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Tell Me A Story: Blue Prince Edition

I Love My Ex Libris Stamp

The Long Dark's Final Episode Brings Story And Survival Together

Why Nobody Can Be Normal About Hasan Piker

Gunzilla, The Company That Owns Game Informer, Has Reportedly Not Paid Some Developers For Months

My Screw Extraction Pliers Are A Loyal Friend

Gunzilla CEO Posts Deranged Rant On Twitter, Disputing His Workers' Pay Claims And Attacking 'Haters'

Witch Hat Atelier Is About Having Hope In An Insane World

Big, BIG Buildings

'We Needed To Do Something That Would Subvert Expectations': An Interview With Ryan Lott And Chase Combs About Marathon's Incredible Soundtrack

Sony Wants You To Go Through Multiple Job Interviews To Have Your Face In Gran Turismo 7 (For A Limited Time)

You Can Just Print An Air Purifier

Tomato Candles Are The Best Scented Candle, Still

In Finally Clarifying The Release Schedule Of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Netflix Somehow Made It Even More Complicated

There Is No Such Thing As The Video Game Industry

Only Studio 4°C Would Spend 7 Years On A Passion Project Rom-Com About A Man Marrying A Fish

I Save Over All My Video Game Saves, And I Am Full Of Regret

MarriageToxin Is Ready To Push Romance Back Into The Shonen Spotlight

I Feel Like I’m Going Insane

Humans, Human Problems, Go To Space

Charlie Day, Who Plays Luigi In The Mario Movies, Shouts Out Alleged United Healthcare CEO Killer Luigi Mangione

Nova Roma Is A Game About Rome But Also It's Mostly A Game About Water

Hozy Is An Unpacking-Like With A Twist

You Do, In Fact, Have To Hand It To The Ninja Creami

StarCraft-Inspired RTS From Former Blizzard Devs Losing Online Multiplayer Because Server Partner Was Bought By AI Company

Retro Rewind Remembers When You Could Just Rent A Damn Movie

Culture Crave Sucks

Meiko Kaji's 60 Year Career Has Been Defined By Stubborn Ambition

New FIFA Game Looks Deeply Embarrassing

Which Big Three Anime Has the Best Fashion? We Asked an Expert

Skibidi Toilet Community Goodwill Circling The Drain After Hollywood Studio Takes Over

The Fountain Pens Of Video Games

Esoteric Ebb Took 8 Years, 4 Attempts, And 1 Disco Elysium

Tell Me A Story: Destiny 2 Edition

‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Changed The World. Now What?

Life (And Death) In Warframe

Nightbreed Is An Impossible, Anti-Assimilationist Masterpiece

The Video Games Of Woke 2 (With Michael Hobbes)

The Art Of Esoteric Ebb

Let's Cook The Joke Vegetarian Food From Alison Bechdel's Dykes To Watch Out For

I Love My Rainbow Pencil

'There Is A Genuine Desire Across The Board To Do Things Right': The Successes And Challenges Of Working In DEI At A Games Studio

Surprising Absolutely Nobody Involved Or Who Knew About It, The 'PlayStation Car' Is Dead

Twin Peaks And How To Get Back Up When Evil Roams Your Streets

A Love Letter To 'Girl Games'

We're Having A Sale!

Tim Sweeney, It's Not Too Late To Log Off

Games Done Quick's Long, Difficult Journey To A Better Gaming Future

'The Mission Is About Creating Supportive Environments And Authentic Content': What A DEI Manager At A AAA Video Game Company Actually Does

Chainsaw Man Is Over :)

Epic Lays Off 1,000 People And Ends Support For Game Modes After Making Fortnite More Expensive

Please Join Me For A Rousing Round Of: Lol, Get Fucked

Notes Towards A 'Woke 2'

Welcome To Woke Week

Buy Some 'Woke 2' Merch, Support A Worker-Owned Website

Aftermath Vs 2026

I Don’t Like How Alex Street Fighter 6 Uses His Free Will

Crimson Desert Is A Game Bereft Of Joy

Crimson Desert Caught Using AI Images, Resulting Apology Written For Suckers

The Video Game Industry Is A Mess, But Something Will Come After

Marathon Players Are About To Solve Its Weeks-Long ARG

GDC Was Defined By Anxiety About The Future Of The Games Industry And America, Even If Big Companies Didn't Want To Acknowledge It

I Roved Out In Search Of Truth And Love Is An Erotic Fantasy Saga That Has More Than Just Spice

Hideo Kojima's Commitment To Acronym Jackets Remains Undefeated

Funi Raccoon Game Is Queer, Funny, And Irish

Is This What You Think Of Us

Marathon Is A Satire

Tonight At The World Baseball Classic, I Hope Team USA Eats Shit

The Art Of The Fanmix

One Of The Fired Subnautica 2 Devs Is Getting Their Job Back

You Can Play A Bunch Of Video Games In Irish

No Games For Genocide, Tomb Raider Faux Pas & Permabanned Trophy Hunters: All The News From March 9-15

Nobody Likes Nvidia’s Weird New AI Porn Faces

2023: Buzzfeed Pivots To AI. 2026: Buzzfeed Is In Big Trouble.

