Gaming (Page 2)
News
How Spider-Man's New York City is different than the TMNT's NYC, according to Magic: The Gathering
Both the Marvel's Spider-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magic: The Gathering crossover sets are set in New York City
February 17, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Love the TMNT arcade game? Magic: The Gathering does as well, and they're building that into the upcoming TMNT commander deck
Unlike other commander decks in Magic: The Gathering, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles commander deck has a narrative to it
February 17, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
TMNT bosses gave Magic: The Gathering permission to create a “feminized” version of Leatherhead “without resorting to gator boobs”
Magic: The Gathering x Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles features a lady version of Leatherhead
February 17, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Logan Paul's Illustrator Pikachu broke the record for most valuable Pokémon card ever for reasons that baffle us all
For more than $16 million, you could have gotten a Illustrator Pikachu card that Logan Paul wore to Wrestlemania and slapped in a gaudy protective case.
February 17, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Let's Play: Flamecraft Duals, the magical matching game from Cardboard Alchemy
Let the Cardboard Alchemy team take you through the latest expansion of their delightfully draconic Dragons & Dragons fantasy game, Flamecraft Duals!
February 17, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Fallout series is really good at reminding me of how much I love the Fallout games [Gamify My Life]
Between Ron Perlman's baffling cameo and The Ghoul's laser focus on the main objective, the Fallout series feels more like the games than anyone could have imagined.
February 16, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Dungeons & Dragons is now playable without the classic RPG rules — thanks to a new action figure line
Dungeons & Dragons Questers is a new action figure line geared towards introducing Gen Alpha to the Forgotten Realms
February 13, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
New Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania, and Silent Hill announcements make Konami the big winners at this week's State of Play
Konami gave details about a new JRPG as well as remasters of two Metal Gear Solid games, a new 2D Castlevania, and another Silent Hill game - all in one night.
February 13, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Thank the gods the God of War Spartan Trilogy is getting a full remake
Confirmed at the February 2026 Sony State of Play, the original God of War Trilogy is getting a remake to introduce modern gamers into the god that Kratos used to be.
February 13, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
I didn't have a Kena: Bridge of Spirits sequel on my bingo card, but I'm happy to be wrong
Kena: Scars of Kosmora got announced and looks bigger, grander, and just as gorgeous as the first game.
February 13, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
4:LOOP is a game made specifically for Risk of Rain sickos like me
4:LOOP game director Mike Booth describes it as "endless, replayable chaos" which is the magic words to me.
February 13, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Let's Play: Roll For It! Going BIG! - The upsized dice-roller from Calliope Games
Try your luck with the jumbo-sized version of Roll For It, and join Popverse as we explore Tsuro, Martian Dice, and more from the folks at Calliope Games!
February 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Overwatch's new hero Anran getting redesign after backlash from both players and voice actor
Overwatch voice actor Fareeha Anderson said Anran looked "more docile than the most peacekeeping support in the game." Now Blizzard are planning to change the new Hero's look.
February 11, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Resident Evil is scary, funny, and painfully relevant... and that’s why it endures
Resident Evil may have always been an over-the-top survival horror series, but it's never been more relevant to our world
February 11, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Elsa Bloodstone in Marvel Rivals wants to remind you how cool the Marvel Universe is, even when the MCU feels stale
Marvel Rivals is succeeding in getting gamers excited about lesser-known Marvel Comics characters like Elsa Bloodstone
February 10, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Critical Role's Matt Mercer & Brennan Lee Mulligan got better at GMing thanks to Akira Kurosawa
Critical Role's new GM for Campaign 4 says there's a moment in Seven Samurai that teaches storytellers how to avoid the "soulless instinct to optimize." OG GM Mercer says it's a technique even used in shows like The Mighty Nein
February 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How Critical Role's Daggerheart is a great place for the "nervous GM," according to Matt Mercer
What if you, as the GM, don't have something prepared for a scene your players want to explore? Critical Role's Matt Mercer says Daggerheart is structured to accommodate
February 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Mighty Nein forced Critical Role's Taliesin Jaffe to play Mollymauk Tealeaf differently than in Campaign 2
OG Critical Role star Jaffe knows what's ahead for fan-favorite teafling Mollymauk in Prime Video's newest Exandrian adaptation - unlike when he first started playing him in 2018
February 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Don’t expect Wicked's Elphaba in Magic: The Gathering any time soon
There's a reason why you don't see witch hats in Magic: The Gathering
February 09, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Fallout: New Vegas is now a classic, but Obsidian and Bethesda developers say its launch was rough
Hindsight has us all pining for Fallout: New Vegas, especially in light of Fallout Season 2, but the developers remember fans complaining about it at launch.
