If you watched the last D&D Direct all the way to the very end, you would have seen a tantalizing hint in amongst the upcoming books for 2023 and 2024 -- Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins couldn't help but mention the return of Vecna, one of the D&D franchise's most iconic villains.

Maybe it's cold Midwest weather that has me thinking about cozy couch games, maybe it's the recent sense that Love is in the Air -- whatever the case, I've recently been musing on how few solid couch co-op games currently exist (at least in mainstream gaming).

Surprise, the next Hearthstone expansion (and first one of the Year of the Pegasus) is Whizbang's Workshop, which is packed with references that celebrate the game's 10th anniversary, and it's coming March 19.

Bring it in, everyone.

Achievements are everywhere in the games we play now.

If video games are to be believed, in Japan the tradition on Valentine’s Day is for girls to give a boy they like some chocolate. However, it’s generally considered a good idea not to have all the girls you’re interested in show up at the same time. Hoo boy.

While I try to remember what I’m supposed to do on this special day, let’s answer some questions!

Join us this week as we use Cyberpunk 2077 as a jumping off point to explore character building in video game storytelling, settings as characters, what power means in these worlds, the history of immortality and how many of these elements are reflected in WoW lore.

Video games come in a wide variety of flavors -- some of those are more prominent than others (RPGs and platformers, for instance) but over time, the pool of video game genre has expanded more and more.

Diablo 4 has introduced a new solution to ease the heartache of trying (and failing) to get the one particular Uber Unique you need for your build with a new way to craft Uber Uniques.

Dungeons & Dragons turns 50 this year, and when not laying off employees, Wizards of the Coast likes to celebrate by releasing new books, including a new version of D&D that eschews the concept of editions (while it is itself a revision of the 5th Edition).