One-Of-A-Kind Action RPG CrossCode Is Out On Consoles This Week

In October of 2018 I fell in love with CrossCode, a solo PC action RPG disguised as a retro 2D fantasy MMO. I put it on my top games of 2018 list, where Jason Schreier saw it, played it, and fell in love as well. On Thursday CrossCode finally comes out for consoles. Now everybody…

Grab Watch Dogs 2 For Free On PC This Weekend

On Sunday, Ubisoft will show off Watch Dogs Legion during a not-E3 event called “Ubisoft Forward.” But that’s not all the Watch Dogs you can hound up this weekend, as Ubisoft is also giving away a free copy of Watch Dogs 2 for PC. Watch Dogs 2 carries over many of the thematic elements of…

Originally scheduled for release August 28, the completely rebuilt Mafia: Definitive Edition will now arrive on September 25 in order to further polish the yadda yadda whatever. A gameplay reveal is scheduled for July 22, to show everyone what they’re waiting a month longer for. 

The bad news is the release of THQ Nordic’s revitalization of bad baseball man’s RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning has slipped from August 18 to September 8. The good news? There’s an expansion called Fatesworn coming out for the game in 2021. Huh.

Halo 3 Comes To PC July 14

Eyes up, space marines: 13 years after it landed on console, Halo 3 is finally coming to PC. As announced by the official Halo Twitter account, it’ll be available next Tuesday as the next installment of Halo: The Master Chief Collection Halo 3 is the capstone of the original Halo trilogy. The second game, if…

How’s It Going? Toy Edition

It’s day two of my reign as “How’s It Going?” curator, and I’ve already broken out the toys. Welcome back to our daily open thread. Yesterday I talked about my bed desk, the relatively small space that serves as my work/living space. It’s stacked with wires and electronics, game consoles and gadgets, but that doesn’t…

Happy 20th Anniversary To My Favorite Final Fantasy

In 2000, after a pair of PlayStation games that were more science fiction than swords and sorcery, I wanted a Final Fantasy that skewed heavily towards classic fantasy fare. Final Fantasy IX, released on July 7, 2000, in Japan, was exactly the game I was looking for. Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi said Final Fantasy…

Track: You Don’t Know How It Feels (Home Recording) | Artist: Tom Petty | Album: Demo

Gizmodo The Very Best Smart Home Gadgets | The A.V. Club The best podcasts of 2020 so far | Jezebel Amy Cooper Is Now Facing Charges After Calling Cops On Black Bird Watcher | Deadspin Here are the MLB Players Opting Out of the 2020 Season | The Takeout General Mills finally releases Baby Yoda…

Last Of Us 2 Developer Condemns Online Harassment Of People Who Worked On The Game

The Last of Us Part 2 developer Naughty Dog put out a statement over the weekend condemning harassment and threats made against those who worked on the game as director Neil Druckman and others shared some of the vile messages they’ve received following the game’s release. “You can love or hate the game and share…

Growing Up As A Taiwanese-American Gamer Was The Best Of Both Worlds

Early September, 1999. Britney Spears dominated the airwaves, fear of the Y2K bug hung in the air, and my teenage mind was still wrestling with whether or not Phantom Menace was good. It had been about a week since I had returned from a summer trip to Taiwan to my home in Atlanta. A couple…

How An Accountant Earned 132,000 Gamerscore In One Month

It reads like a typo. “Gamerscore Leaderboard. Rank One With +132,000 This Month.” Surely, there must be some mistake. 132,000 achievement points in a month? There’s no way! There’s gotta be a hidden decimal point somewhere, right? From every angle—physically, chemically, intellectually—the math just doesn’t add up. You’d need to average about 4,000 points a…