Tell Me A Story: Pokopia Edition

Haha, Now I'm The AI

They Finally Let Mickey Mouse Have A Gun

Pokopia Is A Viva Piñatalike

Epic, A Company That Makes Billions Of Dollars, Is Jacking Up The Price Of Fortnite's V-Bucks 'To Help Pay The Bills'

The Amazon Echo Show Obeys Me Now

In Esoteric Ebb, Men Talk To Men About Manhood, And That's A Good Thing

Play You Are Elon Musk, The Sequel To You Are Jeff Bezos

The Mayor’s Office Wants A More Affordable New York For Game Developers (And Everyone Else)

Wordle Creator's New Game Is Definitely Not As Chill As Wordle

I Cannot Stop Thinking About Marathon

Why Game Developers At GDC Are Upset About A Garden

The Emancipation Of Asuka Langley Soryu

With Australian Games Media On Its Knees, A New Magazine Is Trying To Keep A Scene Alive

A Reminder That AI Grifters Are Also Selling Fake Video Game Guidebooks On Amazon

Look Out, I'm The Castle

Pokémon v MAGA, R18+ Checks & A Black Flag Comeback: All The News From March 2-8

Crisol, The Game Where Your Ammo Is Your Own Human Blood, Rules

Please, White House, Stop

Tell Me A Story: Esoteric Ebb Edition

Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Great Journalism Doesn’t Happen Overnight

It Is Sadly Time To Say Goodbye To PlayStation Games Coming To The PC

Denshattack Is Tony Hawk With Trains

It Is Once Again Time To Pour Our Hopes And Ideas Into The Vaguest Of New Video Game Console News

When Duolingo Let Me Down, I Went Back To The Old Ways

Call Of Duty Enters The White House’s Arsenal Of Memes

Highguard Didn't Have To Fail

How To Create The Perfect Video Game Stabbing Sound

Resident Evil Requiem Actor's Social Media Is Also Filled With Hot Leon Kennedy Memes

The Apple Ginger Red Bull Is Good As Hell

Fujoshis Had Their Fun, Now It's Himedanshi’s Turn To Go Mainstream

World of Warcraft Streamer's Stalker Arrested Again

A Totalitarian Regime Shouldn't Look This Good, Phonopolis

A Manga Publisher Secretly Rehired A Writer Convicted Of Sexual Abuse, Sparking A Long Overdue Industry Revolt

To Echo Everyone Else's Thoughts, I Too Wish Marathon Was A Singleplayer Video Game

The Secretive Company Filling Video Game Sites With Gambling And AI

I Don’t Need A Bloodborne Remake, I Just Need It To Not Run Like Ass

Tell Me A Story: Caved of Qud Edition

Can Resident Evil Requiem Grapple With Nuclear Tragedy? Does It Even Want To?

I Still Don't Understand The Stock Market After Playing Insider Trading

You Will Be Able To Marry Clint In Stardew Valley, Pleasing People Like, Um, Such As

The Dream Of Titanfall 2's Gauntlet Is Alive In VHOLUME

ICE Arrests Beloved Fighting Game Community Member Ludovic

New York Attorney General Suing Valve Over Loot Boxes

IGN Owner Ziff Davis Lays Off More Eurogamer Workers

It's Important To Recognise A Story For What It Is

Hades 2 Devs Pleased To See Players ‘Engaging’ With Narrative, Even If They’re Disappointed

Why The Heck Would You Put A Salvation Army Thrift Store In Roblox?

