I’m brave enough to say it: I like it when a videogame looks cool. Cuphead? Banging. Holstin? What a looker. Metaphor: ReFantazio? Wowie zowie. A sufficiently striking coat of paint can get me interested in a game before I know anything else about it. So it was with the Steam Next Fest demo for Black…
Atlas(t). When was the first time you played No Man’s Sky? For me, it was right back at its initial launch in 2016, a launch that, for reasons that have been recounted ad nauseam by now, left me fairly miffed overall. Here was a game that was very obviously a huge task for its small…
If you’ve played Marvel vs Capcom, you may be aware of the touch of death: that most dreaded of fighting game combos where a single hit-confirm can take you from full health to the grave. It’s an edge case, but an emblem of one of the big frustrations any arcade fighter novice has dealt with—getting…
Category: Xbox Games Showcase June 10, 2025 Invincible VS: A Brutal, Stylish, Accessible Fighting Experience Jeff Rubenstein Summary We went hands-on with Invincible VS, the new 3v3 tag fighting game based on the beloved comic book and TV series. We found a game that draws on fighting game classics, with it own unique twists. Invincible…
The summer showcases are over for another year, and now that the dust has settled on the chaos of rapid fire announcements, we can finally breathe, take stock, and see how we feel about it all. These showcases aren’t a competition, of course, but if you think that’ll stop us declaring the winners, I’m afraid…
At long last, Dune: Awakening is here. While people who purchased the more expensive editions have been playing since June 5, today is the day Funcom’s survival MMO goes into full launch. As written! As of 7:00 am PST the game is officially out and the servers are up. I’ll keeping tabs on the launch,…
Most gamers have at least entertained the fantasy of going full Jesse Faden, tearing up the Oldest House in Control, and playing videogames with just your mind. Exceedingly few actually embark on a tech project that makes that a reality. Twitch streamer PerriKaryal has defeated many of FromSoftware’s toughest customers using predominantly the power of…
Let’s face it, getting an ornithopter to completely avoid the worm-infested sands of Dune: Awakening is the main goal. It’s quick, it’s easy, and you can haul resources back and forth. As you’d expect, though, it’s expensive to craft, requiring the extremely hard-to-find carbide scraps. Below, I’ll go over the one location where you can…
As you progress in Dune: Awakening, you’ll need ever more obscure and rare materials. Long gone are the days of taking just a few steps and mining copious amounts of copper and iron to craft everything you need to survive the sands. Better gear demands better materials, so eventually you’ll need to get diamondine dust….
Ergonomic keyboards make a lot of sense if you’re someone who spends all day behind a computer and then uses the same rig to game during the evening. Split keys, tenting, and tilting might be alien terms to many a PC user, but once you’ve made the jump, you’ll wonder why you stuck with the…