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Switch 2 Launch 2025: Nintendo Is in Dangerous Territory

I’d put myself in the upper echelons of Nintendo fandom. I’ve had a long history with the company since my first hand-me-down GameBoy Pocket. I’m an Animal Crossing die-hard, my girlfriend beats me at Mario Kart, and I frequently reminisce over Wii Sports taking over the world in 2007. I…

February 17, 2024October 12, 2025

Gaming

The Next Video Game Craze Could Keep Us Trapped in a Vicious Cycle

Like all multi-billion dollar industries, the video game industry is driven by trends. We’ve seen the balloon burst on many a craze: first-person shooters mimicking Call of Duty’s progression system, open-world games akin to Far Cry 3, “choices matter” games, loot boxes, season passes, cosmetic bundles, etc. More recently, the…

January 21, 2024July 6, 2024

Gaming

The Game Awards 2023 – Picks & Predictions

It’s awards season! And there’s no better way to kick it off than The Game Awards, a show that I consistently enjoy despite not always being the most entertaining. Geoff Keighley has stuck with his vision for TGA and evolved the show into a slickly produced showcase of the past…

December 7, 2023August 4, 2024

Call of Duty Gaming Zombies

Modern Warfare Zombies Review: A Bold New Step Into the Dark Aether

Much was said about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III’s “Modern Warfare Zombies” before release. Perhaps too much. Many wrote it off and assumed it would repeat the mistakes of the half-baked Zombies mode found in Call of Duty: Vanguard. The reveal confirmed that the mode wouldn’t be round-based, further…

November 19, 2023August 10, 2025

Call of Duty Zombies

BO3 is EIGHT // Modern Warfare Zombies

Black Ops III is eight years old. Time does fly. While there’s certainly a lot of revisionist history surrounding it – omissions of major frustrations at launch, rough DLC launches with game-breaking bugs, and the Revelations ending and “super EE” debacle, to name a few – the game was undoubtedly…

November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

Gaming

This Week at Bungie: Fire, Everywhere

It’s been a red-letter week for Bungie, the studio behind Destiny 2, with almost 10% of its staff made redundant, reports of the live service game missing financial and player retention targets by large numbers – 45% below projected revenue – and the all-but-confirmed delay to the next Destiny expansion,…

November 2, 2023October 12, 2025

Alan Wake Gaming

Every Wake-ing Moment in the Dark

I first laid hands on the original Alan Wake on my fourteenth birthday. After watching a few trailers that piqued my interest, I requested it on a whim. I didn’t like horror at the time, but something about the game spoke to me. I reckoned I could handle it. Apart…

October 25, 2023July 6, 2024

Gaming Meta

We’re All Drowning in Video Games. It’s a Nice Feeling.

It’s been an overwhelming year for video games — and it’s not finished yet! October and November are rammed with games from across the genres releasing on an almost daily basis. We’ve even had some titles delayed until next year to escape the madness, like the Alone in the Dark…

October 19, 2023July 6, 2024

Call of Duty Zombies

The Dark Aether Storms Towards Call of Duty NEXT

When Black Ops 4 Zombies concluded with Tag Der Toten, many questions arose about the future of the cult-followed mode. What has followed has been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, as Zombies tries to find its footing in the “Modern” Call of Duty landscape. One thing is for sure,…

October 3, 2023July 6, 2024

Gaming

Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways – Review – Capcom Won(g) Again

When the news first broke of a Resident Evil 4 remake, there were many concerns that Capcom was taking on a task bigger than it was capable of delivering. The Japanese studio had been on a roll since 2017’s Resident Evil 7, and the remake of Resident Evil 2 was…

September 25, 2023August 10, 2025