World of Virtual Reality

<i>Nintendo Switch Sports </i>Is Solid Fun That Will Ruin Your Friendships

Nintendo Switch Sports Is Solid Fun That Will Ruin Your Friendships

The successor to Wii Sports captures at least some of the dark magic of the original

Ari Notis

PublishedApril 29, 2022

Facebook’s Latest Financial Results Show It Has Lost Nearly $20 Billion To VR Since 2020

Meta spent $2.96 billion last quarter in Zuckerberg’s continued attempt to build the metaverse

PublishedApril 28, 2022

Warren Spector Thinks NFTs Are 'Ridiculous' And Not A Good Idea

The man behind classic games like Deus Ex and System Shock ain't a fan of the metaverse, either

PublishedMarch 13, 2022

<i>Genshin Impact</i>'s miHoYo Rebrands For Global Audiences

Genshin Impact's miHoYo Rebrands For Global Audiences

HoYoverse will be the name for their international branding outside China

Brian Ashcraft

PublishedFebruary 14, 2022

Six Hours With <i>Zenith</i>, The Latest MMO Hit On Steam

Six Hours With Zenith, The Latest MMO Hit On Steam

The newest popular MMO on Steam is all about meeting people and having fun in virtual reality

PublishedFebruary 4, 2022

I Traveled To Facebook's Soulless (But Popular) Metaverse So You Don't Have To

Mark Zuckerberg’s VR paradise is here, it's called Horizon Worlds

PublishedJanuary 27, 2022

<i>Half-Life: Alyx </i>Is Even Better With A Weird, Talking Gnome

Half-Life: Alyx Is Even Better With A Weird, Talking Gnome

Half-Life: Alyx But The Gnome Ts TOO AWARE comes from the same folks behind the fantastic Half-Life VR But The AI Is…

PublishedJanuary 22, 2022

CultureOdds and Ends

NFT Bro’s ‘Metaverse’ Rave Looks Boring, Dead

Welcome to Decentraland, a virtual hell filled with crypto bros in bad avatars vaguely milling to low-quality music

PublishedJanuary 20, 2022