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South Koreans outraged over “africanized” Korean queen in Civilization VI Makers of the popular Civilization series of video games have angered the Cree Nation and South Koreans over the depiction of both civilizations and their leaders in an upcoming expansion.
Attempts to virtue signal gone awry. Concerns were first raised by South Korean gamers who complained that the female ruler chosen to depict the South Korean civilization was intentionally made ugly. Civilization VI’s depiction of Korean Queen Seondeok was aesthetically unappealing—she had fat cheeks, dark skin, and Africanized facial features uncommon with Korean people. The developers at Firaxis Games quickly responded to the complaints by reconstructing her face to lighten her skin and reduce her weight. They also modified her facial structure to accentuate her more Asian features by accenting the sharpness of her jawline, slanting her eyes, and thinning her lips. South Korean Civilization fans have also threatened to…
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Battlestar Galactica’s Nicki Clyne and Smallville’s Allison Mack involved in “NXIVM” sex cult Women became branded sex slaves in group that told them it "empowers women."
Canadian actress Nicki Clyne, who was one of the main characters in the sci-fi TV series Battlestar Galactica, is embroiled in a celebrity sex cult called NXIVM alongside other young female celebrities. Ostensibly a “multi-level marketing company,” allegations that NXIVM is a cult surfaced in an explosive report on the New York Times in October 2017, detailing a secretive subsect of the company called DOS, in which women are branded near their genitalia. Women who joined the group were given the impression that the sisterhood was created to empower women. DOS supposedly stands for “dominus obsequious sororium,” which is Latin for “master over the slave women.” Women were ultimately branded,…
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Man builds functional glowing IRL life bar A vertical tube filled with water that lights up different colors and changes its water level based on your in-game health and mana.
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IGN fires editor-in-chief Steve Butts for workplace misconduct “As a result of the investigation, the Company has appropriately determined to part ways with Mr. Butts.”
IGN, one of the world’s most popular destinations for video game news, has fired its editor-in-chief after investigating him for allegations that he harassed another employee. “IGN initiated an investigation into alleged misconduct involving Steve Butts,” the publication’s general manager Mitch Galbraith said in a statement to Kotaku. “As a result of the investigation, the Company has appropriately determined to part ways with Mr. Butts.” News of Butts’ dismissal comes two months after former IGN employee Kallie Plagge accused former IGN editor Vince Ingenito of sexually harassing her and at least one other female employee over several months in 2016. She alleged that IGN’s HR department failed to act on…
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Don’t believe the fake news — “Gaming disorder” is not a “recognized mental illness” Nevermind reality when the narrative is too tempting.
The World Health Organization may classify “Gaming Disorder” as a mental health disorder in the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) diagnostic manual–but it hasn’t, at least, not yet. Contrary to recent reports on the BBC, GameSpot, Mashable, and elsewhere, the diagnostic is not yet official and remains in beta. The ICD-10 and the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) are both used to treat mental illness in the United States. Originally planned for release in 2012, the ICD-11 has been delayed several times. First in 2012, then 2015, then 2017. It is currently scheduled for a June 2018 release, with…
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Video game research shows you’re past your peak already at 25 Scientists have been using video games to study reaction speeds as people age and have discovered that it all starts to fall apart at 24.
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Intel CPUs have a major security flaw, and fixing it causes huge performance hit Affects all of the company’s modern CPUs.
Reports are surfacing all across the tech world that Intel chips suffer from a fundamental flaw that affects all of the company’s modern CPUs. It’s impossible to fix with a chip-based update, and requires a software-based solution through the operating system, which in turn causes a performance hit of up to 30 percent. While the bug is simple enough to deal with through a Windows, Linux or Mac OSX patch, the performance hit is severe. Microsoft is expected to address the bug in its monthly “Patch Tuesday” update, while Linux patches have already been distributed to users. The circumstances of the bug remain under wraps due to the severity of…
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Leave me alone: speaking out against the rise of co-op The once separate worlds of singleplayer and multiplayer are merging – but there's nothing wrong with playing alone.
