The 1989 movie The Wizard had a profound effect on me as a kid. In it, young Fred Savage’s character makes his way to the Nintendo World Championships in, heck, I don’t even remember what city, but it was somewhere far away, in order to put his video game skills […]
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MaXXXine Review
MaXXXine, like its eponymous character, is desperate to be a part of Hollywood history. Whether it actually has the chops is another matter. The third entry in Ti West's impromptu X trilogy follows the burgeoning career of Maxine Minx (Mia Goth), the adult film actress who, after surviving a massacre […]
Cattle Country Aims to Mix Stardew Valley With a Dash of Red Dead Redemption
Developer Castle Pixel and publisher Playtonic Friends have announced Cattle Country, a new "cozy cowboy life-sim adventure" in the works for PC (via Steam). It promises pixel-art graphics, 18 romanceable characters, cattle to raise, bandits to fend off, and buried treasure to dig up, among other gameplay elements. Watch the […]
Ex Destiny and Halo Producer Says Live Service Is ‘Better for Developers and Players’
A former Halo and Destiny executive producer at Bungie has said the live service model is “so much better for developers and players” than the one-off $60 or $70 purchase model. Speaking to PC Gamer, Theorycraft Games CEO and former Halo: Reach and Destiny executive producer Joe Tung said the […]
Ex Destiny and Halo Producer Says Live Service Is ‘Better for Developers and Players’
A former Halo and Destiny executive producer at Bungie has said the live service model is “so much better for developers and players” than the one-off $60 or $70 purchase model. Speaking to PC Gamer, Theorycraft Games CEO and former Halo: Reach and Destiny executive producer Joe Tung said the […]
Ex Destiny and Halo Producer Says Live Service Is 'Better for Developers and Players'
A former Halo and Destiny executive producer at Bungie has said the live service model is "so much better for developers and players" than the one-off $60 or $70 purchase model. Speaking to PC Gamer, Theorycraft Games CEO and former Halo: Reach and Destiny executive producer Joe Tung said the […]
The Best Hulu Deals and Bundles Right Now (June 2024)
Hulu has been around for a while, and for our money, it’s one of the absolute best streaming services available. From great movies like Anatomy of a Fall and Talk to Me to excellent television series like Shogun (which was just renewed for more seasons), Abbott Elementary, or The Bear, […]
The Best Hulu Deals and Bundles Right Now (June 2024)
Hulu has been around for a while, and for our money, it’s one of the absolute best streaming services available. From great movies like Anatomy of a Fall and Talk to Me to excellent television series like Shogun (which was just renewed for more seasons), Abbott Elementary, or The Bear, […]
Best Xbox Deals Today (June 2024)
Xbox’s summer showcase was a home run, with one of the best presentations of upcoming games on the Xbox ecosystem in quite some time. This included titles like Black Ops 6, Doom: The Dark Ages, Perfect Dark, Fable, Gears of War: E-Day, and plenty more. If these sneak peeks have […]
The Acolyte Episode 5 Review
This review contains full spoilers for Star Wars: The Acolyte Season 1, episode 5. Well, holy crap, huh? The fifth episode of The Acolyte completely blew up the show we’d been following so far, not only revealing the identity of Mae’s Master but also mercilessly dispatching Jedi left and right, […]