2025

Civilization 7 received a beefy update this week, as Firaxis continues to work on its latest and most divisive entry in its series of historical 4Xs. Update 1.2.5 brings a host of tweaks and adjustments, shuffling maps, improving the UI, and expanding strategic options around city-states. Plus, like a certain Duke who gave his name…

When it feels like today’s Wordle answer just isn’t going to show up in time, feel free to hit our emergency win button and save yourself the stress. Or if you’ve got a few yellow letters hanging around but aren’t quite sure what to do with them, go and read our October 4 (1568) clues…

The AI sector isn’t just a bubble, says one senior market analyst: It’s the single biggest bubble the markets have ever seen, the bubble of bubbles if you will, a bubble so large it looms over the entire global economy and leaves Sir Mix-A-Lot breathless. In unrelated news, the Associated Press has just reported that…

As Microsoft slashes jobs and raises prices, former US Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan has taken to X to say that the company’s actions since completing its acquisition of Activision Blizzard in 2023 is pretty much what the FTC warned would happen when it opposed the deal. Khan, you may recall, was head of…

Another Call of Duty, another opportunity for Activision to update its vision for perks. Black Ops 7 perks function much like they did in last year’s Black Ops 6: Pick three from a huge pool of bonuses, either ignoring or targeting a “combat speciality” bonus for using perks of the same type. The big change…

One of the most popular games on Steam right now looks like it came from the mobile game ads I scroll by on TikTok. Every clip I saw of Megabonk before I actually played it seemed primed to yell “EPIC BATTLES”, “INFINITE XP”, and “FREE GOLD” at me until I hit the download button. Megabonk…

This post should be about how there’s some really good new music for you to go buy and immediately listen to on this Bancamp Friday, but I’m afraid it’s mostly going to be about the excruciating passage of time. It has taken one of my favorite bands in the world just one year shy of…