Watch Your Back. It's the Five Poisons Kid.
A few days ago, I stumbled onto a forum thread where someone shared how, when they first got their Nintendo Switch, they hadn’t really thought about accessories. They figured the console alone was enough — until they realized after just one weekend of gaming that their hands were cramping, their screen was scratched, and their…
Nintendo has officially announced a Japan-exclusive, cheaper version of the Switch 2 — priced at around $338 / £259 / €310 — but with a major catch: it’s region-locked and only supports the Japanese language. According to Nintendo, this model is meant specifically for domestic use, and it won’t support accounts or games from outside…
The legendary Homebrew Channel for the Nintendo Wii — a central piece of the console’s unofficial software ecosystem — has officially been archived on GitHub, following disturbing revelations about the origins of key components it relied on. According to an official statement from the repository’s maintainers, the project will no longer accept further contributions. The…
Turns out, turn-based RPGs are very much alive and kicking — and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just proved it in style. In just three days, the French-developed JRPG from Sandfall Interactive has sold over 1 million copies, according to publisher Kepler Interactive. And that’s not including anyone playing it through Game Pass. That’s pure, old-school…
A few days ago, I stumbled onto a forum thread where someone shared how, when they first got their Nintendo Switch, they hadn’t really thought about accessories. They figured the console alone was enough — until they realized after just one weekend of gaming that their hands were cramping, their screen was scratched, and their…
Nintendo has officially announced a Japan-exclusive, cheaper version of the Switch 2 — priced at around $338 / £259 / €310 — but with a major catch: it’s region-locked and only supports the Japanese language. According to Nintendo, this model is meant specifically for domestic use, and it won’t support accounts or games from outside…
The legendary Homebrew Channel for the Nintendo Wii — a central piece of the console’s unofficial software ecosystem — has officially been archived on GitHub, following disturbing revelations about the origins of key components it relied on. According to an official statement from the repository’s maintainers, the project will no longer accept further contributions. The…
Turns out, turn-based RPGs are very much alive and kicking — and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 just proved it in style. In just three days, the French-developed JRPG from Sandfall Interactive has sold over 1 million copies, according to publisher Kepler Interactive. And that’s not including anyone playing it through Game Pass. That’s pure, old-school…
Video game preservationist Darkaiser has shared juicy footage of a mod that allows the original Crash Team Racing to run at a consistent 60 frames per second. More impressively, according to Darkaiser, it’s running on “unmodified PlayStation with no overclock.” He attributes this achievement to the modder Niko, whose “mountain of optimizations” allowed the project…
Welcome to the Save Point, your shelter from the grind. I invite you to sit back and enjoy some choice texts from across the gaming metaverse. Also, sometimes (okay, a lot of the times) outside of it. Toni Brown commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the New Yorker with this fascinating retrospective of when she was…
The work week is winding down. If you’re looking for games to play, here are some titles I’ve enjoyed lately that you might, too—just in time for the weekend.
Sony recently launched its PS5 rental program in the UK, and I was honestly surprised by how negative the response from the games community has been. I was reminded about one moment, in my daily dallying, when I stumbled upon a post on Reddit with a recycled take about video game prices. In so many…