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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Video Game Devs Explain How Pausing Works And Sometimes It Gets Weird

  Developers provide some insight into how they all make games stop and start when you press a button

  By Zack Zwiezen Published April 9, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  Marathon, One Month Later

  Sony and Bungie's big bet on a live-service extraction shooter has had a hectic and wild first month

  By Zack Zwiezen Published April 7, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  The Games Industry Reacts To Valve’s Misleading Boast About How More Games Are Making Money On Steam

  Intended to suggest success, Valve's GDC presentation instead revealed some serious issues

  By John Walker Published March 16, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  PlayStation Ditching PC Ports Shows It At Least Has A Plan For The Future, Which Is More Than Xbox Can Say

  Sony is consolidating efforts as the console wars enter their strangest chapter yet

  By Zack Kotzer Published March 10, 2026
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  CultureGame Diary

  Woof, The Marathon Battle Pass Is Bad

  At least the reward passes don't expire, but that's about the only good thing I have to say about these things

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 6, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  The Live-Service Death Spiral Is A Bleak One

  Most games like Highguard don't get second chances

  By Ethan Gach Published February 12, 2026
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  Tips & Guides

  Fable: Everything We Know About The Open-World Fantasy RPG Reboot

  Xbox and Playground Games are reviving the Fable series later this year on both Xbox and PlayStation

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 23, 2026
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  The Bests

  The 27 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch

  From Zelda to Mario , here are our favorite Switch games

  By Kenneth Shepard Published December 26, 2025
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  CultureNews

  Dev Asks Fans Not To Buy His Popular Indie Game On Xbox

  The creator behind Luck Be a Landlord also asked people to cancel their Game Pass subscriptions, too

  By Zack Zwiezen Published December 18, 2025
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  CultureNews

  New Official Sonic Racing Crossworlds Ad Goes After Mario Kart World Like It’s The 1990s

  Plus: Xenoblade gets mentioned in an unexpected place, Palworld will leave early access next year, more games come to Game Pass, and MindsEye's lead actor talks about the flop

  By Zack Zwiezen Published September 16, 2025