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Twitch Founding CEO Emmett Shear Resigns After 16 Years

Emmett Shear is no longer the boss of Twitch. After 16 long, controversy-filled years, the co-founder and only CEO the Amazon-owned streaming platform has ever known announced he’s stepping down to spend more time with his family. “With my first child just born, I’ve been reflecting on my future with Twitch,” Shear wrote in a

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Gaming

The Last Of Us Finale Was Brutal, So Watch The Cast Have Fun

While The Last of Us’ haunting emotional beats and turbulent moral themes can sometimes be fodder for a more hopeful, reparative perspective, that’s not always the case. The Last of Us is heavy as hell, but fortunately, if the HBO series finale has left you in a dour mood, the outtakes and bloopers are starting

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Gaming

Vince McMahon Will Be Playable In New WWE 2K23

According to a report from Axios, Vince McMahon will be a playable character in WWE’s upcoming video game, WWE 2K23. This news comes after the former WWE CEO’s scandal-riddled retirement last year, when The Wall Street Journal unearthed that McMahon paid four women $12 million in “hush money” over the past 16 years, including a

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Gaming

Pokémon TCG Permanently Bans Judge For Transphobic Harassment

One of the judges at the official regional tournament for the Pokémon Trading Card Game that took place in Vancouver this weekend received a lifetime ban after he allegedly harassed transgender competitors. According to a member of team Girl Power, who competed at the Vancouver event, one of the judges, identified as Travis Madaris by

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Gaming

FIFA Swears It’s Working On A Soccer Game To Compete With EA

This will be the first year since 1993 that there won’t be a new FIFA game after Electronic Arts abandoned the exclusive license once negotiations reportedly broke down over the renewal price. FIFA President Gianni Infantino swears the FIFA series will return, however, promising “FIFA 25, 26, 27 and so on – will always be

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The History of St. Patrick’s Day: From Religious Observance to National Drinking Holiday

Ah, St. Patrick’s Day – a holiday that’s as Irish as leprechauns, four-leaf clovers, and the color green. It’s a day that’s all about celebrating Irish culture and heritage, but let’s be real – it’s also become an excuse for people to drink like they just won the lottery. So, how did St. Patrick’s Day

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Gaming

The Sims 4 Bug Turns Infants Into Long-Legged Monsters

Image: EA Unless you consider watching people get up and go to work every morning to be a horrifying sight, you probably wouldn’t classify The Sims 4 as a horror game. However, its latest update brings infants to the game for the first time ever, and while they may look cute when you first load

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Gaming

Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Gives Night City An Even More HD Makeover

Yes, Cyberpunk 2077 is already in HD—it goes way past HD for anyone playing in 2K or 4K, even—but if you ever stopped to look at the game’s ground textures and walls, you may have noticed they’re not as sharp as some of the more attention-grabbing parts of the world. That’s to be expected, of

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Gaming

Board Games Aren’t Great For The Environment, Could Be Better

As the planet veers ever closer to climate catastrophe, more and more people—and businesses—are working to lessen their impact on the planet. Cars are going electric, straws have gotten organic and even video game cases have gotten slimmer. One industry that’s lagging well behind, though, is board games. With an emphasis on wowing customers with

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Gaming

Star Citizen’s Alpha 3.18 Update Leads To A Very Bad Week

Star Citizen—a video game first announced when Gangnam Style was top of the charts—is sometimes unfairly labelled as vapourware. It’s usually called that by people who have never actually played it; if they had, they’d know that there is the framework of a game out there, which can be played, but which is also nowhere

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