February 09, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
007 First Light finally looks like the James Bond game Hitman fans wanted [Gamify My Life]
Why IO Interactive’s James Bond game has me more excited than GTA 6,
February 09, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Critical Role, Dimension 20, and other TTRPG shows are on a meteoric rise - and that makes Dropout's Jacob Wysocki "scared"
Fan favorite Dropout Super Saiyan Wysocki thinks "it's cool for something to have that wide of an appeal" but is nervous about what happens when more money comes into that space
February 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dimension 20's Oscar Montoya is playing a drag queen, but isn't trying to compete with RuPaul's All Stars of Dungeons & Drag Queens
Montoya's Dimension 20 character isn't trying to outperform Bob the Drag Queen or Monet X Change, but he will reveal a different kind of inspo
February 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Dimension 20 cast knows how to piss off Critical Role GM Brennan Lee Mulligan - put Dropout's Ally Beardsley in the game
Ally Beardsley has been rules lawyering against Brennan Lee Mulligan since Dimension 20 campaign 1
February 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Mortal Kombat, Exquisite Corpses, and One Chicago head up the C2E2 2026 programming schedule alongside Marvel guests and more!
The programming schedule for C2E2 2026 has been unveiled, offering a packed line-up of celebrities, gaming, comedy, and even an Emo Dance Party to keep the Windy City busy
February 05, 2026
Graeme McMillan
Features
Final Fantasy's Cloud and Tifa showed a generation how romantic video games could be
The love affair between Cloud and Tifa in Final Fantasy VII defined what love could be for a generation of gamers
February 05, 2026
Nathan Clark
News
Overwatch 2 is being rebranded after Blizzard experiences regrets of how the sequel went
A simple name change signals that Overwatch will hopefully feel more like the story-driven game that we all fell in love with.
February 05, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Genshin Impact's best lines, according to co-stars Kellen Goff & Sarah Miller-Crews
You've got it right, Genshin Impact stars Goff & Miller-Crews, Alchemy is truly fascinating.
February 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
GTA 6 is definitely not delayed, say fiscal reports from Rockstar Games’s parent company
We took a look at Take-Two Interactive Software's Q3 projections for 2026, and they're looking positive for folks hoping Grand Theft Auto VI will stick to its current release date
February 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Unhappy with the pricing of Magic: The Gathering's Secret Lair sets? So is Wizards, and they're testing out a new model
Magic: The Gathering has responded to fan outcry about the pricing options for the Secret Lair Chaos Vault Prints Charming drop
February 04, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Against all odds (and even a successor), the original Nintendo Switch just became the best-selling Nintendo console ever
The Switch has surpassed the Nintendo DS as the best-selling Nintendo console ever.
February 04, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Chappell Roan is coming to Fortnite Festival, and her long-running wish has finally come true
The Pink Pony Club singer has been manifesting this for years and now she's getting her own Fortnite skin... and then some.
February 04, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
The darkest character of Genshin Impact has a surprising Transformers influence
Kellen Goff, who voices Abyss Herald in Genshin Impact, points to a classic villain all Transformers know as inspiration for he evil-doer
February 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Stay in the Pokémon world: New Pokémon-themed hotels now open across Japan
With Pokémon Rooms opening in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka, your next trip to Japan could be even more special
February 03, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Ask Ming-Na Wen, Critical Role, Gail Simone, Karl Urban, Chris Claremont, Denys Cowan, and more your questions as part of ECCC x Popverse member exclusive!
