It’s crazy to think that the Ouya first launched its Kickstarter campaign more than seven years ago. When it did, it promised to revolutionize the game industry by offering a cheap, Android-based game box that allowed game developers to create innovative, yet inexpensive games. Along the way, it somehow captured the hearts of the game industry, raising more than $8.5
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After a year-long hiatus, the popular gaming commentator known as AlphaOmegaSin has returned to YouTube. What stirred this potty-mouthed metal head from his self-imposed YouTube slumber? The new E3 trailer for Final Fantasy VII Remake. And like any other topic that has historically captured his interest, Alpha had quite a bit to say and not nearly enough Ritalin to stop
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Filed under “W” for “We don’t learn from our mistakes”, Konami is yet again abandoning the 2-D gameplay from their classic Contra series in favor of an overhead, 3-D shooter. The result is Contra: Rogue Corps., a game that resembles the ill-fated Contra: Legacy of War for the SEGA Saturn and original PlayStation than any of the Contra titles that
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Vampirella is celebrating her 50th anniversary with a bang! Dynamite Comics has announced that current orders for the first issue of their upcoming Vampirella reboot series are projected to run in excess of 60 thousand copies. This makes it the most successful Vampirella comic of the modern era, as well as one of the top comic books for the month of
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Over the weekend, comic book creator Ethan Van Sciver (Green Lantern) launched a unique crowdfunding campaign for a variant cover edition of Vampirella Vs. Re-Animator #1 featuring EVS’s own Cyberfrog and Salamandroid characters. The campaign has already producing quite a bit of green for Van Sciver, having raised well more than one thousand percent of its original goal for a
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Now that his work on Cyberfrog: Blood Honey is complete, comic book writer/artist Ethan Van Sciver is prepping his next crowdfunding venture: a set of variant covers for Vampirella Vs. Reanimator. Van Sciver intends to launch the first Indiegogo campaign for a Cyberfrog variant of Vampirella Vs. The Reanimator #1 within the week. If successful, he intends to follow up
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There is a group of gamers out there who will really enjoy Rolling Sky by Rising Win Tech. The game has that “just once more” thing going for it that some may see as frustrating, but others see as a challenge to be taken down! Rolling Sky sounds like a simple enough game on paper. You play as a
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Over the weekend, the crowdfunding campaign for Mike S. Miller’s Lonestar: Soul of the Soldier graphic novel crossed the $100 thousand threshold in a big way, raising over 12,700% (!) of its goal for a total of approximately $127 thousand… that’s six figures, bitch young lady! Miller has taken an unconventional approach to the Soul of the Soldier campaign, releasing
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Sigh. Here we go again… Just when it looked like Marvel actually cared about inclusion, off they go and cancel their only series starring a superhero with Down syndrome, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, which will end with issue #50. Marvel’s excuse? They didn’t really give one. Some are trying to tie the book’s cancellation to abysmally low sales, but shouldn’t
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If you live in the United States, your SEGA Saturn console is very possibly now 24 years old. (You still have it, don’t you?) The announcement of the Saturn’s surprise US release was in May 1995, and what followed was a very rocky and admittedly short lifespan for the console. However, several great games graced the Saturn during its short
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I know we joked about DC dropping Brian Michael Bendis from Superman for April Fools, but this time we’re serious. Honest! A new report indicates that Batman writer Tom King has been removed from DC Comics’ flagship series, with Batman #85 being his final issue. King himself did not make the decision. Assuming writing duties for Batman in 2016, King
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Before the world went nuts and people turned into whiny-ass vanguards of social righteousness, video game advertisements were frequently quite awesome. This is The Splintering’s fourth post highlighting samples of how the video game industry didn’t always take itself so seriously, and sometimes let their advertisements reflect the spirit of their games… through fun. For this installment, we’re specifically highlighting
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Good Dog Press has been teasing an upcoming comic project on social media: The Unbreathable Skunk Girl. While it’s clearly designed to be a sexy, tongue-in-cheek parody of Marvel’s The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, something about Skunk Girl makes me want to jump right into the stink. No, the other stink. It’s a skunk joke. Wait, how many “stinks” does she
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Described as a “masturbating chaos” game, Wanking Simulator is a first-person comedy game in which players control Winston Gay, a man out for revenge on his girlfriend Alyssa Milano neighbors after being kicked from his home. How does Winston exact his vengeance? By running around the town, masturbating like mad in front of everyone you can find! Wanking Simulator is
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Rob Liefeld’s latest book Major X has been quite a shot in the arm for the comic book industry. Issue 3 of Major X just hit comic store shelves, and like the issues before it, it’s frequently selling out and destined for a second printing. With the direct market struggling, comic book stores closing, and comic industry reports tagging in
