You might need to type a throwaway message before you can come up with an accurate response, but here goes: which thumb do you use to hit the space bar? Right? Left? Both? None of the above? It started with an innocent question posed in Des...

Fourteen days is a long time, especially when you're inundated with deals, discounts, and bargains. And for game-hungry consumers, Steam's annual Winter Sale seems to stretch on forever. From the week before Christmas to the yawning, early ...

We're far removed from the whole "Assassin's Creed is bad" mantra. Origins rocked it then Assassin's Creed Odyssey rekindled that fire; and with the series taking a year off in 2019, it looks like Ubisoft isn't ready to ruin ...

Shade, shade all around. With the strong rumor floating about that Crash Team Racing is the next Crash remake project, I've seen a number of "yeah but it's not as good as Mario Kart" sentiments. As my photographic memory flashes b...

Thanksgiving week was the perfect occasion for me to dive into a nostalgic and relaxed game like Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu. I knew that just like the originals, once the adventure started in earnest, I wouldn't want to stop. I block...

Steamboat Willie, considered the first cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse and Minnie even though the silent short Plane Crazy debuted months before, turns 90-years-old today. It was this day, November 18, back in 1928 when the black-...

Darksiders really took me by surprise back in 2010. It kind of just...came out compliments of the now-dead Vigil Games, some of whom moved on to various studios including Gunfire, who are working on the third entry. Though many call it...

I've always been a collector. I think it's something I get from my father. He has a massive sports card and memorabilia collection kept away in boxes in mint to near mint condition, accumulating value until he's able to retire, sell all of ...

For roughly six years now I've been cataloging eShop releases for the 3DS, Wii U, and Switch on a weekly basis (I haven't missed a week in years!). Over time, you start to notice some trends. I remember the first time the Switch eShop start...

After hitting exalted with nearly every new reputation on both the Horde and Alliance sides in World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth, I've turned my attention to alts and race changes by way of the Allied Race system: a new concept introduc...

Last generation, the relationship between Ubisoft and Nintendo was a disaster. The Wii U just wasn't selling: but that situation was perpetuated by third parties who refused to develop anything but poor ports for it, further bringing the Wi...

In a discussion yesterday about elementary school kids who use their 3DS as their primary music player, I got swept up in a gale of nostalgia. For many of those kids that was their first system: a multifaceted device that could really, do a...

Every World of Warcraft player, new or old, has a favorite era. Whether it was the one they played first or the one right before they left: there are a lot of individual, personal stories that were born out of this 14 year old phenomen...

As I've opined many times these past few weeks, it's hard to believe that the World of Warcraft character I started (an Orc Shaman) over a decade ago is still alive and well within the data centers of Blizzard. I've played through ever...

Despite owning three versions of Dark Souls, it feels inevitable that I'll pick up the Nintendo Switch port at some point. It's one of those rare games I can always return to and learn something new about. Had Dark Souls Remastered made it ...

This weekend, during EVO 2018, Namco Bandai revealed two more combatants headed toward their upcoming sword-and-souls fighter Soulcalibur VI. Both reveals, Seong Mi-Na and Astaroth, are series veterans and fan favourites, which seems to be ...

Yakuza 0 comes to PC this week. It feels like word of mouth for Sega's strange and sweeping action-adventure romp through 1980s Japan is at an all-time high, and with its budget price, I'm hopeful lots of curious players become hardened fan...

Expectations were sky high when the original No Man's Sky hit: precisely because Hello Games put them there. I enjoyed several aspects of the 1.0 release, treating it like a low key chill space sim -- but a lot of it didn't resonate wi...

I'm sitting here week after week, taking in Robot Master boss reveals for Mega Man 11 like they're big-ticket Super Smash Bros. fighter announcements. I know I'm basically alone in my bliss, but the excitement behind the reveals brough...

As someone who used to make .wad maps of Duke Nukem 3D back in the day, I'm extremely thankful for mods. One of the most insane revolutions that I witnessed as an '80s kid was watching entire online communities disappear as publishers ...

It’s impossible for me to think of the summer months without my mind wandering towards the cover of These Days are Just Packed. It’s my favorite of the Calvin and Hobbes collections, a series that holds the distinction of being ...

"Man, Final Fantasy VII, that game rocked!" is a phrase I hear often from people who no longer touch video games. It was far from the best in the series but it's a cultural touchstone, and one I like breaking down all these years later. It ...

[Update: Wow I did not expect this turnout! I've placed a poll below with several of the most popular answers to settle this (out of Smash) once and for all.] I have some really fond memories of Soulcalibur, starting from the very first gam...

I've been talking to a few friends quite a bit about the recent Switch release of Ikargua. It was kind of a turning point for the genre when it was released worldwide in 2003 on the GameCube, as it brought Treasure to the forefront in the w...

Nintendo seemingly is willing to try new things with the Star Fox franchise. While it started off as a vehicular rail shooter it eventually branched off with action adventure and tower defense spinoffs. According to a crazy rumor, Nintendo ...