Fanwidth Episode 025: Bone Tiddies

Have no fear! The Fanwidth crew is here! We’re back to a full house with merritt, Niki, and Steven this week. Naturally, that means we’re ready to talk about Destiny 2, Final Fantasy 14, and Apex Legends. Never say we don’t know our core competencies! It doesn’t end there, though.…

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PODCASTS

A Comprehensive List of Mods I Would Like to See in Kingdom Hearts on PC

The entire Kingdom Hearts series is coming to PC. On March 30, all the collections, as well as Kingdom Hearts III and Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory will be available on the Epic Game Store, bringing Square-Enix’s long running Disney and Final Fantasy crossover series to PC after 20 years of it being only…

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NEWS

Octopath Traveler review

Yes, it’s about an eight out of ten.

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Navigating the Confusing, Horny World of MMO Roleplay

MMORPGs have always been notorious time-sinks. But no matter how many quests and dungeons these games offer, they all seem to have a sizeable community of roleplayers nonchalantly inhabiting their characters and doing their own thing. It takes a special kind of person to buy into a game this huge,…

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FEATURES

Natalie Flores’s Game of the Year 2020 List

As Samara once said in Mass Effect 2, “I am a ruined vessel of sorrow and regret, but I am free.” With this Game of the Year list, I will be free. Y’all, I am so very tired after 2020. This was a hellish year that was made so much…

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Morning Stack: God, It’s Been a Busy Old Week Already

It’s been a short, busy week here at the ol’ Fanbyte Artistic Reaction Terminal. As such, I don’t have much I’m allowed to write about until next week. I did, however, write and edit some cool stuff lately that you should definitely look at before long. So I think I’ll…

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TRENDING

Fanwidth Episode 017: Back From the Rifts

WE’RE BACK, BABY! The whole crew has finally managed to escape bad internet, killer robots, and Australia to bring you the finest “video game” content money can buy. Except you don’t buy it, because this podcast is still free. Can you believe that? Join Niki, merritt, and Steven on a brand-new…

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Fanwidth Episode 018: The Soul Warriors

We’re just days away from E3 (as Niki won’t stop reminding us), but that doesn’t mean there’s no news! Merritt, Steven, and Niki dive deep into the Death Stranding trailer this week. Finally, we can decide which Hideo Kojima character has the best name! Then we talk about some video…

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Cyberpunk 2077 Hit With Five-Month Release Date Delay

Yep, another game got delayed. I don’t think anyone is going to be surprised when I say that Cyberpunk 2077 is the latest to get delayed, because it’s a AAA game in 2020 so of course. And hell, even Animal Crossing: New Horizons got delayed to its current March 2020 date. But…

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NEWS

Inside a Starry Kitchen: An interview with Button Mash’s Nguyen Tran

Restaurateurs Nguyen and Thi Tran fused a lifelong love affair with games and pan-Asian comfort food to make their hit Los Angeles-based bar arcade.

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The Last Guardian has been delayed again

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Towards a New Theory of Video Game Genre

Video game genre terms have been with us for decades now, and while language has shifted over time, many of them remain woefully undescriptive. What, precisely, is an “action” game, and why is an FPS considered distinct? How does “adventure” encompass both point-and-click narrative games and Zelda titles? And what does Metroidvania…

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