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The Best Archetype Class In Metaphor: ReFantazio Is 'All Of Them'
11.10.2024
Sometimes the optimal play is to not play optimally at all. In Altus’s Persona-like RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, there are the class options you’d expect from the genre, so you might expect to be told the best possible choice to most enjoy the game. It’s just…it doesn’t work like that here. It’s...
Men in crypto less attractive to women than cosplayers, anime buffs: Survey
26.8.2024
Hundreds of surveyed women ranked their attraction to male hobbies, and crypto polled laughably low on the “attractive” meter
Men in crypto less attractive to women than cosplayers, anime buffs: Survey
26.8.2024
Hundreds of surveyed women ranked their attraction to male hobbies, and crypto polled laughably low on the “attractive” meter
‘Buy the dip’ mentions on social platforms surge as Bitcoin stumbles
4.7.2024
Mentions of “buy the dip” on Reddit, X, 4chan and Bitcoin Talk doubled over the last two days as Bitcoin has fallen to lows unseen in months
Fans Divided After Learning Metaphor: ReFantazio Won’t Have Romance
23.4.2024
Metaphor: ReFantazio, the upcoming RPG from developer Atlus’ Persona team, will bring in a lot of elements from its predecessor when it launches in October. This includes turn-based combat, social elements called “Bonds,” and a time management mechanic as you live out individual days. But one thing...
What Is Dragonsplague? Dragon’s Dogma 2’s Devastating Contagion Explained
27.3.2024
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New Report Suggests The Games Industry Is Failing LGBTQ Players
13.2.2024
I’ve known that representation in games mattered ever since that day in 1987 when I finished Metroid and discovered that intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran was that rarest of things (for the time): a cool female video-game protagonist. I loved playing as Mario, or Link, or any intrepid hero...
The Persona 3 Cast, Ranked From Worst To Best
2.2.2024
Persona 3’s cast, much like the game itself, is the best one. This is only solidified by Persona 3 Reload’s new side stories that flesh out some of the cast into the best versions of themselves. The third iteration of the Megami Tensei subseries pivots into a supernatural, social sim-driven dungeon...
26 Things To Know Before Starting Persona 3 Reload
1.2.2024
It can be tough figuring out how to manage everything Persona 3 Reload throws at you. Between school life, social life, and fighting demonic shadows during the Dark Hour, your time in Gekkoukan High School is hectic, to say the least. So whether you’re returning to Persona 3 or playing it for...
New Ad Turns Umbrella Academy Actor Into Persona Character For Some Reason
22.1.2024
Sega revealed a new live-action commercial for Persona 3 Reload today, and I’m trying to pin down why it’s breaking my brain. I think I’m coming to the conclusion that there isn’t just one thing about it. There are so many bad things about it that it just feels like a fever dream. Can anyone who’s...
Metaphor ReFantazio Borrows Persona's Most Compelling Mechanic
12.12.2023
Metaphor: ReFantazio is an upcoming fantasy RPG from the team behind the Persona series, and it looks like it’s taking all the best parts from the wildly popular series. A new 14-minute-long breakdown trailer shows how it’s adapting different Persona games’ social and time management systems...
Novogratz Expects Bitcoin Price to Be ‘Significantly Higher’ After SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETFs
2.12.2023
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz expects the price of bitcoin to be significantly higher when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approves spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). “We will see a pretty successful shift of psychology … when the government says ‘you...
Hands-On: Persona 3 Reload Remakes The One Thing That Didn’t Need Remaking
23.8.2023
I fucking love Persona 3. On any given day I could say it’s my favorite entry in Atlus’ supernatural teenage life sim RPG series, or at the very least tied with Persona 5 Royal. That’s why Persona 3 Reload, which remakes the 2006 game from the ground up, is such a treat. I spent around 45 minutes...
Hands-On: Persona 3 Reload Remakes The One Thing That Didn’t Need Remaking
23.8.2023
I fucking love Persona 3. On any given day I could say it’s my favorite entry in Atlus’ supernatural teenage life sim RPG series, or at the very least tied with Persona 5 Royal. That’s why Persona 3 Reload, which remakes the 2006 game from the ground up, is such a treat. I spent around 45 minutes...
The Psychology of Failure and Its Meaning for Web3 Games
4.8.2023
The possibility of not winning is among the motivations for gamers to participate because it gives them the opportunity to learn and improve
Journeys: Hervé Larren on Bitcoin, Apes and the psychology of ‘blue-chip’ NFTs
27.7.2023
Hervé Larren’s crypto journey has taken him from luxury goods to Bitcoin mining and back full circle to the world of “blue-chip” NFTs
Why discounting your game works: psychology edition!
8.2.2023
Also: the big guns - and blockers - come out in MS x ATVI
The Truth Behind Those Wild TikTok Videos Meant To Hack Your Attention
2.2.2023
If you spend any time on TikTok, you may have noticed that a certain kind of video collage is popping up all over your For You page. Maybe it has a clip of the adult cartoon Family Guy in there, or socialist Twitch streamer Hasan “Hasanabi” Piker talking about Black Lives Matter. But no matter...
My OCD Doesn’t Want Me To Play Horror Games, But I Do It Anyway
27.10.2022
It’s difficult to know how to start talking about obsessive-compulsive disorder, the debilitating anxiety condition that has made persistent laps around my life for 14 years, like a flickering koi fish, and I’m the swampy backyard pond.Read more
Craig Wright’s Abnormal Psychology
16.9.2022