Popverse members can submit questions for select Emerald City Comic Con 2026 panels and interviews.
February 03, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
This new Resident Evil short film with horror queen Maika Monroe has some fans praising it over the movies
Capcom has released a live-action short film starring Maika Monroe in the lead-up to Resident Evil: Requiem
February 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld will be joining your Marvel Rivals lobbies soon, but go easy on him
Will Rob Liefeld be playing Healpool, DPSpool, or Tankpool in Marvel Rivals?
February 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
What is the Mercer effect? Let Critical Role Campaign 4 GM Brennan Lee Mulligan tell you
Brennan Lee Mulligan says Critical Role & the Mercer Effect gave an entire generation of GMs jobs.
February 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
What your Dispatch ship choice says about you
This is a judgement free zone, friends, so let your Dispatch romance option of choice reveal a little more about you
February 02, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
From Final Fantasy to the X-Men: Welcome to Popverse's celebration of love in pop culture
It's time to celebrate what works (and what doesn't!) about the way that pop culture deals with relationships and love, from Star Wars to Dispatch and back again
February 02, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Good news: Deadpool will now be yapping less in Marvel Rivals
A new Marvel Rivals patch will reduce the amount of times you hear Deadpool and Galacta talk in the game
January 30, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Dispatch Switch censorship may be driven by Japan and AdHoc's resource limits — not Nintendo
A lack of nudity may be disappointing to some gamers, but there is more nuanced reasoning behind the Dispatch censorship than just "Nintendo bad."
January 29, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Magic: The Gathering lawsuit alleges that Hasbro "knowingly overprint[ed]" cards and flooded the market
A lawsuit has been filed against Hasbro for their handling of Magic: The Gathering by two stockholders
January 27, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Highguard trailer fan reaction has former Apex Legends developer rethinking marketing strategy
After revealing the game at The Game Awards 2025, Wildlight Entertainment made the odd decision to not market Highguard ahead of its release date
January 27, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and Hearthstone get the spotlight in the new Blizzard Showcase 2026 schedule
The four biggest games in the Blizzard line-up are getting their own spotlights ahead of Blizzcon 2026 later this year.
January 27, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Critical Role Campaign 4 newcomers head to Awesome Con 2026, signaling the franchise’s expansion beyond the original cast
Campaign 4's Whitney Moore, Alexander Ward, & Luis Carazo will be joined by Critical Role founders Sam Riegel and Taliesin Jaffe at Awesome Con 2026
January 26, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
New Dragon Ball Age 1000 game really, really wants you to know that Akira Toriyama was involved in the development of (probably) Xenoverse 3
The Dragon Ball Age 1000 game project, which certainly feels like Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, comes out in 2027, three years after series creator Akira Toriyama
January 26, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
With Marvel Tokon, Wolverine, and 1943: Rise of Hydra, 2026 will either be the best year for Marvel Games, or the most disappointing [Gamify My Life]
I've got faith we'll see Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls this year, but what about Wolverine and Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra? I'm less certain about them.
January 26, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Magic: The Gathering exec says TV, movies, and comics are keeping the MTG Multiverse alive
Magic: The Gathering designer Mark Rosewater confirms that Magic's Universes Within sets are here to stay, despite the success of Universes Beyond
January 24, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Forget about Rockstar's GTA VI delays - the game might be entirely banned (Well, in Russia)
The World Russian People's Council calls Rockstar Games' (still unreleased) GTA VI "a particularly dangerous tool of influence."
January 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
From the Ball to the Burlesque: ECCC 2026's Tavern is where to sidequest, Seattle-style
Whips, balls, gaming, and drinking - there's a lot more to do at Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026 than you might expect.
