I remember when people were spouting that Japanese games were dead. Yet here we are, with three Japanese games up for GOTY.

The nominees for 2017's edition of The Game Awards are out, and you can check out a full list here. Will Mario and Zelda split the Nintendo vote for Game of the Year? Staff from our competitive gaming site Compete were on the jury for the esports categories of the awards. Alas, our fighting game player nominees didn’t…

It is Nintendo’s blessing, and its curse.

The biggest problem is that a number of third parties tend to want to be able to port their games without headaches and only rarely invest in brand new IP that makes use of the console’s features, or even a new entry in existing series which again, should make the most of the system’s features. They can be their own…

Whenever I read a story about how some company grabbed some top CEO, director, or big name anything I’m just like “Well that was a waste of money”. Unless they start saying things like “hired the whole team” that created something awesome then I’m not impressed. One person does not make a game...unless maybe your…

Any game engine could be used to make any game. An engine is mostly how software handles asset rendering and code, not gameplay. Gameplay and mechanics all boil down to code and how it’s used.

Ah the typical Nintendo hater. Nintendo doesn’t have something, bitch about it because another console does and that somehow naturally means every single thing in existence needs it. Then Nintendo adds something, still bitch because haters are cancerous crybabies that could be given the world on a golden platter…

Don’t know what world you live in.

I am in this exact boat - I just bought Stardew Valley over the weekend and am LOVING it. Such a great game and just a dream to play on the my switch.

So far, the Switch has been a rarity: it is a platform that is different enough that it creates a new experience even for existing games.

That’s... that’s not even close to true.

Yeah...see this is what fascism looks like. “I should blindly follow our fearless leader of the free world, just because he’s the President.”

Yeah no, let me stop you there hotshot. the palestinians, lebanese and syrians who are regularly bombarded by israel are the ones I’m worried about. Israel is in a war because it’s occupying lands, it’s not really a victim of anything.

Look, I don’t want to be that guy but he wasn’t simply “refused entry” he didn’t have the proper paperwork to gain entry. Simply stating he was refused entry in the title implies there is some injustice or discrimination going on there.

Golden Gai. Tokyo, Japan. By Alexander Zitzenbacher.

I personally don’t care one bit about professional esports. The same way I don’t care about professional pizza eating contests.

Not a Good Match For: People who don’t like Mario Kart? Do those people exist?