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Entertainment
Singaporean dad $20,000 in debt after daughter’s in-game purchases in ‘Genshin Impact’
A Singaporean father was shocked by his $20,000 credit card debt after he traced it back to his daughter’s spending spree on the popul...
Michelle De Pacina
‘GhostWire: Tokyo’ Creative Director Ikumi Nakamura is the Only Announcer the Internet Wants for E3
Game announcements at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, also known as E3, can be pretty lame, but a hidden gem comes along the way t...
Bryan Ke
Uncategorized
‘League of Legends’ Debuts a Virtual K-Pop Group, Goes Insanely Viral
A new K-pop group has already been amassing millions of fans and breaking records within just days of releasing their debut song on YouTube....
Ryan General
Australian eSports Athlete Helps Win $11.2 Million Playing ‘Dota 2’
Anathan Pham, one of Australia’s most successful and highly paid athletes, won the International “Dota 2” Championships in Canad...
Pro ‘Overwatch’ Team’s Intense Training Schedule is Downright Unhealthy
Most eSports professional teams have a strict and intense training schedule to keep them in top shape, but “Overwatch” pro team Shanghai Dra...
Asia
Women in Japan Can Now Marry Hot Anime Men in VR
Women in Japan can now tie the knot with one, two or all three handsome anime men available in virtual reality. The new offering comes from ...
Carl Samson
Business
Chinese Actress Turned into a Digital Human Because Technology is Awesome
The future of digital humans just got brighter as one character based on a Chinese actress made people question reality at a recent gaming c...
Japanese Man Spends $70,000 on Mobile Game, Regrets Nothing
A Japanese man has spent a whopping $70,000 on a mobile game — and he’s not stopping anytime soon. The man, identified as Daigo, 31, started...
What Nintendo’s Headquarters Looked Like in 1889
Nintendo, the Japanese company behind some of the gaming world’s most beloved video game franchises, has always been proud of its humble roo...
We Found the Most Epic Arcade Drummer of All Time
An arcade is a place where people have fun playing their favorite games, but for others, like this unidentified gamer, it’s a way to b...
China is Finally Getting Pokémon Go
Almost two years after its global launch, Pokémon Go is now finally coming to China — arguably one of the world’s largest gaming market. Pok...
Korean Congressman Epically Pushes Government to Support ‘PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds’
A Korean congressman had to bring a golden frying pan to an assembly just to get his point across during a discussion about the rapid succes...
Kyle Encina
Pakistani-American Invents Board Game About Arranged Marriages
A new board game aims to shed light on how families in some cultures still pressure young people into the age-old tradition of arranged marr...
You Can Now Pay $100 to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse in Singapore
Zombies have become such a huge part of pop culture spawning in video games, movies, and now they have their very own land on Saint JohnR...
Meet Feodor Chin, the Voice Behind the Chillest Overwatch Character Ever
Tracer may be the face of Overwatch, but the only character in the video game franchise who can both keep your team alive and bash an enemy’...
Khier Casino
Why Nintendo Needs to Stop Making Evil Characters Dark Skinned
“Ultra Street Fighter 2” wonderfully brought things home for franchise fans when it launched for the Nintendo Switch on Friday, ...
eSports to Become A Medal Event At The 2022 Asian Games
For the first time in history, eSports will be a part of the official sporting program of the 2022 Asian Games as a medal event. In the offi...
Chinese Man Collapses and Coughs Up Blood After 9-Hour Gaming Binge
A Chinese gamer in Lu’an, Anhui province was rushed to a local hospital on Wednesday when he collapsed inside an Internet cafe and started s...
Misc
Here’s the Real Reason Microsoft Put Solitaire and Minesweeper in Windows
Just about everyone and their mothers has played at least one of the four iconic games that came with older Windows operating systems —...
Riley Schatzle
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