Sad Old Man Publicly Embarrasses Himself (Again) Just To Feel Something

Prediction Markets Need Insider Trading, Despite What They Say

We Now Have 'Inbox Links' To Make Signing Into Your Aftermath Account A Little Easier

Pro Jank Footy Gets What Makes Sports Fun: Running Around Like A Dumbass

Voice Acting While Black Is Still Worth The Fight

I Am Processing My Fears By Playing The Magpie Game

My First Sports Video Game Is A Rugby Game, And I Am Full Of Regret

Saudis Take Over EVO, AI Life Sims & Marathon's Soundtrack: All The News From February 16-22

The Bell Finally Tolls For Tyler Perry

Titanium Court Is Just The Right Amount Of So Much

How Clair Obscur’s Developers Avoided Spoiling Their Big Act One Twist

Rest In Peace, Bayonetta

AI Boosters Want To Sacrifice The Present For A Future That Will Never Come

So Long, Phil Spencer. You Will Not Be Missed

I’m Tired Of These Useless Jackasses Making The Computer Expensive

The Mod That Makes The Sims 4 Sexy

The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited

Sony Buys Remake Studio In 2021, Shuts Them Down In 2026 And Lays Off 70 Workers Without Them Releasing A Remake

Please, Tell Me More About The New FIFA Game And The Money Behind It

Three Apothecary Diaries Adjacent Manga, For Your Consideration

I Hate River Ward

PlayStation Is Gonna Screw All Of Us A Little, Instead Of Some Of Us A Lot

After Working 80-Hour Weeks For Eight Years, Blue Prince Creator Says Next Game Probably Won't Be Quite As Ambitious

An Exhaustive Collection Of Football Shirts Featuring Video Game Sponsorships

We Should Use Social Media The Same Way Manga Authors Write About Their Week

What If Red Dead Redemption But It's Just A Bear Driving A Train

The Xteink X4 Is The Cheap, Hackable eReader That's Just Enough

PlayStation Reveals, RAM Chaos & RIP To A Sega Legend: All The News From February 8-15

Story About AI (Being Mean) Gets Pulled Because Journalist Used AI (That Made Mistakes)

I Have Seen Video Game Industry Hell, And Now You Must Also Gaze Upon It

AI Is So Inherently Popular That Companies Are Paying Influencers Up To $600,000 To Tell People How Awesome It Is

Top Of The Jank Pile

Diablo IV PC Cooled With Real Human Blood Is Still Going Strong Two Years Later, Says Guy Who Won It

Top Of The Jank Pile

What The Hell Are We Even Doing Here

This Year's Oscar Nominees Have Real Fight In Them, Even If Hollywood Doesn't

The Long Dark Studio Lays Off Workers After Game Delay

Ubisoft Workers Say Company Is Still 'Not Listening' Following 1,200-Person Strike, Legal Action Could Be Next

My Grueling Quest To Buy A Switch 2 By Riding Citi Bikes

Me And The Devil Blues Is A Haunting Manga About A Black Blues Legend

Riot Spent A Decade Developing A Fighting Game Then Laid Off Around 80 Developers Less Than One Month After Release

Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator Is About As Evil As The Real Stock Market

Prayer Circles Are In Full Effect For These Three New Shonen Jump Manga To Not Get The Axe

April 1761 - Hills Are Now Battlefields

No ICE In Minnesota Bundle Hits $100,000 Goal In Just A Day

No, AI Written Romance Novels Are Not Inevitable

Movement To Remove Voice Actor Who Has Admitted To Sexual Assault Has Yakuza Fans At Breaking Point

Genshin Impact Maker Suing To Take Down Fan Wiki

All Her Fault Is A Thriller About Gender Roles

Discord Leadership Only People On Planet Who Think Adding Age Verification To Discord A Good Idea

Activision Blizzard Tattled To Hack Maker's Mom

Epic Clarifies That, No, Jeffrey Epstein Is Not Still Alive And Playing Fortnite In Tel Aviv

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Has The Juice

Baldur's Gate 3 Heads To TV, An Assassin's Creed Gets Cancelled & Nvidia Cards Delayed Because Of You Know What: All The News From February 4-6

Your Subscriber Dollars At Work: Aftermath Has A New Regular Contributor And Monthly Columnist

You Gotta Hear The Music In This PS1 Looney Tunes Game

The Steam Machine Has Been Delayed Because Stupid Little Babies Can't Stop Using AI To Write Their Emails

Nintendo’s Trailers Of Violent Games Are Full Of (Purposefully?) Missed Shots

As A Principled Video Game Executive, I Believe AI Is ‘Metadata’ Mixed With A ‘Parlor Trick,’ And We Should Be Skeptical Of It. Then Again, Counterpoint: Never Mind

They Didn’t Stop To Think If They Should

Adobe Is Ruthlessly Killing Off Software That Animators Around The World Are Using Every Day [Update]

The Ashes Of Ashes Of Creation, Iron Lung & Project Genie Bullshit: All The News From January 31-February 3

