Life finds a way Someone once told me I talk like Jeff Goldblum. This is not true. I also don’t look like Charlie Day, Peter Frampton, Bret McKenzie, Michael Sheen, or Dikembe Mutombo. But at least I appreciated the former (tip: don’t tell people who they look like; it is confusing and uncanny at best, offensive at worst). If I could channel a fraction of Goldblum’s swarthy, gangly, aloof sex appeal or ability to vomit stomach acid onto his food while his shedding, greasy hair starts to look like a perm, my life would definitely be better....

HELLO, CLEAVELAND! Today’s the (latest) big day, as Arc System Works’ launches the latest beta for its slick ‘n’ sexy fighting game,Guilty Gear Strive. But before you get stuck intoGG‘s complicated, Heavy-Slashin’ universe, there’s just one more Starter Guide for you to check out, shining a big spotlight on one of the franchise’s best known superstars: I-No. I-No is one ofGuilty Gear‘s poster characters, having built up a huge following since her series debut in 2002’sGuilty Gear XX....

Dear Esther is probably pretty fun after a few bottles of tequila Papa Burch is the best father ever. He supports… nay…encourageshis children to do what feels right to them. Including getting completely smashed on daddy’s special “apple juice.” This episode ofHey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?is aboutDear Esther, Burch family picnic edition. And speaking of picnics, that park is depressing. It reminds me of the nuke scene fromTerminator 2. F*ckin’ Arizona desert....

Using an Artian weapon becomes almost mandatory inMonster Hunter Wildswhen trying to clear the endgame content, but you’ll have to craft them with the correct resources. To get these weapons, you’ll have to find their respective parts. The parts you use will impact the weapon you build out of them, but for starters, you’ll need to collect them inside the game. Let’s take a look at how to farm these parts in the first place....

Now that you’ve collected a few samples for the Scientist from some of the early game biomes inDredge: The Iron Rig, it’s time to head to the strangest one: Stellar Basin. Here, you’re tasked with fishing up the deepest samples the DLC asks for. Picking up samples for the Scientist inDredge‘sThe Iron RigDLC has been pretty simple while working through the game’sfirst two biomes, but this is where it gets tricky Stellar Basin is a dangerous area to explore without there being large puddles of contaminant that host creatures that can smash your boat if you’re not careful....

It has been nearly two months since Nintendo unveiled the3DS Slide Pad Expansion(Circle Pad Proin the West). Despite the initial cries of “Nubageddon,” the fervor has since died down, allowing everyone to reflect upon the news with an open mind and clearer perspective. Some have concluded that this move is proof that the 3DS hardware was rushed to market, whereas others have dismissed it as just another peripheral that will soon join the ranks of the Super Scope, e-Reader, and Wii Balance Board....

Marking the Wolves The King of Fighters XVhasn’t even hit the ring yet, but that hasn’t stopped SNK from rolling out details of the incoming slugger’s post-release DLC. The publisher has announced that four additional teams will be added to the new fighter over the course of 2022, equating to a whopping 12 additional characters. Currently, we only know the identity of the first two trios. Team Garou, as the name suggests, features three beloved characters from the excellent Neo Geo fighterGarou: Mark of the Wolves....

There’s a method to my madness when picking kusoge. A lot of the time, I go by reputation. I may not have playedCarmageddon 64orBMX XXXuntil I chose them as subjects for articles, but they’re generally understood to be crap games. This helps in two ways; the first is that I’m not going to be stepping all over someone’s favorite game, and the second is that more people will recognize it off the hop....

Look at it! Missed gamescom and PAX Prime 2013? Well don’t stress about it too much if you were hoping to catch the gameplay demonstration forXCOM: Enemy Withinas it’s now available to view right here. Lead designer Ananda Gupta shows off some new weapons, abilities, enemies, plus maps. The new expansion looks pretty damn great. I love how you can mod your soldiers now with either genetic abilities or turn them into mechs....

Well this one was a head-scratcher at first. Speaking to Dengeki PlayStation, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino explained the creative process behindNi No Kuni IIa bit, noting that it was a western game first and foremost, despite the fact that it’s heavily rooted in JRPG genre history. Evidently, at least at first, there wasn’t even going to be a full Japanese version of the game. Crazy I know, coming from a Japanese development studio, but Hino explains it best:...

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Press ‘Gun’ to boner Max and I were playingCall of Duty: Advanced Warfarewhile hungover, and started devolving into dumber and dumber jokes, and then Max busts out a term like “jingoistic proto-fascism” because we’re a couple of San Francisco hipsters who definitely don’t have informed, individually refined opinions about things because the world is a vampire and everything is fake.

The dream of owning the firstMetal Geargames in one location will soon come to fruition with theMetal Gear Solid: Master Collection.Now, a new platform is getting on on the action. In addition to current-gen consoles and PC, Konami announced plans to bring the first volume of theMetal Gear Solidbundle to PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC versions were previously locked in for October 24. PS4 details are still TBD, however, so we’ll have to wait for further info....