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  Tips & Guides

  10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Survival Sim Hytale

  Knowing Minecraft gets you most of the way there, but there are surprises

  By John Walker Published January 15, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Jack Black Regrets Being A Jerk When Pixar Asked Him To Be In The Incredibles

  The Minecraft and Borderlands actor asked for a rewrite and more when he was offered the role

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 5, 2026
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  ReviewsYear in Review

  John Walker’s Top 10 Games Of 2025

  What an extraordinary year for an extraordinary range of games

  By John Walker Published December 22, 2025
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  OpinionImpressionsIndie of the Week

  Mosaic Of The Strange Is A Murder Mystery Unlike Anything You’ve Played Before

  Logic-puzzle your way to victory in a conspiracy-laden adventure

  By John Walker Published December 18, 2025
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  CultureNewsMorning Checkpoint

  12 Years After Launch, Warframe Is So Popular It’s Dealing With Server Issues

  Also: McDonald's shares a comment about the terrible AI ad, Helldivers 2 might get a new mode, and Bethesda is aware of the issues plaguing Skyrim on Switch 2

  By Zack Zwiezen Published December 11, 2025
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  The Bests

  The Best Games Of 2025 (So Far)

  The year is almost over and the list of games that have made their mark in 2025 is filling up

  Kenneth Shepard & John Walker & Ethan Gach & Zack Zwiezen & Carolyn Petit & Claire Jackson Updated November 27, 2025
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  CultureFeature

  Dispatch’s Best Scene Almost Looked A Lot Different

  In an exclusive interview with Kotaku, AdHoc breaks down the most chaotic moment of its superhero workplace comedy

  By Kenneth Shepard Published November 25, 2025
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  OpinionCommentary

  Dispatch’s Best Scene Is As Funny As It Is Violent

  The superhero workplace comedy’s funniest, most chaotic moment catches players off guard more than once

  By Kenneth Shepard Published November 18, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Bethesda Promises Patches To Fix The Hot Mess Of Fallout 4‘s Anniversary Edition

  A hot fix arrives early next week, but the main patches could take up to a month

  By John Walker Published November 13, 2025
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  CultureNews

  This Game Sentences Impatient Players To Cutscene Jail And It’s Brilliant

  Baby Steps has had it with your cutscene-skipping shenanigans

  By Claire Jackson Published October 8, 2025