7 Games Like Phasmophobia to Scratch Your Cooperative Horror Itch

We’re all Phasmophobia connoisseurs after countless nights spent hiding away in Willow Street House closets and screaming down the halls of Brownstone High School. The “horror co-op” ghost hu...

In Search of the Real Pac-Man: 8 Very Different Pac-Man Designs

As one of the oldest characters in video game history, Pac-Man has seen a number of design iterations despite his aesthetic simplicity. The extent to which these versions of Pac-Man have captured his...

FFXIV: A Community Eulogy for Praetorium and Castrum Meridianum

Final Fantasy XIV‘s Main Scenario Quest dungeons Castrum Meridianum and The Praetorium have always been notorious. Relegated to their own little Daily Roulette silo, Castrum and Prae — as they’...

What Your Favorite Man in FFXIV Says About You

While Final Fantasy XIV director Naoki Yoshida has talked about the difficulties of implementing NPC dating, that doesn’t mean some fans aren’t still hopeful about the possibility. But even i...

14 Games Worth Playing If You Like FFXIV

If I could have just one game for the rest of time, Final Fantasy XIV is the easy choice. But there are so many good games out there that hit similar notes as the critically acclaimed MMORPG, s...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Crucible in Destiny 2

I have a confession: I am a terrible PVP player in Destiny 2. I probably wouldn’t play the mode at all if it didn’t help you get gear you could use in the rest of the game. Within me lie...

The Hopeful Beginning and Abrupt Shuttering of Funomena

In a 2020 Game Developers Conference Q&A, Funomena CEO Robin Hunicke advised, “We need to be okay with being less productive and more caring to one another. If we don’t do that, we’ll never get th...

The Thirst for Lahabrea Goes Deeper than Pandaemonium's Depths in FFXIV

Like clockwork, Final Fantasy XIV always has a new character for players to thirst over with the force of a thousand suns. See: Urianger taking his hood off and swanning into the room in his ne...

The Solo Effort To Restore the Original PS2 Version of Yakuza

The Yakuza series has seen a massive surge in popularity in the West in recent years, going from an obscure gem to one of Sega’s most popular franchises. The series is known for its style and...

Returnal Bosses Tier List - All Returnal Bosses Ranked

In Returnal, even the smallest enemy can pose a threat if you’re not careful. Housemarque’s roguelike is tough as nails, and it remains as is a year after its initial release. The Ascens...

Sandbox Serenade: The Musical Bliss of Minecraft Parodies

It’s February 26, 2011. You are a middle schooler enjoying a calm day watching Saturday morning cartoons. As your favorite TV show ends, you pull out the family iPad and go to YouTube to see if your f...

What is the Egregore Fungus in Destiny 2? A Mycological Perspective

Mushrooms, more than almost any other living thing on the planet, seem to inspire curiosity and trepidation in equal measure. Maybe this is, alongside cephalopods, mushrooms are about as alien from us...

Senior Citizens Should Get an XP Boost in Video Games

A lot of video games today seem to assume that we have infinite time to play them. And when you’re young, it can feel that way sometimes. Sure, you might have to deal with work and other commitments,...

What Your Favorite Destiny 2 Subclass Says About You

Between its three classes of Warlock, Titan, and Hunter and its four elemental options of Void, Arc, Solar, and Stasis, Destiny 2 now offers twelve distinct subclasses for players t...

Deathtrap Dungeon is One of the Strangest Games I've Ever Played

What do you get when you cross a popular 1980s gamebook with what seemed like the cutting edge of video game graphics in the 1990s? You get Deathtrap Dungeon: The Interactive Video Adventure<...

Pinnacle Drops Need to be Fixed in Destiny 2, Here's How

I’m on record as thinking that Power is a blunt, outdated mechanic in Destiny 2. But for the time being, it appears it’s sticking around. That said, there are improvements that could be...

Nuts and Bolts: Rifts & the Mega-Fiasco That Was "Mega-Damage"

We’re living in the middle of a Golden Age of tabletop roleplaying games. Mainstream standbys like Dungeons & Dragons have never been more popular, and indie gems are widely acc...

Cuphead Does Not Get Drunk If You Pour Alcohol Into His Head & Other Thoughts

I beat the Cuphead: Delicious Last Course demo at Summer Games Fest. I had time between appointments, so I sat down on the strangely-deep couches in front of the demo station an...

FFXIV Endwalker Itself Should've Been Recognized in The Game Awards 2022

I know how awards shows work. I understand the dynamics behind the scenes of how certain things get nominated and win in their respective categories. With regards to The Game Awards, the games industr...

At Team17, Rapid Expansion Has Staff Stretched to the Breaking Point

On January 31, 2022, Team17 announced its intention to license the Worms brand to a third party to produce a set of “environmentally friendly” NFTs, attracting the anger of the internet. Onli...