With everything else going on in the gaming world, you could be forgiven for having missed the initial reveal of Pac-Man: Shadow Labyrinth a few months ago, but this bizarre… Read the rest of the article: Pac-Man is dark and edgy now, and I'm here for it

As we enter yet another Pride Month, it's important to remember two things: A) corporations aren't your friends no matter how many rainbow logos they slap on, and B) we… Read the rest of the article: LEGO set commemorating the Stonewall Uprising has a chance of being officially produced

Back when Season 2 of Squid Game was first announced, I contested that it was an unnecessary addition to an effective, self-contained story. Now that Season 3 has been announced,… Read the rest of the article: Season 3 of Squid Game announced with spooky new trailer

When Elden Ring: Nightreign — a roguelike, multiplayer-only spinoff of acclaimed RPG Elden Ring — was announced, the general reaction seemed to be "huh?" After all, From Software is most… Read the rest of the article: New Elden Ring spinoff strips away what made the original special

The post-Phantom Menace attempts to turn Darth Maul into a Machiavellian schemer — instead of some demon-looking guy who shows up, snarls at Obi-Wan and gets sliced in half —… Read the rest of the article: Darth Maul's new show will be about how boring the Empire is

Every game under the sun seems to be hopping on the roguelike trend lately — God of War is doing it, Elden Ring is doing it, and now it's come… Read the rest of the article: Streamer transforms Peggle into brutal roguelike experience

For some reason, mass debate videos have become popular lately — and I don't just mean the ones you can find on certain shady websites. Naturally, pseudo-intellectual sniveler and walking… Read the rest of the article: Viral video shows Jordan Peterson struggling against educated critics

I can't tell whether it's a creative use of game mechanics or a horrible look into our Skynet-run future, but fresh horror game Mimesis is making waves nonetheless for its… Read the rest of the article: New horror game lets AI clone your voice to terrorize friends

Meticulous, pastel-toned filmmaker Wes Anderson is nothing if not consistent. His oeuvre is so distinctive that imitations of his visual style were among the first things the generative AI boom… Read the rest of the article: Criterion's $400 Wes Anderson box set looks like a prop from a Wes Anderson film

Atheists, imagine you're going skydiving with a Christian baby. Suddenly, the baby tells you he won't open his parachute until you renounce atheism and accept Jesus as your lord and… Read the rest of the article: Quora's desperate Christian baby questions and the rise of rage bait

Cooking with lava? Eugh. So last year. Lightning is what's in right now. Intrusive-thought-following YouTuber Max Fosh, who pioneered the bold cooking style of "shoving a box of curry into… Read the rest of the article: Chef upgrades from lava to actual lightning in latest cooking adventure (video)

I just want to apologize in advance to any Cowboy Bebop fans. Live-action adaptations of anime have never exactly gone well, probably because translating stylized, dynamic action into "some jackass… Read the rest of the article: Live-action adaptation One Piece returns for Season 2

Where does the time go? Before we had the masterpiece of storytelling and world design that is Red Dead Redemption 2, its predecessor was also considered one of the best… Read the rest of the article: Red Dead Redemption actor plays through game for the first time after 15 years (video)

The wheel of GTA speculation turns once again. With Grand Theft Auto 6 now in full marketing mode and on track for a release early-ish next year, few mysteries remain… Read the rest of the article: Fans are already speculating about the setting of GTA 7

One immutable principle has always guided the art direction of much-lauded demon-slaying simulator DOOM: the rule of cool. Nothing in the series remotely resembles real life, least of all the… Read the rest of the article: Torturing a firearms expert by showing him guns from DOOM

The new industry standard price for triple-A games has jumped once again, with each one of the big three gaming companies announcing price hikes and trying to pretend that this… Read the rest of the article: Borderlands boss defends $80 price tag, says "real fans" will "find a way to make it happen"

There must be something in the water in Hollywood with all of the video game adaptations in recent years. Minecraft was a smash hit propelled by memes, evidently proving to… Read the rest of the article: A24 to produce Elden Ring film adaptation

The period of tastelessness must have officially passed, because Stockton Rush's ill-conceived submersible expedition – which resulted in the deaths of all passengers on board, including Rush himself – is… Read the rest of the article: Netflix is producing an OceanGate documentary

Despite the many games in the Grand Theft Auto series, the trilogy of PS2 titles – III, Vice City and San Andreas – remain firm fan favorites, even despite that… Read the rest of the article: Fan recreates GTA 6 trailer using classic PS2-era graphics, and it's gloriously blocky

It's a May 4th miracle. Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (the new one, not the 2005 one) was a really solid core game mired with a bizarre, exploitative microtransaction system that… Read the rest of the article: Star Wars Battlefront 2 sees massive player surge years after controversial launch