January 23, 2026
Graeme McMillan
News
Critical Role, Doctor Who and multiple Marvel projects lead the charge in the Seattle ECCC 2026 programming schedule
Want to see William Shatner, David Tennant and the cast of Critical Role in one place this March? Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026 is the place to be
January 22, 2026
Graeme McMillan
Features
Let's Play: Everdell Emerland, the cozy city-builder from Tycoon Games
Popverse got a sneak peek at Emerland, the latest entry into the Everdell series of board games from Tycoon Games. Join us as we manage our resources, assign jobs to our critters, and built out a jungle city
January 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to play the Resident Evil games in order
Let us be your guide through Raccoon City and beyond with guide to the Resident Evil games in order.
January 21, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Wizards of the Coast mix-up sends Magic: The Gathering TMNT cards into Lorwyn Eclipsed promo packs
Some of the promo cards for the Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed's pre-release kits included Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cards
January 21, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Critical Role's Liam O'Brien explains why The Mighty Nein begins by establishing the Caleb/Nott relationship
Many changes were made to bring Critical Role's Campaign 2 to life in the form of Prime Video's The Mighty Nein, one of which involved Caleb Widogast and Nott the Brave
January 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Original Pokémon games faced major development struggles, key developer says
Tsunekazu Ishihara was a producer on the original Pokemon games and he recently reflected on the six-year journey to bring the games to life.
January 20, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Don’t trust the 2026 release dates for GTA 6, Wolverine, or Elder Scrolls 6 [Gamify My Life]
Why 2026’s biggest games (GTA 6, Wolverine, Elder Scrolls 6) may all slip.
January 19, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Resident Evil shelved Leon Kennedy for 14 years because Capcom didn’t want players to see him scared
Resident Evil Requiem is the first time we've played as Leon since 2012's Resident Evil 6 because the director didn't know how to use him in a horror game.
January 16, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Magic: The Gathering Fallout Secret Lair revealed — new crossover cards go nuclear
The Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair x Fallout superdrop includes an entire drop based around the adorable pooch named Dogmeat
January 16, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Minecraft inspired Hytale starts 2026 with a comeback story, becoming the most popular game on Twitch hours after entering Early Access
420k people were watching Hytale on Twitch, which is pretty remarkable for a game that was cancelled just six months ago.
January 14, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Lorwyn Eclipsed release date delay: Wizards of the Coast warns of lateness amidst a major distro change with Diamond
Don't mulligan the Lorwyn Eclipsed decks just yet - the MTG Draft Night release date is delayed for some of us, but it will get here.
January 14, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Amazon Fallout series boosts Fallout game player counts again, but less than Season 1
Fallout Season 2 has reminded fans of how much they love the Wasteland, but it hasn't had the same impact that Season 1 did back in 2024
January 13, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Magic: The Gathering goes behind the scenes of its Jim Henson-produced Lorwyn Eclipsed short film
Magic: The Gathering's collaboration with The Jim Henson Company for the Lorwyn Eclipsed short film is legendary
January 13, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Gotta Build ‘Em All: LEGO x Pokemon reveal the first-ever collaboration sets
A cursed Pikachu face is countered by a suitably epic Kanto starter set to make this Pokémon x LEGO collaboration one to watch.
January 13, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Palworld is not beating the Pokémon clone allegations as they announce a Palworld Card Game out this summer
Nintendo's lawyers already have Palworld in their sights, so why not release their own card game?
January 13, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Marvel Rivals’ new Ice Phoenix skin gives Jean Grey a look Emma Frost would be jealous of
Jean Grey's Ice Phoenix skin in Marvel Rivals is absolutely fire (I'll show myself out)
January 13, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Macaulay Culkin and Optimus Prime were the inspiration for two Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach characters
According to Marta Svetek and Kellen Goff - who play Gregory and Glamrock Freddy, respectively - the 90s inspired Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach in more than just the Chuck E. Cheese way
January 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Red Dead Redemption 2 'spider' secret has been confirmed by a former Rockstar employee... but don't expect a reward for finding it
Red Dead Redemption 2's elusive Spider Dream Mystery is confirmed to be a real feature of the game, says ex-Rockstar employee Adam Butterworth. Just don't hold out for any big prize for solving it
January 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role star Matt Mercer knows how to work Bart Simpson into a Dungeons & Dragons campaign
"Try as you might young Simpson," quips Critical Role cofounder and usual GM Matt Mercer in an interview with Nancy Cartwright, "I will have that cow and you can’t stop me."
