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Twitch streamer Imane “Pokimane” Anys hosted a short Christmas stream unboxing gifts sent from her fans. Pokimane was surprised by many gifts including rare Pokemon cards, several stuffed animals, a pair of Mario-themed shoes, and much more. However, one odd gift stood out to the streamer while she opened presents. Pokimane is currently the most-followed female Twitch streamer with around 6.8 million followers. With so many followers, Pokimane is often subject to strange encounters with viewers and followers....

Ubisoft will be heading to this year’s E3 conference. It’s that time of year again. This is the time when all the major game publishers and developers all start spamming on social media whether they’ll be attending this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, which will take place from Tuesday, June 11th to Thursday, June 13th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. In an announcement on Twitter, Ubisoft revealed that it would attend this year’s E3, but wouldn’t have a big stage at the conference....

Ubisoft’s American Revolution adventure Assassin’s Creed III has been out for six months now, which means that there’s only another six months to go until the release of its pirate adventure game Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. The trailers that have been unveiled so far demonstrate some exciting new gameplay elements and a brand new setting that’s sure to excite people who love pirates (and who doesn’t?). With that in mind, however, there are a number of reasons to be sceptical about the direction in which the Assassin’s Creed franchise could be heading — particularly the issue of whether or not the series’ momentum is going to burnout....

Bruce Straley has announced his departure from Naughty Dog in a heartfelt blog posted to the studio’s website. He’s best known for his work on the Uncharted franchise, as well as his role as co-director on The Last of Us alongside Neil Druckmann. “This has been the hardest decision of my career,” wrote Straley. “Naughty Dog is home. The Kennel is family. I’ve learned and grown so much from working with this incredible team....

Sherlock Holmes has Dr. Moriarty, Batman has the Joker, and Link has Ganon. It is rare to find characters that form such powerful hero-villain dyads, but a compelling relation that can endure from work to work and still keep readers/viewers/gamers coming back for more is a unique trait. While fans may question if Ganon needs to be the main antagonist for Link to square off against in every Legend of Zelda game, there is no doubt that he provides narrative and thematic balance to the story....

The Television Academy released its nominations for the 73rd annual Emmy Awards today and they included some good news for a fledgling little TV studio named Marvel. Marvel Studios’ first Disney+ effort, WandaVision, was nominated for 23 awards, including Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series (Elizabeth Olsen), Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series (Paul Bettany), and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series (Kathryn Hahn). Marvel’s second Disney+ offering, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, scored one nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Don Cheadle)....

The Mortal Kombat 11 release date is mere days away, and with its launch will come a myriad of new and gruesome fatalities for fans to enjoy. Fortunately for those players that cannot wait to see these brutal fatalities in action, a majority of them have been shared, by both official Mortal Kombat 11 trailers and unofficial leaks, for fans’ viewing pleasure. To note, while at least one fatality for each of the base 25 Mortal Kombat 11 characters has been revealed, there are a few missing from the list below....

The latest patch to Call of Duty: Warzone finally fixes the weapon model corruption bug that was ruining so many games. A new update went out yesterday for Warzone that players are already applauding. The patch came as the result of a new bug that was terrorizing Warzone games and robbing players of their rightfully deserved victories. The bug caused weapon models and even some other in-game objects to become a jagged collection of shifting polygons that were impossible to see through....

What Does Imaginary Internet Points Mean? The term “imaginary Internet points” has become a shorthand way to talk about the soft values that people get from various kinds of online interactions where other users may like, upload or otherwise support content online. “Imaginary Internet points” are conceptual “points” obtained through digital user activity. Techopedia Explains Imaginary Internet Points In the digital era, the term “imaginary Internet points” has developed as a way to reference intangible value....

What Does Beige Toaster Mean? Beige toaster is a slang term for the original Apple Macintosh computer, a major landmark in personal computing that revolutionized consumer technology in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The term refers to the unique color of the computer shell, as well as its boxy, rectangular shape. Techopedia Explains Beige Toaster The early Apple Macintosh computer had a shape unlike any other popular consumer home computer of any era....

