September 22, 2026
Vindicated: after speaking to some pro Counter-Strike players I’m sure I was right when I said 360 Hz is the sweet spot for competitive FPS
A few months ago I made the case that a 360 Hz refresh rate on your monitor is the sweet spot for competitive FPS before diminishing returns kick in. I had nothing but my own testing and a big bottle of ‘trust me bro’ back then, but I’ve now spoken to a couple of Counter-Strike…
Diablo 5 will ‘take a somewhat different approach’ to Diablo 4’s monster level scaling so your character feels noticeably stronger as you progress
Despite its surprise announcement at BlizzCon earlier this month, Diablo 5 is a whole three years away. Blizzard’s brief teaser trailer had zero gameplay in it, which means the action RPG sequel is still mostly a mystery. But director Joe Shely helped paint a picture of what the real thing might look like during a…
World of Warcraft: Forever players find rule-breaking new items that defy 22 years of experience with the classic MMO
You can play the first several hours of World of Warcraft: Forever and miss a lot of the changes Blizzard slipped into the early leveling experience. There are new quests and NPCs, but they barely stand out if you don’t have encyclopedic knowledge of the MMO. Now that players have had enough time to hit…
The mythology of Gabe Newell now includes Mongolian throat singing
As a college student, Minh “Gooseman” Le had a substantial hand in shaping PC gaming history: He co-created Counter-Strike. When Le and his development partner later sold the IP to Valve, the purchase agreement stipulated that the studio would also hire the pair as employees once they completed their degrees. Hired in 2000, Le ultimately…
Before I starting making church candles from dead bodies, vs after
If you’ve ever wanted to play a cozy life sim where you craft, farm, build, cook, and complete quests for villagers, and also make products from human corpses, Graveyard Keeper 2 is out today. I’m only about 13 hours into it and it’s got that same immediately engrossing crafting loop as the original. Gotta chop…
Want More Lord Of The Rings On Switch 2? Cool, Two Ports Are Launching Next Week
In the land of Mordor, where the Switch games lie. Aspyr is back with not one, but two new Switch 2 ports from the Lord of the Rings franchise. Launching on 30th September 2026, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition and Middle Earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition will be available…
Review: LEGO Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight (Switch 2) – Open-World Gotham Still Thrills In A Solid Port
Bane teaser. Ever since I wrapped up LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, I have been waiting to see what franchise TT Games would turn to next. The brick-built blockbuster from a galaxy far, far away felt like the series’ most meaningful regeneration since the dev decided to fold multiple films into one release in…
I modded Crazy Taxi into Grand Theft Auto 5
Los Santos Customs I’m modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to find out what new horrible thing I’ve done to Rockstar’s baby, or check out what I got up to earlier. Have you heard? Crazy…
‘Game Boy Museum’ Curator Squeezes Entire Exhibition Onto Game Boy Cartridge
‘Contains the entire museum and plays nothing at all’. The curator of the unofficial “Game Boy Museum” has finished work on the its newest attraction, a database of the exhibition’s entire itinerary, squeezed down to the size of a Game Boy cart itself. The project is the work of Dr. Marcel Pflug, who has been…