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Easter eggs are always fun. A little secret or hidden item that lets players and developers have a connection, for a brief moment. A player jumps into an out of the way tunnel and is rewarded with a little reference or Easter egg. And these secrets help tell …

As a computer science instructor at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., Aaron Langille lectures students on the ins and outs of game design and the tactics that can make games addictive. "One is to keep nagging you," he told Cross Country Checkup, pointi…

The first thing you realize when you enter Loot — a kid-focused comic shop that opened in July in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Carroll Gardens — is that this is not your traditional comic-book store. Instead of giant posters and shelves that are common in co…

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Fans Miss Fortnite's Patch Notes, So They've Started Making Their Own

Time for the Lowdown. Epic Games Fortnite Chapter 2 may be a refresh of the game, but the challenges are the same as last season. A set of tasks is available to players each week, giving them experience points when completed. Points acquired increase a play…

These days, smartphones have come a long way from just making calls or playing the occasional game of Angry Birds. They now feature very powerful processors and gobs of RAM, making them perfect portable gaming machines. We even have dedicated gaming phones, s…

With a brand new season of Fortnite comes brand new challenges, and Chapter 2 has once again changed up the way players will be taking them on. For the recent The Lowdown set of missions, one of the challenges for this week will have you scouring one of the g…

Earlier this week, Epic had a little problem with its a spectator mode in Fortnite, accidentally issuing formal warnings to some players who were just hangin out on a server watching other people play. Turns out the spectate game in progress mode was at faul…

The Outer Worlds Andrew TarantolaSenior Editor The Outer Worldscould have been a contender but this promising space opera was over barely after it had begun. Its story certainly isn't short on scope. You play as the first-person hero and freshly defrosted…