January 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Thanks to Clair Obscur and Dispatch, we need to redefine what an Indie game is [Gamify My Life]
2025 was the year indie studios started making AAA-quality games and that is an exciting trend in gaming.
January 12, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
The "Gregory is a robot" fan theory from Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach is something his voice actor loves
Marta Svetek, who plays both Gregory and Roxanne in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, thinks the internet is onto something with the RoboGreg idea
January 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Loki mains, rejoice: new Marvel Rivals patch finally gives Lady Loki a lord avatar
The Goddess of Mischief herself, Lady Loki, has now gotten the lord avatar she deserves in Marvel Rivals
January 09, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
What do Five Nights at Freddy's Glamrock Freddy and Hazbin Hotel's Sir Pentious have in common? An expert vocal trick
Five Nights at Freddy's Kellen Goff has a trick for making his voice more gravelly that we also heard from Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss's Alex Brightman
January 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
How to watch Dimension 20 in order, from Fantasy High to Gladlands and everything in between
Is Dimension 20 beginner friendly? Where can I watch Dimension 20? Why does the internet love when Brennan Lee Mulligan gets mad? All this (well, most of it) is answered in Popverse's Dimension 20 watch order
January 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Stranger Things creators would've made the show about Magic: The Gathering instead of D&D but the timeline didn't allow it
Like so many other millennials, the Duffer Brothers grew up playing Magic: The Gathering, and wanted to include it in their Stranger Things show
January 07, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
How FNAF creator Scott Cawthon made a game for his kids using other people's characters, then turned it into an official Five Nights at Freddy's game
The lesson you can learn from Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon is that you should never throw out anything you create. Just in case.
January 07, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Final Fantasy IX character designer Toshiyuki Itahana has left Square Enix after 25+ years, but isn't retiring
Toshiyuki Itahana announced that he left Square Enix at the end of 2025 after working on the Final Fantasy series for more than two decades.
January 07, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Why did Matt Mercer step away from GMing Critical Role Campaign 4? Let him reveal all
As a GM in a TTRPG, you've got to anticipate problems before you get to them. According to Critical Role cofounder Matt Mercer, who plays Campaign 4's Julien Davinos, that's good advice for a career in TTRPGs as well
January 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Resident Evil 4 Remake nearly had Ashley as a playable character, but Capcom was probably right to cut it
The sequence was found by modders but we're not sure if Resident Evil 4 Remake needed a new opening sequence at all
January 06, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Critical Role's Whitney Moore knew John Carpenter's The Thing would work as burlesque - so she made it happen
And yes - Critical Role Campaign 4 fan-favorite Whitney Moore does work "mutant freak transformation" into her act based on Carpenter's seminal 1982 horror flick, the Thing
January 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The rarest Magic: The Gathering Lorwyn Eclipsed card is limited to just 500 copies
The headliner card for Magic: The Gathering's Lorwyn Eclipsed set is the borderless, serialized Bitterbloom Bearer by fan-favorite artist Rebecca Guay
January 06, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Stupid Never Dies looks like an Avril Lavigne music video got an undead AMV and I can't stop watching the trailer [Gamify My Life]
From a studio founded by a former Resident Evil and Devil May Cry producer, Stupid Never Dies already looks like a ridiculously stylish action RPG.
January 05, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
No, you’re not dreaming: A Magic: The Gathering x Jim Henson collaboration is happening
On Monday, January 5, Magic: The Gathering will drop a short film made in collaboration with The Jim Henson Company, the icons behind films like The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth
January 05, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Welcome to 2026! Here's how Popverse will continue to be your pop culture tour guide & bestie
The Avengers are back. Dune returns. Stranger Things is over. Comics lives on. It's the year 2026, and you've got Popverse by your side.