Meet The Unconventional Publishers Trying To Unfuck The Games Industry

The Console Wars, As Told By '90s Nintendo And Sega Advertisements

Nobody Needs This Man, We're All So Tired

They Do This Because They Can

What If I Just Never Leave Cairn's Tent

The Epstein Files Reveal What Powerful People See In Video Games: Profit, Coercion, And Control

Pokémon Company Apologises After Advertising Event At...Controversial War Crimes Shrine

Blizzard QA Workers’ Newly Ratified Union Contract Locks In Pay Increases, Better Benefits

Ubisoft Fires Team Lead For Criticising Stupid Return-To-Office Mandate

Once A Hack, Always A Hack

It’s Impossible To Keep Politics Out Of Games When They’re Literally Banging Down Your Door

A Horse Tries To Make It To The Super Bowl

We Need A Word That Goes Beyond 'Slop' For This One

Deadlock’s Sleepy New Hero Rem Is A Perfect Little Guy

The New Baby YouTuber Thumbnail Meta Changes Everything

'We Will Not Be Bullied Into Submission': Ubisoft Unions Call For Massive International Strike

The Anime AI Closed Captioning Situation Is Crazy

Gambling Isn't News

Warhammer Takedowns, EB Games Closures & Ubisoft Embarrassment: All The News From January 22-27

"I Do Not Feel Safe In The Country": International Developers Are Skipping GDC Because Of Trump's Border Chaos

Despite AI's Best Efforts, I Fixed My Kid's Airpods Through The Collective Power Of Human Troubleshooting

Highguard Is Yet Another Symptom – And Victim – Of A Rapidly Decaying Internet

Kokuho Has The Juice

Nintendo’s Games Are Special Because Its Teams Are Intergenerational

You Gotta Love It When A Good Game Takes The Time To Get Even Better

A Game Doesn't Need To Be ‘By And For Fans’

US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

Josei Anime Is Back On The Menu, Boys

Bobby Kotick Is On One, Rockstar Explosions & AI On Steam: All The News From January 18-21

That's No Moon Ex-CEO Hijacked Domain And Caused A $1M Problem, Cofounders Say In Lawsuit

Milk Is Not $20

The Climber Is An Incredibly Beautiful, Devastating Manga About Hubris

Their Uncle Directed The Hit Movie Babe, But They Hold The World Record For Its Video Game Tie-In

Whiskerwood Is Already One Of The Finest City-Builders I Have Ever Played

Tomb Raider, Animal Crossing Jumps & Pokemon x Pentagon Lootboxes: All The News From January 13-17

The Best Mothers And Ships In Games (Ft Mothership)

I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me

I'm Not That Nicole Carpenter

Ian's Shoelace Site Is Still The Best Site For Tying Your Shoes

Finally, Some Good AI Policies

I Nearly Made It Through All Of 2025 Without Playing A Single Console Game

Now More Than Ever, It Is Imperative That Tim Sweeney Log Off

What’s The Deal With Rumiko Takahashi’s Signature Hand Pose

Oh My God, Am I A Genius At Irish Language Wordle

Buying A Digital Game From GameStop Is A 'Bait And Switch,' Lawsuit Says

RIP Discord, More Wolfenstein & Some Rockstar Bullshit: All The News From January 7-12

Luke's Favourite Video Games Of 2025

Smoking Behind The Supermarket With You Is A Cozy Rom-Com Manga

I Love My Suspiciously Fast Charging Power Bank

‘Will The AI Bubble Finally Burst’ And Other 2026 Predictions

Ubisoft Halifax Union To 'Pursue Every Legal Recourse' After Studio Closes Weeks After Union Vote

Not Even A Video Game Can Convince Me To Read The Directions First

Sega Sues Guy Who Uploaded Game Soundtracks To Spotify Before They Did

GDQ’s Organizers Plan To Keep Growing The Event, But They Don’t Want It To Become Just Another Video Game Convention

What If I Don't Fantasize About Having A Friend In A Jar

Friendship Ended With Terrace House, Love Village Is My New Favorite Dating Show

The PlayStation Car Is For Nobody

Please Seek Help Immediately

The Testament Of Ann Lee Makes A Dying Faith Radical

I Don’t Care Who Wins Dragon Ball Z’s Popularity Poll, I Just Want Goten To Lose To Bulma’s Cat

Solving Mysteries In A World Without Answers

Happy Holidays, And To All A Good Nap

Unbeatable Is Messy, But Somehow Still Hits

Terrace House's Omurice Incident Is Still An All-Time Reality TV Moment

NYC's OMNY Card Is Here, And I Am Full Of Regret

Genndy Tartakovsky Won’t Let Original Animation Die—Even If He Has To Raise A Caveman From The Dead

