Author: Jack Slater
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Valve’s Disease
Patrick Klepek has a post up on Waypoint, discussing a homophobic game that unsurprisingly managed to get onto Steam. He sums up Valve’s issues with content moderation very well. I’ve trimmed the quote just to remove the name of the game. …is a symptom of a larger disease. Steam’s “new releases” tab is full of trash,…
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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
The way Street Fighter V works has always been odd. Anyone who buys this new Arcade Edition gets the first two seasons of characters. Okay, that’s weird. To get access to newer characters coming out this year you can unlock them with the in-game currency, Fight Money, which ends up being kind of expensive in terms…
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Nintendo’s Cardboard Toy Builder: Labo
Nintendo announced a collection of do-it-yourself cardboard construction kits and games for the Switch today, they’re called Labo. They’ll be available in two different kits, each one holds the Switch and Joy-Cons to make something new. Toy-Con 01 is the Variety Kit for $70 and includes 5 different cardboard projects for building a house, RC…
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Ex-Theme Hospital Developers Making New Theme Hospital
If I said “Two Point Hospital” out-loud you might think I was discussing some asinine venture-funded startup designed to revolutionize the medical experience for anyone wealthy enough to afford it. Thank goodness, Sega and Two Point Studios are just making a new hospital management game using developers who have worked on Theme Hospital before. EA…