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Rockstar rides again, with two Red Dead franchise offerings headlining the games we’re watching this week
Hello Watchers! This week I bring you a new Mario & Luigi title, a fresh release of an old classic, a sale on that release's sequel, and a game that finally lets you wear a shirt saying Magneto was right!
Meet Haggis, the adorable newest addition to the Edinburgh’s Zoo’s family of endangered pygmy hippos
Sometimes, for no reason at all, you need some cuteness to sock you right in the organs.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard has been out for a week, and its first patch is already here (plus a surprise for N7 day)
There hasn't been enough time since launch for a lot of people to even finish Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but patch 1 is out now for PC and console.
30+ games, books, shows, and more to help you tune out life today for absolutely no reason
There’s nothing important going on today.
How the animator of The Remarkable Life of Ibelin told a story set on Azeroth
By now there's a good chance that you've heard of The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, an award-winning documentary now streaming on Netflix.
What are you playing this weekend? Spooky Edition
It's the end of spooky season, so let's finish it on a high note. This week brings us against the Fade, fighting with the Vampire Killer, wearing a pointy hat in a 2D Souls-like, and running terrified from a Xenomorph.
A video game is the best productivity tool we’ve ever used: a love letter to Spirit City: Lofi Sessions (we wrote while playing Spirit City)
There's a certain subset of productivity strategies and lifehacks that seem like a goofy scam until you give them an honest shot.
What difficulty do you game on?
Easy.
Hasbro continues to push AI content that no one asked for into Dungeons & Dragons in ongoing quest to ruin beloved TTRPG
During a September 10 Goldman-Sachs conference, where one can undoubtedly find serious players of interactive tabletop roleplaying games, Hasbro President Chris Cocks revealed AI is actively being used to develop games at the company, including Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons: "Inside of development, we've already been using AI...It's mostly machine-learning-based AI or proprietary AI as opposed to a ChatGPT approach.
The best games to play this weekend (instead of buying a $90 Warcraft mount)
This weekend I bring you a remake of a popular Sonic title (with the edgiest hedgehog, Shadow), an MMO turned co-op title, an alternate timeline to Lord of the Rings, and a spy thriller deck-building title!