Larian’s AI Usage Is A Perfect Storm Of Video Game Industry Ills

I'm Taking It As A Bad Sign That Two Big Games Were Announced With No Screenshots

This Holiday Season, Why Not Give The Most Thoughtful Gift Of All: An Aftermath Subscription

Naughty Dog, Having Tried To 'Eliminate Crunch', Is Still Crunching

Flotsam Builds Some Hope At World's End

Adventure Time Creator on AI: ‘We’re Cooked’

Morse Makes Learning An Obscure Skill Fun

Why Games Go Down When Big Updates Come Out – Even Though Developers Know Tons Of Players Are Going To Log On

Wake Up Dead Man's Saving Grace Is How It Talks About Religion

I Don't Think Larian's CEO Understands How Art Is Made

Dogpile Knows The Best Dog Is A Big Dog

The Rise And Fall of Queer Cartoons

‘Lay Off CEOs Instead’: Game Awards Protesters Fed Up With The Show And The State Of The Industry

Tiny Bookshop Briefly Removed From Nintendo Switch Store In Ratings Debacle Over The Word 'Arsehole'

Doom Studio id Software Unionizes To Secure AI Protections, Benefits: ‘We See The Direction The Industry Is Headed’

A Lot Of Great Games Will Never Win A Game Award

A Lot Of Great Games Will Never Win A Game Award

Polymarket And Kalshi Want You To Gamble On Everything, Including Video Game Award Shows

A Digital Audio Player Renewed My Love Of Music

Routine Is Extremely Cool But Alas, I Am A Coward

It's Hard Not To Call Everything AI When Everything Keeps Being AI

What Have We Done To Deserve Such Wonderful Sons?

Uh Oh, You Have Billions Invested In Generative AI

‘Grand Theft, Not Wage Theft’: Rockstar Protest In NYC Draws Tech Workers, Members Of Multiple Unions

Ditching Spotify Has Been A Bleak Experience To Say The Least

Kensuke Ushio Dove Deep Creating The Emotionally Devastating Score For Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

Mark Zuckerberg Is Never Right

Netflix, Which Has No Idea What To Do With Video Games, Could Own More Video Games

Fake Video Games Can Be Just As Interesting As Real Ones

A 23GB Helldivers 2 Is Better Than A 154GB Helldivers 2

Instead Of Relying On Wealthy Donors, Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh Is Using A Twitch Stream To Raise Money – And Fight A Federal Indictment

Humble Delists Then Relists Horses

RIP To Tortellini, The Elden Ring-Playing Goldfish

Too Real, News Tower

How Do We Relationship? Is A Brutal Stumble Toward True Love

Horror Game Horses Removed From Epic Games Store, Too

Somehow, The Musical Ghost Story Home Repair Genre Works

Buy Our 'Destroy AI' Hoodie

My First Anime, Which I Thought I'd Lost Forever, Still Hits

No Thoughts, Just Fish

Open Thread: Thanksgiving

Rental Family Is The True Brenaissance Film We’ve Been Waiting For

Sektori Is The Technically Perfect Heir To Geometry Wars

Steam Is For Products, Not Art

What If We Threw Every Person Involved In Private Equity Into The Ocean

Demonschool’s Credits Show Rest Of Games Industry How It’s Done

Sonic The Hedgehog Makes His NHL Debut—On Columbus Blue Jackets Goalie's Hockey Mask

Ubisoft, Face Covered In Bruises, Once Again Confidently Extends Foot Towards End Of Rake

Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’

Finally, A Biking Game That Embraces Vibes

Assetto Corsa Rally Is Here To Keep Me Humble

A Hockey Team Recreated The Evangelion Intro For A Stadium Full Of Fans

MrBeast Has A Theme Park Now Because Big Content Creators Can’t Be Canceled

The Aftermath Party Was Good

Lumines Arise Is The Living Memory Of PlayStation Cool

Tavern Keeper: It's Good

Baki The Grappler, The Wildest Martial Arts Manga Of All Time, Still Wants The Smoke 35 Years Later

Sure, Why Not: Windows 11 AI Agents Might Install Malware On Your PC

Carmen Maria Machado’s Carmilla Is Sapphic Bullshit, But I Believe It

A Dungeon Synth Album To Cope With An Age Without Magic

[This Is Where My Anno 117 Impressions Were Going To Go]

Death By Lightning Knows History Is Temporary

Y’all Undersold How Bad The 1989 Legend of Zelda Cartoon Is

One Weekend Away Has Rekindled A Love Of Board Games That I Thought Covid Had Killed Forever

Beyond The Stars

These Developers Are Bringing Canceled Game Concord Back To Life

Let's See How Being 'AI First' Is Going For Krafton

The Art Of Playing The Damn Video Game

The Steam Machine, Frame, And Controller Are Full Of Good Design Choices

We're Having A Sale: Get Your First Month Of Aftermath For Just $1

AI Is The Ultimate "Forced Meme"

Thanks/No Thanks For Telling Me About Buckshot Roulette, Everyone

Raccoin Is A Coin Pusher Where It's OK To Shake The Machine

Support Human Writers And Artists, Buy Our New Print (Or Shirt!)

How Fortnite Friday Grew From A Bit Into An Institution That Could Pull Gavin Newsom

Pluribus Is An Apocalypse Story For People Who Go To Therapy

But What If The Babies WANT To Worship Extra Deities?

Following Firings And Grand Theft Auto VI Delay, Union Plans To Keep Pressure On Rockstar

Welcome To Aftermath 2.0

A Showcase Of Caravan Sandwitch's Beautiful Art

Solve These Strange Jigsaws

That Time A Student Asked Us Not To Write Any Weird Or Horny Shit Until 4:30 PM, And Other Highlights From Aftermath’s First Two Years

Solve These Strange Jigsaws

That Time A Student Asked Us Not To Write Any Weird Or Horny Shit Until 4:30 PM, And Other Highlights From Aftermath’s First Two Years

Pokémon Battle Patent Reexamination A ‘Disruption Of The Normal Status Quo,’ Says IP Law Expert

Pokémon Battle Patent Reexamination A 'Disruption Of The Normal Status Quo,' Says IP Law Expert

Mamdani Won, And Also Cuomo Lost

Nothing But Respect For This Manual Ear And Nose Hair Trimmer

Dispatch Brings Back The Halcyon Era Of Online Water Cooler Talk

Nothing But Respect For This Manual Ear And Nose Hair Trimmer

Dispatch Brings Back The Halcyon Era Of Online Water Cooler Talk

Mamdani Won, And Also Cuomo Lost

‘This Guy Should Be Beaten To Death With Baseball Bats’

I Owe My Workday To Criterion 24/7

Somehow, The Threat Of A Live-Action Akira Refuses To Die

Somehow, The Threat Of A Live-Action Akira Refuses To Die

I Owe My Workday To Criterion 24/7

'This Guy Should Be Beaten To Death With Baseball Bats'

The Seance Of Blake Manor Is My Blue Prince

EA Says It Will Retain Creative Control Following Saudi Sale, But, Like, Come On

How Am I Supposed To Review Europa Universalis V

EA Says It Will Retain Creative Control Following Saudi Sale, But, Like, Come On

How Am I Supposed To Review Europa Universalis V

The Seance Of Blake Manor Is My Blue Prince

I Will Grind In Final Fantasy Tactics Every Single Time And You Cannot Stop Me

And Also, Who Even Cares About Halo And Lord Of The Rings These Days

And Also, Who Even Cares About Halo And Lord Of The Rings These Days

Have You Heard The Good News About Tasks

We Have Never Been More 12 Years Old

You Could Be Playing Vanquish Right Now

Not Commenting Is Commenting

One Chainsaw Man Fan Calculated How Long You’d Survive Sex With Angel Devil Before Suffering From Twink Death

The Trump Halo Memes Aren’t Supposed To Make Sense

What The Hell Is Microsoft Doing?

Brainrot Goes To Court [Correction]

Days After Hyping Games Business To Investors, Netflix Closes Squid Game: Unleashed Studio

AI Political Videos Tell Us Too Much About The People Behind Them

Beefed Up TwitchCon Security Couldn’t Stop The Internet’s Issues From Spilling Over Into Real Life

Everyone Who Worked On A Video Game Needs To Be In The Credits

I Will Romance Every Character In Hades 2, But Under Duress

Why Are My Bluesky Bots So Into Irish

Check Out This Pair Of ‘Ridge Racer’ Sneakers, Reportedly Made To Commemorate Kaz Hirai’s Famous E3 2006 Presentation

Criterion’s Mobile Closet Wasn’t About The Van—It Was About IRL Friendships We Made Along The (Five-Hour) Way

Big Week For Unions At Blizzard As Hearthstone Team Also Votes ‘Yes’

