Jordan Mallory Jul 22, 2019. 2 minute read
Welp, There’s a Class Action Lawsuit over Joy-Con Drift
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Nintendo over the anecdotally widespread issue of Switch joy-con drift, a phenomenon where the Switch registers input from the joy-con analogue stick(s), even when they are not being touched. The suit was filed last Friday in the western district of Washington state…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 22, 2019. 2 minute read
New Pokemon Mobile Game in Development at Tencent
Tencent announced today their partnership with The Pokemon Company to publish a game based on the globally-megapopular monster catching franchise. (Pokemon. We’re talking about Pokemon.) One Tencent’s many internal developers, TiMi Studio Group, will develop the game for the Chinese mobile market. This is the first partnership between Tencent and…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 19, 2019. 2 minute read
The Witcher, by Way of Netflix, Has Its First Trailer
The first trailer for Netflix’s adaptation of The Witcher is here, and y’all? Geralt’s body is too much for me to process, and not in a good way. I’ve watched this trailer like four times now, and every time it gets to the brief clip of Henry Cavill’s shirtless, hulking…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 19, 2019. 2 minute read
Sky, the New Game from thatgamecompany, out Now on iOS
Sky, the first new release in seven years from Journey developer thatgamecompany, is out now on iOS. Android “pre-registration” is also open on the Google Play store, though no release date has been given for that version. Likewise, thatgamecompany says it will “have more news on tvOS, macOS, PC and…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 18, 2019. 2 minute read
Guinness World Record Set for ‘Most People Performing a Dragon Ball Kamehameha’
As part of a publicity stunt that was, in my opinion, too dangerous to even attempt, the Guinness World Record for “Most People Performing a Dragon Ball Kamehameha” was set yesterday at San Diego Comic Con. The officially sanctioned world record attempt was hosted by Bandai and Toei Animation, in…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 18, 2019. 2 minute read
Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling Finally Arrives Aug. 9
Everyone’s favorite misfortune-addled wallaby finally returns to television next month, when Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling arrives on Netflix. The one-hour special’s August 9 release date was announced earlier this week on Netflix’s Family Twitter account, alongside a new 30-second teaser trailer. “I just wanted my show back!!” screams Rocko,…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 16, 2019. 4 minute read
Uplay+ Launch Games Include All the Creeds, All the Clancy’s, and Some Oddballs
The full list of games coming to Ubisoft’s PC-only Uplay+ subscription service was released today, and while it’s mostly the games that you’d expect, Ubisoft does include one or two inexplicable curve balls. For starters, every Assassin’s Creed game is available through Uplay+, including side entries like Chronicles and Freedom…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 16, 2019. 2 minute read
Tetris Effect Comes to PC July 23 with Enhanced Visuals, New Options
The best game released in 2018 (in my opinion at least, and I’m right) sheds its PlayStation 4 exclusivity next week, when Tetris Effect comes to PC by way of the Epic Games Store. Available next Tuesday, July 23, the PC version of Tetris Effect is an enhanced port of…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 15, 2019. 2 minute read
Hasbro’s Crowdfunded Unicron Transformer Is over Two Feet Tall
The biggest Transformer in the series’ history is about to become the biggest Transformers toy ever made, provided that Hasbro can convince 8,000 people to part with a significant chunk of cash. For the low, low price of just $574.99, you too can pre-order the War for Cybertron edition of…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 12, 2019. 2 minute read
All 52 Years of Ultraman Coming to the West in HD
A deal has been struck to bring the entire 50-plus year history of the Ultra Series to the west in high definition, with many of the shows/films in question being localized and transferred to HD for the very first time ever. Vitally, everything will retain its original audio and music,…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 12, 2019. 4 minute read
Turbografx-16 Mini’s 50 Games Revealed, Along with Release Date and Amazon Exclusivity
Alright folks, I’ve got good news and bad news, all pertaining to the most impossible of small video game miracles, the Turbografx-16 Mini. The good news is that we now know the ultra-important basics of Konami’s microconsole: Where to get it, when it’s available, how much it costs (roughly), and…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 11, 2019. 3 minute read
Valve Debuts ‘Interactive Recommender’ Tool Powered by Neural Network
Discoverability has been Steam’s biggest problem for longer than anything else. Ever since Steam Greenlight ushered in an era of Lord of the Flies-esque mob law, an ever-increasing slice of the New Releases pie is dominated by early 90s edutainment software and full-on pornography. If you’re not in the market…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 10, 2019. 3 minute read
Worst Possible Thing Happens to $60,000 Pokemon Card
An exceptionally rare Pokemon trading card has been lost in (or stolen from) the mail, according to Pokemon TCG Youtuber/aficionado smpratte. The card, “Trainer No. 3,” is one of the 10 rarest Pokemon cards in existence, and was sold on eBay in August of 2018 for $60,000. Can you imagine?…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 9, 2019. 3 minute read
Fan Expansion Brings Sailor Moon and Friends to Slay the Spire
A fully-featured Sailor Moon expansion for indie deck-builder Slay the Spire is now available through the Steam Workshop, and y’all, this thing (heart chain) whips. Created by Steam users Aelie and KumaGorath, one might expect this expansion to be a simple reskin of an existing class, but it is so…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 9, 2019. 2 minute read
‘The Cuphead Show!’ Coming to Netflix
Netflix and Cuphead developer Studio MDHR are teaming up for a new Cuphead cartoon, which is such an obvious and brilliant idea that it’s amazing it hasn’t happened already. The Cuphead Show!, as it is called, has no release date as of yet, so don’t get too excited. However! We do…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 8, 2019. 3 minute read
New Pokemon Get ‘Gigantamax’ in Latest Sword/Shield Trailer
The Pokemon Company continues to deliver Pokemon Sword and Shield details at a steady drip, with this week’s two-minute infusion containing a multitude of new reveals. Embedded below, this latest trailer showcases brand-new Pokemon, an even bigger kind of Dynamax transformation dubbed “Gigantamax,” as well as two new version-specific gym…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 5, 2019. 2 minute read
New ‘Akira’ Production Announced at Anime Expo 2019
Fans of body horror and cyberpunk motorcycle gangs, rejoice! More Akira is coming from creator Katsuhiro Otomo, as per an announcement by Otomo himself at Anime Expo 2019. The new anime project is not a sequel and will instead seek to further expand the original manga source material, according to…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 5, 2019. 2 minute read
‘Akira’ Creator Katsuhiro Otomo Announces New Film, ‘Orbital Era’
The third animated feature film from acclaimed director and mangaka Katsuhiro Otomo was announced yesterday, during an extensive panel at Anime Expo 2019 in Los Angeles. Orbital Era “takes place in the near future on a space colony under construction,” according to the official website, “and it’s an action-adventure story…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 3, 2019. 3 minute read
Hearthstone Artwork Changes Are Not Censorship, Says Blizzard
Normally when a Hearthstone patch changes a handful cards, it’s on the numbers side of things. This card’s mana cost goes up or down, this card’s attack points are reduced, this card’s health is boosted; that sorta thing. But not so with this week’s update, version 14.6. While this patch…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 3, 2019. 2 minute read
Halle Bailey Cast as Ariel in Live-Action ‘The Little Mermaid’
Halle Bailey (above, left), one 19-year-old half of R&B duo Chloe X Halle, will find out exactly what it’s like to be where the people are in Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of The Little Mermaid. The band’s official Twitter celebrated the announcement shortly after it was made: dream come true……
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