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8 Fashion Tips To Transform Into A Horror Game Protagonist
10.5.2023
This summer, we’re dressing like horror video game protagonists, like this TikTok with over 100 thousand views recently declared. But not in the sour browns or bloated hoodies you see men wearing in games like Alan Wake or Silent Hill—we need to start dressing like the girls.Read more
How To Catch Pokémon Scarlet And Violet’s Only Chesnaught
10.5.2023
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet continue their seven-star tera raids with Chesnaught, and like most event raids, you’ll need a strong Pokémon and a good strategy to catch the Kalos region grass starter. As of right now, Chesnaught is otherwise unobtainable in the Switch games, though that might change...
May’s PS Plus Update Is A Good One: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Dishonored 2, And More
10.5.2023
Another month, another chance for Sony to convince you to keep your PlayStation Plus Extra or Premium subscription. But this month is a bit more important for Sony, as it just ended its longrunning PS Plus Collection, which granted PS5 owners with PS Plus a lot of great games at no extra cost. With...
I’m A Certified Star Wars Hater, But Jedi: Survivor Whips
10.5.2023
I don’t like Star Wars. No, I don’t mean in the “it’s just not for me,” way but in the “I actively dislike this highly-influential franchise and think it’s bad, actually” way. I find it philosophically detestable in its rigid view of its world and unwillingness to interrogate the oppressive systems...
Jedi: Survivor Perfectly Mixes Every Era Of Star Wars Together
10.5.2023
In the early years of Disney’s ownership of Star Wars, it felt like the company wasn’t interested in any era of the franchise beyond the original trilogy. The material it mined for its own projects came largely from those films, leaving vast swaths of Star Wars history by the wayside. But more...
Pokémon Devs Are Working On A Mysterious New Action-Adventure Codenamed Project Bloom
9.5.2023
What in the world? Longtime Pokémon maker GameFreak just announced something completely unrelated that will be published by Take-Two’s Private Division label. Codenamed Project Bloom, it’s in early development and billed as an action adventure game and…that’s basically all we know about it.Read more
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is Really That Good, Seriously
9.5.2023
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is really, really good. You’ve probably heard this already. Our own review and other reviews of the game have praised it quite a bit. But this isn’t a review. Instead, this is just us reaffirming that, yeah, it really is as good as so many other people have claimed....
Disney Speedstorm Players Beg Devs To Nerf Monsters Inc.’s Mike Wazowski
8.5.2023
On the colorful, cartoonish race tracks of Gameloft’s free-to-play kart racer, Disney Speedstorm, one monster has become a menace. One monster can’t be stopped. That monster is Mike Wazowski from Monsters Inc. And while fans want this green little speed ball nerfed, Gameloft has no plans to do...
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3's Final Needle Drop Had Its Songwriter In Tears, Too
8.5.2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 punctuated the ending to arguably one of Marvel’s best trilogy films (don’t @ me) with an emotionally gratifying final needle drop that had its titular characters, the fans, and even the musician behind the song ugly-crying with happiness. Minor spoilers ahead.Read...
New Star Trek Website Lets You Explore Every Enterprise Bridge
8.5.2023
Sometimes I discover a website or app that I know is going to suck up hours or even days of my life and immediately have to close it or else I’ll not get any work done. That’s exactly what happened when I stumbled upon the new official website that lets you freely explore every Enterprise bridge...
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s Got Your Back If You Purposefully Break Its Story
8.5.2023
If you attempt to skip past certain story elements in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the latest Force-powered action-adventure from Respawn Entertainment, you’re greeted with a funny little pop-up message warning you that the game may break. That sounds like it could suck, but in actuality, it’s pretty...
A Year Later, Pokémon Legends: Arceus’ Incomplete Story Remains The Series’ Most Compelling
8.5.2023
Are you ever playing a Pokémon game like Scarlet and Violet, happily running around the open world catching critters and having a good ol’ time, when you suddenly remember Game Freak stranded the protagonists of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in the ancient past with no means of returning to their...
Binder Of Extremely Rare Pokémon Cards Showed Up On Antiques Roadshow
8.5.2023
Recently, a guest on the popular TV series Antiques Roadshow brought on something quite different from the types of things folks usually have appraised by the show’s experts: a binder containing all 102 original, base-set Pokémon cards. What makes the segment so interesting is that appraiser Travis...
Theater's Accidental Little Mermaid + Transformers Trailer Mashup Rules, Actually
5.5.2023
The Little Mermaid live-action remake and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts—two of the biggest upcoming movies of 2023—don’t share much in common. However, an apparent film projector accident at a theater showing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 led to the trailers for the two films playing at...
In This Horror Game You're A DJ And All Your Callers Are Getting Murdered
5.5.2023
Indie developer Team17’s Killer Frequency, out June 1, surprises me by having some of the best, most convincing voice acting and dialogue I’ve witnessed in a horror game. It’s a tragicomedy set in a radio station in the ‘80s, and this necessitates a schmooze-y charm for its characters, but...
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is More Fun If You Leave Koboh ASAP
5.5.2023
After the bombastic intro on Courcesant, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor drops you off on Koboh, a large desert-like planet filled with sidequests, collectibles, and even a fully upgradable saloon, complete with a rooftop garden, a toilet, and a large fish tank. It’s easy to spend hours and hours on this...
Street Fighter 6 Comic Confirms Ken Is A Crypto Bro, Bad Father
5.5.2023
On Thursday, Capcom announced a four comic-book series leading up to the events of Street Fighter VI. Produced in partnership with Udon Comics, the series will catch eager players up on what their favorite fighters have been up to since Street Fighter V. The first of Street Fighter 6’s prequel...
PSA: Animal Lovers, Brace Yourselves For Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 3
5.5.2023
I’m a pretty casual Marvel fan who doesn’t read the comics, but I consider the Guardians of the Galaxy to be my favorite heroes in the comic book company’s universe these days. That being said, while I knew Rocket Raccoon’s backstory through the game adaptations, I was wholly unprepared for...
Report Says Pokémon Go Hit Its Lowest Revenue In 5 Years, But Niantic Denies It
5.5.2023
Pokémon Go finds itself in a new controversy, this time over whether or not is revenue is down. Using data from market research tool AppMagic, Mobilegamer.biz reported that Pokémon Go’s revenue for the month of April was down to $34.7 million, which would be the game’s lowest monthly total since...
My Only Goal In Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Is To Serve Lewks
4.5.2023
I’m still pretty early into Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and while I’ve not run into the game-breaking bugs PC players are dealing with on my PS5, I have run into one progress-halting issue: I can’t get back to playing the main story because I’m too busy dressing Cal Kestis in the cool (and not...