And it really felt ‘New’ back then. 20 years ago today, something New was on the horizon. Yes, it’s time to feel extremely old, as New Super Mario Bros. launched for the Nintendo DS on this very day in the US in 2006. Back then, New Super Mario Bros. was a big deal; it was…
Game developers are burning through genres, high concepts, and even annoying machines that scammed you on the boardwalk as a child to fuel quick-hit Balatro-likes or Vampire Survivors-likes at the same rate the smartphone industry’s sucking down rare earth minerals. I get why: compulsive play is core to the design, they can be made relatively…
Remember the metaverse? I do, occasionally, when circumstances conspire to remind me. It will never not amuse me that there were two schools of thought during those heady days: Self-proclaimed super-genius Mark Zuckerberg renamed his whole damn multi-billion-dollar company after it, and PC Gamer’s Wes Fenlon called bullshit. Guess who was right? (Hint: Not Zuck.)…
Blizzard recently dropped the first big patch for Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, addressing several issues that cropped up in the first few weeks of the expansion. Disabled items that were breaking the game came back and a mountain of bugs were fixed, including one that was supposed to help players make their characters a…
Valve has released a huge update to the Steam Community Market, which is ostensibly in beta though it has already been enabled for all Steam users (you can choose to opt-out). It is a big change in how the whole thing looks, feels and works, with a bunch of significant upgrades along with more granular…
It’s a common lament in gaming communities that the people with the most decision-making power over the industry—from CEOs of major studios to politicians drafting new policy—often seem the least informed on how it actually works. But beyond mentally filing such moments away as further proof that all rich people are idiots, we don’t tend…
Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or download here Hey, everybody! Sid, Kristen, and I are back this week to discuss min/maxing runs in Saros, the music and vibes of Mixtape, and other games that’ve been keeping us busy. We also have a special interview about Ghost of Yōtei Legends endgame raids…
It looks like infamous filmmaker Uwe Boll is staging a comeback: The Hollywood Reporter says he’s begun production on a new film called 23 Years Later—The Castle of the Dead, a spiritual successor to his 2003 flick House of the Dead, based on the Sega game series of the same name. The report says Michael…
Category: ID@Xbox May 15, 2026 Saccharine Echo: Paranormal Dating Novel or Something More? Kira Liss, Developer, Neverliss Summary A romantic story with an unconventional twist. Morally gray characters we can’t help but love. Aesthetics and symbolism in the details. While the otome genre has its own conventions and distinctive features, Saccharine Echo reimagines some of…
Baldur’s Gate 2 sent us on a lot of unusual detours: running a playhouse, going undercover in the Underdark disguised as a drow, becoming trapped inside a magically-transformed circus tent. I love ’em all, but now I know we missed out on possibly the most audacious detour—one that would have involved time travel, alternate dimensions…