It’s no secret Japan has long been trying to destroy us westerners with its unstoppable culture for decades. Whether it's replacing our wives with waifus or cramming our circulatory systems with their nutrient void, sodium-packed inst...

I'm at MomoCon this weekend in Atlanta Georgia for the purposes of judging the Indie Gaming Showcase this year (which they provided travel for), and happened to come across an amazing booth that I just had to share. Titled "Hero Wares and S...

Japan is overflowing with mascots. I wasn't even prepared when I visited, as every activity and location, from warnings about creepy airport shadow denizens who steal your stuff to anti-littering campaigns, have creatures. Prefectures (dist...

Tremors rules. Did you know (cue the voice) that we almost got a Tremors TV show with Kevin Bacon returning to his iconic role? Well it's dead now, you can watch the leaked trailer and imagine what might have been. The Tremors cre...

Super Mario 64's "so long...[x] Bowser!" is one of the most hotly contested video game lines to date. If you somehow haven't played this classic before, the gist is that during the several big boss battles with Bowser, Mario utters somethin...

The Great Serpent quickly became a mascot of Sekiro when it was introduced in a very early trailer, and its legacy lives on well after launch. As usual the cheeky PC modding community managed to replace the slinking baddie with a chara...

Ever hear someone name-drop an old video game and then immediately feel an irresistible impulse to stop what you're doing, seek it out, and see how well it holds up? Hey, me too. What a coincidence! Yesterday, in light of Frontier's upcomin...

Crypts! What do they have to do with video games? I'm not entirely sure! To the list!

I've said this before, but the "Steamed Hams" sketch was always one of my wife and I's favorite Simpsons moments before the memes began. The deadpan like "yeeeees," is a big go-to for us, as are many great lines like "an unforgettable lunch...

"Man hate-buys Rosalina & Luma amiibo in bulk so fans can't have them." That wonderful headline from our own Brett Makedonski is burned into my brain. I had enough trouble picking up amiibo in 2015, and knowing that someone loathed the ...

Before Sekiro ignited the whole "difficult games" conversation again (which is an easy one to answer: everyone is correct and creators simultaneously reserve the right to make something the way they want to make it), there were challen...

Shenmue does such a fantastic job of selling menial tasks to its audience. While a lot of games try to delight us with various lawn mowing minigames and the like; there's something about taking over a carnival stand and asking people if the...

Regardless of how you feel about Halo in 2019 (for some, the magic is gone), it's very clear that the folks over at 343 Industries are still very much in it to win it. Following a recent bid to give the folks at 343 as much pizza as possibl...

Zelda and Studio Ghibli seem to naturally go together. It's why you get so many crossovers on the subject, including this fantastic Totoro and Link mashup from artist Wahoo. The iconic "waiting in the rain" scene is probably the p...

As do a lot of stories this generation, it started with a meme. Over on reddit, a user stated interest in sending developer 343 Industries a pizza if they revealed Halo: The Master Chief Collection on PC. That was seven days ago and we...

As we enter an increasingly digital era, revisiting older content is only going to get more complicated. Given that every corporation and their sister company has a streaming service digital rights management is becoming increasingly messy....

My modern day board game routine of things like the Lord of the Rings card game, Scythe and Star Trek Ascendancy don't make much room for classics like Reversi, but this incredibly cute Splatoon-themed board would change my m...

I'm going to tell you a quick story of the biggest regret of my life. About three years ago now Carly Rae Jepsen rolled into town at a really cool local venue. Obviously, I was super excited because she's the greatest being alive. I went on...

Devil May Cry has always been known for its absurd style and the latest entry is right on the money. If you're okay with mostly out of context spoilers, the below video from Capcom showcases the motion capture work done for Devil May Cry 5,...

There's a few different camps when it comes to Pokemon versions beyond the typical two starter kits. Some people (myself included) like to see just one final "third" copy with some extra content and super-bosses. Others have been diggi...

Just last year we learned that RJ Palmer, also known as "arvalis," got to contribute to the Detective Pikachu movie. They had been known as the "realistic Pokémon person" for some time, which in turn led to a gig outside of their nor...

With the Link's Awakening remake freshly revealed, this revelation is all the more relevant. Found on reddit and collected by user Mr_Muckacka, it seems as if the Zelda: Breath of the Wild leviathan bones (read: random skelet...

After being declared a "dead meme" by Mortal Kombat's NetherRealm Studios, Scooby-Doo's Shaggy is making a glorious entrance into the fighting game arena compliments of a Jump Force mod. Shown below going toe to toe with Frieza, t...

J. R. R. Tolkien famously wrote his kids a series of Christmas Letters, telling the story of a far away land inhabited by Santa and a hilarious creature called "the North Polar Bear." He also completely one-upped pretty much every parent th...

One of the best parts of booting up a new fighter in Super Smash Bros. is plopping them into the Kid Icarus level with Pit and hearing the (typically) hilarious fourth-wall-breaking Palutena rant. In case you haven't tried this (now st...