Twitch Just Made It Harder To Be A Jerk In Chat

A good Twitch chat is like a serene sea: always welcome, but all too rare a respite from the choppier waters of the internet. Over the years, Twitch has given chat moderators tools to lock out ugliness-spewing ne’er-do-wells, but a number of loopholes have allowed dedicated trolls to slip back under the gates with relative…

Uncharted 4 And Dirt Rally 2.0 Are April’s PlayStation Plus Games

Ducking in under the wire, April’s PlayStation Plus games are here. As always, these games are only “free” if you have an active PlayStation Plus membership. April’s PS Plus games are Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Dirt Rally 2.0 Both games will be available to download April 7 through May 4.

How’s It Going?: Home Edition

Welcome to Wednesday. We’re halfway to the weekend! Like many of you, I’ve been spending a lot of time in my house. I live alone, which I used to really value when I saw people more often, but now it’s pretty lonely. I’m realizing that a lot of things I like about my apartment, I…

People Are Already Playing Final Fantasy VII Remake In Australia

When Square Enix announced physical copies of Final Fantasy VII Remake would ship to Europe and Australia earlier than its April 10 release date due to the covid-19 pandemic, we didn’t think they meant this early. The eagerly anticipated game is already in the hands of many Australians, as evidenced by a growing number of…

K-pop Star’s April Fools Joke: Pretending To Have Coronavirus Covid-19

Today is April Fool’s Day. Pranks probably aren’t a good idea this year! Pretending you have covid-19 is definitely not. K-pop star Jaejoong, member of the popular group JYJ, announced his fake sickness on Instagram earlier today. Jaejoong wrote that he had contracted the virus, adding (as translated by Koreaboo), “It was careless of me…

Man Brings Tom Nook To Life With His Nipple

These are trying times. One man keeps making the internet a better place with his low-cost cosplay. Thank goodness for that! Kotaku first profiled Anucha “Cha” Saengchart (aka “Lonelyman”) and his inexpensive cosplay way back in 2014. Since then, he’s continued to delight and amuse. His latest Tom Nook creation is something else.  This isn’t…

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The Right Hand Of Gloom

Antonin Kolman is an artist and matte painter who has worked in games and movies. You can see more of Antonin’s stuff at his ArtStation page

QuakeCon 2020 Is Cancelled

This won’t come as a surprise to any of you, but id Software officially cancelled QuakeCon 2020 today, saying, “gathering is the last thing any of us should be doing right now.” In a statement posted on the con’s site, id say the show—due to take place in August—just can’t be put together at the…

Gloomhaven’s Sequel Raises Over $4 Million In One Day

Gloomhaven, one of the most popular board games in years, launched its big new campaign Frosthaven today on Kickstarter. Things are, uh, going well. At time of posting, with less than 24 hours gone on the game’s Kickstarter campaign, it has raised over USD$4 million. Watching the page at any time looks a little something…

Let’s Rank The Civilization Games, Worst To Best

How do you separate greatness? You can only try. And remember that hexes > grids. In this latest instalment of Pecking Order, I’m going to be choosing between some of my favourite, and most-played games of all time. From the original all the way through to Civilization VI’s expansions, I’ve been lucky to enough to…