The Three Essential Ingredients Of A Great Video Game Demo

It may be a rare sight today, but a demo is one of the best things an upcoming game can do for its audience. Of course, not all demos are created equal—the best demos generate excitement and set expectations for what’s to come, while the worst demos convince us not to buy. What makes a…

Hollow Knight And The Art Of The Video Game Joke

More than a dozen hours into Hollow Knight, the 2D Metroidvania played a joke on me. It was a really good joke, and also kind of a mean one. Then again, most good video game jokes are a little mean. A few hours into Hollow Knight, you meet a bug named Millibelle. She’s a banker.…

The Sims 4 Has Always Been Good, Actually

Nitpicking is easy. I can always spot the one dirty dish in an otherwise flawless kitchen. Likewise, small flaws in a video game can stick out to me. The Sims 4 fandom loves to nitpick, and although I’m also really bothered by that one lot in Bedrock Straight where a single tile is mismatched from…

Blizzard Says Multiple Diablo Projects Are In The Works (Diablo III Switch Is Probably One)

Things have been slow in Diablo-land for the past few years, but that’s likely going to change soon, with Blizzard teasing on Twitter today that it has some Diablo projects in the works. One of them, we believe, is Diablo III Switch. In a short video, Blizzard community manager Brandy Camel promised Diablo fans that…

Dead Cells Developers Say Improving Switch Performance Is Now Their Priority

Dead Cells is a really good video game, and is a perfect fit for the handheld Nintendo Switch. However, the Switch version performs noticeably under 60 frames-per-second, which makes for a less smooth experience than on other gaming systems. Yesterday, the game’s developers said they’re getting to work on improvements. In a post on Reddit…

Super Mario Odyssey’s Two-Moon Levels Are A Wonderful Design Touch

In many areas of Nintendo’s crowd-pleasing Super Mario Odyssey, there’s a main goal and a side goal that provides the same amount of reward but presents a greater challenge. It’s my favorite design aspect of the game. It’s a simple but wonderful thing, and I’ve come to think of it as Nintendo’s designers operating under…

RIP Luigi (1983-2018)

Luigi Mario, best known to friends and family as Luigi, died this morning at the age of 35. He is survived by his fraternal twin brother, Mario, and his son, Waluigi. Born and raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Luigi had worked as a plumber, a tennis player, a ghost hunter, a doctor, a golfer, a martial…

King K. Rool Will Be In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

After years upon years of begging, Smash fans will finally see Donkey Kong Country’s King K. Rool in Smash Ultimate, released December 7. The king of the kremlings will be large and in charge in Smash Ultimate. In every fan poll of most-wanted Smash fighters, he’s been one of the most requested for years. We…

Castlevania‘s Simon And Richter Belmont Join Smash Bros Ultimate

Simon Belmont, the star of Castlevania, hasn’t had his own game in a while, but he is coming to Super Smash Bros. So is his descendant, Richter Belmont. The whip-wielding vampire slayers will join the newest Smash when it comes to Switch this December. They’ll bring with them a stage based on Dracula’s Castle, complete…

Concept Artist Shows How Far He’s Come

Kouji Tajima is a concept artist based in Vancouver. He’s worked on Blade Runner 2049, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the 2014 Godzilla movie. As pointed out by Hachima, Tajima recently uploaded art he did at the age of 12. He redid that same drawing at the age of 25. This is…

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