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In Project Zomboid, every brutal death is a learning experience
Project Zomboid is a brutal zombie survival sim that gives players wonderfully tragic stories to come away with.
The pandemic forced fighting games to grow up in 2021
Fighting games finally saw growth in recent years, despite being a genre left in the dark ages for so long.
Halo Infinite has what it takes to thrive as an esports game
Halo Infinite has me excited for esports for the first time in over a decade, unlike MOBAs or other first-person shooters.
Halo Infinite’s talkative Grunts are bad stand-up comedians
Halo Infinite's Grunts constantly quip like Marvel heroes -- and it gets grating fast.
Grand Theft Auto Online’s new update teases metaverse ambitions
With cameos from real-life musicians and music debuts from them, GTA Online seems to be leaning into the metaverse.
The year of the JRPG: Why 2021 was a landmark year for the genre
2021 can easily be dubbed the year of the JRPG. From Tales of Arise to Shin Megami Tensei 5, we saw tons of evolution in a classic genre.
Halo Infinite’s open world doesn’t hold up to past linear campaigns
Without set pieces that players can easily memorize, Halo Infinite's open-world campaign just seems forgettable.
Xbox PC Game Pass has a big problem — and it isn’t the name
Microsoft recently announced that it's rebranding Xbox Game Pass for PC as PC Game Pass. The name is far from the main issue with the PC subscription service.
I took Nvidia’s $20K System Latency challenge, and I was shocked by the results
Nvidia challenged me to become a better gamer, and it wants to challenge you. Here's how I did it, and how you can potentially win part of $20,000 in prizes.
HDMI 2.1 means a lot less than you probably think
HDMI 2.1 is supposed to encompass a vast array of next-gen display features, but it doesn't. And that could be a big problem for monitors and TVs going forward.
From movies to music, 2021 was the year of Dolby Atmos
It's taken a while, but Dolby Atmos has cemented itself as the premier surround sound format -- and 2021 was the year it became nearly ubiquitous.
No company should make a new game console until the chip shortage is over
There shouldn't be any new gaming hardware until the chip shortage is over and people are able to easily buy consoles.
This adorable, cheap Amazon gaming keyboard is better than name brands
The Akko 3068B is a keyboard you may have overlooked for name brands. But this cheap Amazon gaming keyboard is better and cheaper than the names you recognize.
How graphics card bundles are both hurting and helping during the GPU shortage
Graphics card bundles have been the only consistent way to get a GPU over the past year, but they're more than just retailers capitalizing on a bad situation.
Jak And Daxter is still a brilliantly designed platformer 20 years later
Jak and Daxter turns 20 today, but it plays like nothing else from the last decade.
This South Korean smart home hack is one more reason you should secure your home
The capture and sale of hundreds of photos and recordings in South Korea points at exactly why you need to secure your smart home devices.
Call of Duty: Vanguard’s take on World War II can’t outdo a decade-old game
Call of Duty: Vanguard uses World War II as a backdrop, while World at War actually confronts it head on.
What Halo Infinite and Destiny 2 can learn from each other about PvP
Halo Infinite and Destiny 2 are two wildly different games that share a lot of DNA, and they could learn a few things from each other about PvP.
Halo Infinite’s multiplayer can only go up from here
Halo Infinite's multiplayer is fun to play, but incredibly unfriendly toward its players. But that's something that can be fixed..
Halo Infinite’s multiplayer is great, but its battle pass is a slog
Halo Infinite's stinginess when it comes to XP makes progression an absolute nightmare.
5 dumb phone accessories that we love anyway
Some phone accessories are absurd, but maybe they tug at heartstrings or are deliciously nerdy. Whatever the case, we love them anyway.
Haptic feedback headphones are a great idea that still hasn’t been done right
Razer just released another headset with haptic feedback. Although the tech still isn't there yet, it has the potential to become a mainstay in gaming headsets.
Pikmin Bloom is more a Nintendo fitness app than a video game
Pikmin Bloom is more akin to a fitness app than an actual game, which might be fine depending on your taste.