Have you started watching The Terror (opens in new tab) yet? AMC’s latest slice of horror TV (opens in new tab) is a slow-burn thriller – the story of two ships attempting to map a route through the Arctic circle in 1845, and not only getting stranded on the ice, …
Read More »7 cool Hearthstone decks that could shake up The Witchwood meta
Hearthstone’s Year of the Raven (opens in new tab) is officially in full swing, ushered in by The Witchwood, the newest expansion full of spooky monsters and new effects. We’re only a week into this brave new meta, but even with three older sets rotating out of Standard and an …
Read More »Hearthstone game director Ben Brode is leaving Blizzard, much to the shock of the community
I’m not crying – I’ve just got a little crafting dust in my eye. In a heartfelt post (opens in new tab) on the Hearthstone forums, game director Ben Brode (opens in new tab) has announced (out of nowhere) that he’s leaving Blizzard Entertainment to start a new company. Brode …
Read More »The new God of War highlights the problem with parenting in video games
There’s a bit at the end of the original God of War (opens in new tab) that, while it even seemed a bit grimly comic at the time, I’d probably find completely unplayable now. The plot, in case you need a refresher is that Ares, the OG God of War, …
Read More »My time in Scum, the online survival game that let me poop in anger
My PAX East 2018 demo for Scum, the upcoming online survival game from Gamepires, Croteam, and Devolver Digital, did not go to plan. It started with me fleeing the lobby area where the rest of the players were murderously passing time while waiting for a competitive mode to begin, and …
Read More »Fortnite Battle Royale Patch 3.5: 50v50 is back, the Port-a-Fort is live, and Replay Mode is finally here
What would a week be without another game-changing update to Fortnite (opens in new tab) Battle Royale? Just another week, I’d imagine, but best not to dwell on worst case scenarios like that. Instead, let’s have a look at what’s new in Patch 3.5, which has been rolled out by …
Read More »Yoko Taro interview: favorite anime, mobile games, and sad endings
Wearing a simple black hoodie, olive green capris, and a beanie, Yoko Taro is, to put it bluntly, a bit underwhelming in person. Sitting across from him in a hotel meeting room at PAX East 2018 (opens in new tab), I find it somewhat hard to believe this is the …
Read More »The Terror season 1 episode 3 review: “Delightfully gruesome and very, very Alien”
Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that the crew of the Terror and the Erebus were a hell of a lot more confident with Captain Franklin around. The Terror episode 4 – Punished, as a Boy – sees indiscipline creeping deeper into the crew, with the gap between …
Read More »From The Rock to Dave Bautista, here’s the 10 best wrestlers-turned-actors
Good day, grapple fans. It’s WrestleMania weekend, so you know what that means: wrestling, wrestling, and, yep, more wrestling. But, among the suplexes, slams, and other shenanigans taking place in New Orleans and beyond, you may want to take a break, kick back, and watch some movies. Starring wrestlers. Because, …
Read More »Fortnite Battle Royale 3.4 is live, here are 5 ways it makes the game better than ever
Fortnite (opens in new tab) Battle Royale is feeling fresh as daisies with update 3.4, replete with a new weapon as well as optimizations for visual quality and lag reduction. The new patch arrived after about six hours of scheduled maintenance and it was well worth the wait, even if …
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