A History of Histories

The Sweet Spot Of IMDb Is 6.3-7.6

I Will Go Down Swinging Against Windows 11

Battlefield 6’s Campaign Is An Act Of Narrative Cowardice

I Can’t Believe We’re Still Talking About This

I Apologize, Absolute Batman. I Wasn’t Familiar With Your Game

Battle.net Workers Unionize As Microsoft Neutrality Agreement Expires

Look Out, I’m The Bus

The Killing Stone Is A Folk Horror Board Game Where Everything Is Story

We’re Throwing A Party, And You’re Invited

MindsEye Workers Condemn Leadership’s ‘Disrespect And Mistreatment’ In Open Letter

Everything Is Assassin’s Creed

Eco-Focused Nonprofit Releases Standard To Make Games ‘The Most Sustainable Form Of Entertainment’

Chess Dungeon Crawler, Yeah

GameZone, A Website Dating Back To 1994, Has Had Its Archives Wiped

100 Meters Is A Soulful Gem About The Poetry Of Running

Baby Steps’ Manbreaker Did Not Break Me

Ubisoft Could Not Have Handled A Reconstruction Era Assassin’s Creed

VTuber Mori Calliope’s Anime Dream Came Full Circle In Creating Gachiakuta’s New Theme Song

100 Meters Director On Capturing The Art And Agony Of Track And Field Through Rotoscope Animation

Hades 2’s Story Doesn’t Change The Status Quo

Good Patch Notes

Epic Games Suing Two Fortnite Island Makers Over Inflated ‘Bot’ Engagement

Silent Hill F’s Best Puzzle Is A Masterclass In Anticipation

Wayward Is A Queer Exploration Of The Troubled Teen Industry

Saudi Arabia’s Strategy Is Working Because Of Greed And Cynicism

Microsoft Just Made It Easier Than Ever To Stop Putting Up With Microsoft

Trying To Get A Job In Video Games Right Now Is Like Crawling Through Hell

One Battle After Another Is An Instant Classic That Plays Fast And Loose With Its Politics

What Does It Sound Like To Slide Down A Breast Milk River? Ask Baby Steps Sound Designer Maxi Boch

The AirPods Pro 3 Are Everything I Wanted, And They’re Crucially Flawed

Candy Crush Player Sues Activision Blizzard Over Alleged ‘Scam’ Tournament

Q-UP Is An Esport About How Ridiculous Esports Are

I’ve Been Playing Town To City From Dawn To Dusk

Chainsaw Man Is Better Than The Bible

You Could Play Messenger Right Now, There’s Nothing Stopping You

The EA Sale Is Bad News For Everyone

The Lift Turns Household Chores Into Sci-Fi

Do We Really Need A Deus Ex Remaster?

Lawyers Look To Consolidate Dozens Of Roblox Child Exploitation Lawsuits

New Coalition Seeks To Help Palestinian Game Developers ‘Speak Loudly’ Through Games

Playing Is This Seat Taken? Feels Different When You Live In DC

A Warm Welcome To Nintendo Of America’s New President & CEO

Netflix’s Kiss Or Die Is Yakuza’s Cringiest Eroge Substory Turned Into A Full-Blown Variety Show

Finding Peace In Work

Inside The Soulframe Scene Where You Go Inside A Bear

I Love Silksong Even When It Bugs Me

The Right’s Charlie Kirk Cancellation Spree Has Emboldened Gaming’s Worst

Why Major Events Like Charlie Kirk’s Death End Up On Roblox

I’m Not A Robot, But This Free Puzzle Game Unearthed My Human Limitations

A Condition Took Away The Use Of My Hands. Silksong Helped Me Rehab Them

What A Shock, The Government Is Scapegoating Video Games Again

Meta Spent Billions On AI So Mark Zuckerberg Could Look Like A Dipshit In Front Of Millions Of People

Arma Can Be A Boys Club, But This Trans Women-Only Platoon Aims To Change That

Endless Legend 2 Is Another Reminder That 4X Games Are Leaving Me Behind, And It Sucks

Hey James Gunn: Is Peacemaker Season 2 About A Nazi Alternate Universe?

