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Shout Out To Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's True Hero, Security Officer
25.4.2024
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, the second part of Square Enix’s massive FF7 remake trilogy, is a game filled with many heroes. Folks like Cloud, Barret, Aerith, that cat thing. But the biggest hero in Rebirth, the person I could always rely on, wasn’t any of the main characters. Instead, it was a simple...
Triple Triad Finally Has A Successor In FF7 Rebirth’s Queen’s Blood
22.2.2024
Though the Final Fantasy series is infamous for its minigames, it’s never delivered something better than the Final Fantasy VIII card game Triple Triad—until now. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is bursting with more mini-games than you can handle, and while many of them are forgettable, Queen’s Blood...
The Stolen Magic: The Gathering Cards Have Been Returned
31.8.2023
Shortly before the public opening of this 2023’s annual board game convention, Gen Con, around $300,000 worth of Magic: The Gathering cards were reported stolen. Caught on security camera at the Indiana Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis, two suspects were seen carting out a large pallet...
This Queer, Witchy Deck Builder Is The Perfect Cozy Fall Game
28.8.2023
I find myself reaching again for The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood soon after my first play session on Switch, moved by the inexpressible magic that comes when a game really clicks with you. The witchy narrative adventure has a simple, meditative story and gameplay, and four hours into its approximately...
Disney's Magic: The Gathering Clone Now Has A Fan-Made Digital App
22.8.2023
Lorcana, Disney’s trading card game, has transformed from a physical experience to a digital one thanks to a fan-made app out now on PC.Read more
Disney's Magic: The Gathering Clone Now Has A Fan-Made Digital App
22.8.2023
Lorcana, Disney’s trading card game, has transformed from a physical experience to a digital one thanks to a fan-made app out now on PC.Read more
The 10 Top-Selling Cards In Pokémon TCG's Obsidian Flames
22.8.2023
The Pokémon TCG’s Obsidian Flames was always going to be an awkward, middle child of a set. Released before the fuss of Paldea Evolved and its Iono frenzy was over, but also just a month ahead of the inevitable deafening noise of Pokémon 151, if it weren’t for its Charizards it might have been...
The 10 Top-Selling Cards In Pokémon TCG's Obsidian Flames
21.8.2023
The Pokémon TCG’s Obsidian Flames was always going to be an awkward, middle child of a set. Released before the fuss of Paldea Evolved and its Iono frenzy was over, but also just a month ahead of the inevitable deafening noise of Pokémon 151, if it weren’t for its Charizards it might have been...
Cop Arrested And Fired For Allegedly Stealing Pokémon Cards
16.8.2023
An Alabama corrections officer was arrested and fired over the weekend for stealing Pokémon cards at a Walmart. Read more
Men Simply Walk Away With $300,000 Of Stolen Magic: The Gathering Cards
9.8.2023
During Gen Con, an annual tabletop gaming convention held yearly at the Indiana Convention Center, some thieves made off with a substantial amount of Magic: The Gathering cards worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Read more
Famed Magic: The Gathering Collector Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Valued At Over $2 Million
2.8.2023
When Wizards of the Coast adapted Lord of the Rings into a Magic: The Gathering set, it decided to create a special variant of Sauron’s Ring that would be one of a kind. The hyper-rare card was first found back in June and now the owner has sold it to rapper Post Malone. The amount hasn’t been...
Magic: The Gathering’s Elusive Ring Card Found, Valued At $2M
30.6.2023
Magic: The Gathering, the popular fantasy-themed collectable card game from Wizards of the Coast, has recently launched an official Lord of the Rings expansion. And in the midst of the millions of printed cards, the Frodos and Saurons and Aragorns and all the rest, the publisher included a special...
Magic: The Gathering-Loving Crypto Losers Fail To Understand Copyright Law
16.2.2022
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.Read more
What Lost In Random, 2021’s Most Innovative Game, Shares With Star Wars
22.10.2021
“Random rules! Random rules!”Read more
Lost In Random: The Kotaku Review
24.9.2021
I play a lot of games for this job. That’s not a brag, it’s just a fact. And while many of those games are good, most of them tend to blend together. But whenever something comes along that is not only great but also feels fresh and incredibly memorable, it reminds me of how awesome games can...
New Pokémon Card Shop Claims To Be The World's Largest
6.9.2021
Earlier this summer, Pokémon Card Specialty Shop Hareruya 2 opened in Tokyo’s Akihabara. While card shops are not unique in Japan or elsewhere, this one singular focus does make it stand out. In its official announcement, Hareruya claims to not only have the best inventory in the world, it also...
Two Hours With Back 4 Blood, The Next Big Game By Left 4 Dead Devs
6.8.2021
I don’t need to sell you on the brilliance of Left 4 Dead, especially when half the industry seems to be drawing inspiration from it right now. But after two hours with Back 4 Blood‘s verses and campaign modes, does it have the same genre-defining charm? That’s hard to say.Read more
Fans Upset At Magic: The Gathering Arena's Special New Digital Cards
27.7.2021
Coming to Magic: The Gathering Arena on August 12, the Jumpstart: Historic Horizons expansion adds a trio of new game mechanics that only work in the digital version of the popular trading card game, along with 31 new digital only cards. The move away from traditional paper is rubbing some fans...
Magic: The Gathering’s Latest D&D-Themed Set Has Me Hyped
1.7.2021
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, the newest set of Magic: The Gathering cards, wants you to roll for initiative. New in the set are a class of cards called dungeons that will let players go dungeoneering from the comfort of the card table.Read more
Oof: That Magic Diablo Clone Didn't Even Survive Its Beta
29.6.2021
Magic: Legends, the ARPG that combined Diablo-style aesthetics with the card game mechanics of Magic: The Gathering, will shut down October 31. Read more