online culture
Steam sets new record with 14 million concurrent users
It seems like more or less everyone uses Steam at this point, yes? It's fairly ubiquitous? The service managed to hit a concurrency record...
Twitch adds AutoMod system to stop nasty comments before they post
Streaming stuff can be pretty darn cool. We're fond of our own streams, just by way of example. But no one likes having stream...
Brazilian teenager accidentally dies following League of Legends loss
We have had far too many public service announcements on Massively Overpowered in recent months about things not to do around games. For example,...
Threats against Blizzard Entertainment lead to a Sacramento man’s arrest
Maybe you're upset with the class changes in World of Warcraft. Maybe you're disappointed with character balance in Overwatch. Maybe you have specific heroes...
Reddit’s Button is over
On April 1st, Reddit's big gag for the year was "The Button." It was a button that started a 60 second countdown, and when...
The button is not an MMO… but it’s sure something
Two days ago, Reddit launched its April Fools' Day prank. It's a button. A single button with a countdown timer next to it that's...
