Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
In the few days since Electronic Arts and BioWare let fans start playing the first 10 hours of Mass Effect: Andromeda, I suspect things haven’t gone according to their internal marketing plan. Instead of people sharing the cool moments they’re having in space, they’re retweeting the awkward animations and various examples of a lax attention to detail….
A little bit Tri-forced. Developer: NintendoPublisher: NintendoFormat: Nintendo SwitchReleased: March 3, 2017Copy purchased The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a beautiful game with a richly detailed world. It’s packed with things to do and places to explore, doing an incredible job of turning Hyrule into a vast expanse of possibility as opposed to a…
Back in 2013, Binding of Isaac fans turned the single-player game into a competitive pastime where multiple players raced against each other, live. Races involve two players facing off simultaneously, side-by-side, with each running through the game as fast as they can. That scene faded for a while, but now it’s making a big comeback on Twitch….
The most hype moment of a big San Francisco Street Fighter V event this week came during a spur of the moment challenge from the crowd. And it’s a lesson about the danger of being a little too brave. The event was a big party involving Capcom and fighting game enthusiast Lupe Fiasco. Both were celebrating Lupe’s…
Illustration by Sam Woolley Is there a drug I can take, Limitless-style, that will make me better at video games? Ideally, it would be something legal. And something that wouldn’t put me in any medical danger. There are a lot of drugs on the market that claim to boost gaming prowess. This week, I tried…
Gamers tried out the coming Nintendo Switch video game console in Tokyo in January. Credit Richard Atrero de Guzman/NurPhoto, via Getty Images Every few years, one of the big video game companies comes out with a new box that it wants consumers to make space for in their living rooms. These systems, known as…
Earlier this week, Overwatch’s Bastion buff went live and, as usual, the sky fell. Players were so devastated about the changes, and so vocal, that the game’s director Jeff Kaplan just said he’d roll them back, a little consolingly. But two days post-patch, did players really have enough time to develop workable strategies to counter…
The Nintendo Switch eShop is now live, with nine launch titles available for purchase such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and 1-2-Switch. Nintendo released the Switch’s day-one update this morning, which is necessary for the console to be able to access the eShop. The update, which brings the Switch firmware from…
Well here we are. The Switch, Nintendo’s latest console, is finally here. The internet is flooded with detailed, measured reviews right now, so rather than publish another one of those, Motherboard decided to give the machine to the least professional member of its team, Editor-in-Chief Derek Mead. What is even more worrisome about this decision is…
If you’re planning to get a Nintendo Switch after it launches tomorrow, here is one thing I would recommend: Do not lick the cartridges. There have been some tweets and discussions on the internet that the cartridges from the Switch have been coated in a substance that makes them taste foul so that children wouldn’t…