The American Dream’s political satire could be undone by how fun it is to play

Jack left Diane 30 years ago The American Dreamis a virtual reality game developed by Australians that explores America’s relationship with guns and gun control. I say this because I want everyone to lay their cards on the table – even if you don’t agree with the game’s thesis or don’t understand where the developers are coming from, I’m asking you to look at whatThe American Dreamis and whether it will be successful in what it sets out to do....

May 19, 2025 · 4 min · 653 words · Brandi Pope

The Daily Hotness: Nicolas Cage as everyone

Nicolas Cage could be everyone. If you ever fantasize about what someone would look like if they were Nicolas Cage, then there is thiswebsite you should check out. Today Hamza invades Podtoid, you can learn more about video game music in our new feature called Note Worthy, Office Chat has some talking heads,Super Monday Night Combatleaked early onto Steam,Everquestis still popular, and a newGod of Wargame was announced by Amazon....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Jennifer Meyer

These Majora’s Mask remixes are hot ‘n ready

Flyrule: A Terrible Fate is another awesome collection of instrumentals In the fall of 2011, a young beatsmith known as Shag producedFlyrule, which sampled the iconic tracks ofThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Timeand mixed them up for your head-nodding pleasure. Simple yet sweet,Flyrulestruck a chord with listeners. Now Shag is back to up the ante with the music ofMajora’s Mask! Flyrule: A Terrible Fateis a fresh ten-track instrumental album in honor of the secret bestZeldagame around....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Joseph Jensen

This Nintendo Switch UI mockup shows what the future could bring

We need some signs of life in the eShop app With“20-30 indies a week”coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop, the first thing that came to my mind was — man the eShop UI needs an overhaul. It’s already cluttered before the great fabled flood that Nintendo executives want, and other than a new nips and tucks it hasn’t been updated throughout the entire lifetime of the console. This mockup from Twitter user NGameTheCube is an interesting foundation....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Ryan Jackson

Tribes: Ascend gets new content for the Raider class

Tribes: Ascendintroduced the Cloak and Dagger pack for the Infiltrator about a month ago, including three weapons and two skins for the class. Today the Raider class got some new toys and skins to play with in the Raid and Pillage update. The Raider can now unlock the Plasma Gun (aTribesclassic), a new SMG, and theoh so destructiveCluster Grenade. Whenever I play as the Raider class, I do my best to destroy the enemy’s base, and having this new Cluster Grenade at my disposal has me sitting back and laughing pretty maniacally....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · James Morales

US teen becomes the first known player to complete Tetris

US teen, Michael Artiaga, who streams online under the username “dogplayingtetris” has become the first known player to beat level 255 onTetristo achieve a rebirth. The rebirth took Artiaga 82 minutes before he went on to amass 29.4 million points on the playthrough. The whole thing was caught on stream and the streamer went on to say he would never play the game again. He was playing a patched version of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game, which prevents a known crash from occurring at level 155....

May 19, 2025 · 3 min · 600 words · Donald Nguyen

Utterly pathetic: Thai government bans five videogames

Sigh. Following Thailand’s ridiculous anti-videogame uproar following themurder of a taxi driver, it seems that the Thai Ministry of Culture hasdecided to banfive of the ten titles on itsplagiarized listof “dangerous” videogames. The following games are now illegal sales in Thailand: 300? Are you f*cking kidding me? Is the MOVIE it’sbasedon banned as well? This is some of the most utterly ridiculous crap I’ve ever heard in the field of anti-gaming, and I’ve spoken on the phone with Jack Thompson....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Alex Robbins

What it’s like to finally start playing Final Fantasy XIV after everyone else

Every day over the holidays, I woke up early to log onto a game. My avatar would idle around as I worked, and in the spaces I could find, I’d sneak a few quests or just listen to the music, taking in the sights and sounds. It finally happened.Final Fantasy XIVhooked me in. For longer than I’ve even been professionally part of this industry, I’ve heard people talk aboutFinal Fantasy XIV....

May 19, 2025 · 8 min · 1577 words · Thomas Hall

What order should you read the Throne of Glass series?

TheThrone of Glassfantasy novel series by Sarah J. Maas concluded in 2018, although there’s no time like the present to join the infamous assassin Celaena Sardothien in her tragic and fantastical story in Erelia and beyond. There are a few ways in which to read theThrone of Glassseries, some being more convoluted than others. I’d suggest having a thorough inspection of the following recommended reading orders before you commit because once you start reading, you won’t be able to stop to reconsider....

May 19, 2025 · 4 min · 783 words · Nicholas Robinson

What’s this new “Sega account”? Is a Sega Super game on the way?

As spotted byEurogamer,Sega has just launched the “Sega Account,” which links together all of Sega’s games and services and adds some extra goodies for your convenience. The service will also provide users with bonuses and news about Sega-related games, promotions, and events. What is the Sega Super Game? The most interesting part of the Sega Account, however, is that fans are positing it to be related to a bigger move by the company....

May 19, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Denise Salazar

World of Warcraft Classic Hardcore players have suffered almost 2 million deaths in its first month

In a post on Twitter, Blizzard has revealed some statistics regarding theWorld of Warcraft Classic Hardcore. The Hardcore servers released 30 days ago, and so far almost 2 million character deaths have occurred over this timeframe. Under the server rules of these new realms, a single death results at the end of that character no matter your level. Whether your character meets its end at Level 1 or Level 60, the character is lost upon death, and players must start all over....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Patricia Berg

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight final content update is Guardians of the Dream

TodayBlizzard revealeddetails and the official name of patch 10.2 forWorld of Warcraft: Dragonflight. The update, titled Guardians of the Dream, is the final content update for the Dragonflight expansion. It looks to be a pretty hefty update including a new zone, new raid, new legendary weapon, and new class gear sets. Other features of the update include new public events, a new faction called the Dream Wardens, new Blood Elf customizations, Rogue and Demon Hunter class revamps, updates to the popular Dragonriding feature, and more....

May 19, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Natalie Bray

You need to play Super Amazing Wagon Adventure

Think Oregon Trail as a shmup roguelike Many of us can agree thatOregon Trailis pretty great, even if it isn’t the most terribly exciting game all these years later. Even still, we have fond memories and independent developers have been able to capture that spirit with original titles that aren’t quite so passive in their gameplay. Super Amazing Wagon Adventureis one such game, and it lives up to its name.You ought to buy it....

May 19, 2025 · 4 min · 769 words · David Holland