Have you heard there was some pretty big video game news this week? You must have been camping out under a PS5 if you don't know that one big company paid a huge amount of money to make another big company its own. The reactions and fallout to Xbox acquiring Activision Blizzard have been so widespread and plentiful, the stories […]

I consider myself the world’s most prominent Pokemon scientist. I’m not named after a tree, but other than that, I fit the bill perfectly. I’ve studied which Pokemon would win in a fight – not a Pokemon battle, a hand-to-hand fist fight – as well as which starters taste the best, which Pokemon would be the best to take to […]

Pokemon evolution is a simple concept at heart. You get a Pokemon to a high enough level and they change into a better Pokemon. Some Pokemon might change again, and others – usually rare, late-game ones – might not change at all. Broadly speaking, Pokemon evolutions just work. They're one of the best and most exciting things about the game, […]

There’s never been a film series as consistent as Pokemon. There has been a Pokemon movie released every single summer, without fail, for the past 22 years. Until last year, the longest we’ve ever had to wait for a new movie was between Arceus and the Jewel of Life in November 2009 and Zoroark—Master of Illusions in February 2011. That […]

Microsoft’s seismic deal to place Activision Blizzard King under its sole control shakes up the entire industry like an earthquake, and Sony would be right to worry. It even caused a big tumble in Sony’s share price, although that has since recovered somewhat. For those invested in the so-called console wars, the duel between rival console platforms can be akin […]

Hide your kids, hide your wives, and hide your husbands because Charizard is killing everybody out here. Machamp, Gengar, Decidueye, and Garchomp were all big winners in this week’s Pokemon Unite balance patch, but none of them got a come up like Charizard. The changes to Charizard’s kit increase both its viability and its quality-of-life, making it a more powerful […]

2021 was a banner year for Xbox Game Pass, and 2022 is already looking promising. With Microsoft’s acquisition of Bethesda early last year, the service added a host of beloved games like Skyrim and Fallout 3. And with Microsoft’s recent announcement that it’s acquiring Activision Blizzard, Game Pass’ reputation as the best deal in video games is potentially about to […]

NFTs and the Metaverse. These are the ideas millionaire investors and the strange man in the pub who mumbles to you over a frothy pint of Fosters and blackcurrant are hedging their bets on. At the heart of the Metaverse lie several hundred user-generated projects and marketplaces, a whole ecosystem of experiences, games, and most importantly, transactions, the prospect of […]

There’s no promo this week in FIFA Ultimate Team. Nothing. In a game that relies on enticing you back with better rewards each week to keep you in its grindy gameplay loop, this is practically unprecedented. We’ve got a “Team of the Year Warmup” – as if that’s a meaningful collection of words and not a big pair of hairy […]

With Skyrim's Playable Monster Mod you can, as the name suggests, play as a monster. Created by SirCumference64, this mod lets you transform into almost any creature, monster, or enemy in the game, including small critters like chickens and mudcrabs. I've recently written about playing Bethesda's RPG as a pure mage, an NPC, an illusionist, a pacifist, and an unarmed […]