August 2019

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Video Games

Sony Buys Insomniac Games

J. Luis August 19, 2019

Insomniac Games is now an exclusive PlayStation developer after Sony scoops up the company after the wild success of Spider-Man on PS4. Sorry Xbox fanboys. The game studio has been around for a long...

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Movies Video Games

DOOM: Annihilation Gets New Trailer… It’s a… Thing

B. Simmons August 16, 2019

DOOT Look, this thing is headed straight to home video. Do you really need to know any more? … Okay, fine. They uploaded a new trailer for DOOM: Annihilation. Which is good, because they...

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Tech

UPS Has Been Moving Cargo With Self-Driving Trucks For Months

B. Simmons August 16, 2019

Raise your hand if you knew. To the surprise of all, Thursday saw UPS announcing that they’ve been transferring mail and packages between hubs with TuSimple‘s self-driving trucks. Moreover, that their venture capital arm...

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Video Games

Korn Is Geting The In-Game Concert Treatment In AdventureQuest 3D / AdventureQuest Worlds

B. Simmons August 16, 2019

I sat for several minutes trying to think up an anecdote involving Korn. I got nothing, sorry. Artix Entertainment, the creators of the AdventureQuest line of games as well as a few offshoots had...

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Television News

Cops Put The Brakes On Amazon’s 30¢ Ms. Maisel Gas Promotion

B. Simmons August 15, 2019

Gas for 30¢?! What could possibly go wrong?! It seems a promotion for Amazon’s The Marvelous Ms. Maisel was a bit too popular for its own good. The promotion, set to run for one...

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Video Games

Henry Cavill modded into The Witcher 3

J. Luis August 15, 2019

If you wanted to get used to seeing Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia before the upcoming Netflix series drops, now is your chance. Thanks to modder “Adnan4444” you can now play as Cavill...

3 Minutes

Video Games

Nintendo Takes Aim At YouTube Game Music Channels

B. Simmons August 15, 2019

Game over, man! Game over! Well, it seems Nintendo has finally decided to crack down on the various game music channels on YouTube that upload Nintendo music. Specifically, the most recent casualty was a...

8 Minutes

Game Reviews

Ion Fury review: the 90s live again

J. Luis August 14, 2019

Genre: Action, Indie, FPSDeveloper: Voidpoint, LLC Publisher: 3D Realms Release Date: Aug 15, 2019 Price: $24.99 Ion Fury is billed by many as a blast from the past and the days when FPS games required nerves...

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Video Games

Fortnite Busted For Selling Old Dog As New Dog

J. Luis August 14, 2019

Fortnite “probably” makes its money by getting kids to “borrow” their parent’s credit cards to buy cosmetics so they don’t get beat up on the playground. Epic has gotten into the act of selling...

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Video Games

Fortnite Tournament Winner Gets Swatted, Along With Partents

B. Simmons August 13, 2019

Was livestreaming at the time. Earlier in the month, Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf was riding high. He’d won a $3 million purse from a Fortnite tournament, and had even been invited to Ninja’s first Mixer...

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Video Games

Dumb Apex Legends and Counter-Strike Players Get Their Info Stolen By Their Cheating Programs

B. Simmons August 13, 2019

Well, there’s some karma for you. It turns out you really shoudn’t have used those cheats you found on a random, unsecured website. Because according to security firm Sophos, hundreds of Apex Legends and...

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Comics Movies Television News Video Games

Loot Crate Files For Bankruptcy

B. Simmons August 13, 2019

What will you do now, Ashens? Oh yeah, Wish.com. Loot Crate, purveyors of fucking inflatable fucking crowns boxes of random nerd crap is filing for bankruptcy. In total, since last month, they’ve let go...