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Fūnk-é Joseph May 31, 2022. 1 minute read
Riot Adding Pride Month 2022 Collectibles for All Games This June
Pride is incoming, and this June Riot Games is adding LGBTQIA+ themed Pride 2022 emotes, icons, artworks and more to League of Legends, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics (TFT), Legends of Runeterra, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. In a blog post, Riot included a short teaser video showing off the upcoming…
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Andrea Shearon Apr 24, 2022. 1 minute read
Valorant’s New Turkish Agent, Fade, Makes Her Cinematic Debut
Fade, Valorant‘s inescapable new Turkish agent, made her cinematic debut after weeks of teasing from Riot. During today’s Valorant Masters pre-show, Fade’s first trailer demonstrated her shadowy kit at work clowning on a cast that thinks they can catch her. I’m rooting for Fade. After these last few days of…
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Fūnk-é Joseph Jan 11, 2022. 3 minute read
Neon Electrifies the Competition in Valorant Episode 4
Valorant‘s freshest addition is a speedy blue agent, and no it’s not Sonic the Hedgehog. Today we welcome Filipino agent Neon, the bioelectric speedster that cannot stop going fast. I played her during a preview event a few days ago and even though I’m more of a defensive/control oriented player,…
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Fūnk-é Joseph Nov 8, 2021. 3 minute read
Netflix’s Arcane Marks a New, Harmonious Era for League of Legends
For the past few years, Riot Games has been hard-resetting the lore for League of Legends; completely throwing out the old scattered texts and replacing them with surprisingly captivating narratives. It was a brazen decision to make, but it’s already paid off tenfold with fresh and well written character introductions,…
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Kenneth Shepard Mar 11, 2021. 2 minute read
Valorant Player Jay Won Suspended and Losing MVP Overwatch Skin Following Sexual Assault Allegations
Valorant player and ex-Overwatch League pro Jay “Sinatraa” Won has been suspended from the North American Valorant Champions Tour after being allegations of sexual abuse from a past partner. In an extensive, nine-page Google Doc, Cleo Hernandez went into detail about the two’s nine-month relationship, where she describes sexual encounters where Won…
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Natalie Flores Feb 27, 2021. 3 minute read
My Brain Isn’t Big Enough to Main Astra, the New Valorant Agent
Riot Games has revealed Astra, the latest upcoming agent in Valorant. On one hand, I am happy to meet her. Her design is outstanding, her concept is fantastic, and I’m happy to see another lady agent (especially a black woman, which we don’t see enough of in games). On the…
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Nicholas Grayson Dec 25, 2020. 9 minute read
Niki Grayson’s Game of the Year List 2020
Aye. It’s Niki. I’m here to tell you about my favorite video games from the year of our lord 2020. Even though the year was an absolute fucking tire fire, Big Video Game™ managed to release some good video game products. This was also a big year for the website…
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Fūnk-é Joseph Dec 23, 2020. 11 minute read
Fūnk-é Joseph’s Game of the Year 2020 List
We did it gamers. 2020 is almost over. I can’t believe it. And while it was definitely a wack year, I didn’t entirely hate it! The world has been exploding. We all made a shift towards a more online-centric way of life. It’s bittersweet; I like not having to walk through the snow…
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Natalie Flores Jul 10, 2020. 7 minute read
Portrayals of Latinx Characters in 2020 Video Games Already Have Me Tired
Earlier today, the first details of Far Cry 6 were leaked on the PlayStation Hong Kong Store, and I immediately became tired. I don’t like jumping the gun with my assumptions about video games enough to write articles about them before they’re released. This is especially true these days, considering…
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Jordan Mallory Jul 10, 2020. 1 minute read
Numbers Go Up 8: Escaton Judgement
Steven and Collin are back sans our usual host merritt k, whose internet was unfortunately sick this week. Instead they are accompanied by a fact checker that lives inside a computer, which isn’t entirely dissimilar to the classic PBS program Ghostwriter, though the computer ghost on that show never had…
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PODCASTS
Jordan Mallory Jul 7, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanwidth (A Fanbyte Podcast) Episode 072: Ambush Clown
In this episode of Fanwidth (The Fanbyte Podcast), Steven ruins their whole life by trying to finish Divinity: Original Sin 2, Niki gets owned by a hyper-capitalist shoe app, Ren is under siege by both Raiden and Raiden, and Danielle witnesses and honest-to-God miracle. We also get a deep dive…
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Diego Arguello Jun 26, 2020. 5 minute read
Riot’s New Region Locks Spell Trouble for Valorant Players Worldwide
Riot Games’ Valorant has been out for less than a month, and there’s already an array of requests from the community. Weapon balancing and discussions about the current meta are not uncommon for an online hero shooter, even this early in its life cycle. But players weren’t expecting a region-lock,…
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Nerium Jun 23, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanwidth (A Fanbyte Podcast) Episode 070: The Aggro Crag Illuminati
We skip right to the good stuff by going heavy on games this week! The usual gang goes deep on Griftlands, Valorant, Clubhouse Games, The Last of Us Part II, and Divinity: Original Sin 2! Plus stick around for some lighter chat about the Game Boy Advance (again) and some…
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Nerium Jun 9, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanwidth (A Fanbyte Podcast) Episode 067: Gary Larson’s Skyrim
We’re joined this week by the special and wonderful Reviews Editor of US Gamer, Mike Williams, with the scoop on Skyrim! Well, he’s really here to talk about The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor expansion. The new add-on brings us back to Skyrim, though, as we battle vampires and get a…
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Ren Jun 4, 2020. 3 minute read
How To Buy The Battle Pass and Unlock Everything in Valorant
The menus of Valorant are incredibly clean, visually, but actually finding things is a bit harder than it may seem. There’s also the issue of unlocking characters which, again, despite being a simple system isn’t made particularly clear by the game. This guide will cover the character unlock process, EXP…
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Nicholas Grayson Jun 3, 2020. 4 minute read
The Valorant Spotify Playlists: A Review
Y’all heard of this music stuff? It’s sounds, but put together in a fashion that feels good to the ears (or bad, if you like pervert shit like atonal music). There are immense repositories of it all over the place. YouTube, Apple Music, my grandma’s garage. The folks over at…
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Danielle Riendeau Jun 2, 2020. 1 minute read
Fanwidth (A Fanbyte Podcast) Episode 066: A Four-Trick Pony
Join Niki, Ren, John, and Danielle on an afternoon chat of the things we have on our minds today. We have a few games we’re into, including Sludge Life, Valorant, and Umurangi Generation. We’ve got a lot of music, including… our most embarrassing secrets on Spotify. And we have a…
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Ren Jun 2, 2020. 3 minute read
Valorant Launches, Beginning Episode 1: Ignition
After a long four day wait Valorant has finally returned. It is time to get some blood my friends. With today’s official launch comes a long list of buffs, debuffs, and new additions. We’ll start with the biggest things first: a new map and a new agent. Ascent is Valorant’s…
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John Warren May 29, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanbyte Evening News May 29, 2020
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John Warren May 21, 2020. Less than a minute
Fanbyte Morning News May 21, 2020
You can download this episode directly right here. Otherwise, check out the player above, or head to iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts. While you’re there, consider rating us or leaving a review. It helps. Seriously!
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