Adi Robertson

FanFiction.net was many people’s introduction to the world of fandom, and for years it’s been rumored to be on the verge of a shutdown, run by a tiny team with very little public communication.

First it was $45 million in Texas. Then $964 million in Connecticut. Now there’s another Connecticut penalty, thanks to a judge who imposed additional punitive damages. The judge cited Jones’s “utter lack of repentance” for subjecting families to years of harassment by lying about their children’s deaths. A separate order bans Jones from moving assets out of the country, preempting an attempt to keep his money out of the courts’ hands.

My colleagues weren’t lying: Vampire Survivors is a lot of fun! I started playing after the game emerged from Early Access, and it’s a great way to scratch my brain’s “make numbers go up, with violence” itch. But one thing kept nagging at me: don’t some of those weapons look a whole lot like the art in Castlevania? Fortunately, PC Gamer has me covered with a story about that precise issue, and it’s more complicated than I expected.