Evangelion's Long Shots Hold Its Audience Hostage

For a show about angst-ridden, volatile teenagers piloting enormous cyborgs through a series of cataclysmic battles, Neon Genesis Evangelion is remarkably calm. Sure, the series occasionally er...

Why Do Animal Crossing's Villagers Leave Such An Impact?

I met my first best friend in a video game. When I was in kindergarten, I came across Animal Crossing for the Gamecube during me and my dad’s weekly trip to the now ancient ruins known as Block...

Reviewing All 9 Entries for Chili Dogs on the Sonic the Hedgehog Wiki

Sonic loves chili dogs. This is a fact, a truth so undeniable that it should be used as an expression to measure the truth of other statements: Do you want $100? “Does Sonic love chili dogs?” <...

Meet the Players Who Render Games Unplayable

When I was in middle school, a substitute teacher confiscated a student’s Game Boy after catching him playing it in class. The kid got it back at the end of the day, but he noticed a terrible change:...

BAKI is "Guys Being Dudes": The Anime

Editor’s Note: This piece was written collaboratively by Eric McAdams and Thomas Loughney.

Emperor Calus Dialogue That Becomes Increasingly Unclear If He's Talking About Fighting or Sex

Move over Drifter, there’s a new morally grey, sexually dangerous antihero in town, and his name is Emperor Calus.

This Is the Player Who Runs the Largest Spy Agency in No Man's Sky

Jordan Murphy likely wouldn’t strike you as the kind of person who heads an intricate online intelligence program. The 29-year-old British actor is soft spoken with a dry wit, sharing figures and pers...

An Oral History of Dave "The Animal" Batista's Dick

Wrestling fans are, generally speaking, a thirsty people. The way some of y’all talk about this great sport, this legitimate athletic endeavor where it generally behooves a competitor to be smooth, oi...

Outer Wilds is Best Played with a Co-pilot

I was pretty sure I was going to dig Outer Wilds, Mobius Digital’s impressive space exploration/puzzle adventure. My recent coworker Austin Walker recommended it highly, as one of those speci...

Did Trying to Beat Super Smash Bros Kill Power Stone?

If you had a Dreamcast, you owned Power Stone. It’s as simple as that. Capcom’s 1999 arcade port presented players with a range of whimsical characters and set them loose in 3D arenas un...

5 Queer Anime That Aren't Yuri!!! On ICE

Listen, I love Yuri!!! On ICE. Sayo Yamamoto is one of the single most talented directors working in anime right now, and literally anything that gets her more attention is something I can get...

Every Dark Souls Boss, Ranked By Kissability

There are plenty of guides out there to tell you how to beat the many bosses of Dark Souls in the most efficient way possible, and everybody has an opinion about which one of those fights is...

Gears of War Has Secretly Always Been a Horror Franchise

They’re creepy and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky… It’s another FangByte article! Welcome to our autumnal crop of Halloween themed Fanbyte fun (that we like to call FangByte). Each day...

Who Builds Video Game Wikis?

The first time I played Stardew Valley, I made it one whole in-game day before needing to look something up. I wanted to buy some seeds with my tiny starting allowance, but couldn’t figure out...

The FF14 Version of this NieR: Automata Song Fucking Rules

Back in 2017, two Square Enix games vied for my personal favorite soundtracks of the year. NieR: Automata had incredible, haunting, driving tracks to establish its war ravaged world. Whereas...

Supergiant Games' Greg Kasavin Talks Death and Consequences in Hades

“Ugh, I want a rematch now,” my character mutters as he emerges from a mystical pool of blood. He’s just arrived back at the lowest chamber of the underworld. Again. I couldn’t agree with him m...

Remember When Keanu Reeves Played Hamlet? Slings & Arrows Remembers

Everyone’s favorite dog-loving, Matrix-thwarting, time-traveling movie star Keanu Reeves is back in the press thanks to John Wick 3. He’s been especially talkative this go ‘round, reminding us...

John Wick is a Modern Fairy Tale

I Covered My Entire Body in Gamer Goo

I remember exactly where I was when I first heard about Gamer Goo. I was at home, tweeting about Gamer Goo.

Fallout 76 Has Its Very Own Happy Home Academy

Ever since Fallout 76 first released in beta, controversy has never been far away. From self-deleting game files to nylon bags and accessible dev rooms, the game quickly became the internet’s p...