New Year’s resolutions are one thing that everyone loves to hate. Yeah, a lot of them are asinine, and many of us won’t really follow them after a month or two. (There’s a reason gyms are at their busiest in January and then look like ghost towns in February.) All…
It happens to all of us sometimes: you come home after a long, exhausting day of work and crash down in front of your desk. The only thing you want to do is long on to your favorite game and play a few rounds with your buddies, hopefully putting the…
It can be hard to avoid copyright strikes while livestreaming on services like Twitch. While the only thing you might have in mind is playing your favorite gaming tunes in the background while you stream, companies see this as you profiting off of their music, particularly if you’re actively making…
Interested in dipping your toes into the Game Pass waters during the holidays? During your time on the internet, you’ve probably come across at least one article that calls Xbox Game Pass one of the best deals in gaming. Most prominent gaming news sites spend time each month detailing which…
The bread and butter of the Pokémon series is types. This rock-paper-scissors battle style is simple enough for newcomers to understand, while deep enough to promote forethought and strategy during matchups. Thanks to the recent release of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl as well as the upcoming release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus in January, Pokémon type matchups have gone…
Whether you’re a gamer yourself or not, chances are you’ll need to shop for someone who enjoys video games this holiday season. Thanks to the rapid evolution of technology and the constant release of new games, finding the right gaming-themed gift can feel like looking for a needle in a…
In a surprise announcement during October’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons Direct, Nintendo revealed Happy Home Paradise, a paid DLC that brings a whole new component to the life sim. The DLC, which is a de facto sequel to 2015’s Happy Home Designer for the 3DS, allows players to design the interiors and exteriors of vacation…
Sniping in FPS games has a terrible reputation. On one side, you have the meme of the “46 shots, one kill” Widowmaker in Overwatch, or the bad sniper who can’t hit any shots and ends up being more of a liability than a carry for their team. On the flip side,…
Over the last few years of play, I’ve discovered that positivity makes a huge difference in how my teammates and I feel while we’re playing, which in turn can translate into more focus and more wins. I’ve been playing on amateur gaming teams since 2018, which is quite honestly something…
Nintendo’s philosophy is most easily summed up as “lateral thinking with withered technology,” as several prominent designers at the company have said for years. Rather than trying to be on the cutting edge of technology and move the industry forward, Nintendo is generally more focused on how they can repurpose…
Twitch is having a rough time right now, to put it lightly. Recently, a massive leak revealed the site’s entire source code, additional data and information on other Twitch properties, streamer payouts for the last three years, internal security tools, and a potential Amazon competitor to Steam, the massive online…
It’s hard to believe that the holiday season is already upon us. While some might consider “the holidays” to refer mostly to December, I consider everything from October 1st through New Year to be the holiday season. It’s a fun and festive time of year for pretty much everyone: you…
