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Seasons After Fall review impressions

I have often thought that the most important part of impressionism is not the subtle display of light that its most famous painters were known for, but instead the way motion rolls across the canvas....

Have We Reached Peak Joker?

“Peak oil” is the theory that there is a maximum production rate for oil, a limit we will hit as natural reserves becomes more scarce and the effort to drain them increases. With 2019’s Joker,...

Final Fantasy 15: Episode Ardyn Review

As a prequel chapter, Episode Ardyn, the concluding piece of Final Fantasy XV DLC, tells the earliest part of a story that already has an ending. The episode starts with th...

Star Wars and the Pitfalls of Telling Adult Stories in a World Built for Children

For the last four decades Star Wars has been caught between the children who’ve loved it since its days as an unexpected sci-fi sensation and the adults into whom they’ve grown. From “the prequ...

A Woman Guesses the Breast Sizes of the Ladies of Mortal Kombat 11

Mortal Kombat 11 is out, and it’s a pretty fun game, if I do say so myself. But there seems to be a strange controversy around certain aspects of this latest entry in the series — namely...

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Pokemon Sun and Moon starters' middle evolutions revealed

The Zam team is divided on the cuteness factor of Pokemon Sun and Moon‘s three starter Pokemon — Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio — but it’s undeniable that the three’s recently-revealed...

Ranking the Pokémon Starter Middle Evolutions

Every Pokémon game starts with an important decision: which of these funny little monsters do you want to accompany you on your journey? The cute base forms of the starter creatures make for gr...

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is a Pokemon Game Actually About Friendship

If you’d only ever watched the animated series, it would be easy to believe that the core theme of Pokemon is friendship. However, the games offer a very different story to that of Ash a...

Ogre Battle 64 and the Cost of Revolution

Ogre Battle 64 begins with the player character breaking up with his boyfriend before graduating from military school, where the pope gives him a tarot reading. From there, Quest’s Nintendo 64...

The Division 2 Nemesis Exotic Guide - Quest Steps, Perks

No loot shooter is complete without a heaping helping of super powerful gear. In The Division 2, that means exotic weapons with unique perks and useful stats! Exotics can come in all sorts of...

Death Stranding Tips Guide - 16 Things the Game Doesn't Tell You

Death Stranding can be a mystifying game. Much of that has to do with the many ways you can interact with its world. You end up learning many crucial things over the course of the story (whic...

Ghost Recon: Breakpoint Tips Guide - 8 Things the Game Doesn’t Tell You

Okay. The title of this guide isn’t entirely accurate. Ghost Recon: Breakpoint does mention some of the stuff I’m about to explain. The problem is that Breakpoint...

Sonya Blade Guide: Mortal Kombat 11 Character Strengths, Weaknesses, Tips

Mortal Kombat 11 has no shortage of military might. Characters like Cassie Cage and Jax represent the fictional “Special Forces” just fine. But Sonya Blade is the ranking officer among t...

Give Us a Haunting Ground Remake You Cowards

Capcom has been hitting it out of the park recently: the series-revitalizing Resident Evil 7 became their fifth-best selling game ever, the Resident Evil 2 remake has been getting dazzli...

Sailor Moon Drops Is Gone, But Not Forgotten

This week, the stars and scouts go dark on another mobile game: Sailor Moon Drops, the title released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the juggernaut magical girl franchise. Released in Jap...

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Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor review impressions

Picking up trash in Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor is honestly not that bad. It’s entertaining, actually — which is a big departure from other games I’ve played which are about living in povert...

Riot Teases LoL Fighting Game, Dungeon Crawler, and new Shooter IP

As if it weren’t enough to announce mobile versions of Teamfight Tactics and League of Legends (sorta), plus a whole-ass new collectible card game, Riot also used tonight’s Leagu...

A Plague Tale: Innocence Review

“Who is this for?”

Destiny 2 Vanguard or Drifter Allegiance Quest Walkthrough

Over the next three months of Destiny 2: Season of the Drifter, we’ll get to experience the backstory of our friend (?) the Drifter. And the Destiny 2 Allegiance Quest is our first h...

Wait, What Do You Mean Claude from Fire Emblem isn't Bisexual?

Intelligent Systems, queerbaiting isn’t just mean-spirited, it’s also bad writing.