Posts by: Evan McIntosh
Super Mario gets a board game birthday with Hasbro crossovers
Monotonous Monopoly. The legendary plumber turns 35 this year and while the world waits with bated breath for news of a rumoured re-release of the greatest Mario games, Nintendo has instead been preparing cross-branded collaborations
Google Meet will soon see an expanded toolset
Zoom zoom. Google has been playing with its Google Meet videoconferencing tool throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, even adding some of its enterprise level tools to free accounts, and upgrading the security of education users to
Civ VI’s ‘Ethiopia Pack’ introduces vampires, leader personas
Changes big and small. Civilization VI will continue its quest for world domination for the next year and the latest part of the New Frontier Pass keeps raising the stakes. Details on the society at
LEGO NES interacts with LEGO Mario, out next month
Prestige branding. LEGO and Nintendo are coming together to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System with a massive LEGO set building the console, life-size controller, a Game Pak, and a ‘playable’ tube
Canada, China, and Spain lead list of new UNESCO geoparks
15 overall new additions. A stunning array of new sites have been designated UNESCO Global Geoparks, recognizing their “international geological significance”, UNESCO announced late last week. Canada, China, and Spain lead the pack with two
Two Avatars and a Fire Lord walk into a MOBA: Smite gains new characters
There’s really no punch line. Free-to-play MOBA Smite is gaining a trio of new character skins but they come at a steep price. Characters from Nickelodeon’s hit Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of
Canadian province McDoubling down on drive thru mask program
McDonald’s, A&W, and Tim Hortons are partners in the program. In the Canadian province of Alberta, residents will once again be able to go to a drive thru to receive free masks, part of the
Crash Bandicoot, Tetris getting mobile makeovers
Gaming on the go. Two notable gaming franchises announced this week they will be jumping to mobile with one of them offering cash prizes for playing. Activision’s Crash Bandicoot series has recently had a fourth
‘Home Alone’ headlines fan created LEGO sets turned official releases
Sorry, Link. Three new sets of LEGO infused with nostalgia will be released based on fan designs with the house at the centre of the movie Home Alone leading the pack. A mechanical typewriter and
Scrabble association bans more than 200 words from North American play
G-O-O-D-B-Y-E Farewell, adieu, and goodbye to some 230 odd words deemed offensive, with the bulk of the words constituting hate language aimed at particular groups, though it has created discord among members of the players’
