They just don’t make complex naval warfare simulations like they used to. Which might be why Cold Waters, a spiritual successor to one of Sid Meier’s earlier games Red Storm Rising, is currently in development.Read more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

Krista Staggs is an artist who hasn’t just done a ton of video game work, but has also done childrens books and stuff for Disney theme parks as well.Read more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

Pro skater and internet guy Steve Berra has had enough of EA not making any more games in the excellent Skate series. So he’s mobilising. This is a campaign I could get behind.Read more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

League Of Guessing is a game about League Of Legends characters that uses League Of Legends settings and assets. Riot is not in any way involved. Surprisingly, it’s coming to Steam.Read more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

At what point does a robot become more than just a vessel for satisfying a human’s needs? That’s one of the many questions posed by the new HBO series Westworld, based on that other Michael Crichton story about a theme park in which the android attractions—who are designed to be fucked and killed—rise up against their creators.Read more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

Track: Rings | Artist: Tycho | Album: EpochRead more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

This is Russian cosplayer Xenia Shelkovskaya, doing one hell of an impersonation of English actress Natalie Dormer/Westeros Deal Wheeler Margaery Tyrell.Read more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

UPDATE - 10/2 8:30pm: After Kosmic’s speed-run was reviewed further, it was discovered that his time was actually off by exactly one frame. His actual speed-run was 4:57.244, the same as Darbian’s, with whom Kosmic now shares the world record.Read more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

Phillip “Phizzurp” Klemenov, a professional Call of Duty player and streamer, has died in a car accident in Colorado. He was 23 years old.Read more...Powered by WPeMatico... more.

The Paper Mario series got started fifteen years ago on the N64. In light of the fact that Super Mario RPG never received a proper sequel, it was welcome compromise. Even if the series seemed to have lost its way during the Wii era and more recently with Paper Mario: Sticker Star for the 3DS, I’ve always appreciated how the games let Nintendo’s darker quirkier side come out.Read... more.