video game culture
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Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 Starts Today, Here’s How To Watch
1And just like that, somehow it’s been a whole year since the last Awesome Games Done Quick. The speedrunning event, back for its 13th year, starts today. After a terrible 2021, relax and enjoy some fun, impressive, and wild speedruns for the next week. It might just be the best way to kick off 2022.…
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Behold, A Japanese Hand Massaging Device For Gamers
Bauhutte, the folks behind the gaming bed and the gaming mattress, are back with another interesting product: A hand massager for gamers.
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This Senior Couple Were The MVPs Of A Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Tourney
The 2021 CEO Fighting Game Championships tournament last weekend had plenty of surprising announcements, but nothing quite as surprising as the participation of Tinker and Arachius. Tinker and Arachius are a senior couple who competed at CEO to understand how a professional fighting game tournament was run so that they can improve their own upcoming…
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How The Celeste Speedrunning Community Became Queer As Hell
Queerness has always existed in the gaming world, even if it hasn’t always been out in the open. But more and more, we’re seeing new and existing gaming communities embrace and even centre their queer members. One such community is the vast, rapidly growing subculture around speedrunning, a specialised way to play games as quickly…