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Chess Champion Ratchets Up Cheating Drama By Resigning In Just One Move
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen was supposed to play Hans Niemann, a 19-year old he previously implied was a cheater, in the Champions Chess Tour 2022 today. Instead, he resigned after making just one move, reigniting the embers of a scandal that’s consumed the chess world this month. Now people are calling on him to…
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Pro Gaming CEO Pops Champagne With Misogynist Andrew Tate, Now On Unpaid Leave
G2 Esports CEO and cofounder, Carlos ‘ocelote’ Rodriguez, was recently caught partying with notorious internet misogynist and general piece of shit, Andrew Tate. The news provoked a huge backlash on social media, and naturally the former League of Legends pro decided to tweet through it. “Nobody will ever be able to police my friendships,” he…
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Our Favourite Cosplay From C2E2 2022
The Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo, aka C2E2, was one of the very last shows we got to feature before the pandemic hit in early 2020, so it’s great being able to welcome the event back into the rotation in 2022 after a couple of years on the sideline.
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The Chess Grandmaster Anal Bead Conspiracy That’s Happening Right Now, Explained
The modern-day world of championship chess isn’t just long games and arcane openings. There’s Twitch drama, robots that break kids’ fingers, and now: anal beads. Last week, World Champion Magnus Carlsen lost to Grandmaster Hans Niemann in a stunning upset. Accusations of cheating began to fill the air. But how would the alleged cheating have…