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…
The baddest of the bad. 22nd March 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the Japanese launch of Resident Evil — or Biohazard — on PlayStation. To celebrate, we’ll be publishing various articles this week focused on Capcom’s quintessential survival horror series. Also, a quick note before we start. This article encompasses all of the main…
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….
Launching end of April. Jupiter Corporation has announced a new Picross entry to its growing lineup: Picross S Konami Antiques Edition. Launching on 30th April 2026 for the Switch eShop, the new game will introduce several classic Konami properties, including: – GRADIUS series– TwinBee series– Castlevania series– Ganbare Goemon series– CONTRA series Read the full…
AI is coming to take my job, so I’d better start looking for a new one. Luckily, there are a ton of job simulators on Steam, and I’m going to play as many as I can until I find my next career. This week’s job: Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator, an early access open world…