Heather Alexandra

“Arthur, we have a plan! That plan is for Tim Rogers and Heather Alexandra to play Red Dead Online live on Twitch. They’ll get us some more money. Just have a little faith.”

Mysterious Boats Are Falling Out Of The Sky In Red Dead Online

Red Dead Online’s beta launched this week, and it’s a looser, sillier experience than the main game. But a beta mean glitches, and there’s been nothing stranger than the cavalcade of burnt-out boats mysteriously plaguing the city of Saint Denis. Players romping around Red Dead Online are taking to social media and YouTube to share…

Hitman 2 is getting its first Escalation challenge The mission takes place in Santa Fortuna and adds a series of complicated conditions for players to complete. They are serious fun and you should totally give it a try!

Quiet As A Stone Is A Game About Exploring Floating Islands

Quiet as a Stone is a contemplative game about finding secrets on floating islands and creating your own perfect little spaces. Each island has resources to collect, natural formations to find, and blank spaces to plant trees or arrange rocks. It’s a quiet and relaxing escape from whatever battlefield or wild open world you’ve been…

Battlefront II‘s Clone Wars Update Is The Star Wars I Wanted All Along

Star Wars: Battlefront II’s early days were defined by controversy after controversy, among them complaints that the initial handful of maps ignored some pretty major battles. What fans really wanted was the massive Battle of Geonosis from the Clone Wars. Well, it’s here… and it’s fantastic. Battlefront II largely focuses on battles from further down…

Red Dead Online Is A Wild West Theme Park

Red Dead Online’s beta kicked off today, for players who own Red Dead Redemption 2’s Ultimate Edition. It’s an incredibly familiar experience, taking the first game’s online component and adding a healthy dose of story, survival, and shenanigans. It’s a bit barebones at the moment, but the foundation is strong. My first day in Red…

Let’s ride! Me and Tim are hopping into Red Dead Online right now on Twitch! Come join chat to talk about horse crimes and sarsaparilla.

Red Dead Redemption 2, One Month Later

Red Dead Redemption 2 has been out for one month, which is about as long as it takes for Arthur Morgan to stumble from Valentine to Saint Denis. The blockbuster western was defined by controversy before launch, but critical and fan response has been strong. The journey’s been short but the road’s had some occasional…

Who is this bald-headed waiter? Did he always work here? Paul and I are going live with some Hitman 2 right now on Twitch Come join the chat while we bumble through Mumbai.

What Makes Ocarina Of Time Great, 20 Years Later 

The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time turned 20 years old today. Link’s first 3-D adventure, for the content-starved Nintendo 64, captivated a whole new generation of players, setting a standard for adventure games and laying a foundation for today’s massive open world journeys. In spite of this, Ocarina of Time remains a unique…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s First Epic Mercenary Isn’t Very Epic 

It’s been over a month since epic mercenaries were originally planned to arrive in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and the game has finally received its first one. These unique battles, which grant special rewards and in-game currency, could be a chance to highlight Odyssey’s combat system and challenge players to adopt new tactics. Unfortunately, the first…

Battlefield V: The Kotaku Review

Battlefield V is complicated, sweeping, and enjoyable to play. Its narrative highlights World War II’s lesser known fronts, and its competitive multiplayer is fast-paced and action-focused. It’s romantic, it’s exhilarating, and I can’t shake the feeling that something is off about it. For every grand feat of daring, there is a tension that I can’t…

How To Find Fallout 76‘s Mothman

Fallout 76‘s post-apocalyptic West Virginia is a mean place with few friends. Instead of getting your face chewed off by snallyghasters, why not spend time with the adorable Mothman? I’ll show you how in this video. The Mothman can be randomly found throughout the game world, but the chance of an encounter is low. Instead,…

Take me hooooome! Paul and I are streaming Fallout 76 right now on Twitch. Join us for power armor, power glitches, and Mothmans.

Half-Life, Revisited

I first played Half-Life in 1998 and played it again recently for a series of livestreams on Twitch. It’s been 20 years since the game was released, and what I experienced so many years later made me reassess the game. It’s a chaotic, if sometimes sloppy, masterpiece. This piece originally appeared 9/15/17. We’re bumping it…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s Lost Tales Add Humor And Depth

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey hasslowly expanded since release with live eventsand new monsters to fight. These activities and challenges give a sense of continued danger to the Grecian world, but a smattering of new quest has been the most surprising and exciting new additions. The new “Lost Tales of Greece”—two of which have been released, with…

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey‘s New Cyclops Boss Is A Letdown

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey continues to expand after the game’s release, offering new challenges and rewards for hearty mercenaries. The latest, a battle against a towering cyclops, could have been a tough and rewarding fight. Instead, it’s surprisingly mundane. Odyssey’s live events hit a snag last month when Ubisoft failed to implement the promised legendary mercenaries…

I feel fired up, Bob. Tim and I are streaming the Spyro Reignited trilogy right now on Twitch Come and join chat as Tim explains to me what the big deal is with this tank control-y dragon dude.

Tetris Effect Has An Amazing Throwback Game Boy Level

The first game I ever owned was Tetris for the Game Boy. I sucked back then, and I’m not too hot now, but nearly 30 years later I have a chance to go back to that experience thanks to an 8-bit level in Tetris Effect Tetris Effect’s Game Boy themed level was first seen during…

The Internet Reacts To The Detective Pikachu Trailer

The Detective Pikachu movie finally has a trailer and it’s some pretty wild stuff. There’s tons of hairy Pokémon, and also Ryan Reynolds. I don’t have many strong feelings about Pokémon, but I felt a strange chill come over me as I watched a hyper-realistic looking Pikachu speak with Deadpool’s voice. Okay, I thought, we’re…