…
Activision Exec To Organizing Workers: Pwease Don’t Unionize 😞🥺
With Activision Blizzard employees more organized than ever in the wake of the company’s multiple sexual harassment lawsuits and layoffs in quality assurance, a top executive apparently felt the time was right to send out a fear-mongering email warning…
Voltorb Gets Adorable Wooden Makeover In Pokémon Legends: Arceus
The Pokémon Company today revealed yet another region-exclusive variant for the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Arceus in Hisuian Voltorb, a super cute spin on one of the original 151.Read more…
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Gets Long-Awaited Gameplay Reveal
It may not have Margot Robbie, but Rocksteady’s upcoming Suicide Squad game made a moderately impressive showing during Geoff Keighley’s three-hour advertising gauntlet tonight.Read more…
Don’t Use Quick Resume With Halo Infinite, Devs Warn
343 Industries is telling Halo Infinite players not to use Quick Resume, a key feature of the Xbox Series X/S, for fear of missing out on special multiplayer cosmetics.Read more…