Blog
Gaming

Joy-Con Sticks That Fix Drift Are A Prime Day Deal Worth Eyeing

Image: Universal Pictures / Nintendo / Kotaku This Amazon Prime Day deal on replacement Nintendo Switch Joy-Con thumbsticks promises to make your anxiety over drifting controllers a thing of the past. All you need is a little technical know-how and the ability to follow instructions. What You Should Know About Mario Strikers’ Big Free Update

Read More
Gaming

Don’t Skip Baldur’s Gate 3’s Opening If You Played Early Access

Image: Larian Studios Baldur’s Gate 3 entered early access almost three years ago, so players have had ample time to take its opening hours for a spin. If you’re one of them, you may have even seen the RPG’s first few acts several times at this point. However, if you’re gearing up to play the

Read More
Gaming

Halo Master Chief Collection Gets Another Big Update 9 Years In

In an era when it seems games are killed off all the time, it’s impressive to see Microsoft and 343 Industries continuing to support and update Halo: The Master Chief Collection nearly a decade after its initial release. And its next update, out July 12, is huge, adding a ton of new content to the

Read More
Gaming

Minecraft YouTuber Dream Doesn’t Regret Mask Pull Post Bullying

Minecraft YouTuber Dream has spoken about his decision to put the iconic smiley-face mask he was known for back on following face reveal, saying he doesn’t regret showing his mug to the world because it felt necessary to live. The Week In Games: What’s Releasing Beyond Exoprimal Read More: Popular Minecraft YouTuber Dream Will Cover

Read More
Gaming

YouTuber’s Across The Spider-Verse Cosplay Has Working Portals

Gif: JLaservideo / Kotaku YouTuber JLaservideo managed to create a Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse cosplay with operational “portals” with a couple of tubes and a good paint job, he explained in a recent TikTok. It resulted in a Spot costume that looks as good as it is functional. The Year’s Funniest Anime Is Lycoris Recoil

Read More
Gaming

Final Fantasy Protagonists Ranked From Worst To Best

Image: Square Enix Final Fantasy X’s himbo jock with daddy issues gets a bad rap because people take the game’s iconic laugh scene out of context and say he whines too much. This guy is going through it, and if you were propelled 1,000 years into the future and found out everything you know and

Read More
Gaming

Microsoft Wins Court Battle Against FTC Over Activision Blizzard Acquisition [Update]

Federal Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley has ruled against the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block Microsoft from closing its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard until it can be fully reviewed, freeing up the companies to complete the deal before a July 18 deadline, and potentially paving the way for them to dramatically reshape the

Read More
Gaming

The Vegas Orb Looks Like A Video Game Sidequest Location

Photo: Greg Doherty (Getty Images) The $2 billion The Sphere Las Vegas is an immersive performance venue with 17,385-seats, 168,000 speakers, and U2 tour tickets currently on sale. The 160,000 square foot LED screen that makes up its domed exoskeleton is capable of projecting eyeballs, Earth, and portals to nowhere, so it also looks like

Read More
Gaming

Useless Magikarp Is One Of The Most Valuable New Pokémon Cards

Yup, to the surprise of absolutely no one, the most popular, highest-priced card in all of Paldea Evolved is the Iono special illustration rare. Although, thankfully, not nearly as highly priced as its Japanese equivalent. It’s impossible to overstate just what a big deal this card was in Japan. When it was released as part

Read More
Gaming

Best Prime Day Storage Upgrade Deals For PS5, Xbox, And Switch

Games downloads are enormous these days, and they’re showing no signs of getting smaller. Those gigabyte numbers just keep going up, so your storage, whether hard drives, solid-state drives, or microSD cards, must match it. Tomorrow and Wednesday (July 11 and 12) could be a good time to expand your favorite console’s capacity, as Amazon’s

Read More