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20 Years Ago, Starship Troopers Captured The Lost Art Of Terrible Movie Tie-In Games

The bloody awful Starship Troopers game is 20 today, so let's celebrate!

By John Walker Published October 28, 2025

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White House Claims Trump Is ‘Hugely Popular’ With Gamers Despite Sky-High Console Prices

The revisionist history just gets more stupid with each passing day

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 28, 2025
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Halo’s Controversial Level ‘The Library’ Is Great The Way It Is

Yes. It’s hard. That’s the point

By Claire Jackson Published October 27, 2025
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Six Soapy Hours With PowerWash Simulator 2

When is a sequel not quite a sequel?

By John Walker Published October 24, 2025
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A Child Held Me Hostage In Pokémon Legends: Z-A

This game has no business being this funny

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 24, 2025

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All Video Game Controllers Need Back Paddles, Damn It

The DualSense Edge has ruined me on other controllers, even this cool Kratos one

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 23, 2025
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There’s A Damned Good Reason Escape From Duckov Has Sold A Million Copies In A Week

The duck-themed extraction shooter isn't a gag, but rather a compelling and in-depth experience

By John Walker Published October 23, 2025
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Nintendo’s Being Real Weird About Pikmin All Of A Sudden

Is the company teasing Pikmin 5 or just being its typical unpredictable self?

By Ethan Gach Published October 22, 2025
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Battlefield 6‘s First New Map Is Fine, But The Rest Of Season One Is Much Better

We got to check out the new content coming to BF6 over the next few months and came away excited about some of it

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 22, 2025
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Game Pass Might Be Hitting Its Best 31-Day Stretch Of Releases Ever

Keeper and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 bookend a month of big day-and-date releases

By Ethan Gach Published October 22, 2025

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The Steam Deck’s Game-Specific Landing Pages Are Really Misleading

The Steam Deck is amazing, but it’s not FF7R at 60 FPS amazing

By Claire Jackson Published October 21, 2025
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Don’t Be A Coward, Put Your Pokémon Starter In A Box

If you hate the Legends: Z-A starters so much, you don’t have to use them

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 21, 2025
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Ninja Gaiden 4 Review-In-Progress: Dumb Story, Great Action

Ninja Gaiden 4 isn't a revelation but it is a really fun action game

By Ethan Gach Published October 20, 2025
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Arc Raiders Is So Good I’m Worried It Will Completely Take Over My Life

Looks like this might be my new “oh, damn, the sun is up?” game

By Claire Jackson Published October 20, 2025
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A Brought My Worst Enemy To Lumiose City So I Whooped His Ass

My one-sided beef with Alolan Raichu continues in Legends: Z-A

By Kenneth Shepard Published October 20, 2025

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The Switch 2 Holding Its Own Against A Top PC Gaming Handheld Feels Like A Small Miracle

My time with the Xbox Ally X left me that much more impressed with Nintendo new console

By Ethan Gach Published October 17, 2025
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One Of The Creepiest Games Of The Year Is Pure Vibes, No Jump Scares

Dreamcore sends you deep into the liminally unknown

By Claire Jackson Published October 17, 2025
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Death Stranding Director Hideo Kojima Embraces ‘Creating Together With AI’

Kojima paints an optimistic future where we can use planet-killing plagiarism machines to ‘boost efficiency’

By Claire Jackson Published October 17, 2025
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Reviews Are All Over The Place For Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2

Some critics enjoyed this new vampire adventure while others found it to be a boring mess, but they all seem to agree that it's not really a sequel to the OG Bloodlines

By Zack Zwiezen Published October 17, 2025
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I Miss Old-School Camera Angles In Horror Games

Sometimes giving up some control over what you can see makes for special moments

By Claire Jackson Published October 16, 2025

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