Happy 33rd Birthday, Game Boy!

33 years ago today, Nintendo released the Game Boy handheld device in Japan. It was a simple, unassuming thing, a large gray brick with four buttons, a directional pad, and an LCD screen that could only display shades of green. Only a few years later, Nintendo’s competitors began to explore…

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FEATURES

My Baldur’s Gate 3 Character is a Dirty, Dirty Man Now

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a lot prettier now, thanks to a graphical update that’s part of the early access RPG’s latest big patch. At a whopping 60GB, the update brings enhanced textures and effects, breathing new life to Larian Studios’ vision of Faerûn. Every now and then I’ll be caught off…

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FEATURES

Persona 5 Strikers Party Guide – What is the Best Party to Use?

Persona 5 Strikers is only a few weeks away, so it’s time to rally the Phantom Thieves together for one last adventure. Developed by Omega Force and P-Studio, Strikers is a radically different style of game than the smash-hit JRPG Persona 5. Combat is no-longer turn-based, but a mix of the army…

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GUIDES

Fallout 76: Wastelanders Has a Neat Twist to Get You Back in the Game

Fallout 76 launched with more furor than fanfare. Many players (myself included) were met with game-breaking bugs, an empty world, and a game that overall lacked what has made the series great in the past. It makes sense that Bethesda would relaunch it with Wastelanders: a free expansion that brings…

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PSA: If You Need to Farm Dracolite, Better Sign Into Monster Hunter Soon

To farm Dracolite in MHW is to know suffering. Monster Hunter World introduced the substance alongside its big, new siege monster: Safi’Jiva. And ever since it has been one of the banes of my existence within the game. More than the angriest Raging Brachydios, or the deadliest Gold Rathian, I…

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NEWS

Troy Baker Announces NFT Partnership, Gets Ratioed [UPDATE]

Update: Troy Baker has posted to his Twitter that he won’t be continuing the partnership with VoiceVerse NFT. “Thank you all for your feedback and patience,” Baker wrote. “After careful consideration, I’ve decided to not continue the partnership with VoiceVerseNFT. Intentions aside, I’ve heard you and apologize for accusing anyone of…

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NEWS

Pre-Ordering a Next-Gen Console Was the Only Time Living in a Rural Area Helped Me

As I type this, Xbox Series X/S pre-orders have gone live and the internet is aflame as it runs into an assortment of error messages, automatically refreshing webpages that say explicitly not to refresh them, and just generally not having a good time. yo, how is this WORSE than the…

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Fortnite Finally Has Customizable Avatars and Deadpool

Another Fortnite season, another batch of new skins to work towards. Earlier today, Epic dropped the Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 2 Battle Pass for fans to start grinding at. But this time, Epic is mixing it up. Or Deadpool is. He’s a fourth-wall-breaking character, after all. A new collaboration with Marvel…

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NEWS

What happened to T-rated games?

Over the last few years, the share of videogames rated for teens has dropped, dramatically-- replaced by M-rated and "Everyone 10+" titles.

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2020 Was Hopefully the Cusp of the Overdue Momification of Games

Spoilers for The Last of Us Part II, Hades, and Tell Me Why to follow. I know I don’t speak only for myself when I say I’m tired of games centering on dads. The last decade in gaming saw the rise of the dadification of games. As male developers aged…

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The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Rouses the Looney Tunes of Legal Drama

When we talk about games gracefully leaping from 2D to 3D, Ace Attorney might not come to mind. Super Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, and perhaps Final Fantasy dominate the conversation with action and spectacle. There isn’t much of either in the courtroom comedy-dramas. Phoenix Wright and later Apollo Justice…

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