January 02, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
Critical Role’s Whitney Moore didn’t expect Tyranny and Wicks to become such a duo
OG Critical Role cast member Sam Riegel could be considered the Sherlock to Moore's Watson - if Sherlock was a lot more religious and Watson was, well, a pink demon
January 02, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How Babs Tarr and a vibrator inspired Critical Role's new character Tyranny, according to Whitney Moore
Planning on cosplaying Moore's demonic Tyranny from Critical Role Campaign 4? You have DC artist Babs Tarr and a pink vibrator to thank
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role is already planning for a future beyond its original cast
Critters were surprised when the Critical Role Campaign 4 cast was revealed to include six new players. But the way Ed Lopez and Ben Van Der Fluit tell it, they shouldn't be surprised if something like that happens again
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role have become hits in TV, comics, TTRPG, and live shows: next, they want to get into footwear
Having already partnered with Dark Horse to make comics and Prime Video to make TV, Critical Role's Ed Lopez and Ben Van Der Fluit have a boots-on-the-ground plan to make... er, boots
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role expected Daggerheart to do well, but they didn't expect it to do 2500% more than their projections
Critical Role's Daggerheart printed what they thought were a year's worth of campaign books in 2025. They lasted two weeks
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Why animation is the perfect introduction to TTRPGs, according to Legends of Avantris
You may have heard of TTRPG actual play series Legend of Avantris from the weird little mice cartoons that come up on their social media. That's very much by design, say the cast
December 31, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Legends of Avantris gang want to tackle the urban noir genre next: "when, not if"
Legends of Avantris, the creators of hit folk horror campaign the Crooked Moon, teased a subgenre they'd love to see as part of their actual play series down the line
December 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 capped a year when indie games defined 2025 [Gamify My Life]
It isn't that Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft had bad years - they just didn't deliver the kind of magic that their indie game competition did.
December 29, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Neil Newbon tried to brute-force his way into Baldur’s Gate 3 by auditioning for anything (and almost everything), and it worked
Neil Newbon was so desperate to be in Baldur’s Gate 3 that he auditioned for 12 different parts before being cast as Astarion
December 28, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Every Final Fantasy game is different, but these are the things that always stay the same [Gamify My Life]
Whether it is a new Cid popping up or just those all-important Moogles, some things not even Square Enix wants to change about the Final Fantasy series.
December 22, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Critical Role Campaign 4 and Birdemic star Whitney Moore reflects on cult films, the overlap of horror and burlesque, and soup for breakfast
Whitney Moore, who Critical Role fans know as Tyranny in Campaign 4, knows why some movies are so bad they're good - "I do not believe that art is good or bad. I believe it is inspired or uninspired."
December 19, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
Wizards of the Coast has a secret rule for MTG against wizards in pointy hats
Wizards of the Coast didn't want the wizards of Magic: The Gathering to look too stereotypical, we can presume?
December 18, 2025
Jules Chin Greene
News
Magic: The Gathering isn't announcing a Star Wars set, but their head designer has strong ideas of what a Darth Vader card would be
Yes, A Galaxy Far Far Away and a Universe Beyond sound like synonyms, but there's not confirmation that Magic: the Gathering and Star Wars are partnering up (yet, hopefully?)
December 18, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
How Critical Role sparked what could be the first TTRPG community in Iraq
Over on the Critical Role Reddit, fans heard from the organizer of Boards & Beyond, "Iraq’s first dedicated tabletop RPG community"
December 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
What do you think of the upkeep step in MTG? Some of the people who make the game regret creating it, and have been slowly de-prioritizing it
Head of game design at Magic: The Gathering, Mark Rosewater, isn't sure that upkeep would remain in Magic if the game were created today
December 17, 2025
Jules Chin Greene