Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has attained an insane amount of success over the past few months, quickly becoming the most viewed streamer on Twitch andsmashing multiple viewership records. It should come as no surprise, then, that theFortnitestreamer will be making an appearance at E3 alongside Geoff Keighley. After the live stream, Ninja will be partaking in a50-team tournamentforFortnitefeaturing popular streamers and celebrities. 50 streamers will be paired up with 50 celebrities in a Duos match for charity....

Over the course ofFortniteSeason 3, players have watched the water that once flooded the game’s map slowly recede. With the most recent lowering of these water levels, an Ancient Ship has surfaced, and fans can now repair and launch this vessel – a process that will ultimately rewardFortniteplayers with a reasonable amount of XP. The first step to launching the ship inFortniteis to visit it, and indeed that requires players to know exactly where the spaceship is located....

CompletingFortnite’s weekly challenges is a great way to earn some fairly easy XP, and indeed brand new challenges are now available. These areFortnite’s Season 3 Week 7 challenges, and they will have players working on a variety of different tasks. One such task is to find balls of yarn at Catty Corner, and it may leave some fans wondering about the exact locations of the thread that they need. To start, Catty Corner is a named location onFortnite’s map, and it is found just southeast of Lazy Lake....

Player choice becomes the ‘best’ choice Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford’s D.I.C.E. Summit presentation focused on how player choice is a good thing for games. In one of his many examples on how choice works in games likeBorderlands 2, he touched on a bit of psychology, using the work of Harvard psychology professor Dan Gilbert to show that the choices players make become the ‘best’ choice. Gilbert studies the psychology of happiness....

Samsung T9 Portable SSD Combine speeds up to 2GB/s with tons of space all in a compact form factor, then make it affordable, and you get the new Samsung T9 External SSD. Portable solid state drives (SSDs) are excellent for expanding device storage, saving backups, or transferring data. If you’re looking to get a new SSD that’s fast yet compact, one of the better options from Samsung is on sale at a 40% discount....

Four games, Ten copies each. NA. Fight! What is summer? I mean besides blaringHoobastankon your boom boxes, chugging ranch packets, and making out with anime pillows? Games. That’s what. And wow… I mean holy crap, do we have something special for you Switch owners out there. The amazing folks atDevolver Digitalhave granted us ten copies of each game they released this summer on Switch! To recap, that’s:Enter the Gungeon(with it’s new expansion),Not a Hero: Super Snazzy Edition,Minit, andCrossing Souls!...

Gojo Satoru’sreputation precedes him in the anime fandom, signified by the fact that he has always dominatedJujutsu Kaisencharacter popularity polls by a landslide.It is unanimous, everyone loves Gojo- except forJujutsu Kaisen’screator, Gege Akutami, that is. Gege Akutami has not been shy about expressing his disdain for his series' most famed hero, but counterintuitively,Gege’s hatred for Gojo has actually served his character well.He has often treated Gojo poorly in the context ofJujutsu Kaisen’sstory, banishing him to the Prison Realmin the Shibuya Incident Arcand even later killing him entirely, but these actions motivated by his dislike of the hero have only made him a better character....

John WickandGuardians of the Galaxyare two of the biggest franchises of the last decade plus (the first films in both franchises released in 2014) and they share at least one common element: composer Tyler Bates, who continued his contributions withFrom the World of John Wick: Ballerina.Bates is a multi-instrumentalist who, as a record producer, has collaborated with bands and artists including Bush, Jerry Cantrell, and Pet. Bates is also currently a guitarist and keyboardist in the band Marilyn Manson which, as of this writing, is in the midst of a world tour....

Studio Ghibliis a name synonymous with enchanting storytelling, lush animation, and unforgettable characters. From the global success ofSpirited Awayto the heartfelt magic ofMy Neighbor Totoro, Ghibli films have carved a permanent place in the hearts of anime lovers around the world. But beyond the well-known classics lies a treasure trove of lesser-celebrated works that deserve equal admiration. These hidden gems offer a broader look at the studio’s artistic range, often tackling themes and styles that differ from their more mainstream counterparts....

The theory thatLuke Skywalkeris gay has long circulated in theStar Warsfanbase, but could this really be the case? Luke is easily one ofthe best characters inStar Wars, and nearly 50 years after he first appeared inA New Hope, he continues to define the franchise. It is perhaps for that reason that, despite decades of stories about Luke inStar Warsmovies and TV shows, along with countless Legends and canon books and comics, some questions and theories remain....

The originalAvengersare down to only three members in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, but they could continue in the franchise for many more years, only it would have to happen through other teams. The MCU became a cultural phenomenon when the first ofMarvel’s Avengers moviesmade it to theaters. 2012’sThe Avengersunited heroes from multiple movies for the first time, showing how a shared cinematic universe could work. Chris Evans' Captain America, Robert Downey Jr....

It’s become increasingly popular to disparage cutscenes and the games that use them in the past few years. It is argued that interactive art should never force a player to watch a movie and, while there’s merit in that, that doesn’t mean cutscenes are inherently bad. Some even help make the interactive part better. The thing about art is that creators ought to have freedom, and as soon as you start applying rules to yourself, you undo that one magnificent element....

Fezdeveloper Phil Fishsaid some thingsabout the Japanese games industry the other day. People gave him flack, but he wasn’t the first one to air such grievances. Former Capcom R&D head Keiji Inafune has beensayingthisstufffor years. During GDC’s “The Future of Japanese Games” discussion, Inafune once again took to the stage with his various complaints. He reiterated that Japan is no longer in the “winning” position, he spoke aboutMega Manand the poor sales of the originalMega Man Legends, and he even revealed that the firstResident Evilwas almost cancelled....