Poor Pay, Abuse, And Harassment: How The World’s Biggest Wizard School Lost Its Magic

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include details relating to the allegations that a Dziobak writer had engaged in sexual misconduct. Those allegations were subsequently retracted following a libel suit. We regret the omission. Cheyenne Rain had never been to wizard school. Or Poland, for that matter. But all that was about to…

Playing Doom Eternal Is Actually Self-Care

Of the two hotly anticipated games released this week, most would assume Animal Crossing: New Horizons would better fit the bill as the self-care game. It’s a peaceful, low-stakes game where the most taxing decision you make is what wallpaper you want. Perfect for these times right? But have you considered the therapeutic benefits of…

Tiny Ergonomic Keyboard Gets It Done With Only 44 Keys

This is the Keyboardio Atreus. It’s an ergonomic mechanical keyboard that’s less than 10-inches wide. It only has 44 keys, but that’s all the keys it needs. It’s a beautiful piece of typing hardware. It might not look like it has enough keys, but the Atreus has all the functionality of a full-size keyboard, just…

Track: Think About Things | Artist: Daði Freyr | Album: Söngvakeppnin 2020

Panzer Corps 2: The Kotaku Review

The first Panzer Corps, released back in 2011, is one of the all-time great strategy games on the PC. Timeless and with an enormous library of extra content, it’s still a lot of fun even today, so its 2020 sequel has a lot to prove, and a lot to justify. Panzer Corps 2 is your…

Exit The Gungeon Is A Bite-Sized Good Time, If You Can Deal With The Randomness

Constantly changing weapons and tiny, chaotic arenas make Exit The Gungeon a thrilling arcadey follow-up to the excellent roguelike Enter The Gungeon When we entered the Gungeon in 2016, we did so via a top-down dungeon crawler in which exploration played a major role. Now that we’re ready to Exit The Gungeon, our method of…

The Game Developers Conference has announced GDC Summer, currently set for August 4-6 in San Francisco. The scaled-down event will feature “a new series of microtalks and fireside chats, as well as a dedicated space for comprehensive career development sessions.”

GameStop: We Can Stay Open During Lockdowns Because We’re ‘Essential Retail’

The struggling video game retail chain GameStop told all of its stores this afternoon to stay open even in the event of state or city lockdowns to protect against the covid-19 pandemic, emphasizing that it is “essential retail” alongside groceries and pharmacies and should therefore be exempt from enforced closures. “Due to the products we…

How To Get Into Playing Video Games

So, you’re practicing social distancing. Great! It’s one of the best ways of slowing the spread of covid-19. The downside is that you might find yourself with more free time at home than you know what to do with. Those of us who play blockbuster video games probably have a huge backlog to tackle. But…

Microsoft’s AI Experiments Are Creating Unbeatable Raid Bosses

Raid bosses are the toughest fights in any massively multiplayer online game, but eventually players always find ways to crack them. Now developers are looking at ways to use cloud computing to give raid bosses a way of fighting back. During one of Microsoft’s Game Stack developer livestreams yesterday, software engineer James Trott said that…

Staaarrrs! I’ve made the questionable decision to stream the Resident Evil 3 demo right now on Twitch. Come for zombies and scares, but also to relax and chat. Let’s chill and play some games, y’know?