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18 Cozy Games That Feel Like A Warm Blanket

Games like Disney Dreamlight Valley and Potion Craft provide the perfect accompaniment for a cozy winter

Lisa Marie Segarra

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Getting A PS5 Or Xbox Series S/X Is Sorta Easier Two Years Later

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What You Should Know About ‘Next-Gen’ Witcher 3’s New Casting System

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12 Brilliant Games To Play With Your Family This Holiday Season

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The Top 4 Romance Anime to Watch During The 2022 Cuffing Season

Mythic Quest’s Charlotte Nicdao Teaches Us Some Handy Australian Slang

The Best Marvel Snap Deck For Winning With Agatha Harkness

The Week In Games: Holiday Season Edition

Mythic Quest’s Charlotte Nicdao On How Gaming Is Like Acting

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85" Class QLED 4K Smart TV Q80B (2022)

85" Class QLED 4K Smart TV Q80B (2022)

This ginormous display will let you experience deep blacks and bright whites that pop and an impressive range of vibrant colors.

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From AirPods to iPads to MacBooks, Here Are the Best Apple Deals This...

Save on the Apple TV 4K, MacBook Pro, AirPods Max, and more leading into the…

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Game Labor

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Activision Nickel-And-Dimes New Union As Call Of Duty Enjoys $800 Million Weekend

Activision refused to pay on-the-clock employees for any time spent in negotiations

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Former Nintendo Worker Wants Company President To Apologize After Alleged Firing [Update]

Activision's Newest Exec Has Decided To Post Through It

After being accused of union busting in the Call of Duty company’s Slack, Lulu Cheng Meservey doubles down

Demolition Sim Hardspace: Shipbreaker Devs Join A Labor Union

Anemone Hug recently voted to join the The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Activision Blizzard Workers Walk Out Over Lack Of Roe v. Wade Support

Employees are demanding protections from the Call of Duty publisher after the fall of Roe v. Wade

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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Firing 11,000 After Company Spends $15B On Metaverse

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Blizzard's Diablo IV Testers Defeat Activision, Can Now Vote To Form Union [Update: Activision Still Trying To Stop The Vote]

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Fired Smash Bros. Ultimate Tester Will Get $25,000 In Nintendo Union-Busting Settlement

Culture

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Ukrainian Devs Remind Us Life Is Still Hell As Russian Missiles Strike Cities

Frogwares, developers of the Sherlock Holmes games, say the attacks 'have taken quite a toll on us mentally'

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Fans Discover Half-Life 2 Corpse Has Actual Dead Human’s Face

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The Steam Winter Sale Has Started, Here Are The Best Deals

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TikTokers Trick Its Anime Filter Into Giving Them Big Boobs

Reviews

12 Best Games for Every Platform

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The 18 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

From Pokémon Arceus to Animal Crossing, here are our favorite Switch games

October 5, 2022

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The 18 Best PC Games To Download In 2022 For Steam And Beyond

October 20, 2022

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The Best Games For The Game Boy Advance

May 12, 2020

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The 12 Best Games on PlayStation Now

October 9, 2020

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The 25 Best Games On Xbox Game Pass

Tuesday 12:54PM

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The Best Dreamcast Games

April 10, 2022

Year in Review

Speedrunning

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Sekiro God's No-Damage Run Was Three Years In Making

YouTuber TheUrbanOrb studied for over 4,000 hours to destroy FromSoftware’s ninja game

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Only A Computer Could Do This Super Mario Bros. Trick—Until Now

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Elden Ring Speedrunner Decides Eyes Are OP, Beats Bosses While Blindfolded

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Elden Ring Beaten In 20 Minutes With Ridiculous Teleporting Glitch

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Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Is Getting Its Own Sake

This is one of the best Japanese booze collabs to date

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Razer's Headquarters Looks Like One Of Its Gaming Peripherals

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Manga Publisher Shueisha Establishes Game Company

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Making Your Own Kaneda Bike From Akira Seems Hard

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Fine Art

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Some Of My Favorite Images From ArtStation's AI Protests

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Lunch Break

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The Human Body Is A Wonderful Thing

Board Games

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My Favorite WW2 Board Game Just Keeps Getting Better

V-Sabotage, formerly V-Commandos, is swapping out cardboard tokens for plastic soldiers

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This Tabletop Horror RPG Will Have You Putting Away D&D

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Space Race: The Kotaku Review

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Company Of Heroes: The Kotaku Review

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Anime

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The Top 4 Romance Anime to Watch During The 2022 Cuffing Season

Whether you're coupled up or a 'Single Pringle' this season, get cozy with these picks to take you into the new year

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The Best Manga Of 2022 That You Should Read

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Your Winter 2023 Anime Guide: What To Watch And Where It's Streaming

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The Pokémon Anime Is Leaving Ash And Pikachu Behind After 25 Years

Cosplay