Have You Ever Felt Like Someone Was Hypnotizing You?

On this week’s episode of Friends Reunion (a Podcast for Discerning Listeners™), John remains lost somewhere in the belly of an enormous cruise ship — almost certainly in the morgue, but not dead, crucially — just like, hangin’ out in there and looking through stuff. Meanwhile, LB and Niki decide…

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PODCASTS

Get a Monogrammed Towel for That Ass

On this week’s episode of Channel F, host merritt k takes a little break from our regularly scheduled Video Game Game Show™ activities to focus on the “video game” portion of our program, with three new discussion-oriented segments designed explicitly for your enjoyment! (Note: Previous segments on this show were…

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PODCASTS

John Riccitiello’s “Compulsion Loop” Remarks Weren’t Taken Out of Context

This week I had the pleasure of talking to Niki Grayson and my producer Paul Tamayo about Skate and how the franchise is going free to play with its next entry. Like Niki, I think this could actually be a good thing! The general vibes I’m getting from the folks…

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NEWS

Have You Ever Watched an Angemon Take a Dump?

On this week’s episode of Channel F (the Fanbyte Video Game Game Show™), Pokemon are pushed to the proverbial periphery as we finally do our due diligence (with respect to Digimon). (You can also listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts!) Sweet little baby Jordo (Senior Podcast Producer), who…

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PODCASTS

How to Improve Your Frame Rate in Fortnite: Battle Royale

Epic Games’ Fortnite: Battle Royale is all about reflexes. The difference between landing a headshot with a Sniper Rifle or building a set of panic walls for cover can come down to just a few seconds. That means players need a high, consistent frame rate if they hope to win…

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GUIDES

From Buzz Lightyear To Sonic, Here Are Crossovers We’d Love To See in Fortnite

Giant friendly dinosaurs, wolverine, and that other guy from Silk Sonic. What do all these have in common? Well, you can shoot each with a shotgun that has a recoil so stiff you fly high enough in the sky and sprain your ankle on the way back down. This is…

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FEATURES

How to Do Fortnite Cross Play

Fortnite’s popularity is due in part to how easy is to just download and play. Playing with your friends on PS4 or Xbox when you’re on a different console, however, is a little trickier. Thankfully, enabling Fortnite cross play isn’t all that hard when you have the steps laid out…

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GUIDES

Epic is Suing Google, Fortnite Ad Parody Not Included

If you somehow managed to miss out on yesterday’s hoopla between Fortnite developer Epic Games and Apple, the wildly popular battle royale was removed from the App Store. This was after Epic deliberately tried to circumvent Apple’s 30% cut from purchases made through Apple’s digital storefront by allowing people to pay…

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NEWS

Epic Acquires Harmonix to Make Musical Gameplay for Fortnite

Epic has added another studio to its growing stable of acquisitions. This time it’s Rock Band and Fuser developer Harmonix, which laid out what the acquisition means for the company moving forward in a convenient FAQ format on its website. According to the write-up, a lot of Harmonix’s current plans and game support…

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NEWS

Rocket League’s Rocket Pass Is Better Than Fortnite’s Battle Pass

Rocket League‘s Rocket Pass is straight up better than Fortnite’s Battle Pass. There. I said it. That’s not really surprising, given that Epic used the system before Psyonix. The company is locked into certain structures, like weekly challenges, and its current experience system, which hasn’t really changed since Season 2 when the…

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5 Things I Learned Grinding the Fortnite Battle Pass

Fortnite is a free game that prints money, and one of its primary methods for doing so is its seasonal Battle Pass. For a price that may as well be $10 (since you can only buy v-bucks in $10 increments), players receive 100 “tiers” worth of costumes, dances, backpacks, and…

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LISTS

PlatinumGames Opens New Studio Focused on Service Games

PlatinumGames’ third announcement in the “Platinum 4” series of announcements isn’t a game, but instead a new studio based in Tokyo that will be focusing on live service games. The studio, simply called PlatinumGames Tokyo, will be opening in April of this year, and according to a statement by company…

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