Keith Christensen grew up in Houston playing pinball and video games at local arcades like Good Time Charlie’s and Gold Mine. As a young adult, he enjoyed hosting house parties to share his extensive collection of games with friends. In 2002, he moved the party to Fitzgerald’s, a local music club, where the foundation was…
Cult of Nintendo. Back in the day, before Nintendo Direct became a thing, Nintendo was often known for its memorable appearances at events such as Space World and E3. Some are well known for their meme potential (“My body is ready!”) while others are famous for their sheer lunacy (hello Wii Music), but there are…
CES 2026 has been a bit of a blowout for the PC. Nvidia and AMD had basically squat to show off, leaving Intel’s Panther Lake as the only major tech launch. Except, that is, for monitors and what looks to me like the most exciting gaming display of 2026. I give you the LG UltraGear…
The wildfires that raged across parts of California are now fully contained, but caused billions of dollars in damages and left behind devastation that will take years to recover from. To aid in the effort, Itch.io is offering a new California Fire Relief Bundle containing hundreds of games, plus digital comics, books, and other content,…
AMD’s Strix Halo APU with its outsized integrated graphics is of debatable benefit for PC gaming (more on that in a moment). But apparently Intel still wants to take on AMD in the uber-powerful APU market with a variant of its upcoming Nova Lake generation of chips. So say rumours emerging today. It started with…
Final Fantasy 14’s North American servers have been hammered by DDoS attacks since the release of Patch 7.4—I’d know, I play on them—which has players starting to grind their teeth in frustration. Especially given the release of the latest Savage (high-difficulty) raid tier, and the race to world first that buoys it. Take a look…
Phasmophobia’s haunted dwellings are undergoing a few renovations as developer Kinetic Games continues to overhaul the horror game’s oldest maps. Grafton Farmhouse is the next in line for a makeover on August 12, and a new small map, Nell’s Diner, launches later this year. It’s all part of Phasmophobia’s 2025 and beyond roadmap—which kicked off…
The team at Warner Bros and NetherRealm Studios have released a fresh new trailer showcasing the newly announced, Rain. The character will be available as downloadable content via the Kombat Pack 2 which is due to be released on 17th November and also Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate. You can check out the character trailer down…
The folks at Japanese vtuber agency Otagroup are onto something. Its vtuber group of women aged 75-and-up aren’t just 3D anime girl streamers anymore: they’re vtuber grandmas for rent. Otagroup gained some traction in the vtuber space when its 86-year-old vtuber Hiroko went viral on X and YouTube. And now it’s going to offer an…
Road To The Show is a game mode where you create yourself (or your alter ego). The goal is simple: get drafted, make it to The Show, and eventually to the Hall Of Fame. For MLB The Show 19, we’ve added some new features and tweaked others to offer the best version of the mode…