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LAPD arrests Wichita swatter following reports from gamers who identified him The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested a 25-year-old man in connection to the fatal Wichita swatting case, which claimed the life of one man.
On Thursday, a man whose address was sent to an alleged swatter by a Call of Duty player following an online dispute over $1.50 became the victim of a police raid, which ended in the tragic loss of his life. The alleged swatter called in a fake hostage situation on the home address of Andrew Finch, who was unarmed at the time of the fatal shooting. Following the incident, the swatter gave an interview with Daniel “Keemstar” Keem of the YouTube channel, DramaAlert, acknowledging his role in the tragedy. He refused to take responsibility for the man’s death. He was identified by gamers on social media following the incident as…
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Marvel finally realized Social Justice doesn’t sell Marvel cancels many of its flagship comics. The reason is simple: no one likes them.
Marvel Comics has canceled many of its flagship comics that heralded the company’s shift toward social issues in 2016 and 2017. The reason is simple: no one likes them. As MILO pointed out on Breitbart in 2016, readers were abandoning Marvel Comics in droves following the tide of social justice-infused comics—highlighting Thor’s transformation into a woman. Not literally, of course—but the publisher has, among other things, altered existing characters like Iceman for the sake of diversity; or retired old ones, like Iron Man’s Tony Stark, to introduce “diverse” new ones, like a black teenage girl. While progressive critics embraced the changes, comic book enthusiasts found new heroes elsewhere and abandoned…
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Man DEAD after Call of Duty teammate swatted him over a $1.5 wager The swatter is believed to also be responsible for forcing the evacuation of the Call of Duty World League on December 8 when he called in a hoax bomb threat.
An online match of the popular online video game, Call of Duty: WWII, has escalated into real-world violence when one player allegedly prank called the police to SWAT his teammate over an argument over a $1.50 video game wager. Police in Wichita, Kansas say that a tragic shooting on Thursday may have been the result of a “swatting,” which is the practice of getting a SWAT team to descend on a person’s home by falsely reporting a hostage situation. Speaking to the press, Wichita Deputy Police Chief Troy Livingston said that officers responded to a 911 call that a father had been shot in the head, and that a shooter…
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Zoe Quinn accuses ‘Bright’ and ‘Dirk Gently’ screenwriter Max Landis of rape She does not claim to be the victim, or know any of his alleged victims, describing only the rumors she’s heard
Zoe Quinn, the woman at the center of the GamerGate controversy, took to Twitter to accuse the controversial Hollywood screenwriter Max Landis of committing rape and sexual assault. However, Quinn does not claim to be the victim, or know any of his alleged victims, describing only the rumors she’s heard of him in a situation similar to the controversy currently brewing in Magic: The Gathering. Her accusations follow a report on a blog called the Nerd Stash that one of the actresses from Landis’ viral YouTube video, Wrestling Isn’t Wrestling, named Anna Akana, called the Bright screenwriter “a psychopath who sexually abuses and assaults women.” Claims of his alleged behavior have…
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Wesley Snipes and Sean Astin to develop sci-fi tabletop game Samwise and Blade are into tabletop gaming and will be creative directors and writers for Grimmerspace.
Iron GM Games has secured two Hollywood actors—Sean Astin, best known for his role as Samwise Gamgee in Lord of the Rings; and Wesley Snipes, Blade himself—to help write a new setting compatible with the popular tabletop game. They are set to contribute to Grimmerspace, an upcoming adventure book intended for use with the Starfinder ruleset. According to an interview with EN World, the setting takes place in an alternate universe called the Gliding Rim, or G-Rim. In case the name doesn’t ring any bells—it’s a call out to the game’s new sci-fi horror setting. Players will have to deal with the arrival of powerful mages who hail from a…
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