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DreamHack Is Back For Its Third Season of Gaming Goodness With an Official City Proclamation

By Danny Gallagher
Jun 1, 2023

Four years ago, the esports show Dreamhack decided to give Dallas a try after growing out the only space available in Austin for its annual gaming tournaments. It returns this weekend and the city is recognizing its efforts to making competitive gaming available in Dallas.
Esports Stadium Arlington Hosted Its First and the Nation's Largest Collegiate Gaming Competition

By Danny Gallagher
May 12, 2023

The bidding war for next year's Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup (CECC) is bound to get a lot more competitive now that Arlington's stadium just raised the bar.
QuakeCon Is Finally Coming Back to 'Live' This Year

By Danny Gallagher
Apr 24, 2023

It's been three years since QuakeCon has held a non-virtual gathering for its newest and classic games. This year, it goes back to an in-person meeting, but not everything is returning to the Gaylord Texan Resort this summer.
Leatherface Is Coming to Your House in May in the New Texas Chain Saw Massacre Game

By Danny Gallagher
Mar 21, 2023

The legendary Texas Chain Saw Massacre is finally getting the asymmetrical video game treatment and it'll be on your PC or console as early as May. Put down some newspaper because it's gonna be really bloody.
5 Games That Would Make for Watchable TV Dramas Like The Last of Us

By Danny Gallagher
Jan 9, 2023

Video game characters have had a really hard time making the jump to other mediums. It all started when someone tried to turn Nintendo's flagship game Super Mario Bros. into a movie in 1993.
The Custom NES Guy Turns an Original Console Into a Glossy Dallas Cowboys Shrine

By Danny Gallagher
Jan 5, 2023

There's no limit on the amount of money some fans will spend to get memorabilia and keepsakes of their favorite teams and players.
Vanilla Ice Is Part of the Impressive Cast in Video Game Crime Boss: Rockay City

By Danny Gallagher
Dec 14, 2022

Usually when the Dallas-born rapper Vanilla Ice gets cast in something, it's not all that impressive. It's not like we expect to see him in Marvel movie roles
The Best Things to Do in Dallas, July 27–Aug. 3

By Danny Gallagher
Jul 27, 2022

One of Texas' funniest comedians wants to introduce you to a bunch of really funny people in a special showcase at the Addison Improv.
Sandbox VR Lets You Compete Against Players in Virtual and Real Worlds

By Danny Gallagher
Jul 21, 2022

We now live in a world where virtual reality is more accessible than ever. Now you can put on a pair of goggles with a computer built into them and interact in a fully digitized world with fully rendered graphics
As ERCOT Pushes Energy Conservation, Some Fear Crypto Biz Could Tank Texas' Faulty Power Grid

By Simone Carter
Jun 1, 2022

As some fear Texas' power grid could fail amid summer heat, cryptocurrency businesses continue to move here in droves.
The Long, Lost Version of Duke Nukem Forever Leaked Online 21 Years Later

By Danny Gallagher
May 16, 2022

The long and troubled development history of Duke Nukem Forever, the sequel to the bloody, edgy first-person shooter hit Duke Nukem 3D by Garland based 3D Realms, is one of the gaming industry's most infamous stories.
Get a Clue: Teams of CluedUpp Crime Solvers Swarmed Downtown Last Weekend

By Lauren Drewes Daniels
Apr 29, 2022

Last Saturday afternoon there were CSI teams and gaggles of tan trench coats roving through the streets of downtown Dallas. Groups of people, most dressed similarly ...
Totally On Tilt: A Rundown of Some of the Newest Pinball Machines At the Texas Pinball Festival

By Danny Gallagher
Mar 29, 2022

March isn't usually the most exciting time of the year. In Texas, it's when the weather can't make up its mind on whether it wants to be cold, hot or throwing tornadoes at us and it's when we lose an hour of sleep to the meaningless beast we call Daylight Savings Time (hopefully not for much longer).
Two Years Ago, Dallas City Council OK'd Poker Rooms, But That Was Just a Bluff

By Jacob Vaughn
Mar 16, 2022

"Legal" poker rooms are thriving in Dallas after getting the OK to open from the city two years ago, but now council members aim to close them down.
The Gaming World Still Doesn't Know How to Feel About Web 3 and NFTs

By Jacob Vaughn
Mar 2, 2022

Big players in the gaming industry are making big bets on Web 3 and NFTs. It's still uncertain whether those bets will pay off.
Red Dead Redemption Gamers Are Trying To '#SaveRedDeadOnline'

By Jacob Vaughn
Jan 13, 2022

Red Dead Online players are begging Rockstar Games for some fresh content.
The Studio Behind the Game DOOM Wants to Shut Down Dallas Band 'Doomscroll'

By Danny Gallagher
Nov 29, 2021

A lot of bands were born out of the pandemic. One of them was Doomscroll, a solo heavy metal concept created by Dustin Mitchell.
The Nail-Spitting Game Quake Gets Re-Released During QuakeCon

By Danny Gallagher
Aug 26, 2021

The groundbreaking game that gave QuakeCon its name is back on modern-gen consoles.
The Best Things To Do in Dallas August 11-17

By Diamond Rodrigue
Aug 11, 2021

It’s got to be hard being the sibling of a famous comedian while trying to earn comedic credibility of your own. But that’s what Tony Rock, younger brother of Chris Rock, has done with his career.
What the Hell Are on These Free Floppy Disks for Free Play Arcade's Hackers Party?

By Danny Gallagher
Apr 15, 2021

There was a time long, long ago when the world didn't have a magical cloud that stores every file they own. Data had to be stored on hard drives or something called a floppy disk, a form of hard copy storage in which small plastic discs, covered in magnetic material...
All 4 Hobbits Will Finally Reunite in Dallas, Precious

By Eva Raggio
Mar 26, 2021

"One does not simply walk" into a room and find all four hobbits together — unless you're in the reverse Tolkien world known as Dallas. Put on your Elfin ears and listen up, precioussses: The original hobbits in the Lord of the Rings films will be attending the FanExpo at...
Frisco's Gearbox Software's Got a New Owner From Sweden

By Danny Gallagher
Feb 17, 2021

Gearbox Software may still be located in Texas, but thanks to a recent merger with a large game conglomerate, it's officially Swedish. The Embracer Group, a Sweden-based parent company of 57 game studios such as THQ Nordic, Deep Silver and Saber Interactive, announced a merger deal with Gearbox Software that puts...