One year ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be an international pandemic. While governments around the globe scrambled to deal with the life-threatening virus, or in many cases fa...
You probably haven’t played Hamburgers En Route To Switzerland. Described as R-Type if R-Type starred a flying burger, the solo indie production ranks among 2020’s most obscu...
I wasn’t allowed to watch wrestling growing up. At the time, I saw it as a draconian restriction — wrestling was as close as you could get to watching real-life superheroes fighting it out, and my par...
One player in Animal Crossing: New Horizons has been sharing her incredibly detailed and impressive bulletin board art with the goal of spreading happiness.
I’ve been watching ClementJ64 play through Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, and damn does the soundtrack for that game slap. While I did play the game as a kid, I never got the full auditory e...
A few weeks ago, my much-abused bed frame finally gave out. Having purchased it — the cheapest Ikea sells — when I moved to New York and was living on a shoestring budget, I was frankly surprised that...
Control was one of the most beloved games of 2019 around these parts. It was my #2 game of the year, and it sure did pretty well on other folks’ lists and in our myriad end of year coverage....
As I’ve said before, I’m not great at Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I’m still learning something new in this game every day, so I shouldn’t compare what my slapped together island looks...
Age of Empires is a franchise dominated by its second installment. The first game is generally considered too dated, III too odd, and Mythology too far removed from th...
Dreams at its core is a blank canvas. With its wide range of tools, players can express their creativity in whatever way they see fit. They might want to build a 1:1 recreation of their favouri...
Why do we reboot popular media? Of course, there’s a financial motivation — this thing did well, so we’ll try it again, and wring millions of dollars out of consumers’ nostalgia for Batman or wha...
I finally got my Saitek X-55 Rhino working with MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries this week. But even just after a handful of missions, it’s clear to me this game was meant to be played with the abs...
Over the next week, many of you will spend time in living rooms that lack a fireplace. This is a common occurrence in the modern west, and over the last decade or so, many folk have turned to looping...
Despite its troubled launch and ongoing issues, Fallout 76 has managed to develop a passionate community of fans and players. From murder mystery nights to fight clubs, there’s alwa...
As someone who grew up with The Sims and has lost weeks, if not months, of my life to it and its many sequels, I have always been amazed at the creativity of the series’ fans. Whether it’s crea...
Tonight’s the night of the 54th Super Bowl, and while some people are tuning in to see the game, some just want to see what commercials companies spent actual millions of dollars to put in front of th...