This review of The Orville: New Horizons contains spoilers. The Orville: New Horizons Season 3 Episode 9 When The Orville: New Horizons was introduced eight weeks ago, it appeared to be everything you’d want to see was on the horizon. It was shiny, big, bold, exciting, and most importantly: it introduced new ingredients that promised to take the show in directions it had yet to explore. Yet it would be all for naught if the scripts didn’t bring that same revitalized energy, or take any chances in terms of the story....

As would be expected of any RPG, The Outer Worlds is one heck of a package. If you’re looking to best every sidequest, grab all the best items and see the most obscure reaches of these planets, you’re going to be in it for the long haul. If you’re really dedicated to this zany adventure –zany being the word, with South Park: The Stick of Truth’s Obsidian Entertainment at the helm—then you’re going to want every trophy/achievement too....

The Sims 5 is yet to be announced, and based on the results of EA’s latest quarterly earnings call with its investors, it could still be a while off. EA’s the next fiscal year will continue to focus on the success of live-service games such as Apex: Legends, FIFA, and predecessor, The Sims 4. However, that doesn’t mean the highly anticipated life simulation sequel isn’t already in early stages of development considering The Sims 4 originally released for PC back in 2014, before being ported to PS4 and Xbox One in 2017....

James Cameron’s 1997 blockbusting tearjerker, Titanic, puts an epic love story in the middle of the greatest maritime disaster in the history of the North Atlantic. On April 15, 1912, midway through its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg. Because of a severe shortage of lifeboats, 1,517 people died. In the weeks which followed, the luxury liner was said to have been billed as “unsinkable,” but that claim had never been made until after the nautical disaster....

As any person about their favorite roleplaying experience in a video game, and it’s fairly obvious that The Witcher 3 would be a name that would slide off most people’s tongues. The game has carved such a rich legacy for itself in just five years that it would be hard to find a single person even remotely interested in video games who hasn’t heard of this absolute gem of a title....

It goes without saying that The Witcher 3 is one of the greatest video games of all time, with the title being all the rage when it was released in 2015. If that wasn’t great enough as is, the arrival of The Witcher on Netflix fanned the flames of the game’s popularity even further, leading to a second resurgence of sorts as the game shot up in relevance once again. It’s a testament to the sheer quality of the game that it’s managed to remain ever-present in the mind of gamers to this day....

The Witcher 3, without its colorful and flawed cast of characters, would not have been as spectacularly perfect. Because apart from the impressive open-world and handcrafted quests, what makes the game so memorable are the characters’ quirks and their interactions with one another. With that in mind, it’s usually the dialogue lines that carry the narrative and hold your attention enough for it to not wander off into Gwent or side quests....

Deep within the Team Fortress 2 game files, there exists a 256x256 JPG of a highly-detailed coconut, overtop a plain grey background. This image isn’t used anywhere in-game, not as a texture or an item, but deleting it will cause the game to stop working. Any game programmer would know best that code can be a total enigma at times. Even the code that appears the most elegant on its face can fail to accomplish the most menial of tasks, while in other cases, incorporating random, arbitrary steps within the code is seemingly required to make it run, rendering even the most polished programmers stunned....

The Twitch hot tub controversy continues today as popular Twitch streamer and one of the leading originators of the “Hot Tub Meta,” Kaitlyn “Amouranth” Siragusa announced that Twitch has suspended advertising on her channel. While the streamer claims no reason was given for the ban, it comes suspiciously after her rise in popularity due to the controversial hot tub streams. One of the biggest issues that Siragusa brings up in her posts is the fact that no distinct line is given to Twitch users about what may or may not be deemed as “not advertiser friendly”....

With the lack of E3 this year, it is falling on publishers and developers to host their own Livestream events to reveal upcoming new projects. Not wishing to waste time, Ubisoft has announced that it will be forging its own path forward with “Ubisoft Forward,” a replacement stream for its canceled E3 festivities. Announced on Twitter this morning, the company promises “exclusive game news, reveals and more.” We don’t know a whole lot about the event other than it will take place on July 12 at 12 pm PDT/9 pm CEST....