Month: August 2025

In Episode 5 of the live-action 'One Piece' series on Netflix, the Straw Hat Pirates find a floating restaurant in the middle of the ocean, with food so savory and delicious that Luffy smells it on the wind. This is the Baratie, a pirate-run restaurant that's the visual and narrative […]

In many ways, Visual Concepts’ long-running NBA 2K series mirrors the careers of players it works so hard to emulate. Sometimes, it’s a flash of potential: a hotshot rookie catching fire after putting up duds in consecutive games. Others, it’s more comparable to a wily veteran nearing retirement – we […]

Finally, a little more than a year and a half after release, Helldivers 2 has come to Xbox, and those who still subscribe to The House Halo Built can finally drop into Hell with the rest of us. A lot has changed between now and when I first reviewed it, […]

From Calorie Mate snacks to hidden Kerotan frog statues, 2004’s Metal Gear Solid 3 was packed with varied real-life Easter eggs, even if they contradicted the game’s 1960s setting. One memorable gimmick for eagle-eyed players to spot in the indoor areas of MGS3 (and MGS2) was the posters of current […]

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater only launched this week, but modders have already been busy tweaking and improving the game. The remake launched on August 28, and in the space of just 24 hours modders have provided all manner tweaks, from reshaping Eva's and Ocelot's faces, smoothing stuttering, improving […]

If you're responsible for any of the 40 million views of music video for the new K-Pop track Karma, from the band Stray Kids, you might have spotted an unusual cameo in the last scene. League of Legends Pro Gamer Faker (Lee Sang-hyeok) appears and performs his classic "shh" pose. […]