Gamer Fridge

Starship Troopers is a satirical movie (and less satirical book) that examines how fascist dictatorships drive young people into the meat grinder—waging pointless war across the galaxy, sending poor souls deep into the heart of an insectoid hive to meet a horrific death for basically zero reason. Helldivers 2 slightly undercuts this satire by making…

Black Ops 7 largely doesn’t aim to reinvent the Call of Duty wheel. In many ways, it’s bringing together the best of Black Ops 6, 3, and 2, and stirring it in one giant pot to produce yet another potent brew that’ll have me grinding Mastery camos once again. But in a year where Call…

My second-favorite character in Absolum is Cider, or as I like to call them: Kung-Fu Pinocchio. Beat ’em ups are built on the strength of their character designs. The repetition inherent to the genre means that each uppercut and dive kick animation had better be satisfying. Absolum seems to be delivering that—earlier this year I…

Deadlock’s latest set of changes is mostly hero buffs and nerfs, part of a change of schedule that’s seen the devs dish out bigger updates less frequently. The bulk of hero changes are focused on newer additions like Vyper, Holliday, Calico, and Sinclar. Calico’s Leaping Slash ability has been reworked a little, making the area…