eSports aren’t immune to the pressures and temptations of any other sport, especially now that there are millions of dollars and careers at stake. If the concern with traditional sports is that some performers are taking steroids and growth hormones to enhance their abilities, in professional video gaming there’s an entirely different category of drugs … Read more
There’s an online controversy brewing over Pharah from Overwatch and her racial heritage. While originally bearing Egyptian symbolism like an Eye of Horus tattoo, which was removed in a new skin and replaced by a Native American motif, the internet outrage machine is churning at full speed amidst accusations towards Blizzard for thinking that all brown … Read more
When a GTA player named Sara contacted Rockstar Games with a bizarre complain, she must not have expected such a response from the company. She wrote on Rockstar’s forums requesting the company to distance itself from its game GTA IV since it contained a Russian soldier as its main protagonist. She was visibly distraught with … Read more
Destiny 2 had a lot of new information revealed yesterday and people were mostly impressed by what was on offer. However, console users were in for a shock as Bungie revealed some key information about the game. The developer confirmed that the console version will be locked at 30FPS and this applies even for PS4 … Read more
Destiny 2 is on the horizon, and from now until the release date there’s going to be a lot of information coming out. So far, we’ve got some very positive specs about the game and people are starting to foam at the mouth in anticipation. First, let’s go over some info that’s exclusive to the … Read more
Even though real life is way more complex and filled with many more events than what we experience in a video game, there are some things that are harder to do in a virtual environment. Walking, for example, feels natural for a living being but for an animated character it’s pretty hard to look natural … Read more
Saving or protecting a female character has always been a very popular trope used not only in video games, but also in movies or books. The almighty hero has to jump through hoops in order to save of shield a princess, another heroine or a companion that is usually captured by a villain and kept … Read more