CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenThe Matrix Online Died 12 Years Ago, But Fans Are Still Keeping It AliveNothing lasts forever. Neither you nor I, and especially not video games. Despite the promise of digital…ByNathan GraysonPublishedApril 30, 2021Comments (11)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenSometimes You Just Have To Let Backlog Games GoMost of us will probably never play every game we own right now, let alone all the others we’ll buy or download in…ByNathan GraysonPublishedApril 23, 2021Comments (47)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenWhy Video Game Loot Is So Addictive, According To The Creators Of DiabloColors mean different things to different people, but very specific colors mean the exact same thing to everybody…ByNathan GraysonPublishedApril 16, 2021Comments (69)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenIn 2007, Video Game Memes Took A Dark TurnMemes. These days, they’re everywhere. They are the pillars upon which internet culture—and by extension, pop…ByNathan GraysonPublishedApril 9, 2021Comments (13)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenSingle-Player Games Are Finally Making A Comeback, Sort OfOnce upon a time, Shigeru Miyamoto famously said, “A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad forever.”…ByNathan GraysonPublishedApril 2, 2021Comments (43)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenWhere Did Gamer Snacks Come From, Anyway?There are snacks, and then there are snacks for gamers. Through chalky chemical combinations of dubious repute, they…ByNathan GraysonPublishedMarch 26, 2021Comments (41)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenVideo Game Companies Keep Coming Up With New Ways To Take Our MoneyVideo games are expensive. They have been expensive for a very long time, and they keep getting more expensive. To…ByNathan GraysonPublishedMarch 19, 2021Comments (33)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenHow Plague Inc Evolved Once A Real Global Pandemic Came AlongSomehow, horrifyingly, it has been nearly a full year since most of us went into lockdown to wait out covid-19. And…ByNathan GraysonPublishedMarch 12, 2021Comments (9)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenValheim Is Great Because It Doesn't Care About Boring Survival Stuff Like Starving And PoopingSurvival is a term you hear a lot in video games, but what does it actually mean? For some, it’s all about crafting…ByNathan GraysonPublishedMarch 5, 2021Comments (50)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenHow One Of The Worst Video Game Movies Of All Time Got MadeSomehow, miraculously, video game movies and TV shows are suddenly good. The Witcher is fun, Sonic inhaled box…ByNathan GraysonPublishedFebruary 26, 2021Comments (66)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenWhy Do We Call The Hardest Video Game Enemies 'Bosses,' Anyway?In real life, if you encounter a large being hell-bent on beating the crap out of you, you call them “an asshole” or…ByNathan GraysonPublishedFebruary 19, 2021Comments (64)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenSordid Tales Of Real Romance In Online GamesIt’s February, and love is in the air. But so are airborne particles that transmit a global pandemic, so real-world…ByNathan GraysonPublishedFebruary 12, 2021Comments (22)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenEven After Stonks Madness, GameStop Is Probably Still DoomedGameStop is dead, long live GameStop. The embattled chain might be improbably back in the headlines, but that…ByNathan GraysonPublishedFebruary 5, 2021Comments (47)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenAtari's Bad E.T. Game Wasn't Responsible For The 1983 Video Game Crash, Capitalism WasHistory is the study of literally everything that has ever happened, and by that measure, it is objectively the most…ByNathan GraysonPublishedJanuary 29, 2021Comments (43)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenVideo Games, Like Life, Are Full Of Godawful PresidentsThis week, America had a normal one. Nothing major or out of the ordinary happened, and no disgraced proto-fascist…ByNathan GraysonPublishedJanuary 22, 2021Comments (17)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenVideo Game Spoilers Are Good, ActuallyFor the most part, the internet is a screaming void where nobody can agree on anything—not even what to scream…ByNathan GraysonPublishedJanuary 15, 2021Comments (93)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenWaluigi Will Never Be In Smash, And Other 2021 PredictionsA new year is here, and surprise! It’s already extremely bad—just like the last one. But maybe better things lie…ByNathan GraysonPublishedJanuary 8, 2021Comments (30)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenWhy Ice Levels Keep Showing Up In Video Games, Even Though Most Of Them Are BadIn games as in life, slipping and sliding on ice patches while torrents of snow transform your eyelashes into…ByNathan GraysonPublishedDecember 25, 2020Comments (43)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenWhat Is Even The Point Of Giving Awards To Video Games‘Tis the season to feel mildly embittered at basically all times. I speak, of course, of awards season, during which…ByNathan GraysonPublishedDecember 18, 2020Comments (58)
CultureSplitscreenCultureSplitscreenCyberpunk 2077's Genital Customization Options Leave A Lot To Be DesiredCyberpunk 2077 has dicks. Cyberpunk 2077 has vagina (singular). Already, you might be getting the impression that…ByNathan GraysonPublishedDecember 11, 2020Comments (140)