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Why Ice Levels Keep Showing Up In Video Games, Even Though Most Of Them Are Bad
25.12.2020
In games as in life, slipping and sliding on ice patches while torrents of snow transform your eyelashes into crystalline daggers can be frustrating, to say the least. And yet, ice and snow levels are a time-honored trope in video games. On this week’s episode of Kotaku’s Splitscreen podcast,...
The Games That Got Us Through 2020
23.12.2020
I had high hopes for 2020, if for nothing else than the coolness of how the year sounded on paper: twenty-twenty. But as we all know, this year was a complete dumpster fire across any number of individual categories: politics, treating others as equals, accepting inconvenience to prevent others...
The Worst Video Games Names Of 2020
20.12.2020
What’s in a name? When it comes to games... not much. Games can be great and have terrible, awful, dumb names. In fact, many games on this list are good games that are just unfortunately saddled with an awful title.Read more
What Is Even The Point Of Giving Awards To Video Games
18.12.2020
‘Tis the season to feel mildly embittered at basically all times. I speak, of course, of awards season, during which countless games take home trophies and plaques (or pictures of trophies and plaques), but not the ones you want to win. What, really, is the point, though? On this week’s episode...
The Best Snowy Video Games And Levels
12.12.2020
For many folks, December marks the start of colder weather, barren trees, and of course, snow. And just like real life, video games often include snowy and wintery levels or entire areas. Let’s put on some gloves and a good coat and trek out into the best snow in video games.Read more
Cyberpunk 2077 Has Some Really Fantastic Car Designs
8.12.2020
While my newest video game system is from the early 16-bit era, I’m still reasonably aware that the industry is still moving ahead, cranking out new, exciting titles that are, somehow, even more immersive and deep than Krull on the Atari 2600. One of these is Cyberpunk 2077, a new game that’s...
Seven Video Games Where You Beat Up Your Dad
8.12.2020
Our culture suggests that this time of year is all about family, and while family can be a lovely thing, it also tends toward being very complicated. Recent years have seen the emergence of Dad Games, in which you play as a complicated father figure protecting his child/ward. This Dad Game dynamic...
You Can Finally Get One Steering Wheel For Your Sim Racing Rig And Your BMW M4 GT3
7.12.2020
It’s a common problem: You enjoy sim racing, but the steering wheel you use to compete virtually simply isn’t as sharp or well-built as the one inside your 2022 BMW M4 GT3 race car. We’ve all been there and, thankfully, Fanatec is finally doing something to address this growing problem.Read more
Age of Calamity Is a Zelda History Lesson That Echoes Across Time
3.12.2020
Each entry in Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda franchise has been a discrete story following the Hero of Time and Hyrule’s legendary princess as they fight to keep the ultimate evil at bay. At the same time, all of the different games also fit together as pieces of a larger overarching narrative that...
The Brightness Slider Is The Dimmest Idea In Video Games
2.12.2020
“Retinas are fried after cranking up brightness to see enemies.” That is the headline of a Reddit post submitted one month ago to the Call of Duty: Cold War subreddit. His plight is achingly familiar. “It’s literally so difficult to see enemies in this game,” they write. So they delved under...
Catching Covid-19 Sucked, Though Video Games Helped
2.12.2020
Some call it a hoax. Others say it’s no worse than the common cold. But make no mistake: the covid-19 pandemic is very, very real. If you don’t believe the mountain of scientific literature, the army of medical professionals, the frontline reporting from countless reputable sources, the firsthand...
Let's Appreciate These Cool Video Game Cars Inspired By Real Ones
1.12.2020
Most modern racing games consist of facsimiles real cars used under licensing agreements from the automakers. The reason is easy to grasp: If you’re playing a racing game in the first place, you probably have at least a passing interest in automobiles, and a car you actually recognize or like could...
Save $400 on an HP Omen Gaming Laptop and Play Some Darn Video Games for Once
1.12.2020
HP Omen Gaming Laptop - Ryzen 7 | $850 | Best BuyRead more
Don’t Miss December 2020’s Biggest, Must-Play Games You Can Pre-Order Now
1.12.2020
December is typically a barren void for new games, as publishers push most of their big releases out in October and November to make the most of the holiday shopping season. But with delays likely due in part to the impact of the pandemic, December 2020 still has at least a couple of big aces...
iOS/Android sales deep dive: 'Meteorfall: Krumit's Tale'
2.11.2020
[The GameDiscoverCo game discovery newsletter is normally written by ‘how people find your game’ expert Simon Carless, and is a regular look at how people discover and buy video games in the 2020s. Following a look at how his deckbuilding roguelike Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale...
Atari Plans November Premiere for Video Game Cryptocurrency
1.10.2020
Atari's self-styled entertainment payments token has been in the works since early 2018
How to Play Retro Game ROMs on Windows
20.4.2020
Video games are always a fun time, something we desperately need during our COVID lockdown. A few years back I shared how to play retro games on Mac, as well as how to patch games to play popular ROM hacks like Grand Poo World and Invictus. One disadvantage that Macs have, however, is performance...
New Tron Partnership Lets Gamers Earn Crypto for Streaming
2.4.2020
Video game streamers can now earn TRX and BTT — the result of Tron and Refereum teaming up
Do Video Games Subconsciously Teach Users Crypto Economics?
28.3.2020
Ivan on Tech, a crypto YouTuber, said RuneScape taught him economics, as well as prepared him for crypto
You Can Now Trade CS:GO Game Items Safely for BCH Through Blind Escrow on Bitcoin.com Local
19.3.2020
Are you looking for a cool way to earn bitcoin cash privately instead of buying it directly? You can now connect your Steam account to the peer-to-peer marketplace Bitcoin.com Local and trade CS:GO game items for BCH via blind escrow. This is a great improvement for players who were previously...