Author: Alex Gherzo

Yaira #1 Campaign Passes $1 Million in 24 Hours

The Rippaverse’s newest star has joined the million-dollar club faster than her predecessors. Around 11:00 AM Eastern this morning, twenty-four hours after it launched, the Yaira #1 campaign officially passed $1 million in pre-sales. This is a new Rippaverse record, surpassing the first campaign,...

Nerdrotic and The Critical Drinker Discussed the Oscars with Piers Morgan

The 199 is getting mainstream attention. Today, British broadcaster Piers Morgan had Gary from Nerdrotic and the Critical Drinker as guests on his YouTube show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, to discuss the Oscars with correspondent Ava Santina and commentator Esther Krakue, who were in the studio. The de...

Oscars So White Charges Reemerge After Best Actress Upset

Our betters are proving to be anything but again, at least by their own superficial standards. At last night’s Academy Awards (for which the ratings are not yet in – I believe those are usually revealed on the Tuesday after the ceremony – but I’ll assume most didn’t watch it), an upset occ...

PlayStation Bug Removes Purchased Digital Games from Users’ Libraries

If you needed another argument for buying hard copies of video games (and all media, really), PlayStation just gave you one. An article from Metro reveals that a new bug affecting PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation Vita is “wiping digital games from people’s libraries.” So far, fif...

Yaira #1 May be the Biggest Rippaverse Hit Yet

UPDATE 1: As of 6:18 PM Eastern, Yaira #1 has taken in $806,099 in pre-sales. UPDATE 2: As of 10:48 PM Eastern, Yaira #1 is at $914,294. Can it break $1 million by midnight? UPDATE 3: No, it won’t, but as of 12:11 AM Eastern, Yaira #1 is at $940,082. UPDATE 4: She did it! …

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Mar10 Day Sees Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel Announcement

March 10 is Mario Day because the abbreviation of the month plus the numbers in the day kinda looks like “Mario.” (At least it’s less tenuous than May the Fourth.) Wisely, Nintendo decided to capitalize on the occasion by making a big announcement. Nintendo game director Shigeru Miyamoto and I...