Keoni Nguyen

Maplestory M Is An MMO For People With Less Free Time

Maplestory M launched worldwide earlier this week. If you’re expecting the same experience of the original Maplestory, you’re in for a surprise. The original Maplestory, which launched in 2003, is a free-to-play 2D side-scrolling MMORPG where you can choose from a number of exciting job classes and explore hundreds of different worlds within the Maple…

Baldi’s Basics is becoming a full game and a brand new demo for it is out now. The demo sends the player on a field trip to the forest where you are tasked by Baldi to find firewood to keep the campfire going. If you fail to maintain the campfire, you will face Baldi’s ruler-slapping wrath.…

Nine Let’s Plays That Can Turn A Bad Mood Around

Sometimes, when I’ve had a bad day or when the weather is horrible, I go on YouTube and find a Let’s Play to watch. On days where I just want to cry, I especially like tuning in to Let’s Plays that will make me laugh. I no longer feel alone, and the negative thoughts that…

Amateur Developer Says Adding Dragon Ball Z To Pokémon Helped Make Him A Better Person

Last week, a 22-year-old Frenchman who goes by the online name Z-Mack released the seventh major update to Dragon Ball Z: Team Training, a hack of an old Pokémon game where you can catch all of your favorite characters from Dragon Ball Z and have them fight against each other in the Pokémon world. Dragon…

This Adorable Papercraft Game Is All About Sex And Drugs

Don’t let the cutesy papercraft look of The Spiral Scouts fool you. This puzzle adventure game is not for kids. The Spiral Scouts, which was released on Steam last week, follows Remae, a spunky young Spiral Scout who lost her memories, as she goes on a quest to collect Scout Badges from all three wacky…

Not Even Pikachu And Eevee Can Pull Off Bangs

In the newest teaser trailer of Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee, it was revealed that you can now give Pikachu and Eevee different haircuts. They unfortunately include blunt bangs. Eevee and Pikachu seem to be really loving it, but I am NOT. While I’d like to think of Pokémon as hair trendsetters, they’re…

I’m Hooked On A Game About Cleaning Up Murder Scenes

Playing a preview build of Body of Evidence, I found myself working against the clock to clean up crime scenes and hide dead bodies. As I meticulously scrubbed blood out of hardwood floors and tabletops, I felt exhilarated to play a role in a situation I hope I never take part in. In Body of…

Two Streamers Beat An Apparently ‘Unbeatable’ Ultimate Custom Night Challenge

Yesterday, Twitch streamer Rhemery accomplished what Five Nights at Freddy’s fans and YouTubers around the world have been trying (and failing) to accomplish these past few weeks—beating a supposedly “unbeatable” mode in Ultimate Custom Night. Today, he was followed by another streamer, Dawko Ultimate Custom Night, which Kotaku covered last week, was released on June…

Maplestory Gave Me My First Best Friend, And First Betrayal

Modern kids socialize in games like Minecraft or Fortnite, but when I was growing up, I played Maplestory. Most other kids I knew made new friends at summer camp, or they played soccer or learned how to play an instrument. Meanwhile, I spent my youth as a hermit, shamelessly spending hundreds of dollars (with my…

This Silent Hill-Inspired Game Sent Me To Hell

Concluse is an atmospheric horror indie that was released on June 29. It’s free. It’s also a game that managed to both creep me out and stress me out. Michael has been searching for his missing wife Carolyn for the past three years. When he gets an anonymous tip that she was seen alive and…

Ultimate Custom Night Will Keep Five Nights At Freddy’s Fans On Their Toes

After an hour of playing Ultimate Custom Night, I was nursing a throbbing headache. I had spent that time clicking through rooms, winding up music boxes, and taking on and off a Freddy Fazbear head, all while I braced myself for the imminent jump scares. Even after the ordeal I put myself through, I wanted…

Diner Dash Mobile Is A Soulless Shell Of The Original Diner Dash Games

The original Diner Dash series taught me to persevere, despite what life throws in your way. The mobile version, on the other hand, insists that you give into the corporate overlord. I played a lot of Diner Dash when I was younger. Originally released in 2004 on PC, Diner Dash is a time-management strategy game…

Gamers from the Class of 2018 Graduated in Style With These Graduation Caps

The practice of decorating graduation caps is often seen as a rite of passage for incoming graduates of colleges and (now, increasingly) high schools. Students often spend months contemplating what they will include on their graduation caps, which on graduation day. This year, many chose to adorn their caps with inspiring quotes, memes, and song…

A Fake Edutainment Game Is Now A YouTube Hit

One of the hottest games on YouTube over the last couple of months isn’t some big-budget action game. It’s Baldi’s Basics in Education & Entertainment, an intentionally horrifying pseudo-educational game we covered back in April. It’s turned out to be the perfect game for YouTube. The game came out a few months ago and got…

YouTube Announces Features That Could Make Creators More Money

At Vidcon yesterday, YouTube announced new ways creators can make money and grow their communities on the platform. These changes include channel memberships, merchandise, and the ability to run pre-recorded videos as a “live moment” that creators and fans can watch together. In the past few years, creators on YouTube have had to turn to…

Playing Overcooked Can Tear People Apart And, Thankfully, Bring Them Together

Overcooked is a co-op game that brings together up to four friends, family members, and/or foes to cook, prep, and serve a myriad of delicious meals against the clock. When I bought it, I did not fathom that it could potentially ruin all of my relationships by forcing us to work together. And so I…