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Destiny 2: Legacy Collection Is Free On Epic

Monday, it turns out LEGO is more popular than Fortnite. Tuesday, only days after The Day Before‘s release, Fntastic disappeared, and Jagged Alliance 3 got a rather large update. Wednesday, E3 is dead, long live E3, and HunterX got a sequel. Thursday, Steam said to stop huffing the smell of burning thermal paste,…

Doctor Who “The Giggle” – Review

“Vowld vide premiere!” The number of times I’ve heard NPH say those words, you’d think I was crazy. For the final special with Tennant and Tate, until the next Chibnall episode that needs to be drastically recovered from, Russell is once again…

News Tower Gets Early Access Launch Date

A while ago I wrote a news piece on News Tower, an upcoming newspaper management sim. All has been quiet on the update front for a while, but the silence has come to an end. Now, thanks to an update by developer…

“Don’t Sniff Your Steam Deck,” Says Valve

Do I really need to explain this one? The internet is once again at the height of, “Why do you exist to do these things?” In a now-viral post on Reddit, one user by the name of Metapod100 asked Steam Support: “Is it safe…

DREDGE “The Pale Reach” (PC) Review

It might spoil my end-of-year round-up, but there is only one game that captured my attention all year. Mostly because it has a sense of dread without actively running up to you and shouting “Boo! Did I scare you?” DREDGE is rightfully one of…

HunterX Sequel Now Available

From time to time, I play games that are decent enough but don’t give me expectations for a sequel. As far as Metroidvanias go, I enjoyed HunterX, though it did have some problems. Surprisingly, the dev team at Orange Popcorn has released…

E3 is Dead, Long Live E3!

Well, it is official, I am the picture of depression. Announced yesterday (almost out of nowhere) the official E3 Twitter page and The Washington Post (because it has nothing better to do) said that 2019 was it for E3. This was the…

The Orville Season 3 – Episode 7 Review

Warning: The following review contains spoilers for episode 7 of The Orville’s third season, titled “From Unknown Graves,” as well as references to previous episodes. The third season of The Orville has been full of emotional, hard-hitting episodes. What started off as…

Jagged Alliance 3 Receives New Content Update

For all the strategy game fans like myself, I’d be remiss If I didn’t cover the newest update for a revival to one of my favorite subgenres. Jagged Alliance 3 is a return to the classic PC strategy titles of the early…

The Day Before Dev Shutdown Days After Release

One of the most recent examples of ambition, hype, and dreadful development, The Day Before is a case study of what not to do with a game. The “MMO” was announced back in 2021 with a gameplay trailer showing the basic mechanics, and was…