I Restarted Animal Crossing: New Horizons For 2 Hours Because Peaches

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, out today for the Switch, is a relaxing, slow-paced game in which you, over time, build up a thriving yet self-sufficient community of anthropomorphic animals. I wouldn’t know. I’ve started the game, but I haven’t actually played it yet. In Nintendo’s placid life simulator, you set off on an island getaway.…

Doom 64 Is A Slower, More Satisfying Burn Than The Original

I awaken in the abandoned Phobos installation, a place both familiar and unfamiliar. The hallways are oppressively dark; everything is so dark. I almost want to reach out and touch the walls to make sure I’m still moving forward. The air is thick with the atonal wails of malfunctioning machinery and the growls of the…

In Hell, All Fonts Are The Size Of Doom Eternal‘s

Please, not like this. For some reason, I thought we were finally starting to turn a corner on tiny fonts. More and more games that launched with them were also getting patches to fix them. The Outer Worlds even got its font-size update updated But now Doom Eternal is here, and despite adding twice as…

The wait is finally over! Come hang out with me on Twitch while I stream Animal Crossing: New Horizons LIVE.

Tips For Playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is out today. I’ve spent a lot of time with this massive game over the last few weeks, and while that may not be enough to truly grasp the entirety of what it has to offer, I do have a few tips for folks looking to make the most out of…

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…