Nicholas Grayson Aug 9, 2022. 3 minute read
Fortnite Vaults the Firework Flare Gun, Limiting My Freedom to Start Fires
Epic just ruined Fortnite. The Firework Flare Gun is dead. After an eternity of threatening to do so, Tim Sweeney made the call and, for the first time ever, made his video game bad. For years, players have been clamoring for one thing: more environmental kills in battle royale. Many…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Jul 14, 2022. 2 minute read
EA’s New Skate Is Free to Play Because of Course It Is
Do you remember Skate? The series of video games that EA and their internal studio Black Box used to make in the late 2000s? The series that culminated with Skate 3, an arguably perfect game? Electronic Arts is making another one, and they’re calling it skate. It’s going to come…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Jun 9, 2022. 3 minute read
Saints Row Character Creator Review: A Post-Monster Factory Debut
Saints Row is the fifth (or 5.5th, if you count Gat Out of Hell, or 5.75th, if you count Agents of Mayhem) game in a string of open-world criminal goofball simulators. It releases later this year and will be the series’ first entry in a post-Monster Factory world — where making…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Jun 1, 2022. 2 minute read
Ranking the New Scarlet & Violet Pokemon by How Tasty They Look
The Pokemon Company released a new trailer for the upcoming Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, the next entries in the mainline games. With the locale for this title moving to the majestic vistas of Spain and Portugal, there are a lot of new opportunities for Pokemon designs. There have been Pokemon…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson May 31, 2022. 2 minute read
The AYN Loki Takes Aim at the Steam Deck and Starts at $299
As time marches forward, computers get smaller and smaller. At the beginning, a computer could take up an entire room. But now? You can put a computer in your hand. Eventually, the computers will be so small we won’t be able to see them. The computers will be in our…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Mar 9, 2022. 2 minute read
38 Video Game Name Ideas for the Folks at Square Enix
Square Enix Sony hosted a State of Play today, which was conveniently timed right after eight more women came forward as part of a harassment lawsuit against the company, and also right after they announced that they were stopping sales of all of their games, hardware, and services in Russia in…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Jan 20, 2022. 4 minute read
We’re Hiring an Intern (Again!)
¡Bienvenidos! What if I told you that you could work at Fanbyte dot com. That could get an inside look at how a games and culture website is run, have the chance to create your own content, and assist in determining the site’s output over the summer. What if I…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Dec 28, 2021. 9 minute read
The Fancies 2021: Niki’s Normal and Regular Game of the Year List
I spent my last night as a 25-year-old weeping on the floor. The floor is an underrated place to cry, imo. You can just kind of writhe there and not hit anything. The rug that I wept on used to sit under my coffee table and couch in LA. It…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Dec 6, 2021. 5 minute read
Halo Infinite Reinvents The Fight
Don’t tell my co-workers, but I’m writing this review in the wee hours of the morning, just a couple of hours separated from Halo Infinite’s review embargo. I’m overwhelmed, frankly. I don’t know how I got here. Through a combination of luck and conviction I happened to end up in…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Oct 4, 2021. 3 minute read
10 Things You Can Do While The Internet Is Down
The internet’s dying right now. Facebook? Down. Twitter? Down. WhatsApp? Also down. Slack? Okay well Slack isn’t down (make you think) but if you are trying to go online right now, chances are that the website is sick. Don’t fret, though – I’ve come up with a list of things…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Sep 27, 2021. 4 minute read
Halo Infinite’s Multiplayer Proves it Doesn’t Need a Campaign This Year
In August, 343 Industries announced that Halo Infinite would not include campaign co-op at launch, with the feature coming early next year. I was pretty heated about it back then, and I’m frankly still heated about it now because it’s fucking Halo, you know? How are you going to release…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Jul 7, 2021. 1 minute read
A Letter From the Fanbyte Staff on PAX West 2021
As the summer rolls on, the Fanbyte staff wanted to provide an update on our coverage plans for this year’s edition of PAX West, scheduled for this September. Due to Reedpop’s current health and safety protocols not requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for entry to the convention, we do not feel…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Jun 28, 2021. Less than a minute
Smooth by Santana feat. Rob Thomas: A Review
There’s no song that screams “it’s summer” louder than “Smooth” by Santana feat. Rob Thomas. It’s the best song ever written. We kicked off Smooth by Santana feat. Rob Thomas week with a special episode of Friends Reunion, which you can listen to below:
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Jun 1, 2021. 3 minute read
Welcome To Fanbyte’s Hot Game Summer 2021
Hello, gamers. Tis the season of games. With E3, the Summer Games Fest, publisher events, and a bevy of other presentations across the industry just around the corner, we’re excited to announce our plans to cover (almost) all of it. Press Conferences It’s been a long time since we last…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson May 21, 2021. 1 minute read
Announcing Fundbyte 2: A Charity Stream For The Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund
Video games. They’re everywhere these days. Did you know that you can stream them now? We’re gonna test it out with a charity stream tomorrow (May 22, 2021) as we raise money for the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF) on our second ever charity stream, now known as Fundbyte. Fundbyte…
READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Apr 9, 2021. Less than a minute
Those Wild Palm Pre Commercials: A Review
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READ MORE >Nicholas Grayson Feb 23, 2021. 1 minute read
My Co-Workers Harassing Phineas Because Of His Head Shape: A Review
My co-workers are being very mean to Phineas from the hit Disney Channel original animated show Phineas and Ferb just because his head would have made Pythagoras lose his fucking mind. Just because Phineas’ head looks like the broad side of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, LB Hunktears felt…
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