You may have heard there's a new Harry Potter game coming out. Hogwarts Legacy is quite the talk of the town, in fact. On the one hand, some people don't want to play it because the chief creator of the property is the most influential transphobe in the world, and support for the game not […]
Pokemon Smash Or Pass: Johto Edition
Having somehow successfully avoided dying of shame, TheGamer's two biggest public-humiliation-kink-having editors are back to discuss, for all the world and their families to see, which Pokemon they would smash, and which they would pass. They're aiming for at least a 25 percent success rate, and Editor-in-Chief Stacey Henley and Tabletop Editor Joe Parlock just […]
Sunny Suljic Was Inspired By The MCU’s Loki For Atreus In God Of War Ragnarok
Sunny Suljic, the actor behind Atreus in God of War's Norse saga, has admitted that Tom Hiddleston's performance as Loki in the MCU helped shape his own version of the character. One of the big plot threads of God of War Ragnarok is Atreus coming to terms with who he is after the last game […]
Overwatch Fans Share Which Rejected Prometheus Heroes They’d Add To The Game
Overwatch 2 has a pretty wide range of characters to choose from, as Heroes have been steadily added ever since the first game's launch back in 2016. Just like with most video game projects, some potential characters were left on the cutting room floor back when Overwatch was known as Prometheus during development. For those […]
6 Best Playable Flashback Sequences In Games
Flashbacks can be a powerful tool when telling a story. It allows the writer to provide a backstory to a character, event, or relationship in a more interesting way than just having someone verbalize everything. It's a classic example of the storytelling technique known as "show, don't tell." The advantage of video games is that […]
Fallout 4 Mod Makes The Intro Nuke Kill You
Fallout 4 has perhaps the most dramatic introduction of any Fallout game. The Sole Survivor, whether that be the mother or father of Shaun, actually predates the war, surviving the nuclear apocalypse by hauling ass to an open vault and then cryogenically freezing themselves to awaken hundreds of years later. As cool as that intro […]
MTG’s Head Designer Points Out Too Many Planeswalker Names Start With K
It’s a ‘problem’ that few Magic: The Gathering players have likely noticed before, but one head designer Mark Rosewater has: too many Planeswalkers’ names begin with the letter K. Enough of them, in fact, that he has already raised the issue with his team at Wizards of the Coast. Planeswalkers are powerful mages who can […]
Mario Sunshine’s FLUDD Has Been Modded Into Super Mario Odyssey
Super Mario Odyssey is a pretty great game. So great that you'd be hard-pushed to find anyone who has played it who has anything negative to say about it. That might well change after you read this and you're reminded of the handy water-filled backpack from Super Mario Sunshine which has now been modded into […]
Elden Ring Player Shows Off The Coolest Way To Reveal Your Weapon
Most Elden Ring PvP bouts start pretty much the same: you bow, and then it’s game on. But I’d be willing to change the rules if we started making intros as cool as what you see in the clip below. Reddit user Esbidee recently shared this one trick that’ll immediately make any PvP introduction the […]
Skyrim Mod Lets Giants Dropkick You
Skyrim’s Giants used to be good for just one thing: sending Dragonborn into the stratosphere courtesy of their enormous clubs and some wonky physics. But thanks to a brand-new mod, Giants are getting an expansive new repertoire of martial arts moves. "Smash, Slap – that's vanilla giant," writes stst in the New Creature Animation – […]