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Sex Game Can't Get On Steam, Even After $20,000 Worth Of Attempts
12.5.2021
The developers of Holodexxx are at a loss. After spending months attempting to get their VR sex game onto Steam, they’ve hit a wall that no amount of self-censorship or mechanical refinement has been able to drill through: Valve’s nebulous definition of “pornography.”Read more
Ethan’s Severed Hand Is More Than A Gory Resident Evil Gag
12.5.2021
We’ve established by now that Resident Evil Village puts protagonist Ethan Winters through a great deal of unpleasantness. But the already-iconic visual of Ethan’s hand being slashed and sliding off isn’t just a good running gag or Capcom at its most masochistic. It’s also a clue to an end-game...
The Wait Is Over: Calculator Debuts For Nintendo Switch
12.5.2021
Today, after weathering a presumably blistering fan campaign (Project Nerdfall?), Nintendo added a Calculator app to the Nintendo eShop. For 10 whole-ass American dollars you can purchase what comes in every other phone, tablet, and computer for free.Read more
My Singing Monsters Comes To Consoles With A Bunch Of Non-Singing Minigames
12.5.2021
Mobile hit My Singing Monsters is a game about collecting and breeding musical monsters whose unique noises join together to create beautiful music. Coming to consoles this November, My Singing Monsters Playground is a party game featuring more than 20 different minigames. Hopefully one of those...
I'm Not Sure I'm Ready For The Biomutant Plushie
12.5.2021
Dear THQ Nordic store, I am not supposed to have the urge to cuddle a video game hero until after I have played it, and Biomutant does not come out until May 25. You cannot have my heart yet, no matter how soft and fluffy it looks with its little plush eye injury and super-cute scarf.Read more
Pretty Much Everyone In Resident Evil Village Needs Therapy
12.5.2021
I’m a big believer in therapy and finding healthy coping mechanisms, so throughout my playthrough of Resident Evil Village, I kept thinking about how much better off everyone would’ve been had they just worked their shit out. Seriously. I think everyone in this fucked-up game could benefit from...
Starcraft II Great TaeJa Is Retiring Once Again
12.5.2021
Today, Yun “TaeJa” Young Seo has announced he’s retiring from professional StarCraft II play. Read more
Let's Remember Gran Turismo 5's Intro, Which Was A Masterpiece
12.5.2021
We tend to associate video game intros with lavish, pre-rendered cinematic sequences. Something to help kickstart the story, set the tone. Which is fine, but there’s been a video game intro stuck in my head for over a decade now, and it wasn’t trying to tell me a story. It was trying to teach...
Lady Dimitrescu vs The Humble Coffee Table
12.5.2021
She’s as big as a truck and can kick your ass if she gets anywhere near you, but Resident Evil Village’s Lady Dimitrescu’s relentless pursuit can be rendered powerless by a single artefact: a...coffee table.Read more
Hood, A New Multiplayer Heist Game, Is Fine
12.5.2021
What if Robin Hood but moodier than a mid-2000s Warped Tour ticket line? That’s the premise of Hood: Outlaws and Legends, a class-based multiplayer heist game based on a dark and stormy version of the Robin Hood folk tale, officially released yesterday for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. (Over...
Resident Evil Village Art Book Shows Ada Wong, Early Lady Dimitrescu Concept
11.5.2021
One of my favorite parts of gaming is learning the ins and outs of development, and most especially the plot points that may have been changed before launch. “The Tragedy of Ethan Winters,” an extensive digital art book included with the collector’s edition of Resident Evil Village, provides a...
Ubisoft's Skull & Bones Delayed To Late 2022
11.5.2021
Skull & Bones is sailing into rough waters once again. In an earnings report today, Ubisoft revealed that the game has been delayed to next year.Read more
Xbox’s Quick Resume Will Finally Show You What Games Are Suspended
11.5.2021
This month’s Xbox update will bring changes to Quick Resume, including, at long last, an ability to see what games you currently have suspended on your Xbox Series X or S.Read more
LucasArts Classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors Returns To Consoles And PC Next Month
11.5.2021
Because the dead never rest, Lucasfilm Games and developer Dotemu have teamed up to bring enhanced versions of 1993 16-bit classic Zombies Ate My Neighbors and its less-beloved sequel to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on June 29.Read more
Twitch Sure Seems To Hope This Whole 'Sports' Thing Blows Up
11.5.2021
If you’ve heard of esports, you might also be familiar with “sports,” a spinoff of esports that people somehow play without computers. Twitch, which made its name on esports, has recently become very interested in these un-electronic sports and seems to really hope they’ll catch on.Read more
The Mandalorian Scores Its Own Stern Pinball Machines
11.5.2021
When you’re really good you get your own pinball machine. Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian is really, really good, so it gets three. Read more
Fatal Frame Returns As A...Pachinko Slot Machine
11.5.2021
Hoping for a new Fatal Frame? Looks like you’re going to have to wait. In Japan, a new Fatal Frame pachislo (pachinko-slot) machine has been announced.Read more
Yoko Taro Has Some Story Ideas For Monster Hunter Rise
11.5.2021
Yoko Taro did not make Monster Hunter Rise, but he certainly has some ideas for the game’s plot.Read more
Axie Infinity player buys two houses in the Philippines from in-game profits
11.5.2021
An Axie Infinity player from the Philippines claims to have purchased two houses with profits earned through playing the crypto-powered play-to-earn game
Please Enjoy This Brief Courtroom Description Of A Fortnite Trailer
11.5.2021
There wasn’t too much of note going down in the big Apple vs Epic court case today, but one thing I did enjoy very much were these official court transcripts of Fortnite trailers, in which the various events are described in painstaking detail.Read more