John Warren Apr 18, 2019. Less than a minute
A Dirty Lawyer’s Dozen of Bad Eggs: A List
Ryan Stevens presents Egg.
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John Warren Apr 16, 2019. 3 minute read
Everything We Know About Smash Ultimate 3.0
Nintendo suddenly dropped a ton of information about Super Smash Bros Ultimate‘s 3.0 update, which goes live tomorrow, April 17, 2019. Wow! Here’s a rundown of everything we learned. Take Your Heart, Joker Persona 5‘s protagonist, Joker, was the main attraction of today’s announcements. We knew the character was on the…
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John Warren Apr 16, 2019. 2 minute read
Smash Ultimate Joker Guide – Moves, Outfits, & More
Smash Ultimate is mostly comprised of characters that appeared in previous games in the series. But there are a few exceptions. One of the most notable is Joker, who makes the leap from Persona 5 over to Smash. This DLC fighter is available with the Fighter Pass starting April 17, 2019. You can…
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John Warren Apr 12, 2019. 2 minute read
Mortal Kombat 11 Character Roster: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Tips
Mortal Kombat 11 is the latest ultra brutal fighter from Netherrealm Studios. Many klassic kombatants have returned, along with a number of fresh faces. Brutalities and Fatalities, of course, make their return to the series. New to the franchise are Fatal Blows and Krushing Blows. Fatal Blows can be performed…
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John Warren Apr 12, 2019. Less than a minute
What If Apex Legends and Mario Kart Had a Cute Baby
Game Swap demakes the battle royale of Apex Legends into a Mario Kart clone. What’s Bangalore going to do with all those Mozam-bananas? Uh, we mean Mozambiques. Apex Legends ends up making an actually pretty decent Mario Kart game, we think, but what about you? What game should we Game…
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John Warren Apr 11, 2019. Less than a minute
The Science of Difficulty with Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
FromSoftware has produced some of the most difficult games of recent memory and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is no exception. The discourse surrounding accessibility and difficulty is a vital one. The right answer here, of course, is accessibility is good. Period. That said, video producer Frank has put together this fascinating…
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John Warren Apr 9, 2019. 4 minute read
3 Reasons I Bounced Off Soulsborne and How Sekiro Flips the Script
I’m a serial bouncer-offer of FromSoftware’s Dark Souls and Bloodborne games. I adore how bizarre these games are. I love this stuff. I don’t love playing these games, though, which is why I was pleasantly surprised when I picked up Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and didn’t put it down a couple hours later with…
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John Warren Apr 6, 2019. 13 minute read
NXT Takeover New York Review
I’m not Elby Hunktears, which sucks honestly because Elby rules. I’m John, your friend at Fanbyte dot com. I’m covering NXT Takeover New York because Elby is covering the 472,192 wrestling events happening in New York City this weekend for the incredible Wrestlesplania podcast. Undisputed Era’s dipshit energy could power…
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John Warren Apr 2, 2019. 9 minute read
WWE 2K19 & Fire Pro Wrestling World Predict Wrestlemania 35
WrestleMania 35 is this Sunday! To celebrate, we at Fanbyte wanted to find out once and for all which professional wrestling video game can more accurately predict results with simulated matches. Freelancer Ian Stokes was nice enough to simulate the entire card in WWE 2K19. Meanwhile, Editor-in-Chief John Warren ran the matches…
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John Warren Mar 30, 2019. Less than a minute
The Future is Google Stadia
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John Warren Mar 29, 2019. Less than a minute
Frank Bought a Fake PS4 DualShock Controller
Video producer Frank decided to treat himself to a neon dream of a DualShock 4 recently, but soon raised some very good questions about its authenticity. Frank decided to make a video about it like a real investigative journalist and we’re all the better for it. Thanks for your service,…
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John Warren Mar 28, 2019. Less than a minute
Weird Spider-Men That Should Be in the Spider-Verse Sequel
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the best Spider-Man movie ever. That’s my take. It’s the right take, to be clear, but it’s also my personal take. I won’t spoil the film but as any superhero franchise can tell you, there are sequel possibilities abound. Increasingly confident and very good video…
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John Warren Mar 24, 2019. 3 minute read
Smooching Swords & Dwarfing Fortresses with Kitfox Games
Kitfox Games is about building bridges these days, it seems. Explicitly, they’re building bridges between hunks and cutlery with upcoming action/dating sim Boyfriend Dungeon. More subtle (and surprising) are the bridges they’re building between communities in fandom. We discussed both at GDC 2019. Earlier in the week, I had the pleasure…
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John Warren Mar 21, 2019. 2 minute read
Hellcouch: Gluteal Exorcises at GDC 2019
While setting up our interview with designers Carol Mertz and Francesca Carletto-Leon, an Expo floor walker approached the pair and asked if the light-up, smoke machine-rigged, wailing, demon-possessed couch they constructed was available as a commercial product. The answer was a “no,” but it certainly got everyone thinking. Hellcouch may…
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John Warren Mar 19, 2019. Less than a minute
Weapons Even Worse Than the Mozambique
It’s old news that Apex Legends‘ Mozambique shotgun is basically useless. What’s new news is there are weapons in video gamedom that are even worse than the Mozambique. Video producer Ben takes us down a path of ruin as he explores weapons that are slow, silly, ineffective messes. This four minute…
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John Warren Mar 13, 2019. 1 minute read
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Video Preview
Are you one of those people always taking Sorting Hat quizzes and going like “I’m totally not a Ravenclaw lol” and then all your friends are like “you’re TOTALLY a Slytherin” and you’re like “I’m so dark and mysterious lmao” and they’re like “I’m a Hufflepuff because I just like…
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John Warren Mar 12, 2019. 1 minute read
Looking Back at the Golden Age of Game Magazines
Video producer Marco took me way the hell back to the mid-90s, when magazines were the best source for news, reviews, and in-depth coverage of video games. I’m sorry, what? What’s a magazine? What are you, Bangalore? Listen, I’m 33 years old and I’m proud that I had to consume…
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John Warren Mar 11, 2019. Less than a minute
Parallels: Could Far Cry New Dawn’s Mutations Really Happen?
In this week’s episode of Parallels, video producer Frank examines the seemingly fantastical mutations seen in Far Cry New Dawn and breaks down the real life likelihood of it all. On a personal level, I very much appreciated the note about super blooms, which the state of California has experienced several…
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John Warren Mar 9, 2019. 1 minute read
Shenmue 3 MAGIC 2019 Gameplay Trailer Drops
A brand new trailer for the long-awaited Shenmue 3 dropped this morning at MAGIC 2019 in Monaco. Wait what. Okay yeah apparently MAGIC is an anime con going on in Monaco. You truly learn something every day. Anyway! Ryo and Shenhua are back and on a rousing mirror adventure to avenge…
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John Warren Mar 8, 2019. Less than a minute
The Himbos of Dead or Alive 6
Editor’s note: John did not properly send and label a picture of Brad Wong. He regrets this oversight. It won’t happen again. Listen, Dead or Alive has traditionally been about the ladies. We felt like it didn’t have to be this way, so I showed pictures of the men of Dead or Alive…
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