Amid mass layoffs at Bungie, the official White House X account issues sociopathic Destiny 2 meme

Amid mass layoffs at Bungie, the official White House X account issues sociopathic Destiny 2 meme

In its latest videogame-themed, AI-generated meme, the official White House X account has published a Destiny 2 character sheet featuring an unrealistically ripped Donald Trump wielding a Gjallarhorn. “Eyes up, Guardians,” reads the official tweet. In the image itself, a muscular, Duke Nukem-esque Donald Trump wields the United States flag against a backdrop of fighter…

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It’s a shame HoYoverse’s new game is sporting offensively cheap-looking character models because everything else has me sold on its paranormal cop mystery

HoYoverse, listen, I know you got money. You’re one of the biggest gacha developers in the world, for Christ’s sake. I know you’ve only just announced Varsapura, but can you do me a favour? Swap out those god-awful, cheap plasticky looking character models because you have me absolutely sold on everything else this game has…

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Anniversary: Sega Has Reached Retirement Age

65 years young! Sega is one of the industry’s most famous companies, and it turns 65 this week. The company was founded on June 3rd, 1960, by Martin Bromley and Richard Stewart in Hawaii under the name Nihon Goraku Bussan and would be rebranded as Sega Enterprises, Ltd five years later (Sega’s history technically goes…

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The best Smash Bros.-like on Steam just added a character who can shop for items and go fishing in the middle of a match, in case you thought fighting games were too one-note

The worst part of Smash Bros. is that it’s not on PC, and the best part of Rivals of Aether—aside from platform-generating rhinoceros beetle Kragg—is that it is on PC. But the excellent sequel, Rivals of Aether 2, lacks the character I got on with most in the short time I played the original game:…

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The launch of Commodore’s social media-free privacy-first ‘dumbphone’ was apparently responsible for ‘Our biggest week’

In 2025, Commodore was bought by retro YouTuber Chris “Peri Fractic” Simpson, who re-assembled some key execs and went into the hardware business. The main result so far has been the Commodore 64 Ultimate, the slimline 64C, and a line of merch including, er, a backpack holster? Until last month, that is, when Commodore unveiled…

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