Latest articles by Rich Stanton
Borderlands film goes from disaster to farce as the guy who rigged Claptrap says neither he nor the model artist are credited
news "I worked on him for 5 consecutive months."
Turkey just straight-up banned Roblox for 'child exploitation'
news Tell us what you really think.
A pedophile used Roblox to groom, abduct and sexually assault a 15-year-old girl, a full 18 months after the community had outed him as a predator
news New data shows US police have arrested "at least 2 dozen" people since 2018 "accused of abducting or abusing victims" they'd met on Roblox.
IRL Squid Game competitors complain it was too real, reporting injuries and poor treatment as they fought for $5 million beneath a grinning MrBeast: 'We're all just looking up at the sky, screaming at him like he's god'
news Are you not entertained?
Diablo 4 players finally unearth a secret ring they've been looking for since it launched over a year ago—and it's utter trash
news But what if it somehow unlocks cows?
Elon Musk says his brainchip patients will soon 'outperform a pro gamer', then takes a big old puff and says 'let’s give people superpowers'
News What could go wrong!
The grandest WoW guilds raced for a world first raid clear hinged on a new secret boss, and the winner was 'None of the Above'
news It's getting hot in here!
Japanese man gets jailed for repeated death and bomb threats that saw multiple Nintendo events cancelled, judge excoriates 'selfish motive' and 'persistent and vicious' behaviour
news The defendant's online losses apparently inspired the crimes.
Helldivers 2 takes a crack at the CrowdStrike outage as its Destroyers suffer from a systems update: 'Please manually reboot each affected computer 15 times'
news Patriotism waits for no IT engineer.
MrBeast 'disgusted' by grooming allegations aimed at channel co-host, removes her from 'any association with MrBeast' and hires investigators to look into the claims
news "I've seen enough online."
The First Descendant executes total U-turn on the promise of endless loot caves, blames 'mistranslation' and weirdly insists 'there have been no reversals'
news Look, it's Elvis!
It's official: International Olympic Committee votes to confirm the first Olympic Esports Games will happen in 2025, even if they don't know the games yet
news Everything about the event is yet to be decided, including the games, but it's happening.
Valve shuffles some crates around on beloved Counter-Strike map, some fans react like it shot Old Yeller: 'The more I think of this, the more upset I am'
news Another one bites de_dust.
The trials of a billionaire Bond villain: Oculus founder Palmer Luckey sues after getting stuck in a car elevator in the mansion he bought just to store cars
news Luckey also owns an ex-Navy speedboat with a mounted machine gun. God bless America.
Google claims it's been able to simulate 'self-replicating' digital life, but its 'primordial soup' needs a pinch of salt
news Sure you did.
The First Descendant players have discovered a Destiny-style loot cave but, rather than 'simply nerfing certain content', the devs are leaning in
News The so-called Valby Run is "our own mistake" said the developers, but they "do not wish to suddenly remove it."
A furry hacktivist group has breached Disney, leaked 1.1TiB of data, and says it's because Club Penguin shut down
news We were promised flying cars, but welcome to the real future.
Counter-Strike co-creator says he's happy they sold the game to Valve—'They have done a great job of maintaining the legacy'
news "I regret not balancing some of the weapons, such as the AWP."
Russian antivirus giant Kaspersky says do svidaniya to US customers with 6 months of free software: 'stay safe'
news Maybe they're just Biden their time.
I'm a basic-ass Razer boi so, as far as Prime Day laptop deals go, let me show you all the colors of the rainbow
Prime Day I don't think I've bought accessories from another brand in the last five years.
Save 94% on these PC air dusters that are pretending they used to be $600 and 'SAY GOODBYE TO AIR CAN'
Prime Day Hot air? Me?!?
Russian antivirus giant Kaspersky leaves the US after two decades, slams the 'theoretical concerns' that led to it being banned
news The US claims the Kremlin could abuse Kaspersky software "to access and potentially exploit sensitive U.S. technology and data".
'The cherry on the top' for Fallout: London is having the robotic Speaker of the House played by a former Speaker of the House
news John Bercow held the role from 2009 to 2019, going viral several times for his wit and ever-so-plummy tones.
