Transistor Sings On The Switch

I loved Transistor when I first played it on PC, but I struggled with some aspects of the game. The combat system, while interesting and creative, was sometimes tedious to control. On the Switch, the game feels more cohesive. In Transistor, you play as Red, a singer who has lost her voice. Plus, her boyfriend…

Red Dead Redemption 2 Defiantly Bucks Open-World Trends

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Red Dead Redemption 2 are both big open-world games, and they both came out in October of 2018. Both involve a hero on a horse riding around and murdering lots of people. The similarities end there. AC Odyssey is very much of its time. It’s an embodiment of the open-world game…

You’re Just Not Scary Anymore, Cthulhu 

I wanted to be frightened of Cyanide Studio’s new Lovecraftian horror game, but the scariest thing about Call of Cthulhu is the sloppy stealth action segments that try to add tension to an otherwise casual adventure game. Back in 1981, when Chaosium first published the tabletop role-playing game on which Call of Cthulhu is based,…

Google’s Homepage Is Now A Clever Multiplayer Halloween Game

A day before Halloween, Google has reworked its logo into an online multiplayer game called The Great Ghoul Duel to help people get into the spirit of things. While the company has featured games on its homepage before, this is the first that actually lets you play against other random strangers around the world. I…

Battlefield 1 Headlines November’s Xbox Live Games With Gold

In November’s Games with Gold, I’m personally most excited about indie racer Race the Sun, but Battlefield 1 is good too I guess. If you’re out of things to do in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, you can go back to the start of the series with Assassin’s Creed As always, these games are only “free” if you have…

Symmetra’s Qualifying Matches Is A Delightful Overwatch Dating Sim

Overwatch dating simulator Symmetra’s Qualifying Matches is asking the important questions: “Will you date your teammates? Will you stay on the payload? Will you teleport everyone off the map and throw all your games?” Mostly, it’s focused on that first one. And the answer is resoundingly “yes.” Symmetra’s Qualifying Matches is a silly, riotously funny…

Hollywood Is Making An Attack On Titan Movie

The popular manga and anime Attack on Titan was already adapted into terrible Japanese cinema, so now it’s time for Hollywood to have a crack. I guess! According to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety (via io9), Andy Muschietti, who recently directed the It remake, is helming an Attack on Titan movie for Warner Bros. Producers…

Nintendo’s Biggest Selling Games For Switch, 3DS, Wii U And More As Of Fall 2018

It’s that time again! Time for Nintendo to update the sales figures for its best selling games for current gen and previous gen hardware. Here are Nintendo’s best-selling games: And the Nintendo 3DS: The Wii U: The DS: The Wii:

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Overwatch Cosplay From Another Universe

This is Keltonfx, a cosplayer and makeup artist, with one of the most incredible pieces of Overwatch cosplay I’ve ever seen. This male Symmetra costume takes three of the character’s skins (Oasis, Dragon and Devi) and combines them with other elements of Hindu mythology and classical Indian dance to form this fantastically elaborate piece of…

Red Dead’s Companion App Is Great, And You Should Definitely Use It

It doesn’t take long with Red Dead Redemption 2 before you run into a Kirk Hamilton-sized conundrum: do you play with the HUD on, and experience the Old West through health meters and radars, or do you turn all that off and do things the pretty/pure/hard way. We’ve spent years debating the merits of both…

Scrabble World Champion Drops 100-Point Word On His First Turn

New Zealand’s Nigel Richards, 51, has won his fourth Scrabble World Championship after beating American Jesse Day in this year’s final. His very first word went for 100 points. That word was “zonular” (“like a zone”), but he also scored 84 with “phenolic” and 68 on “groutier”. His opponent had some big words of his…

A Hotel Strike Was The Talk Of This Year’s TwitchCon 

The chants rang out all day, every day of TwitchCon. “Check out! Check out! What do we want? A new contract! When do we want it? Now!” As Twitch’s massive convention spilled out into the streets of downtown San Jose, California last weekend, it was impossible to miss the workers on strike in front of…

I Like Baseball Now Because It’s Just Like Dwarf Fortress

Last Saturday night, I watched a game of baseball, a sport I’ve always disliked. As the game unfolded and I found myself enjoying it, I realized how much it has in common with the stressful video games I love to play. One of my friends is a native Angeleno and a huge Dodgers fan, so…