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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Slay The Spire 2 Players Discover You Can Actually Fight The Merchant In A Secret Boss Event

  It's not the 'real' merchant, but it's still pretty wild

  Lewis Parker Published March 16, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Jeff Kaplan Says Complaining About Games You Won’t Play Gets You Ignored: ‘Shut The F*** Up. No One Cares’

  The ex-Overwatch director had choice words for people who complain about games they don’t even play

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 16, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  Marathon Dev Hits Back At Ship Of Theseus Dig, Pointing Out All The Bungie Old Heads Who Still Work There

  There are still dozens of developers who have been there since Halo

  By Ethan Gach Published March 16, 2026
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  EntertainmentSci-Fi

  Firefly Animated Series In The Works, With Everyone Except Joss Whedon Returning

  Nathan Fillion dropped the news during a recent convention appearance

  Lewis Parker Published March 16, 2026
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  CultureNews

  $70 Games Are Riskier Than Ever As Cheaper Games Dominate On Steam

  Cheap games are some of the highest-rated and best-selling of the year

  Lewis Parker Published March 15, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Google Spends $1 Million On AI-Generated Kids Videos While Slop Floods YouTube

  After years of struggling to get freaky children’s content in order on YouTube, the company goes full throttle

  By Zack Kotzer Published March 15, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Venture Capitalist ‘Shocked And Sad’ About How Much Gamers Hate AI

  Folks with money tied in Anthropic and Nvidia blame job losses for low approval

  By Zack Kotzer Published March 14, 2026
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  Culture

  Egg Adventures, Trash Bandits, And Waking Nightmares: 5 Neat Indies You Definitely Missed This Week

  From a more modest cleaning simulator to a DOS-inspired monster brawl, a round up of brand new gems from the indie world

  By Zack Kotzer Published March 14, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  Unremarkable Medieval Action Sim 1348 Ex Voto Gets Hit With Absurd Conspiracy Over Italian Tax Relief Funds

  Online chuds are claiming it's lesbian propaganda

  Lewis Parker Published March 14, 2026
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  CultureFeature

  Meet The Guy Who’s Saving The Super Nintendo’s Infamously Inferior Version Of Doom

  Turns out, it's the same guy who made it in the first place

  Aidan Moher Published March 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Slay The Spire 2 Promises To Patch Out 1 Billion HP Exploit As It Sells A Whopping 3 Million Copies In Just One Week

  The game is doing gangbusters and it's still only in Early Access

  By Ethan Gach Published March 14, 2026
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  CultureFeature

  This New Games Showcase Just Featured 15 Of The Coolest, Weirdest Games Out There

  Noclip's Computer Worlds showcase was full of indie releases you should be paying attention to

  Bee Wertheimer Published March 14, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Arc Raiders Has Started Replacing AI Voices With Human Ones Which CEO Admits Are Better

  Embark's CEO says 'most' of the in-game voice lines are now recorded by real actors

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Let Them Eat Skins: Fortnite Players Are Calling For A Boycott Over V-Buck Price Hikes

  No one's buying Epic's defense of shrinkflation

  Bee Wertheimer Published March 13, 2026
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  CulturePokemon

  Pokopia Fans Are Making Other Pokémon Games’ Iconic Landmarks

  The Mystery Dungeon series lives on in Pokopia players’ islands

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Marathon Rolled Out A Change, Everyone Got Mad, Bungie Admits They Messed Up

  Update 1.0.0.4 made gunshots much louder and that has made the game deadlier for many

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 13, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  I Miss When Multiplayer Games Weren’t Changing All The Time

  Marathon's recent tweak to gun noises is the latest example of how, in 2026, games can't solidify into anything special

  By Zack Zwiezen Published March 13, 2026
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  Tips & Guides

  Borderlands Spin-Off, Total War: Rome 2, And A Bunch More Games Are Free With Amazon In March

  The games are free to claim for existing subscribers

  By Ethan Gach Published March 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  FBI Investigating Malware On Steam After A Bunch Of Indie Games Were Revealed To Be Hiding Malicious Files

  The games were removed from Valve's storefront earlier this year but concerns remain

  Lewis Parker Published March 13, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Overwatch Fans Are Apologizing To The Kiriko And Mercy Mains They’ve Bullied

  Ex-director Jeff Kaplan’s story about the pressures the team faced has put some things into perspective

  By Kenneth Shepard Published March 13, 2026