Hoops!…they did it again. As much as I can understand the derision from some quarters regarding NBA 2K26, FC 26, Madden — any of these big sports’ games in their yearly, money-grubbing modern forms — I have, unfortunately, got a few of them to thank for several things that I enjoy in life these days….
DSi, 2DS, 3DS, Wii and Wii U dev kits are all in the hands of the police. Earlier this year, we reported on a fundraising drive by the non-profit preservation group Video Game Preservation Museum to save a collection of undumped GBA, DS, DSi, and 3DS games that were at risk of falling into the…
Is Hollow Knight: Silksong really the kind of game you need to farm? It’s a fair question, but having lost 1,000s of Rosaries to bosses, environmental hazards, and even just plain old enemies, I say yes—why not get some currency and buy some upgrades you can enjoy versus slaving away to gather a few beads…
If one was to take a perusal of our best gaming CPU guide, one would find it predominantly stuffed full of AMD chips. There’s a reason for that—as a general rule, they’re the fastest things you can stuff in the CPU socket of a gaming PC right now. That, and haven’t been prone to crashing…
Let’s play a game of “guess the US administration’s next trade war move”—too late, you lose (me too). This week in the thrilling tale of most likely intentionally jarring ups and downs that is United States import/export policy, the Trump administration is reportedly considering allowing memory manufacturer giants Samsung and SK hynix to have their…
“It was my idea to say, ‘Why don’t we call her Princess Peach Toadstool?’”. While most people today know Mario’s pink-dress-wearing, royal love interest under the name Princess Peach, this wasn’t always the case. Prior to the release of Super Mario 64, for instance, most people in the West referred to the princess by another…
Leslie Swan’s journey from Nintendo Power to Nintendo legend. By her own admission, Leslie Swan isn’t a very good self-promoter, but she needn’t worry as her credits do a great job of getting across her credentials for her. Over her 28 years at Nintendo, she has been credited on dozens of games as a localization…
The PC Gaming Show is coming to Tokyo, for the Tokyo Game Show 2025, with a “new dedicated show” that’ll air on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 9 am PT / 12 noon ET / 5 pm BST / and 1 am JST. “The PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct will spotlight some of the best…
Looking for something fun to play that won’t break the bank? We have a handful of suggestions below that’ll definitely get your retro gaming heart pumping. NES Remix (Wii U): Powered by a myriad of classic games and aided by frenetic button-mashing and beat the clock gameplay, “NES Remix” is an old-school blast. Although it’ll…
If I had a rosary for every time I made a PSA on how to unlock a bench in Hollow Knight: Silksong, I’d have two rosaries, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened twice. While the Hunter’s March bench was a pain in the thorax, the Sinner’s Road is a different beast…