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· Ryan General
Filipino Boy Reportedly Develops Uncontrollable Facial Seizures After Gaming 9 Hours a Day
A 6-year-old boy from a province in the Philippines has developed persistent facial seizures reportedly due to his excessive playing of video games. John Nathan Lising, who plays computer games for about nine hours a day, suddenly began suffering uncontrollable facial tics which…
· Bryan Ke
Japan’s Silver Medalist is Too Busy Playing Video Games to Look for a Relationship
Japan’s silver medalist figure skater Shoma Uno admitted in an interview with Aichi Prefecture-based newspaper Chunichi Shimbun that he has no time for romance as he is too busy playing video games. The topic of romance was brought up in the interview when the publication…
· Sarah Lesnar
39 Dirty Whisper Confessions About Asian Guys
Whisper is an app known for its scandalous secrets and tantalizing tell-alls. Nannies hooking up with the parents of the kids they watch, the best man confessing his feelings for the bride just moments before she walks down the aisle, and other juicy gossip not even day time…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Gamer Couple Has First Fight in ‘Tekken 6’ After Getting Married in a Tokyo Arcade
For most couples, a traditional wedding is like a dream come true; this gamer couple, however, had different plans. The Japanese couple recently tied the knot in one of Tokyo’s most iconic arcades, Mikado, according to Kotaku. The newlyweds, groom, Kazuhiro and bride, Yukiko,…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Sega Produced a Fan-Made Sonic Game and It’s Rad AF
Sega has asked fans of their most popular franchise, “Sonic the Hedgehog”, to create their newest game, “Sonic Mania”. “As the name implies, we developed this as a game for the maniacs by the biggest maniacs,” said Takashi Iizuka, current lead of Sonic Team and long-time…
· Kyle Encina
eSports Could Be Coming to the 2024 Olympics
Video games and eSports may have a chance of being part of the 2024 Olympics. It seems like the gap between eSports, video games and the Olympics is starting to close in. With last year’s memorable opening ceremony featuring iconic game character Mario, it’s clear that video…
· Editorial Staff
Science Says Playing ‘Mario Kart’ Actually Makes You a Better Driver
Playing “Mario Kart” actually makes you a better driver, according to a recent university study. Those hours you spent drifting your way through Rainbow Road may have paid off after all. A new study, published this month in the Psychological Science journal, confirms that…
· Editorial Staff
Lumosity Must Now Pay $2 Million Because ‘Brain-Training’ Isn’t Actually Real
Apparently, playing a bunch of mini-games for a few minutes a day will not make you smarter as some mobile apps claim. The Federal Trade Commission announced on Tuesday that Lumosity app developer Lumos labs will pay $2 million to settle deceptive advertising charges over its…
· Riley Schatzle
How a Former Hot Dog Stand Worker Became a Multi-millionaire YouTuber
Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, thinks of himself as the world’s biggest unknown celebrity. PewDiePie is a Swedish Youtube creator who specializes in Let’s Play videos, wherein viewers are taken through a playthrough, usually with commentary, of a video…
· Augustine Reyes Chan
Mark Zuckerberg Says Video Games Got Him Into Programming
We’ve all heard it before: Children and teens who play video games cut themselves off from the world. They become anti-social. They ignore homework. And most debatably, they become hostile and act out in violent ways if they are continually exposed to violent video games.…