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Rubato (PC) Review

Platformers have been going strong for decades, but there’s somehow still untapped potential. All it takes is a solid game mechanic, a unique art style, or a fine-tuned difficulty to reel players in to the tried-and-true formula. One look at the trailer…

Don’t Stop, Girlypop! (PC) – Review

I can say one thing with absolute certainty. Don’t Stop, Girlypop! isn’t something to play while sick and feeling a bit dizzy. To call Funny Fintan Softworks’ glitter-covered FPS maximalist would be an understatement, going for the most 90s-to-early-2000s aesthetic possible in…

RuneScape Expansion ‘Havenhythe’ Raises Bar for Iconic MMORPG

It’s hard to define how much RuneScape has meant to the online MMORPG genre and community. There are still players discovering the game in 2026, just as there are longtime ‘Scapers logging in regularly to play characters they’ve developed for decades. Now, over…

Mobile Games of the Moment: March 2026

There are so many things to be playing all the time, and 2026 is off to a wild start. While you’re likely working through a few major releases on console or PC, we’re back for another edition of Mobile Games of the Moment…

David’s 2026 Steam Spring Sale Recommendations

Considering the temperature in my hometown is threatening to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit in mid-March, I know nothing of this “Spring” of which you speak. Nevertheless, 2026’s Steam Spring Sale is upon us, and I’ve looked through some of the discounts available…

SoulStream Saga Devs Announce Prologue Demo

If there’s anything I keep an eye on like a bloodhound to chicken, it’s a good JRPG. Indie RPGs usually have a good vibe to them and at least attempt to meld the ideas of yesteryear with modern conventions. Now, the devs…

Another Pokémon Classic Joins Nintendo Switch Online Library

There’s a real momentum to the Nintendo Switch 2 right now. Off the high of Pokopia, the stock for the company is on the rise, and players can’t get enough of the new system’s latest additions. With Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass,…

Board-based Rogue-lite Beatrix Gets Demo

Earlier this year, I played Hell Maiden’s demo, which is a Rogue-lite based on Dante’s Inferno. It turns out that it isn’t the only game in the works set in that world, twisting it on its head. Now, Developer Tambu Digital is…

Electrician Simulator is free on Epic

Monday, Dave goes diving in a jungle this year, and Pokémon Sleep adds a stopwatch because the one already on your phone isn’t enough. Tuesday, the only billionaire who is liked is releasing a week early, and Arma/Battlefield-like ’83 currently has a…

Ugly Betty “Icing on the Cake” – Review

“I’ve killed once, I’ll kill again,” do we count that as bury your gays?. For his one and only episode of Ugly Betty, Jeff Melman directs the 17th episode. Melman has done a lot of directorial work, including Community, Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate…