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Thoughts on Overwatch 2

(Warning: The following article contains very strong language in the form of an attached tweet. Be advised, reader’s discretion is recommended) BlizzCon happened last weekend, and despite worries about protests in retaliation toward the Blitzchung incident, it mostly went off without a…

Nuclear Throne: Territorial Expansion Mod Releases

Nuclear Throne is a well-known roguelike shooter made by Vlambeer that stands along the likes of Enter the Gungeon and the Binding of Isaac. While official development on the game seems to be over (besides a Switch port that popped up a…

Apex Legends Has Passed 70 Million Players

Electronic Arts have quarterly conference calls to discuss finances, growth, and what the company has cooking in the future. According to Daniel Ahmad, senior analyst at Niko Partners, break-out hit Apex Legends has passed 70 million lifetime players as of this quarter.…

itch.io Halloween Sale Ongoing

Holidays always provide a good excuse for game stores to have a sale, and Halloween is usually accompanied by a horror game sale. The indie dev friendly storefront, itch.io, has jumped to the forefront, kicking off its own Halloween sale yesterday. Headlining…

Boss Fight Books: Katamari Damacy – Impressions

Folks, there’s one thing I like as much as playing games and that thing is reading. Why not combine those joys with the Boss Fight Books collection? A month or so ago I’ve read through the book on Metal Gear Solid, by…

My Drift from Overwatch

In 2017 and 2018, Overwatch dominated my life. I was always excited to play events for the chance of getting new skins for my favorite characters. I was a huge fan of the PvE modes that were a nice change of pace.…

Pixel Game Maker MV Review

The RPG Maker line of game-making-software has been a hit in the indie developer community. This line of engines, made by Enterbrain, is mainly geared toward making RPGs, though plenty of people have used it for adventure games and visual novel-type stuff.…

Apex Legends “Fight or Fright” Event Begins

It’s customary for online multiplayer games these days to have some big Halloween themed event because everybody loves Halloween. It is Apex Legends‘ first Halloween and it is celebrating with a new limited-time mode. The new mode, Shadowfall, tosses players into a…

Activision Blizzard Has Crossed a Line

To say that video games exist outside the realm of politics is naive. The process in which a game is made is political, depending on how the developers are treated, if they’re allowed to unionize, etc. How a game is treated by…

Super Mario Party (Switch) Review

For a while, the Mario Party franchise was considered to be in a rut. Mario Party 9 changed the franchise’s formula of characters running all over the board for stars, to everyone moving in the same car set down a nearly linear…