S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2’s Delay Is Personally Painful Because The Original Games Are So Iconic

You approach the camp at night, alone. It is dark, but you do not want them to know where you are—so your flashlight remains in your bag. You can barely make out the enemies’ positions, your only referent being the lights cast from beneath the barrels …

Halo Infinite’s Oddball ‘Quidditch’ Glitch Makes Ball Appear To Fly Around On Its Own

For those of you who, like me, are missing Grifball—Halo’s in- and out-of-universe football-style combat sport—in Halo Infinite, you can at the very least pretend you’re playing Quidditch, the favorite wizard sport of transphobes everywhere, thanks to …

Renata Price’s Top Ten Games Of 2021

2021 has been a tremendously odd year. It has also been my first year with a real job as a games writer. This means that I have a lot of pent-up feelings from the past several years about video games that I love, many of which are embodied by this very…

The Best Games To Check Out During Steam’s Massive Winter Sale

Yes, Gamers, it is that time of year again—time for the Steam Winter Sale, which becomes more of a normal seasonal sale and less of a gamified mess with every year that passes (for better and for worse). 2021 was a pretty great, albeit odd, year for vi…

Bungie Joins Growing List Of Major Studios Who Should Definitely Unionize

Today, IGN released a massive report on workplace culture, crunch, and hiring practices within Bungie, the development studio behind Destiny and the original Halo series. The report includes dozens of stories from current and former Bungie employees de…

Sexually Harassed Activision Blizzard Employee Holds Press Conference To Demand Apologies, Money

Today, a woman named Christine who works at major game publisher Activision Blizzard held a press conference with her lawyer Lisa Bloom to describe the sexual harassment she experienced at the company. This is the latest in the ongoing battle between A…