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I Forgot Mass Effect 1 Ends With An Electronic Rock Song

I can't stop hearing an old cellphone ringtone in the background...

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 20, 2021

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By John Walker Published June 18, 2021

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E3 Had A Surprising Number of Nonviolent Games

There's more to video games than tearing off demon heads and stomping Goombas

By Jonathan Lee Published June 17, 2021

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GTA Online Player Tries Performing Hamlet, Dies

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and everybody else are dead

By Nathan Grayson Published June 16, 2021

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Fortnite, Worth Billions, Offering Paltry Prize Money For Design Contest

Fortnite's $2500 prize looks less lucrative when you consider the money Epic stands to make

By Riley MacLeod Published June 16, 2021

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SonicFox Gets Their Own Plushie, Sells Out In Two Hours

The fighting game community's champion deserves it

By Ash Parrish Published June 16, 2021

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Mass Effect’s Garrus Bottle Decision Is Bigger Than The Reapers

The enduring love of Mass Effect is not for its universe but for its characters

By Jonathan Lee Published June 16, 2021

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Ancient ‘90s Code From Quake Still Controls Lights In Half-Life: Alyx

The reused code has appeared in many Valve games, including Portal

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 15, 2021

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Mysterious ‘Evil Farming Game’ Never Actually Existed

That's a wrap on a five-year-old creepypasta-adjacent internet saga

By Ari Notis Published June 15, 2021

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Starfield Might Have Teased The Elder Scrolls VI Setting

If you look closely at the starship control panel, you'll find a possible clue

By Jonathan Lee Published June 14, 2021

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Has A Great Fallen Order Moment

Fans of the open-world Respawn game might recognize this immediately

By Patricia Hernandez Published June 14, 2021

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Switch Gets A Notes App, So The Calculator Doesn’t Get Lonely

Nintendo's giving the people what they so desperately want

By Ash Parrish Published June 11, 2021

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Happy 20th Birthday, Game Boy Advance

The best handheld ever made if you pretend the DS never happened

By John Walker Published June 11, 2021

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Hatsune Miku Sneaks Onto Ireland’s High School Exit Exam

Hey, things could have been worse...U2 is right there

By Ian Walker Published June 9, 2021

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Battlefield 2042 Reveal Nods At Fan’s Famous Mid-Flight Bazooka Kill

The LoopZook is a fan tradition that's been going strong for nearly 20 years

By Jonathan Lee Published June 9, 2021

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Resident Evil Village Glitch Gives Ethan A Finger Gun

Last week, a Reddit user shared a brief video on the Resident Evil subreddit demonstrating an interesting moment from their Resident Evil Village playthrough. While fighting the factory’s propeller-faced Sturm mini-boss near in the closing hours of the campaign, an apparent glitch caused the magnum to disappear from protagonist Ethan Winters’ hand, leaving him to…

By Ian Walker Published June 7, 2021

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Days Gone Mod Makes Zombie Hordes Ludicrously Large

It was only a matter of time until Days Gone’s newfound PC audience began to tear out its insides and refashion them into something gnarlier, and now that day has arrived. A new mod ups freaker (aka zombie) horde sizes to the point where they basically blot out your whole screen. Modder Aigmir created the…

By Nathan Grayson Published June 7, 2021

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Knockout City’s Best-Dressed Players Are Also Its Scariest

We often fear powerful things, because we can’t control them. A giant, unstoppable bear. A deadly bomb. An unfeeling, AI-controlled drone with missiles. Or even, a player wearing some sick threads in an online video game, indicating they’ve been playing longer than you and will likely kick your ass. Knockout City is a lot of…

By Zack Zwiezen Published June 7, 2021