You can now play the most infuriating game of all time in your browser, and for some reason I’m hopelessly addicted

This week, I discovered a TikToker deliberately developing the worst game of all time—complete with impossible platforming, unskippable dialogue, and a rocket launcher that has to be reloaded 150 times between each shot. I ended that post anxious that creator Everywhere Nowhere might one day release their abomination into the world for people to actually…

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MultiVersus fans weren’t hallucinating—the phantom Belgian McDonalds stickers were for a real promotion, which (possibly) confirms a mystery 24th character

Last month, the MultiVersus rumour mill span itself into a frenzy over some stickers plastered in Belgian McDonalds, which appeared early—like some kind of hallucination you experience when you’re severely dehydrated, only the water in this case is a platform fighter most people had a good time with that randomly shut down for months. As…

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What are your 2024 gaming resolutions?

Welcome to the sci-fi future year of 2024!  As the Earth turns and calendars are changed out, our thoughts turn inevitably to making some New Year’s resolutions. Surely this could be the year you finish your Steam backlog, clean up your gaming bad habits, or finally fix your terrible posture? All that’s needed is a…

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Fallout’s co-creator may be retired—but he’s still advising on The Outer Worlds 2, and how it can avoid the ‘huge chasms’ of RPG design

Tim Cain’s had a storied career—he’s mostly known as the co-creator of the Fallout series, which has grown so big it’s getting its own dang TV show—but he’s also worked on Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines, Wildstar, Pillars of Eternity, and The Outer Worlds. After 30 years of experience he’s mostly retired, though he’s been spending…

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