Late last week, a cavalcade of cynics and useful idiots accused leftist Twitch streamer Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker – who many of the aforementioned cynics have been trying to bring down for years – of being a secret dog abuser. This is on its face absurd; there are hundreds of hours of stream footage in which Piker does not abuse his dog, Kaya, in addition to numerous and in which he dotes on her, takes her to play with other dogs, and generally treats her the way you’d expect from

I had a brief but intense Gwent phase, playing The Witcher 3’s monster-based card game a whole lot but pretty badly. The Killing Stone reminds me a bit of Gwent in that there are cards and monsters and after I make my play I watch the enemy’s monsters wallop me while I yell “wait, no!” helplessly at my screen, but it stands out with a wonderfully physical board game feel and a narrative that infuses its design.

, which has a demo out now as part

Seven-hundred thousand years after hitting our corresponding subscriber goal , we’re finally doing it: We’re throwing a party. You and everyone you’ve ever known, loved, or loathed are invited.

Our big bash is in Ridgewood (16-47 Weirfield St), at 7pm. Come eat, drink, and be as merry as these times will allow! Mingle with the entire Aftermath crew! Except Luke, who lives in Australia and is not overly eager to visit America right

In hindsight, the emergence of our modern, engagement bait-based world was inevitable. But of all the possible lenses through which to view the progression from a quainter, kinder internet to today’s sinkhole for eyeballs, I’d never considered the map game as pioneered by the Assassin’s Creed series. On the latest Aftermath Hours, our guest makes a convincing argument that these things moved in tandem.

This time around, we’re joined by of the , who has a book about Assassin’s

Workers laid off from MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy and launched legal action against the company. The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain’s Game Workers group, representing 93 current and former workers who signed the open letter, announced Friday that they're filing "legal action" against Build A Rocket Boy for the "mishandling of the redundancy process."

Shortly after the launch of MindsEye in June, Build A Rocket Boy announced , a notice period required by law in the United Kingdom. , and the

Old heads or students of games media might remember a site called GameZone, which while never a titan in the industry had managed to survive in one way or another since 1994, enjoying various periods of success throughout, which is an incredible achievement in such a volatile field. Sadly in recent months it appears to have been all but killed off by its owners, with archives spanning decades wiped in favour of front page content that doesn’t feel like it was written by or for human beings.

Despite appearing

For decades, anime has routinely spun athleticism into artistic spectacle, be it ping pong duels, basketball games, or wacky, high-octane races that blur the line between vehicular sport and myth. 100 Meters , the latest theatrical release from GKids and Studio Rock’N Roll Mountain , doesn’t chase flash. Adapted from Uoto’s manga , this rotoscoped-driven gem trades bombast for breadth, offering a quietly powerful and inspiring view of an athlete's ambition fighting underneath the pitfalls of competition,

This week, The Sustainable Games Alliance, a nonprofit made up of games industry professionals and environmental researchers, a framework that any developer or studio can apply to make their games more sustainable. The , as it’s known, is the product of a year of work and collaboration with game companies and scientists. The goal? To make games “the most sustainable form of entertainment.”

It’s a lofty one for sure, especially considering that at this point the games industry has proven when it comes to environmental

Every couple of years I decide I’m going to learn to play chess, because it feels like the kind of thing a well-rounded adult knows how to do. Usually, I can mostly remember how all the pieces move, but I’ve never been great at thinking enough moves ahead to really play the game. So I’m not that good at Below the Crown , but, like regular chess, I keep throwing myself at it anyway.

is an upcoming early access game by Misfits Attic,