January 10, 2026

I don’t know when the first argument about a videogame was had, but something tells me it was before the first videogame was finished. Still, things seem to have gotten much worse in recent years, and Fallout co-creator Tim Cain took to his YouTube channel Friday to discuss the issue of “arguing about games” at…

What’s the best part of making $800,000 in videogame sales on Steam in a single year? You might think it’d be the money, but not so. It’s actually the free chocolate you get from Valve for making all that money on its digital sales platform. As Gamesradar noted in its report on this, there’s a…

You might remember Slork. He featured in a PC Gamer article with the headline “Slork,” and the strapline, “Slork.” Everyone had a good time slorkin’ it back then, and the unfinished hero quickly turned heads with his ridiculous name and experimental, stealthy playstyle. That being said, I have bad news, #SlorkNation: Valve has melted Slork’s…

In its big Divinity AMA yesterday, Larian clarified its use of generative AI tools in development: No AI art or concept art, but the studio is leaving the door open for other applications like using machine learning⁠—and potentially generative AI, it’s unclear where it draws the line in some of its communication⁠—to help clean up…

While the gory trailer certainly turned heads, we still don’t know much about Larian’s upcoming Divinity game. Even the teases seem shrouded in mystery—design head Nick Pechenin responded to a Reddit AMA question yesterday with a comment that sounds like a reveal, but confirms nothing. He wrote in the thread: “There was something that bothered…

I have a theory, which is that video games ultimately exist to create the most complex simulation of defending Earth against alien threats possible, so that in the event aliens really do invade Earth, there will be people who know exactly how to respond. Is this theory plausible? Unlikely. Have I just made it up…

When Valorant launched back in 2020, it was pitched as Counter-Strike with added superpowers, a combination that proved irresistible for shooter expert Morgan Park in PC Gamer’s Valorant review. Over the last few years, however, the emphasis has gradually shifted to the point where Valorant has turned into superpowers with added Counter-Strike. This problem came…