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That Dragon, Cancer Is an Anthem for the People Left Behind
Platforms: PC, Mac, OUYA We played on: Mac That Dragon, Cancer by Numinous Games tells the autobiographical story of Ryan and Amy Green as their young son Joel fights with cancer. It’s unlike...Read More
Poll Results: Y’all Really Think Amiibos Are Better Than Skylanders?
The results are in, and Disney and Activision can cry tears of shame tonight because Pixelkin readers like amiibos more than any other toys-to-life franchise. Which is weird, because honestly...Read More
Super Mario Maker Finally Adds Daisy
Princess Daisy will finally be making her debut in Super Mario Maker, starting tomorrow. Now when level builders drop a Mystery Mushroom into their courses, there’s a chance it will transform...Read More
The Ever-Popular Twitch Plays Now Have Their Own Directory
A new Twitch.tv directory will be dedicated to the famed “Twitch Plays” streams. Twitch Plays really took off in 2014 with “Twitch Plays Pokemon,” which used an emulator that let...Read More
ESPN Diving into Esports
ESPN is getting serious about their esports coverage, with a new esports section of the ESPN website.Read More
PewDiePie Launches “Revelmode” with Disney
Pewdiepie, with the support of Disney, has started a new YouTube “network within a network.” It’s called Revelmode. Read More
Gaming With the Moms #38: Red Mushrooms are B.S.
Nicole, Simone, Linda, and Courtney delve into the news and what we played, as usual. We also talk a lot about the games we’re most looking forward to in 2016....Read More
Learn How to Make Yarny with Martin Sahlin
Martin Sahlin, creative director of Unravel and overall wonderful human being, has put together a video showing fans how to make their own Yarny dolls.Read More
This Year Will Be Different: Fitness Games That Don’t Require a Console
Resolutions. Come January first, a lot of us like to sit down and make them. We call them resolutions, suggesting that resolve—the act of will and commitment—is the single most...Read More
No Men Allowed in Ataraxia
There’s a new cafe in Japan for geek women—and only women, according to Kotaku’s Brian Ashcroft. Ataraxia explicitly disallows “regular people and men.”Read More
League of Legends New Hero: Jhin, the Virtuoso
League of Legends is getting a new hero–Jhin, the Virtuoso. Jhin is a marksman whose passive ability (called Whisper) allows every fourth shot out of his gun to land a critical...Read More
The Elder Scrolls Online: Big Updates
The Elder Scrolls Online is getting a ton of updates, according to a forum post by developer Zenimax.Read More
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers Bring Free Captain America: Civil War Characters to PlayStation
LEGO confirmed today that the Ant-Man and Captain America: Civil War DLC for LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will be released as timed exclusives for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Oh,...Read More
Get a Crazy Amount of PlayStation Games Cheap
It appears Sony doesn’t do anything by halves. In what they’re calling their “PlayStation Essentials” sale you can get more than 100 games across all of Sony’s platforms at a...Read More
