March 22, 2026

In November of 2017, MMO action RPG Marvel Heroes was shut down. Though it had the traditional rough launch, the basic idea of “Diablo but you can be Scarlet Witch” had promise, and turned itself around after some updates. Though not enough to save it when Marvel eventually cut ties with developer Gazillion Entertainment. While…

Have you ever stumbled onto an extremely popular artist that you’ve never heard of before, just to wonder if you’re so out of touch that a global phenomenon could pass you by? Well, in at least one recent case, there was a ‘musician’ with billions of streams that basically all came from bots—and if that…

Slay the Spire 2 has been raking in the dough and enjoying all sorts of positive feedback, but the precarious thing about making something people love is that the minute you change it, you’re messing with that thing people love. Developer Mega Crit experienced this last week when its first balance changes incurred the collective…

Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Geoff “Zag” Keene first encountered PC gaming by watching his…

MMOs sure can get lonely when you’re grinding for loot and experience into the wee hours of the morning. Occasionally you’ll run into a stranger and hit ’em with a /wave, or at least get ganked enough to break up the monotony—but that’s nothing compared to a real conversation, right? Well, if you happen to…

There is so much about Crimson Desert that enthralls and deeply frustrates me—you can read about all that in my review—but something that had almost no impact on me was its soundtrack. That’s quite the surprise for someone like myself. I’m the kind of person who absorbs every single note, melody, and instrument videogame music…

AI has been involved in its fair share of oopsies at this point, and Crimson Desert is the latest to take the hit. As reported by IGN, many players have taken to Reddit to point out likely AI-generated assets since the game’s release, and today developer Pearl Abyss shared a statement on X responding to…

I picked up crochet for the first time this year, after my friend bought me a neat little kit that contains everything you need in a can. In my excitement I sat down the same evening to attempt crafting a shrimp, and was met with a real challenge. As it turns out, crochet is hard….