If only every random scroll through Reddit was as productive as the one that changed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lead writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen’s entire life. Not too long after ditching the finance world to pursue creative dreams, but in the thick of the COVID-19 lockdown, Svedberg-Yen was wasting away an...
‘Let’s just live here awhile’: The Sherman-Palladinos on Gilmore Girls’ Twin Peaks reference
People have been noticing the similarities between Twin Peaks’ eccentric small town and Gilmore Girls’ Stars Hollow for years. There’s the shared cast (Sherilyn Fenn and Mädchen Amick, in Gilmore’s original run, with Ray Wise joining later in the revival). There’s the direct callouts to David Lynch’s work (now a...
When is Godzilla coming to Fortnite this week?
Compared to previous seasonal skins, like Solid Snake, Geralt of Rivia, and Wolverine, Godzilla’s intimidating bulk doesn’t quite transpose to a vaguely humanoid frame. But the character’s signature chonkiness (Fortnite’s Godzilla is based on the Godzilla x Kong iteration) will show up at some point both as a skin and...
Ancient Arrowhead treasure map location and solution in Avowed
The Ancient Arrowhead treasure map is Avowed’s welcome to the Galawin’s Tusks region — a map protected by a beetle army and a gigantic, tier-five monster, culminating in a reward perched on a cliff with a drop that leads to certain doom. Yay…You can get in and out quickly, without...
Segaâs finally got some Virtua Fighter (6?) news coming
Well, well, well… it appears Sega has finally decided to bless us with new Virtua Fighter information. On Friday, the company announced that a new Virtua Fighter Direct presentation is scheduled for Sunday, May 11 (the final day of Evo Japan), and will be broadcast on Sega’s official Virtua Fighter...
The Scottish Gaelic translation of Still Wakes the Deep is deeply political
In the opening hour of Still Wakes the Deep, the acclaimed horror game set aboard a perilous oil rig in the North Sea, we hear the C-bomb no less than six times. Most come from the mouth of gruff protagonist Caz McLeary, an electrician, or “leccy,” from Glasgow. Caz possesses...
Lucasfilm is now shamelessly owning the Star Wars Holiday Special
For decades, the Star Wars Holiday Special was a misbegotten artifact of a specific era of network TV variety-show thinking, and Lucasfilm seemed content to pretend it never happened. Fans considered it a black mark on George Lucas’ franchise, and made it the butt of endless fandom jokes. But that’s...
Marvel Rivals layoffs are just part of NetEaseâs ice-cold job and game cuts
When NetEase slashed jobs at its Marvel Rivals development studio in Seattle earlier this week, it was unclear why the Chinese game publisher would make cuts around such a successful project. Marvel Rivals has attracted more than 40 million players since its December launch, helping NetEase rack up $2.9 billion...
Palworld devs blame Nintendo Pokémon lawsuit for âdisappointingâ game changes
Palworld developer Pocketpair has admitted it has had to make changes to its game in response to the patent-infringement lawsuit brought against it by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company — and indicated there are more of these changes coming.In a blog post titled “Regarding the lawsuit, changes to Palworld and...
50 years of game history, as told through 60 games
Julian “Jaz” Rignall has been playing games for nearly 50 years, and writing about them for most of those. The former competitive arcade game player and Mean Machines editor has seen the games industry morph through more generations than are easy to count, and now he’s written a book about...