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Is Buying a Next-Gen Console Worth It Right Now?

A lot of debate this week on the state and future of the next-gen consoles got me thinking. In the end, the entire PhenixxGaming team will end up with new Xbox and PlayStation consoles. For the moment, however, I’m without either. Despite…

What Makes a Game a Good Self-Care Option?

It’s mental health awareness month, alongside several other things including barbecue, Jewish heritage, brain cancer awareness, wildfire awareness, and Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage month. I think it goes without saying, but I don’t think I’m going to talk about all of…

Games to Play During Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. It just so happens that being aware of and de-stigmatizing Mental Health is one of the things Phenixx Gaming was built upon. Because of that, we’d like to celebrate Mental Health Awareness…

On WoW: TBC Classic and its “Editions”

So, it’s apparently official. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Classic is scheduled to be fully playable as of sometime on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021. As far as I’m currently aware, TBC Classic will be released as part of that “global release…

How Overwatch Keeps Reeling Me In

I’m not the biggest fan of online gaming. It’s a highly-toxic, highly-stressful environment of gaming that isn’t present in single player titles. Because of that, I tend to stay away unless my friends are there to make it a good time. Despite…

Should Returnal Add Saves to Combat Lengthy Runs?

There are a lot of Roguelikes that thrive on short-burst gameplay. The best part? No run is the same. That spirit, or at least the latter spirit, is alive and well in Returnal. The Housemarque release from last Friday dominated the news…

On the Slow, Preventable Doom of Heroes of the Storm

It isn’t often that I read a published opinion on a topic and feel compelled to publicly agree with what I’ve just read. That’s exactly why I’ve decided to write this article, however. Yesterday evening, I stumbled across an article penned by…

Far Cry 5; All-Out War, Just Cause

Come on everyone, turn to the West, get on your hands and knees, and praise Jeebus! That and have a long prolonged holy war in a fictional piece of America where there are lots of guns, beards, and not a lot of…

F1 2020: Let’s talk about Traction Control

It is somewhat redundant to say, but the racing series known as F1 puts us as beings on the very edge of what is possible right now. The engineering that goes into such a racing series, looks on the surface like sci-fi levels…

Animal Crossing Needs Some Things in the 2.0 Update

Animal Crossing’s 1.9.0 update just landed a few weeks back in time for Easter and the one-year anniversary of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ release. Presumably, that means that the next update should be the 2.0 update, which should roll out new features.…