Hello! I have had a lot going on recently so I thought the best thing to do would be to wrap it all up in one place. Here’s what I’ve been up to in the past week: Onimusha: Way of the Sword Preview I had the opportunity to go hands-on with the first Onimusha game in 20 years and walked away stoked for the full release. It still retains a lot of PS2 energy (complimentary) but also modernizes its…
[YouTube embed] Runescape: Dragonwilds developer Jagex seems excited about breaking free from their MMO roots with this new survival crafting entry in the long-running franchise. To quote Creative Director Rick...
Hey all! This week I joined Jeff Cannata and Christian Spicer for an episode of DLC primarily focused on the layoffs at Xbox. It’s a heavy topic, and one I...
Modern life is a nightmare. We walk through each day with an understanding of the tasks laid out before us, reaching in small ways towards long-term goals that are slightly more abstract. But the shape that surrounds our individual places in the world is much harder to define. The cogs and springs that wind and unwind around us and become the human-made systems defining the structures we move…
Around ten years ago I had a stupid idea and made it real. It was called Hashtag Video Games, and it took every RSS feed from every video game news outlet I was reading at the time, bundled them all up, and posted every single story out as they hit the feed. It was an absolute nightmare, just a terrifying fire hose of information that completely flooded feeds and rendered them largely unusable.…
[YouTube embed] I’m not sure why, but every once in a while I have a video I want to make that takes significantly longer than I think it will. I...
I’ve settled into being some kind of “emulation guy” over the years — a quick glance at the backlog of posts on this very website will prove that point for me — but I’ve never considered myself a “hardware emulation guy.” The world of FPGA development, preordering or missing out on preordering Analogue consoles, and MiSTer devices has always seemed to me like a too-expensive hobby to get into with…
Anbernic’s RG Rotate seems to be coming relatively soon, with what I’m assuming is the final promotional video for the handheld revealing a full spec sheet and unboxing experience. According to Retro Dodo, the black model will be made mostly of plastic and priced at $88 with the silver, all-aluminum model at $108. Both models will launch on May 11th with early-bird pricing set at $82.99 and $99.99…
[YouTube embed] I actually don’t know how to properly write a post about how much I adore Zack Zucker’s comedy so I’ll just keep it simple: Zack Zucker is a...
Increasingly, I have found myself starting to loathe Spotlight on my Mac. What should be the fastest, most reliable way to launch an app has become a bloated, slow process of constantly opening the wrong thing because I put too much trust in its ability to “learn” my preferences. When I slam ⌘+Space to open Spotlight and start typing “cam” in the hopes it will auto-complete to Camo Studio — an app…
[YouTube embed] Vampire Crawlers is a new deckbuilding roguelike game from the creators of Vampire Survivors, which in most universes would be everyone’s most anticipated game of the year. In...
[YouTube embed] Pragmata is a new game from Capcom about a man and his adoptive space daughter as they fight robots on the moon. It is equal parts Resident Evil,...
When we talk about Breath of the Wild, we always come back to the same question: What did it cost the DNA of the Zelda franchise to move into an open world format? In the pursuit of unlimited player freedom, we lost calculated dungeon designs and the feeling of progression that comes with acquiring new equipment and tools over the course of the journey. A fully explorable open world means a…
[YouTube embed] It would look a lot like this nine minute video where YouTuber HabitatForge scooped some mud and gross-ass water into a jar and checked in two weeks later...
CW: Depression, suicidal ideation. I don't know why I keep writing about Snail Mail on transit, but I'm currently on the train back from Boston for PAX East and the trip gave me ample opportunity to dig into Ricochet, the band's latest release. I'll be real with you: I had to fight off the urge to write posts for the other two singles released between my first bit of praise for “Dead End” and the…
[YouTube embed] AJ Fillari trying to help me write the intro to this post: “Podcasts are like blogs that you can listen to.” We’re at PAX East this weekend in...
I watched Louis Theroux’s “Inside the Manosphere” today. I'd maybe go as far as saying it’s an irresponsible level of detachment from actually covering the manosphere in any meaningful way.
[YouTube embed] I was a Destiny freak. I started playing during the press preview alpha in the Summer of 2014 and subsequently put in close to 2000 hours across both...
Antonio G. Di Benedetto for The Verge: On Asus’ latest earnings call, CFO Nick Wu said that the Neo and its aggressive entry-level pricing were “certainly a shock to the entire market.” Wu also disclosed that Asus had some knowledge of Apple developing the Neo back in 2025, much as many of us had heard rumors of a MacBook with an iPhone chip for months — and yet, Asus and other PC makers seem to…
[YouTube embed] I'm absolutely in love with Pokémon Pokopia, enough so that it has me wondering if it could have been a cultural moment — Animal Crossing-adjacent, even — had...
Apple announced a new MacBook today. It’s called “Neo” and it starts at a legitimately surprising $599, is powered by the A18 Pro — a chip designed for the iPhone 16 Pro, comes in four colors that are actually fun, and doesn’t seem to really skimp on the expected features of a “normal” MacBook. On paper, it’s the perfect device for anyone looking to get into the Mac ecosystem and doesn’t expect to…
The official Highguard account on X — an app best known for harboring Nazis: Today we’re sharing difficult news. We have made the decision to permanently shut down Highguard on March 12. Since launch, more than 2 million players stepped into Highguard’s world. You shared feedback, created content, and many believed in what we were building. For that, we are deeply grateful. Despite the passion and…
[YouTube embed] I love Steam Next Fest so much. Every year, multiple times per year, we get to go hands-on with the future of the medium and try out as...
Via Jashon Schrier at Bloomberg: “Sony Group Corp. is shutting down Bluepoint Games, the PlayStation subsidiary responsible for developing remakes of video games such as Demon’s Souls. Roughly 70 employees...
[YouTube embed] For years the advice has been the same: If you want to play Nintendo DS or 3DS games, go on eBay and buy one used. Emulation isn’t there...