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Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown Announced

I’d be lying if I said I hate driving in games. The other week in the review of Assetto Corsa Competizione, I said I’ve driven nearly everything, everywhere, all on the last four generations of consoles. I would say I have anyway, from…

Xbox Pushing Free Next-Gen Upgrades on Devs?

We know the Xbox Series X Smart Delivery program will be revolutionary. The service allows Xbox One players to have upgraded versions of their games for free. For the most part, this only applies to Xbox Game Studios titles, but a new…

Hamilton (Film) Review

Gather round, dear miscreants, for a tale of someone who managed to avoid Hamilton for the entire duration of its notably awful stint as Tumblr’s fandom of choice back in 2016. For the uninitiated, as I was and largely remained until writing…

Desperados III (XBO) Review

Hardcore stealth games are kind of like puzzles, but with a lot more swearing. I’m a fan of the stealth genre, give me a Hitman of the 2000s, the recent Dues Ex: Mankind Divided, Dishonored, or Watch_Dogs 2, I’m happy with all of them. In fact,…

Death In The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance

This article contains major spoilers for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. It also contains discussions and descriptions of death and suicide. For a family-friendly Netflix show, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, the 2019 prequel show to the 1982 movie, has…

Discography Review: Dance Gavin Dance

It’s easy to love an album or two from a band, but bands with a lengthy career tend to have member shifts, changes in sound, and some albums that will certainly be more prolific than others. It’s compelling to see how one…

Formula 1 2020 (PS4) Review

“And it is lights out, and away we go!” are words that I’m sure brought smiles to many F1 fans this weekend. Yes, for the first time in 2020 and the first time in several months, we’ve had a race in Formula…

Gaming Reviews Aren’t Broken – Here’s Why

A ton of articles lately seems to want to talk about gaming reviews. So, let’s talk about them. The trickiest part of this conversation comes from many journalists working at big sites in which questions regarding authenticity are at play. Well, I’m…

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update Lands With A Splash

Summer is here and with it, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has rolled out its first wave of free summer updates. Bringing the game to version 1.3.0, the patch was released on July 3rd, 2020. As per the official patch notes, the following…

Melbits World Added To Twitch Prime For July

Another week, another load of mobile guff to talk about as if I’m semi-interested in it. Here we go with the first week of the “free games with prime” and Twitch Prime update articles of July. Starting today, Rainbow Six Siege, Shadow Arena, Words With Friends…