‘Kei’ And ‘Midi’ Are Much More Interesting Video Game Definitions Than ‘Indie’ Or ‘AA’

US Oversight Committee Requests Discord, Steam, Twitch CEOS At Online Radicalization Hearing

Florida Suing Porn Game Websites Over Alleged Age-Verification Violations

Henry Halfhead Is What Would Happen If Prey’s Mimics Were Cute

What’s Harder To Draw: Horses Or Kisses? We Asked An Expert

Everyone Was Right, The Studio Is Pretty Good

Of Course One Piece’s Pirate Flag Is The Symbol Of A Real-Life Youth Revolution

Deahas thed Star

Bluesky Really Doesn’t Want People To Say ‘Rest In Piss’ About Charlie Kirk

Following ‘Recent Events,’ Mods Lock Helldivers Subreddit, While Helldivers 2 Stays Open

If Only So Many Of The Writers We Need Right Now Hadn’t Lost Their Jobs

Why Republicans Needed Charlie Kirk

Welcoming A Reluctant 43-Year-Old Man To Civil War (And Other) Strategy Video Games

Signal Rolls Out Secure Backups Just After I Had To Nuke My Message History

OK, But Who Is Inverting Their Horizontal Controls?

OK, But You Do Know You’re Eulogizing Charlie Kirk, Right?

The Baby Assassins Trilogy Revived The Lost Art Of Whimsical Action Comedies—And It’s Pretty Gay

Cuomo’s Latest Strategy To Resuscitate His Flatlining Campaign: Go After Zohran Mamdani For Associating With A Twitch Streamer

The Author Immortal Is A Metanarrative Isekai Comic That Explores The Messiness Of Separating The Art From The Artist

Beloved Loser Horse That Inspired A Generation (And An Umamusume Anime Girl) Dies

Running A Video Games Publisher AND Marketing Agency Sounds Absolutely Exhausting

Linda Linda Linda Is Good Good Good

Seven Months After Civ VII’s Launch, Firaxis Workers Are Being Laid Off

All-Consuming Event Releases Like Silksong Are Growing Fewer And Further Between

10 Months In The Making, Play For Peace Bundle Launches To Raise Money for Palestinian Aid

The OXO Rapid Brewer Is Great For Coffee And Better For ‘Soup’

More Sports Games Should Take A Year Off

The King Is Watching: It’s A Very Good Video Game

RIP Streameast, Which I Of Course Never Used And Have No Strong Feelings About – And Which Does Not Appear To Be Entirely Dead

Trump Tariffs Are Disrupting Planner Season

Let Me Love You, Crusader Kings 3

I Buy Prebuilt PCs Now, And Have Finally Found Peace

I Unironically Like Netflix’s Live-Action Kakegurui TV Series

Deftones Are Forever

Why Demonschool Got Delayed, Even Though It’s Nothing Like Silksong

Long Story Short Is A Lot, In A Good Way

Crystal Dynamics Lays Off Staff Due To ‘Evolving Business Conditions’, Which Is Putting It Mildly

Vivi Is Screwing Up Magic: The Gathering, And You Know What? Good For Him

Fresh Tracks Is A Charming Skiing Rhythm Game

I Watched Kamen Rider Kuuga Because I Had To Know Why He Kicked This Villain’s Ass So Hard

City The Animation Turns Every Single Episode Into A Visual Flex

AI Can’t Suffer, But It Should Suffer For This

Overwatch 2 Developers Say They’re Leaning Into What Works

I Didn’t Win Zohran Mamdani’s Scavenger Hunt, But I Did Have A Nice Day Out In NYC

RPG Designer Goes Missing After Crowdfunding Award-Winning Game

Indie Devs Are Delaying Their Games Because Of Silksong [Update]

What’s Going To Be The Next Silksong?

Apparently The Silksong Devs Were Just Being Normal About It

A ‘Game Capture Director’ Is The Person Who Gets The Gameplay Footage For A Video Game Trailer

King Of The Hill’s New Season Cements Its Legacy As The Definitive American Anime

The Naked Gun Will Heal Cinema

‘It’s Just Not Impressive If A Robot Is Doing It:’ Soundalike Voice Actors On AI

Big Gamescom Trailers Cost Up To $520,000 To Show, And Other Fun Facts

OK History, That’s Enough Rhyming For One Day

History Doesn’t Repeat, But It Often Rhymes

Curling Up With A Sandwich, A Warm Drink And Mafia: The Old Country

Despite What NYT, WaPo, And Vanity Fair Seem To Think, We Still Need Critics

Alien: Earth Has The Juice

What Cyberpunk 2077 Can Teach Real-World Cities

From Nintendo Power Hotline To Now, Human Labor Has Always Been The Soul Of Video Game Guides

I Broke My Foot But The iWalkFree Gave Me Mobility Back

Stripe Says Support Team Reps Were ‘Totally Wrong’ About LGBTQ Content Ban

New Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt’s Episode About A Cat Named After A Vibrator Gave Me Emotional Damage