Celeste Reminds Me Of How Mean I Was Before I Transitioned

Celeste has always been a tough game for me, and not just because of its difficulty spike. I played Celeste around its release in 2018, and that was back before I worked in games. I still loved video games, but I wasn’t involved in all of the daily cut-and-thrust of video game discourse, I didn’t […]

What do 128-tick servers mean for Valorant’s competitive play?

Riot Games’ debut first-person-shooter game, Valorant, is set to feature some of the best default competitive settings upon release. Valorant devs boast the game will host 128-tick servers, <35 ms for players near most major cities, and highly developed netcode. When it comes to first-person shooters like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO) and Valorant, server tick rates […]