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Time For A Little Golf Journey, Just Some Chill Golf, No Stress
20.5.2021
Actual golf can be super stressful, but video game golf? It’s often (with exceptions) very zen, which is why I’m interested in A Little Golf Journey, a game coming to the Switch and PC later this Summer.Read more
Saves Don't Matter When You Can Beat Returnal In Less Than 5 Minutes
20.5.2021
Returnal speedrunner MentalToast set a new world record yesterday, becoming the first person to beat the game in under five minutes.Read more
It's Just Lovely Playing Days Gone On PC
20.5.2021
Having never played the game on PS4, I settled in with Days Gone on my PC this week and found myself pleasantly surprised.Read more
Bethesda Is Moving Its Forums To Discord, And That Sucks
20.5.2021
In a blog post made earlier today, Bethesda—home of everything from Elder Scrolls to Wolfenstein—announced plans to “sunset the forums on Bethesda.net”. Or, in more precise terms, shut them down.Read more
Resident Evil Village's Dollhouse Almost Made Me Quit
20.5.2021
I almost quit Resident Evil Village yesterday. It wasn’t because the game’s limited field of vision finally made me blow chunks across my living room, but because fear—true, gripping terror the likes of which I had never felt before—seized me while in Donna Beneviento’s Dollhouse. I knew going into...
Lies Of P Is A (Checks Notes) Pinocchio Souls-Like
20.5.2021
Round8 Studio and Neowiz today announced Lies of P, an upcoming Souls-like based on the classic story of Pinocchio, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Just typing that out makes me feel a little like I’m losing my mind.Read more
A Big Lady Needs A Big Hat
19.5.2021
Apart from her height, Resident Evil Village villain Lady Dimitrescu’s most striking feature has got to be the fashionable hat she wears while chasing you down. But what if it was (pardon me while I attempt my best Jeff Gerstmann impression) bigger?Read more
Street Fighter V Devs Fix Dan's Infinite Combo By Making Him More Random
19.5.2021
As you may already know from our previous story, Dan Hibiki has an infinite combo in Street Fighter V. The fact that a perennial joke character would have such a powerful ability is delightful, which might be why it survived for so long. But now, months after his arrival, Capcom has finally seen...
Even The Mormon Church Made Money On GameStop
19.5.2021
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (known to everyday people as the Mormons) made bank off the boom in GameStop stock earlier this year, new SEC filings reveal. The Church saw a gain of over 900% on stock owned through its secretive investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors.Read more
Xbox’s Quick Resume Might Mess Up Your Games’ Playtime Count
19.5.2021
Last fall, while playing through Mass Effect 2 for the first time ever, I noticed that my endgame hour count tallied more than 87 hours. Weird, but whatever. Moving on. Turns out, Xbox’s ballyhooed next-gen Quick Resume feature appears to keep running the clock on some games.Read more
Valheim Sculptures Prove That The Game Is Mostly Viking Minecraft Now
19.5.2021
Valheim was originally a survival game where you, a dead Viking, must prove yourself to Odin by conquering the eponymous realm of Valheim. But after you summon and slay all the bosses, there’s not much to do. Nowadays, the game has pretty much become Viking Minecraft, where players show all their...
The Last Of Us 2 Gets 60 FPS Patch On PlayStation 5
19.5.2021
The Last of Us 2 players now have the ability to experience the game at a smooth 60 frames-per-second on PlayStation 5, Naughty Dog’s Arne Meyer announced today.Read more
I Have Nothing But Shame: I'm Trying To Trick Pokémon Go
19.5.2021
I have reached my lowest ebb. As I write these words, out the corner of my left eye I can see the eternal rocking motion of my cell phone as it sways within its cradle. I have become all things terrible. I have fallen. I’m trying to trick Pokémon Go into thinking I’m far less lazy than I am.Read...
Nintendo Switch Online Will Soon Have More Than 100 Games You Might Want To Play
19.5.2021
Nintendo’s $20-a-year online subscription service gets slightly better on May 26 with the addition of Caveman Ninja, Magical Drop 2, Super Baseball Simulator 1.000, Spanky’s Quest, and Ninja JaJaMaru-Kun, bringing its grand total of playable old games to 104. Which are you most excited for,...
The Newest Care Bear Just Wants Everyone To Get Along
19.5.2021
Most Care Bears, as good as they are with the caring, have a singular focus. Bedtime Bear is for bedtime. Birthday Bear is for giving aunts and uncles easy present choices. Grumpy Bear is about cosplaying my spouse. But the newly-introduced Togetherness Bear? She’s here to ensure everybody loves...
"Nintendo Marriage" Trends In Japan After Celebrities Tie The Knot
19.5.2021
Earlier today, soon after singer Gen Hoshino and actor Yui Aragaki announced they had gotten hitched, the phrase “Nintendo-kon” (任天堂婚) or “Nintendo marriage” began trending on Twitter in Japan.Read more
Even Video Game Sneakers Are Getting Delayed
19.5.2021
We’re so used to video game delays that we now come to expect them, doubly so during a global pandemic, but in 2021 even video game sneakers are throwing their release dates out the window.Read more
Please Vote In The Upcoming Liberty City Elections
19.5.2021
It’s about time someone pledged to do something about all the...stuff that keeps happening in this good fair city of ours.Read more
New Zelda Amiibo Has An Unfair Special Power
19.5.2021
Amiibo granting special powers in a Nintendo game is nothing new, it’s half the point of the things existing, but normally those powers are fairly tame, or simply shower the player in gifts. This new Skyward Sword HD one though is very disappointing, because it bestows an ability that all players...
Player Completes Grand Theft Auto V In Nine Hours Without Taking A Single Hit
19.5.2021
Here we have GTAV player UnNameD not only finishing the entire singleplayer storyline in a blistering nine hours, but somehow doing the entire thing without taking a single punch, stab or stray bullet in the process.Read more