Civilization 6 was recently released on iPad, which came as something of a surprise. It’s the first time a full Civ game has been released on mobile, though previously we’ve seen arcadey versions like the underwhelming Civilization Revolution. Quick Guide to Civ GamesIf you’re looking for a deep, thoughtful, engrossing game for your iPad, and you’ve never played a Civilization game before, let me introduce a few of its concepts. That said, the iPad version does offer a red letter warning that th

Civilization 6 was recently released on iPad, which came as something of a surprise. It’s the first time a full Civ game has been released on mobile, though previously we’ve seen arcadey versions like the underwhelming Civilization Revolution. Quick Guide to Civ GamesIf you’re looking for a deep, thoughtful, engrossing game for your iPad, and you’ve never played a Civilization game before, let me introduce a few of its concepts. That said, the iPad version does offer a red letter warning that th

Super Mario Odyssey was the best-selling video game of 2017 on Amazon, according to the online retailer. Nintendo also had the second and third best-selling video games on Amazon, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Switch rounding out the top three. PlayStation Store credit was the number one (and two) top seller on Amazon, however. Amazon lists the $20 PlayStation Store gift card, which can be used to purchase PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vi

Super Mario Odyssey was the best-selling video game of 2017 on Amazon, according to the online retailer. Nintendo also had the second and third best-selling video games on Amazon, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Switch rounding out the top three. PlayStation Store credit was the number one (and two) top seller on Amazon, however. Amazon lists the $20 PlayStation Store gift card, which can be used to purchase PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vi

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for BoJack Horseman season 4, episode 11.] We learn in BoJack’s fourth season that his mother, Beatrice, is suffering from dementia. Beatrice pushed BoJack away because he represented all of her failures and all who had pushed her to become someone she hated. Despite his ill feelings toward his mother, BoJack will always love the woman who raised him. But ultimately, he does, and that’s what makes BoJack’s arc so emotionally fulfilling and therapeutic.

It took three weeks, but Star Wars: The Last Jedi has grossed more than a billion in revenue — worldwide — to close out 2017. In gross receipts, 32 movies have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is currently 24th. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is already close to surpassing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($1.06 billion, last year) in revenue. The last numbered Star Wars move, The Force Awakens, raked in $2.07 billion, third place all time, after its December 2015 premiereI

“Censorship” is an overused, if not misused, word in popular culture. This video from YouTube’s Censored Gaming recaps the year in regional reconstructions. Germany is the video game market most notorious for self-editing. Wolfenstein 2 had to make some remarkably bowdlerized adjustments to its cut scenes to comply with German law. If nothing else, the video demonstrates that popular culture is still not some globally accepted convention.

“Censorship” is an overused, if not misused, word in popular culture. This video from YouTube’s Censored Gaming recaps the year in regional reconstructions. Germany is the video game market most notorious for self-editing. Wolfenstein 2 had to make some remarkably bowdlerized adjustments to its cut scenes to comply with German law. If nothing else, the video demonstrates that popular culture is still not some globally accepted convention.

It took three weeks, but Star Wars: The Last Jedi has grossed more than a billion in revenue — worldwide — to close out 2017. In gross receipts, 32 movies have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is currently 24th. Star Wars: The Last Jedi is already close to surpassing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ($1.06 billion, last year) in revenue. The last numbered Star Wars move, The Force Awakens, raked in $2.07 billion, third place all time, after its December 2015 premiereI

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for BoJack Horseman season 4, episode 11.] We learn in BoJack’s fourth season that his mother, Beatrice, is suffering from dementia. Beatrice pushed BoJack away because he represented all of her failures and all who had pushed her to become someone she hated. Despite his ill feelings toward his mother, BoJack will always love the woman who raised him. But ultimately, he does, and that’s what makes BoJack’s arc so emotionally fulfilling and therapeutic.

