Chasing Catgirl Arby's in Final Fantasy XIV

With its own host of diners, drive-ins, and deep-sea dives, FFXIV‘s Crystal data center is brimming with eccentric housing ventures. The data center has a long-standing reputation as the plac...

The Most Relaxing Nintendo Switch Games

Gaming is a land of contrasts. Sometimes, you’re looking for a nail-bitingly difficult experience that demands all your attention. Other times, you just want to vibe. Here, then, are some of the most...

Bungie Explains Why This Season Dives Into Drifter’s Character

In Season of the Deep, Drifter became a regular visitor at the HELM, bringing his blue Juice of Seven bottle along. While several characters provide Sloane and Ahsa support, unexpectedly, Drifter stan...

A Nonexhaustive List of Things You Can Do in Fortnite Right Now

I’ve started playing Fortnite again for the first time in about a year and a half, and for all my documented hatred of multiverse stuff, god help me, I’m having a good time. Th...

Putting Respect on Final Fantasy XI’s 20-Year Run, FFXIV's Older Sibling

Here at Fanbyte, we have our own dedicated section specifically for Final Fantasy XIV called The Linkshell. Guides, tools, community happenings, news, trends, and heartfelt stories are all part...

Enjoy The Sims? Here Are Five Upcoming Games Just Like It

One of the best things about The Sims 4 is that you can keep coming back to it, again and again, and mold new parameters for your unknowing victims (sorry, uh, Sims) every time. Ser...

Best Sims 4 High School Years Mods For Your Back to School List

The Sims 4 High School Years is the franchise’s first-ever foray into the teenage high school experience, where you get to tag along with your Sims to experience the highs...

Moonfire Faire 2022 Jumping Puzzle in FFXIV is Truly Menacing

Some years ago, Final Fantasy XIV included a jumping puzzle tower for the Moonfire Faire seasonal event. Well, it’s back this year. And I burned away several hours of my night trying to overc...

Neomuna Will Feature Large Scale Events in Destiny 2 Lightfall

With the next chapter of Destiny 2  less than a few weeks away, developer Bungie briefly lifted the neon-colored veil around the Lightfall expansion. Last week, I and other members of th...

Throwback Thursday: What Was Camp Hyrule?

Back in the 90s, one of the first things I did when I got on the internet for the first time was check out Nintendo’s web presence. After a near-disaster visiting “zelda.com,” which was a pornography...

Fortnite Almost Had a Dark, Gritty, Depressing Look

I’m officially a Fortnite fan now, what with my first battle royale victory last week and all my enjoyment of the game’s vibes. So I’ve been poking around in some of the game’s GDC (Game Deve...

I Miss You, Transparent Technology: An Investigation into the Y2K Clear Craze

I’m five years old, a young creature, in a daze while watching reality TV on a chunky cathode-ray tube in the living room with my family, when a sudden knock frees us from Jeff Probst’s thrall. Our ne...

Rating the Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Tera Jewel Crowns So Far

As Pokemon games often do, Scarlet & Violet has a new gimmick to shake up battles called the Terastal phenomenon. This crystalizes any Pokemon in the region and gi...

The Star of FFXIV 6.3 is This Filipino Steamed Bun and Animation

Food plays a vital role in the world of Final Fantasy XIV. Breaking bread with friends and allies, newfound acquaintances, or former adversaries has been an important gesture and custom, just...

The Leaders of Finji Want You To Remember People Make Their Games

On a temperate Friday afternoon in June, the sun flitted among the clouds creating the perfect day to sit outside and relax — except I was sitting in my childhood bedroom enthralled by Cofounder and D...

Tunic’s Second Hidden Language Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Spoiler warning: This article contains spoilers for the puzzle game Tunic.

Here’s What It’s Like To Play Apex Legends as a Beginner in 2022

As time goes on and the market shifts more and more towards live-service games, I decided it was finally time for me to tackle a game I’ve been avoiding for years: Apex Legends. Of all the ba...

GigaBash Shows the Beauty of a Simple Idea Done Right

I miss Power Stone everyday. And while it seems like Capcom isn’t bringing the chaotic multiplayer brawler back anytime soon, we may have a worthy replacement in the form of 

Throwback Thursday: The VTech Socrates Creeped Me Out

I’ve written about the VTech Socrates before, in a piece on game consoles with fun names. In that piece, I mentioned that the educational console scared me, but didn’t say much beyond that. Here, then...

FFXIV LunarCon Delivered a Weekend of Parties, Panels, and Pride

“Good day, my friends,” It’s the same familiar voice I’ve heard for almost a year now, always ready to present a new lesson on faraway places, fascinating people, and unfamiliar customs. The greeting...