Patrick Klepek

My Greatest Rocket League Moment

Everything was fine. My Rocket League partner and I had scored three times early on, and though the other team was scraping together a comeback with back-to-back goals, we were still ahead. But for some reason, my buddy decided to leave mid-match. Now, I was alone. 2-on-2 is my favorite way to play Rocket League…

A Creepy Game Where You Have No Idea What The Hell Is Going On

I want to tell you about Strawberry Cubes, a game that’s causing me to lose my grip on sanity. Designed by Loren Schmidt, Strawberry Cubes was quietly released a few weeks back without much—any?—explanation. The website offers no useful information, and the instruction manual with the game recommends you “try pressing other keys” to learn…

Randy Pitchford Tries To Defend Aliens: Colonial Marines

It’s Friday, which means a new installment in Worth Reading, our weekly roundup of the best writing about games in the past week. Except, of course, when one story is from four years ago. Hey, You Should Read This “An hour with Randy Pitchford” by Wesley Yin-Poole It’s tough to hoodwink game fans, and though…

I’ve tried to be patient, but can stand it no longer: give me the next episode of Life Is Strange, dammit! Fortunately, that’s happening: Life Is Strange’s fourth episode, Dark Room, arrives July 28. Click the trailer for a glimpse at what’s beyond the recent cliffhanger. You can reach the author of this post at…

Surprise PewDiePie Video Gives Hope To A Struggling Designer

Kenny Sun wanted to make games for a living, but in the weeks after graduating college, quietly resigned himself to accepting a boring programming job, something to help pay the bills. Then, he noticed a huge spike in traffic on his website. That’s what happens with a PewDiePie video. Everyone has an opinion about YouTube’s…

Call of Duty: Black Ops III kicks off its multiplayer beta next month. PS4 owners get (first!) access August 19 through August 23, while Xbox One and PC players can jump in August 26 through August 30. What you’ll actually be playing—maps, weapons—has yet to be revealed. You can reach the author of this post…

Arkham Knight’s Hiding A Fun Easter Egg…In The Future

Previous Arkham games rewarded players for booting the game up on certain days, and Arkham Knight retains this clever tradition. By futzing with their PC’s clock, one player has already stumbled upon a great surprise. If you don’t want to have this easter egg spoiled for you, walk away now! Do it! Go away! Batman…

Rockstar Games claims to have fixed the PC performance issues introduced in the Grand Theft Auto V’s most recent patch, and while it’s not doing anything to ban offline mods, it warned that mods could cause unexpected problems. You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Scoring A Goal In Rocket League Feels So Damn Good

There’s nothing like seeing the ball casually bounce, forcing everyone to miss their shots, and perfectly timing a boost to nudge it into the goal. Friends, Rocket League is fun as hell. What’s even better is slamming into the ball, hitting it at juuuust the right angle, so that it goes flying across the map…

Sex Abuse Survivor Finds Comfort In Video Games

John’s mother worked during the day, so he stayed with his neighbors. They seemed normal, nice. He didn’t know it at the the time, but later, it would become clear he had been sexually abused—repeatedly. John was 4-years-old, and credits games with bringing him back from the brink. As you might have guessed, John is…

Worth Reading: A Close Look At Final Fantasy VII’s Crossdressing Scene

It might be a slow month for games, but there’s plenty of smart things being said about them. Hey, You Should Read This “How should we talk about Final Fantasy VII’s crossdressing sequence?” by Sarah Nyberg Assuming the Final Fantasy VII remake is ever actually released (when is Kingdom Hearts III shipping again?), plenty of…

Rocket League Is So Good, Nobody Minds That The Servers Suck

R0cket League, a ridiculously fun mashup of driving and soccer (seriously!), has taken the Internet by storm. The unexpected popularity has ravaged the game’s servers. Despite constant downtime, it hasn’t stopped vehicular sports fans from coming back over and over. If you’ve been trying to play Rocket League on PC or PlayStation 4 over the…

A former Midway Games employee is raising money on Kickstarter for a documentary called Insert Coin, a look at the studio in the 90s. At the time, Midway was pumping out classic after classic—NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat, Smash TV. Looks interesting! You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at…

You Can Now Play DOOM Inside DOOM

I’m starting to feel a little dizzy. We have YouTube user TheZombieKiller to thank for this ridiculousness. Of course, this isn’t the only weird place you can run DOOM. How about an inkjet printer? You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek

Despite the community showing up, California’s popular Super Arcade had its new location turned down again. Founder Mike Watson is filing an appeal, but it won’t be heard until September. Read our previous story if you missed how the city of Azusa, California has made Super Arcade’s life difficult in recent months. Contact the author…

A Horror Game That Stops Working When Too Many People Die

There aren’t usually “endings” for mulitplayer games—it keeps going until people stop being interested. But the developers behind multiplayer horror game The Flock have different plans. The community has a finite number of lives burn through, and when they’re gone, it’s all over. Here’s the game’s setup: Set in the year 3000, an unrecognizable Earth…

Telltale’s next Game of Thrones episode, A Nest of Vipers, arrives next week. It’s the same schedule as before: Tuesday on PC, Mac, PS3, and PS4. On Wednesday, it hits Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Then, on Thursday, those with iOS devices can join in.

Deadpool hasn’t been available on Steam since December 2013, but seemingly out of nowhere, the action game has returned Something tells me it’s because the merc with a mouth has a movie coming out in February 2016. Contact the author at [email protected]

Hacked Dark Souls 2 Items Are Getting Innocent Players Banned

If you were playing a brutally difficult game and someone gave you a powerful sword, you’d pick it up and use it, right? If you do that in Dark Souls 2, however, that might corrupt your save and get you banned. Hackers have been doing this for years, and there’s little you can do about…

If you’re looking for a good cry this morning, look no further than Yoot Saito’s touching blog post about Satoru Iwata, as translated by NeoGAF user Zefah. “I wish I had a StreetPass feature that could connect with heaven.” Damn You can reach the author of this post at [email protected] or on Twitter at @patrickklepek