Over this past weekend Epic Games, creator of Fortnite, had the wondrous idea to host a panel on race and America for the 4th of July in their flagship title. The intended effect was to unify gamers in a sense of progressive justice. The actual outcome was players jeering the act of corporate political posturing….
On October 19, 1972, about two dozen people crammed into a poorly lit room at Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory to watch a handful of students play video games. Some came for the free beer. Others came to catch a glimpse of history—the first-ever “Intergalactic Spacewar Olympics”—which was being recorded by Rolling Stone reporter Stewart…
In April, Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, proposed banning the popular video game “Fortnite,” saying it was irresponsible to allow kids to play it. “The game shouldn’t be allowed,” said the former bad boy prince. “It’s created to addict. An addiction to keep you in front of a computer for as long as possible….
I have a confession to make: I’m a closet neckbeard. Despite having a job at FEE, a somewhat decent social network, and a gym membership, there are a few other things I’m not so proud of. I stay up until 3 a.m. playing video games in my bedroom, I enjoy Doritos and Mountain Dew, I…
A class-action lawsuit against Nintendo has been filed on behalf of customers who have reported an issue with the Nintendo Switch’s controllers.
The official news Twitter of the NYPD confirmed that the popular YouTube gamer and streamer Desmond Amofah, known online as “Etika”, was found by police yesterday evening deceased in New York City’s East River. This ending a 5 day investigation started on June 20th after Amofah uploaded a video to his alternative YouTube channel on…
Now that we’ve gotten through the majority of the winter season games releases, we have a good idea of the roster of games that have come out over the past year. 2018 was certainly a big one, with many AAA releases coming out and several new indie darlings popping up! With so many new releases,…