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NASCAR: No More Video Game Crap After Driver’s Dangerous 'Wall Ride'
1.2.2023
This past October, NASCAR driver Ross Chastain caught the world’s attention when he deployed a “wall-riding” trick he had previously only pulled off in a video game as a kid to jump from 10th to 5th in an actual race. This move was very cool, really dangerous, and got him to the next stage of...
Someone On Tinder Made A Game About What It’s Like To Date Them
26.1.2023
There is a bottomless dress-up box filled with things that people look for in a partner. You might prefer someone who is funny or empathetic, I consider myself lucky to have ended up with someone who never had an AJR phase. And I’m sure, out there somewhere, there is a person who wouldn’t want...
This Racing Game Promises The Best Dirty Video Game Cars You've Ever Seen
25.1.2023
Forza Motorsport is one of a handful of big 2023 Xbox exclusives, and the racing sim’s devs are talking a big game from dynamic weather and changing track temperatures all the way down to minute details like how dirt accumulates on your car over the course of each lap.Read more
Twitter Keeps Sharing 'Useless' Video Game Knowledge That's Actually Amazing
24.1.2023
It’s right there in the Bible—ask, and it will be given to you. It’s also right there on gaming Twitter, where the small gaming podcast Super Pod Saga posed an innocent question on January 15 and people showed up to respond in droves: “What is the most useless piece of video game knowledge...
Switch Dominated 2022 Sales, And Modern Warfare 2 Beat Elden Ring
17.1.2023
Now that 2022 is over (thank God), the NPD group has done its thing, collecting and processing all the resulting sales data. Now we can look back at the last 12 months and see what games and consoles sold best, and how much money people spent on this stuff. Shocking nobody, Nintendo had another...
The Best (And Worst) Video Game Adaptations You Can Stream Right Now
10.1.2023
Do you ever turn off your PC, or your PS5, or whatever, after hours of rainbow lights and eyebrow sweat and think, “Ugh, I really wish I could do that some more, except slightly differently and on the streaming service of my choice”? You do? How serendipitous. I put together a list of every...
10 Iconic Video Game Intros To Jumpstart Your New Year
4.1.2023
We are in the moments of 2023 before the title card, when things are still preparing to be defined. I love it—from here, the next few months look magical, like there’s infinite time to do anything, or for anything to happen. This is when we make resolutions, brainstorm logistics for the trips we’ve...
Here’s Every Video Game Release Date For 2023
3.1.2023
I have awoken from my sliced ham and prosecco-induced holiday slumber and am ready to acknowledge (with only a little bit of a tremor) that we are in a new year. New year, new me? No. Spiral ham and prosecco remind me that it’s okay for some things to always remain the same. New year, new set...
Video Game Gear: 10 Things We Got In 2022 That We Now Can't Live Without
30.12.2022
With another year of gaming now receding into the past, it seems a good occasion to look back and geek out over some of the gadgets, gizmos, and hardware in general that thrilled our nerdy little hearts in 2022. Read more
Fallout: New Vegas Director On Creating Some Of 2022's Best Video Game Characters
27.12.2022
2022 brought us a number of rich narratives in games. While heavy hitters like God of War: Ragnarok, Elden Ring, or Destiny 2’s The Witch Queen expansion are likely to have their praises sung the loudest, there were also games like Obsidians’ Pentiment that are equally deserving of our attention....
The Best (And Worst) Video Game Names Of 2022
26.12.2022
The line between an amazing video game name and a terrible one is nebulous. Some game names try so hard that they loop back around and become good, despite being objectively bad. Some game names are good only in that they use cool words, but the vibe screams, “I was created in a vat overseen by...
Our Favorite Childhood Holiday Gifts, Video Game Edition
23.12.2022
Ah, the holidays. In these modern times they’re synonymous with over-indulging on alcohol to drown out GamGam’s spicy takes on President Biden and vaccines, but back in the day they were all fuzzy pajamas and shiny wrapping paper.Read more
What Are Your Video Game Resolutions For 2023?
22.12.2022
The first thing anyone says in Edith Wharton’s 1924 novella “New Year’s Day” is “she was bad…always.” Though nothing I do will intrigue as much as Lizzie Hazeldean appalling Wharton’s fictionalized New York high society with her affair, “running out of the Fifth Avenue Hotel on New Year’s day with...
Spain Will Provide 8 Million Euros in Grants to Develop Video Game and Metaverse Experiences
21.12.2022
The Ministry of Culture and Sports of Spain has decided to direct 8 million euros ($8.5 million) toward the development of video games and narrative metaverse experiences. The program, part of the Spanish “Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan” will give grants directed...
The Best Gaming Merch of 2022 You Can Actually Show Off
19.12.2022
Video game merch is rarely cool. You’d be hard-pressed to find wearable merch worthy of any place other than the gym, or household items you could display in a midcentury modern living room. It’s also rarely inspired or unique—my cabinet is full of slightly chipped Call of Duty coffee mugs,...
The Best Video Game Surprises Of 2022
15.12.2022
2022, as with many recent years, was a bit of a flaming trainwreck as we continued to deal with the covid-19 pandemic (and other viruses, too), soaring inflation, idiotic tech bros destroying things, and, unfortunately, so much more. But there was actually some good things that happened this year...
I Played The 2022 Bratz Game, And It's As Bad As You Think
15.12.2022
When I got an email that Bratz: Flaunt Your Fashion, the first official Bratz dolls video game since 2012, was coming out in November across most platforms, including, remarkably, the PS5, I was intrigued and a little amused. When I booted it up, I got that familiar hit of nostalgia, as each of...
Pornhub's 2022 Searches Dominated By Minecraft, Overwatch, And Fortnite
15.12.2022
I am no stranger to the intricacies of video game porn. I see it all the time when I’m running gaming searches on social media. Yet Pornhub’s Year In Review list revealing the most searched games on the platform in 2022 has got me reconsidering everything that I know about gaming porn. Overwatch,...
Tesla Drivers Can Now Play Steam Games Inside Their Cars
14.12.2022
Professional boss baby Elon Musk has a lot of…unique ideas (his recent decision to just stop paying rent on Twitter’s office as a “cost-cutting” measure stands among them), but at least he isn’t afraid to commit to the bit. After nearly a year of Musk imagining a Valve-compatible Tesla,...
The Most Mesmerizing Video Game Box Art Of 2022
13.12.2022
Video game box art is like a visual handshake between the game and the player. If its art is tantamount to a limp handshake, gamers will forget about it and move on to a video game that seizes their attention with a firm grasp. While many have an uninspired Marvel Cinematic Universe-esque composite...