Gita Jackson

Apex Legends Has Me Caring About A Game’s Meta For The First Time

The Wingman-and-Peacekeeper combo is quickly taking over Apex Legends, and with good reason—it owns. The combination is also having an unexpected consequence on me: I found myself actually invested in a video game’s meta. The Wingman is a pistol that can kill a player in three headshots, and the Peacekeeper has the potential to deliver…

New Sims DLC Lets You Solve An Alien Mystery—It’s Great And I Hate It

The Sims 4‘s Strangerville game pack is unlike anything I’ve seen before in this game. It’s also very scary. When most people think of The Sims, they think about removing all the ladders in their pools so their Sims drown. While that’s fun, Sims can get out of the pool on their own now, and…

The Internet Reacts To Pokémon Sword And Shield‘s Starters

Today Nintendo finally released some information about the upcoming Pokémon games for Switch. They’re called Pokémon Sword and Shield, and the starters are absolutely adorable. The region where this game will take place is called Galar, and is based on the United Kingdom. The three starters, Scorbunny, Sobble and Grookey, are the Pokémon that will…

Sim 4 Players Make Luxurious Trailer Homes to Celebrate New Alien-Themed Content

Alien shenanigans are imminent with today’s release of new Sims 4 game pack Strangerville. To celebrate, players are making decked-out trailer homes for their Sims like the one featured in the pack’s trippy video teaser. Strangerville has some serious early-2000s teen drama Roswell vibes. The town, as seen in the video, is out in the…

What It’s Like To Write About Race And Video Games

I’m no stranger to controversial takes. I ask people at parties whether or not a hot dog is a sandwich (it’s not). I think Jupiter Ascending is a fun movie, and if I never see another superhero flick again I think I would be okay. But every time I mention race on this site, even…

Perfectly Reasonable Excuses For Playing One More Apex Legends Match

Sometimes, you get a game that grabs you so much you feel that itch to play it all the time. You may find yourself making up ridiculous reasons to keep playing, even when you know you should stop. Here are some of the reasons I’ve made up to play just one more match of Apex…

Players Are Flooding Splatoon 2 With Demands for Japan-Exclusive Gear

Western players have been clamoring over Japan-exclusive Splatoon 2 gear on social media for months—now, they’re plastering the game itself with their desperate pleas. Sometimes, Splatoon 2’s developers release exclusive gear through special offers like the one in Japanese magazine CoroCoro, where the Splatoon manga runs. If you buy an issue of CoroCoro, there will…

David Hayter Delivers A Rousing Performance Re: Solid Snake’s Ass

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Metal Gear’s Solid Snake has a big fat ass. This basic underpinning of our universe has now reached all corners of the internet, including Solid Snake’s longtime voice actor. Solid Snake is the leading character in a game about stealth, so it stands to reason that he would…

Apex Legends Player Spent $500 To Unlock A Rare Item, Says ‘It Wasn’t Worth It’

If you’re lucky, opening a loot box in Apex Legends might get you a set of “heirloom” items. These are ultra rare cosmetic items with a less than one percent chance of dropping, though you’re guaranteed to get one after 500 boxes. One player ended up paying $500 to go through 500 boxes in the…

The Sims 4′s Upcoming Alien Hijinks Are Optional

Yesterday, the developers of The Sims 4 announced a new expansion coming Feb. 26 called Strangerville, which includes a storyline that seems to be about alien possession. Simmers responded with a lot of questions, and the developers addressed them on Twitter—here’s a breakdown of what we know. The Sims 4 has three different tiers of…

Tim and I are continuing the Sims 4 Black Widow challenge! Today should hopefully feature both a wedding and a murder.

The Makers Of Apex Legends Have Some Advice For Using The Mozambique

If you’re an Apex Legends player, you have probably picked up a Mozambique expecting a shotgun and then been disappointed to realize you got a BB gun. If you’re hoping for a buff, the developers have more disappointment in store, but they do have a tip on how to use it. The Mozambique is a…

What We Loved (No, Really) About Alita Battle Angel

Alita Battle Angel is an adaptation of the beloved Gunmm  manga, and it’s a movie where everything that could happen in a movie happens. It’s got fights, a fake sport, a romance, and at the center of it all an amnesiac cyborg and her adoptive dad. I sat down with Tim Rogers to talk about…

Shout Out To The Teen Who Played Apex Legends With Me Last Night

Last night, on my actually for real final Apex Legends game, I thought my squad was doomed. Our third squadmate had been disconnected, and I knew I was dead weight for the more experienced player I was tagging along with. I was content to get lost and then shot, because it was around midnight and…

PSA: Don’t Forget About Apex Legends‘ Self-Revive

Apex Legends’ legendary knockdown shield grants players the ability to revive themself once. Maybe you knew this already. For all the people who have learned the hard way: I’m sorry, but watching people surprise you is hilarious. Apex Legends is still a fairly new game, so players are still learning its mechanics. Legendary items, which…

The New Apex Legends Skin Prices Are Too Damn High

Apex Legends got its first update on February 13th, and with it came Valentine’s Day-themed cosmetics. Although players have been posting online about how they are grateful for the treat, some have expressed worry about the relatively high prices of these cosmetics, and what that might say about the game’s future. Apex Legends is a…

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The ‘Meaningful Stories’ Mod Makes Your Sims A Lot Closer To Actual Human Beings

My Sim, Ivy, was about to propose to her boyfriend when she got a call and found out that a close friend had died. Immediately, she fell into a sad funk. In an unmodded game, this feeling would last for two days unabated, and also dominate any other feeling she might have. But since I…

Apex Legends‘ Plush Dinosaurs Unlock An Easter Egg

Soon after launch, Apex Legends players started finding plush dinosaurs on the map. Now players have discovered that these dinosaurs lead to an easter egg, and it’s pretty tricky to get. Titanfall players already know about Nessie, a plush dinosaur who is hidden in all the levels of Titanfall and Titanfall 2. The fact that…

Apex Legends Needs A ‘You’re Welcome’ Button

In Apex Legends, when you pick up ammo a teammate has dropped for you, or an item that they’ve pinged on the map, the game prompts you to press a button to say “thank you.” I press it every time, because it’s the nice thing to do. The game won’t let you say “You’re welcome,”…