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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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Former WoW Team Leader: “This won’t stop. WoW gamers are leaving for good. “ Mark 'Grummz' Kern acknowledges explosive leak and writes about failures of AAA culture and why World of Warcraft is dying.
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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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The heartbreaking story of how one man spent $16k on Final Fantasy and nearly lost his family Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius' combining of characters that people love with gacha-esque monetization can end up going very badly.
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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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A joke, a media storm, and a destroyed life… Is ‘Magic: The Gathering’ the next Gamergate? A male internet personality made a mean joke on Twitter about a woman.
She accused him of serial harassment without evidence. The story was debunked. A geek community rallied with the media to ostracize the man, to try to get him fired, and to destroy his life. He received real harassment, including death threats. The media was silent. Then, a corporation doubles down to purge him, hurting him financially. Does this story sound familiar? Over the last several weeks, we’ve seen yet another instance of the same tactics used by the SJW corporate elites in taking down an internet personality who doesn’t meet their approval. This time, the big corporation was Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, and the owners of…
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How ‘Untitled Goose Game’ went from meme sensation to real game House House partner Stuart Gillespie-Cook went into the company’s Slack channel in August of 2016, posted a picture of a goose and wrote “Let’s make a game about this.”
Top 10 missions in the Grand Theft Auto classics Ten of the best crimes you'll ever commit in Liberty City, Vice City, and the state of San Andreas.
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Hate mob sets sights on Japanese video game ‘Catherine’ over usual nothing-burgers Transgender activists have set their sights on the remake of Atlus’ award-winning video game, Catherine, which is due for a remaster on the PlayStation 4.
Originally released in 2011, Catherine was remarkable for its take on human sexuality, which remains a rarity in the medium. Players take on the role of Vincent, a man caught between two very different women named Catherine. As he wrestles with his desires and temptations, Vincent experiences nightmares that players must overcome through puzzle solving—or it’s game over. More than just a high-definition remaster, Catherine: Full Body offers new difficulty modes, story elements, and puzzles to solve—as well as a multiplayer mode previously missing from the original game. There’s even a new character named Rin who adds another layer of depth to the story. Following the game’s announcement today, it…
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The heartbreaking story of how one man spent $16k on Final Fantasy and nearly lost his family Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius' combining of characters that people love with gacha-esque monetization can end up going very badly.
Everyone knows that Square Enix’s favorite activity is milking Final Fantasy. And fair enough, the fans love it too — for the most part. Personally I find the ‘extended universe’ of Final Fantasy a bit of a turn-off, and I suspect others do too, which is why Square Enix increasingly focuses on bringing its most iconic characters into any new title – such as the announcement, a few days ago, of Cloud coming to Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. Good old nostalgia, eh? Thing is, when you combine characters that people love with a gacha-esque monetization model, which is what Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius does, it can end up going very…
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How Fable Legends took down Lionhead An in-depth look at the development of a legendary British studio's final, unreleased game.
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Lawmakers could outlaw ‘loot boxes’ following EA microtransactions outrage Gambling complaints filed by people outraged over Star Wars: Battlefront 2 in-game transactions could turn into law against loot boxes.
EA Games’ latest first-person shooter, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, kicked off a firestorm of outrage when it was released earlier this month. Much of the anger stemmed from its implementation of in-game transactions. EA won’t just hurt the Star Wars brand, it’ll damage the entire game industry–should Big Government step in to impose oppressive regulations. Governments and gambling regulators are now stepping in to determine whether loot boxes are gambling following consumer complaints, which compared loot boxes to virtual slot machines. Like many other full-priced games, Battlefront 2 encourages players to spend additional money to unlock characters like Darth Vader, as well as items that provide them with an edge…
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The incredible career of writer and game designer Flint Dille He’s worked on everything from Transformers to Diablo to Pokemon GO, and can tell you all about Vin Diesel’s D&D character.
Flint Dille isn’t exactly a household name, but you almost certainly know his work. With more than 30 video game credits, several movie scripts, dozens of fiction and nonfiction books and cult TV shows like Transformers under his belt, Dille is an unsung hero across several entertainment industries. It all began when as a young man he won a screenwriting competition at film school and landed a job in an animation company called Ruby Spears. He never looked back. “I was hired to develop new shows and that worked out pretty well, so they hired me to stay on and write episodes,” says Dille. “The first thing I contributed to…
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IGN editor Vince Ingenito accused of touching friend’s arm in new #MeToo controversy He also allegedly once said “Guys don’t like skinny girls. You’re perfect.”
Posting into the #metoo hashtag, which victims of sexual harassment and assault have been using to tell their stories since the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault scandal upended the movie industry, Kallie Plagge detailed how she and another woman received inappropriate comments and even an arm touch from Vince Ingenito, who was an editor at the world’s most popular video game publication. She wrote: In 2016, while I was working at IGN, former IGN editor Vince Ingenito sexually harassed me and one other female employee for months. The harassment in my case included uncomfortable compliments (“Guys don’t like skinny girls. You’re perfect”), manipulative and abusive comments (“[The guys he assumed I was dating] are all…
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NeoGAF shuts down following sexual abuse allegations against owner Shut down today following allegations of sexual assault against its owner, Tyler Malka.
NeoGAF, a gaming forum that served for many years as a hub for progressives in the game industry, shut down today following allegations of sexual assault against its owner, Tyler Malka. The website served as a de facto community for gamers on the progressive left. Due to the presence of industry insiders, media men, and individuals in positions of power in the game industry, the forum’s collective opinion carried weight all the way to the top of the food chain, sometimes capable of dictating the direction of a game—whether in terms of marketing, or even development. The forum has also conducted witch hunts and crusades to fire or silence game…
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