In a year full of games that we have played poorly, portrayed realistically and completed peacefully, how could the video team pick just a handful? Instead, we each picked our top five games that you will inevitably disagree with. First up, take a visual novel journey with Simone’s top games:Next, Griffin’s choices (and he was even nice enough to set up an inbox for your comments here):Pat takes a gently macabre turn with his top games:Justin gives us the five games that he remembers from this y

These personal essays will examine the best, most important and weirdest moments that occurred in television, film, streaming and YouTube/Twitch in 2017. Darren Aronofsky’s movies are strange, confusing and disturbing, but none of his works best encapsulates those defining terms more so than Mother! Mother!, an allegorical story about God and the creation of the universe, premiered in September and quickly became the most talked-about movie of the year. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as Mother

It’s pretty hard to make it through the holidays without a gift card or two ending up in your wallet. They might not be the most exciting gift, but with post-holiday and New Year’s sales going on, they can be pretty handy this time of year. If you got an Amazon gift card, you can find hundreds of comic titles from Marvel and DC marked down to $5 or less. The Vive Store is also offering a special discount on the HTC Vive VR headset, packing it with Fallout 4 and a $50 Steam gift card. Even if you

In a year full of games that we have played poorly, portrayed realistically and completed peacefully, how could the video team pick just a handful? Instead, we each picked our top five games that you will inevitably disagree with. First up, take a visual novel journey with Simone’s top games:Next, Griffin’s choices (and he was even nice enough to set up an inbox for your comments here):Pat takes a gently macabre turn with his top games:Justin gives us the five games that he remembers from this y

These personal essays will examine the best, most important and weirdest moments that occurred in television, film, streaming and YouTube/Twitch in 2017. Darren Aronofsky’s movies are strange, confusing and disturbing, but none of his works best encapsulates those defining terms more so than Mother! Mother!, an allegorical story about God and the creation of the universe, premiered in September and quickly became the most talked-about movie of the year. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as Mother

Jim French, a Seattle radio host and voice actor who later supplied the voice of Bill Overbeck in 2008’s Left 4 Dead, has died. A veteran of World War II, French was one of the last full-time voice actors producing radio theater on commercial stations in the United States. It is French’s role as William “Bill” Overbeck in Left 4 Dead for which he would be best known to video game enthusiasts. During World War II he was a writer and presenter for weekly shows broadcast over the Armed Forces Radio

The Wichita Police Department posted the audio of that call to its Facebook page yesterday. Posted by Wichita Police Department on Friday, December 29, 2017Reports yesterday suggested that Finch had been drawn into an argument among gamers playing Call of Duty: WWII. Instead, one gamer is said to have provided two others with the Wichita address where Finch was killed. A popular Runescape livestreamer had his home raided by a SWAT hoax in 2015, in which his 10-year-old brother ended up held at g

The Wichita Police Department posted the audio of that call to its Facebook page yesterday. Posted by Wichita Police Department on Friday, December 29, 2017Reports yesterday suggested that Finch had been drawn into an argument among gamers playing Call of Duty: WWII. Instead, one gamer is said to have provided two others with the Wichita address where Finch was killed. A popular Runescape livestreamer had his home raided by a SWAT hoax in 2015, in which his 10-year-old brother ended up held at g

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, the movie in many ways tears down and refutes the entrenched wisdom of the Star Wars franchise. In (seemingly) resolving the question of Rey’s parentage, The Last Jedi takes the largest step yet in democratizing the Force, the fundamental magic of the Star Wars universe. However J.J. Abrams concludes the Skywalker saga in 2019’s untitled Star Wars Episode IX, the series will live on. No, we’re going to get new Star Wars films, video games, books, television

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, the movie in many ways tears down and refutes the entrenched wisdom of the Star Wars franchise. In (seemingly) resolving the question of Rey’s parentage, The Last Jedi takes the largest step yet in democratizing the Force, the fundamental magic of the Star Wars universe. However J.J. Abrams concludes the Skywalker saga in 2019’s untitled Star Wars Episode IX, the series will live on. No, we’re going to get new Star Wars films, video games, books, television