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U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) will propose legislation banning “pay to win” features and in-game “loot boxes” in games for children under 18 and games with a wide user base but “whose developers knowingly allow minor players to engage in microtransactions.” The proposed legislation empowers the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general to treat pay-to-win features and loot
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The Chinese version of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) has been removed by the game’s publisher Tencent and replaced with Game for Peace, which is essentially a mod of the original PUBG altered to provide “healthy, positive cultural and value guidance” for Chinese players. Tencent agreed to tone down some of the more mature themes of PUBG in 2017, but even after
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*Update! Late on Wednesday, Facebook restored the Bounding Into Comics page without any changes, nor any explanation regarding why it was removed. On Sunday, the Bounding Into Comics Facebook page was a popular entertainment-themed outlet with 250+ thousand followers featuring content from the Bounding Into Comics website. On Monday morning, the page was simply gone. So what happened? According to
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According to a recent interview with Platinum Games studio head Atushi Inaba, the development approach to Bayonetta 3 is very different than previous installments of the series. Inaba noted that the Bayonetta development team has learned enough from their experience creating the first two games to improve its approach, and that Platinum is not following “an orthodox development process.” “With
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Fifteen years after Mortal Kombat‘s Mileena appeared in the pages of Playboy, NetherRealm Studios is once again using saucy newsstand magazines to promote the latest entry in their fighting franchise. This time, the hijab-sporting Skarlet is on deck to appear in the 2019 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and she’s chosen the Taliban-approved “burkini” as her swimwear of religious dictate choice.
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One of the most mature-themed yet truly original concepts in superhero comics is now crowdfunding on Indiegogo. Super Harem is a 48-page action/comedy written by Matt Wenger and illustrated by Joe Ball. The premise? Any woman that Tim Boring has sex with gains superpowers. So, are we using the Bill Clinton definition of “sexual relations?” Does Tim have to fully
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Earlier in April, a Sony spokesperson noted that the MeToo movement and video streaming sites like Twitch and YouTube were the reasons behind the company’s decision to start censoring mature-themed content on PlayStation platforms. They also noted that Sony has adopted a new guidelines and an internal regulatory board (based in California, the self-righteous, politically correct capital of the world)
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Chilean artist Mr. Genzoman pointed out on social media that DC Comics has censored the late Michael Turner’s artwork in issues #9 and #10 of Giant-Sized Superman. Without beating around the bush, here are the comparison images. Completely flattened out If it’s not evident from the images, the artwork around both Wonder Woman’s and Artemis’ posteriors has been altered –
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Over the weekend, right smack dab between Good Friday and Easter was 4/20, an unofficial “holiday” of sorts for those who live the “high” life. To mark the occasion, game publisher Devolver Digital released a new trailer advertising Weedcraft Inc, Devolver’s business tycoon game where players try to become the billionaire of bud. However, the trailer’s main attraction for many
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On Tuesday, Sony finally revealed details on why it has taken such a censorious stance towards mature-themed content in Japanese games. The company has adopted a new internal regulatory board (based in California, the pearl-clutching capital of the world) to scrutinize and approve games submitted for publishing on PlayStation platforms. It’s important to note that Sony’s new review board is
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For the tens and tens of Star Wars fans hoping that Episode IX would also mean the rise of Tico, those hopes took a hit last week when Lucasfilm released the first Rise of Skywalker teaser/trailer. So what happened to the galaxy’s most famous, moralizing potato sack? We’ve got some theories, so let’s explore and let us know what you
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XSEED Games has confirmed that Senran Kagura Peach Ball, the pinball spinoff of their staple Senran Kagura series, will be receiving a western release this summer exclusively on the Nintendo Switch. Here’s a rather extensive rundown of the game from XSEED. “So…this is going to take some explaining. Haruka, the mad scientist of Homura’s Crimson Squad, is up to her
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In 1992, 13-year old Richard Hunt was awake in his room, well past his bedtime, playing away furiously at Street Fighter II on his Super Nintendo. Richard’s mother, Debra Hunt, recalls walking into his room at nearly midnight. “I was really angry with him,” she says “It was a school night. I remember I threatened to take the TV out
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There’s been a lot of big talk between Cyberfrog creator Ethan Van Sciver and Jawbreakers creator Ya Boi Zack surrounding who would win in a fight between their respective creations. It looks like we’ll all get to find out for ourselves in early 2020 when Jawbreakers Vs Cyberfrog arrives in our mailboxes as… a 50-page coloring book by artist Nerd
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SEGA has been showing off its upcoming kart racer Team Sonic Racing at quite a few conventions and events over the last month. It appears that one lucky player at Italy’s VJC convention has already unearthed one of the game’s secrets: Ugandan Knuckles is a playable racer in the game. After selecting Sonic as a racer, the build of Team
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