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Darkest Dungeon on Switch was patched today, fixing an issue with the Crimson Court DLC. Go ahead and try to traverse The Courtyard, if you dare.

A new game pack for The Sims 4, Jungle Adventure, will be released on February 27th for Mac and PC. You’ll be able to take your sims on some Indiana Jones-esque quests on this one, and apparently also take home some bejeweled skeletons. I’m into it.

For My Third Time Through Dragon Age: Inquisition, I Promise I’m Not Gonna Romance Iron Bull

Yesterday I made the hardest choice in Dragon Age: Inquisition. I decided not to romance Iron Bull. This is my third playthrough of Inquisition. I wasn’t a big Dragon Age person when I started it the first time around. In fact, I’m not really a big fantasy fan, but the game had come highly recommended…

My All-Bard Dungeons & Dragons Session Went Up In Glorious Flames

Yesterday one of the regular members of my Dungeons & Dragons group had to cancel, so the rest of us decided to roll some new characters for a one-off campaign. Shortly before our gathering, one of them texted to ask if it was alright if we all played as bards. “We’ll be like a traveling…

Sims 4 Update Makes It Easier To Have Black Sims, But There’s A Catch

The Sims 4’s newest update added ten new, darker skin tones, as well as a new curly hair, to a game that had had not previously reflected the range of skin tones that black people and other people of color have. The new skin and hair options are welcome, but they’ve arrived very late in…

Horny Mech Anime Focuses On Couplings That Could Save The World

Darling In The Franxx, one of the breakout animes of this season, makes the sex lives of teenagers a life or death affair. The new show , which premiered on January 13 and is being simulcast on Crunchyroll, is about teenagers who live in a post apocalyptic world and who pilot giant mechs by getting…

Super Mario Odyssey’s Designers Added Extra Coins Out Of ‘Respect’ For Their Testers

Sometimes when you’re playing Super Mario Odyssey you’ll find a coin in a weird, hard to reach area and think, “how they hell did they think to put this here?” Yoshiaki Koizumi, one of the producers on the game, recently explained the design process behind these hidden caches of coins. [Correction—12:46, 2/6: A previous version…

The Good Place Is One Of The Best Shows On Television

The Good Place is one of the funniest shows on television. It also makes me want to be a better person. Explaining The Good Place is difficult because it strives to change its own status quo every episode. The shortest possible explanation is that it’s the story of Eleanor Shellstrop, played by Kristen Bell, who…

One of The Biggest Harry Potter Fanfics Still Holds Up In 2018

If you don’t read fanfiction, it’s hard to really understand the purpose it serves. At its worst fanfiction is self indulgent, but at its best, fanfiction transforms the work it’s based on, and gives small moments in the canon more depth. A great example of how a derivative work can add to a piece of…

Three Great Indie Games Are Out On Switch Now

A whole lot of indie games dropped on the Switch today. Here are three you should definitely check out. Night in the Woods Are you in your twenties and have unresolved feelings about your hometown? This game is for you! You might also like it if you’re into lush art, hilarious writing, and angst. Mae…

The Kids Who Snuck A TV Into Class, And Other Stories Of Secret Gaming

When I was in high school, I was an expert in pretending to pay attention. I used to read Spin Magazine in my math textbook because it was basically the same size as the book. I also occasionally texted under my desk, and a few of my friends memorized their phone’s keyboard so they could…

Dragon Ball FighterZ, As Told By Steam Reviews

According to Steam reviews, Dragon Ball FighterZ is one of the best fighting games out right now. Don’t worry, the reviewers also made some “over 9,000″ jokes. Dragon Ball FighterZ was a highly anticipated game, and it seems like fans got what they asked for. They say it’s well balanced for beginners, faithful to the…

After $120,000 Crowdfunding Campaign, Mini Switch Dock Has A Rough Launch

After multiple delays, backers for a third party portable Switch dock finally got what they helped crowdfund. Unfortunately, backers claim that what they’re getting is very different from what they paid for. In June 2017, a company called SFanslaunched an IndieGoGo campaign for a small, portable Switch dock. They touted it as being “oreo sized,”…

The Six Phases Of A Limited-Time Video Game Event

A lot of mobile games, especially ones that rely on random drops or loot boxes, have special, limited time events.If you play those games, even if you swear you don’t care about missing an event, you kind of always do. Today is the last day of Uta No Prince Sama’s first event in their English…

I Will Probably Give This Hot Anime Boy Rhythm Game My Money

I am acutely aware of all the ways in which hot anime boy rhythm game Uta No Prince Sama: Shining Live is pandering to me, and all the ways it is trying to gouge me for money. It’s still got its hooks in me. Uta No Prince Sama: Shining Live is a rhythm game that’s…

No Man’s Sky Players Want To Make Their Own Calendar

The players of No Man’s Sky have made their own civilizations and governments, and even had their own wars. What’s next? Their own time zone. King Hova is the leader of the No Man’s Sky civilization The Galactic Empire of Hova, as well as their ambassador to The United Federation of Travelers, which is basically…

Five Challenges To Spice Up The Sims 4

The Sims is an open-ended game where you set your own goals, but if you’re out of ideas, you can always try these challenges from the simmer community. The Sims’ community loves making up gameplay challenges. Be they one off challenges or ones that take dozens of hours of gameplay, it’s a way for simmers…

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Doki Doki Literature Club Mods Make The Game Less Depressing

Upsetting visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club has a lively modding scene. Fans have started making sequels, alternate routes and happier rewrites for the game and its characters. Pi, a project lead on Doki Doki Literature Club mod Monika After Story, said that he fell in love with Doki Doki Literature Club after playing it…

The Internet Reacts To D.va’s New Skin

Blizzard is dropping a ton of new skins and a new map for Overwatch today, but D.va’s new cat-themed skin has already captured the internet’s heart. D.va already has a lot of great skins, but hey, I’m not complaining. I mean, her mech has a tail on it now! That’s worth the price of admission.…