Ah, to have all the childlike naivete of a Sony Interactive Entertainment executive. You may remember Concord, the $400 million hero shooter Sony put all its chips on. It received… Read the rest of the article: Sony's $400M failed hero shooter Concord resurfaces in leaked developer build

If your child is showing off disturbing sociopathic tendencies, there's really only one gift you can get for them: the Tamagotchi Torture Chamber. Created by Cornell University design students, this… Read the rest of the article: The Tamagotchi Torture Chamber, a fun toy for sadists

It seems that every time dead-eyed YouTube lich Mr. Beast makes the news nowadays, it's because someone is mad at him. In typical Mr. Beast fashion, however, this time he's… Read the rest of the article: Mr. Beast launches AI-powered YouTube plagiarism machine

If you've been on the Internet for any length of time, you've likely seen some viral video or other depicting a university professor getting really, really mad about plagiarism, cheating… Read the rest of the article: Genius comedy sketch perfectly captures the feeling of those "angry professor" videos

Don't let the cute pink appearance or cuddly, approachable demeanor fool you — Masahiro Sakurai's Kirby is an eldritch abomination worthy of Lovecraft. It's just that aesthetic that keeps you… Read the rest of the article: Animation reveals Kirby's true cosmic horror potential

I don't read The New Yorker. I don't wear the clothing line. I don't even live there! Even an uncultured pleb like me knows about and enjoys The New Yorker's… Read the rest of the article: Rejected New Yorker cartoon captions are hilarious

I love chihuahuas, but their reputation for fussiness is definitely well-earned. Take the case of Minion, for instance, a chihuahua owned by a West Virginia homesteader who finds nothing more… Read the rest of the article: Farm chihuahua gets custom-made umbrella holder to stay dry

What do stylish assassination simulator Hitman and Untitled Goose Game have in common, aside from handsome bald protagonists with a penchant for chaos? The answer, it seems, is the addition… Read the rest of the article: Hitman finally gets co-op mode after 24 years of solo assassination

The single most prevalent complaint leveled against Hideo Kojima's games since the days of Metal Gear Solid 2 is that they're basically just playable movies anyway. 2008's MGS4 still holds… Read the rest of the article: Man who made 71-minute video game cutscene decides that wasn't enough, announces new animated film

Time for another episode of "game minutiae no one has ever thought about before!" Despite all the discussion about the Switch 2 and its price — to say nothing of… Read the rest of the article: How Mario Kart World created a living ecosystem of NPC drivers that actually go somewhere

Most of the pre-launch discussion over the Switch 2 was about one thing and one thing only: its price. Gaming is steadily becoming a more expensive hobby in general, but… Read the rest of the article: Thieves make off with $1.4M in Nintendo Switch 2 consoles from Colorado truck stop

The gaming community's dedication to running games with platforms they have no business being on needs to be studied. Take, for instance, literally everything they've done with DOOM or running… Read the rest of the article: Gamers achieve impossible: Running Super Mario Bros inside Portal 2

Sure, we may be experiencing a terrifying backslide into fascism, but at least we have satirical comedy duo The Good Liars there to make us laugh along the way. Wherever… Read the rest of the article: The Good Liars check up on Trump's military parade

With The Sims dead in the water for the time being (except for an endless stream of Sims 4 DLC), the sharks are seemingly beginning to circle. The venerable series'… Read the rest of the article: Why this indie life sim might dethrone The Sims after 20-year reign

You know, for all the love certain creators get around here, it strikes me as weird that some only ever make one appearance. Like, for instance, what's Ordinary Sausages up… Read the rest of the article: Carbonating tuna fish, because maybe we shouldn't have free will

Oh, you think you've got moral relativism alllll figured out, do you? You think you know exactly what you'd do if you were faced with the trolley problem, huh? Prove… Read the rest of the article: Upcoming indie game puts the famous trolley problem in your hands

In today's social media age, street shows seem to be having a bit of a resurgence, in large part fueled by the fact that literally anyone without shame can pick… Read the rest of the article: Street show guesses strangers' jobs in two minutes or less

Nursing is a noble profession — not to mention a grueling one and often a dangerous one. Unfortunately, those selfless and driven enough to enter the field on their own… Read the rest of the article: Japan's bizarre nurse recruitment strategy

The ability to send messages to anywhere in the world instantly is, perhaps, one of humanity's greatest inventions — but seeing how people actually act when handed this power is… Read the rest of the article: The worst and weirdest of texting etiquette

It was 2019's Untitled Goose Game that put Australian studio House House on the map, but aside from a regular cadence of updates and ports for that game, their output… Read the rest of the article: The next project from the Untitled Goose Game devs looks equally cozy and chaotic