Someone Built An 8-Bit Processor That Plays Its Own Games in Minecraft

Mojang’s sandbox gameMinecraftis one of the most popular games in the world, partly because of how wonderfully accommodating it is to players. The game has become well known for allowing players to build just about anything inside its sandbox. Now, oneMinecraftplayer is pushing that to the limit by creating an entire 8-bit processor that can run its own games entirely withinMinecraft. Minecraftplayers have created a wide variety of structures and devices in the game over the years, including a fullrecreation ofSkyrim’s College of Winterhold....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 423 words · Tammy Davidson

STALKER Developer Issues Statement on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

On Thursday, Russia launched an attack on Ukraine. While Russia claims that it isn’t targeting civilian populations or cities, reports of explosions within Ukraine’s capital Kyiv raise many questions. Kyiv is notably the home of several sizable game development studios, includingSTALKERdeveloperGSC Game World. Currently working onSTALKER 2, GSC Game World’s work is heavily tied to Ukrainian culture and its history with Russia. With that in mind, GSC Game World issued a strong statement regarding the Russian invasion of its home....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 411 words · Evelyn Moore

Stardew Valley: What to Do at the Desert Festival

Quick Links The Night Market is a special three-day festival that takes place on the beach starting in year one ofStardew Valley. The Desert Festival is another three-day festival added to the game in the 1.6 patch, but you might not get to visit it until the start of year two. Compared to the Night Market, the Desert Festival has several more challenges and vendors you can buy from. It also has a special currency you can only earn and spend during the event....

July 7, 2025 · 10 min · 1943 words · John Thompson

The Best Moms in the MCU

There’s no shortage of notable fathers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Scott Lang to Odin to the Vulture, not to mention Tony Stark himself. However, the mothers of the MCU deserve just as much. In a male-dominated industry like Hollywood, stories about father figures are much more prevalent than stories about mother figures. But even so, there are still plenty of mighty, marvelous moms who have appeared in the MCU over the years....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 1023 words · Mrs. Madison Jones PhD

The Gunk Review

Since its inception, developer Image & Form has been known for itsSteamWorldseries of games, putting out critically-acclaimed games likeSteamWorld DigandSteamWorld Heist. Now part of Thunderful Group, the studio has gone a different route for its next game,The Gunk, ditching the 2D graphics of theSteamWorldgames for an Xbox console exclusive 3D platformer/action-adventure title. Xbox console exclusiveThe Gunkis the story of Rani and Becks, two space explorers who come across a mysterious, resource-rich planet being terrorized by a hostile substance known simply as the gunk....

July 7, 2025 · 6 min · 1177 words · Kurt Morris

The Last of Us 2 Gate Code: How to Open the Main Gate in Seattle Day 1

When players reach the Seattle Day 1 chapter ofThe Last of Us2, they will encounter a multi-part puzzle that they must solve in order to open a gate forDinaand Shimmer. To do this, fans will need to both locate a gate code and power a specific terminal, and this means that there are a variety of different ways to get stuck on this gate puzzle inTLoU2. Fortunately, this can all be solved quite easily with just a bit of instruction, and indeed that instruction can be found below....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 498 words · Stanley Adkins

The Unspoken Rules of Rise of the Ronin Explained

Summary Rise of the Roninrepresents a significant step up in size and scope for developer Team Ninja. The studio behind theNinja Gaidenseries,Niohand its sequel, and more recently,Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, has finally tried its hand at an open-world game. The result isRise of the Ronin, an ambitious, if a little familiar, blood-soaked romp through feudal Japan. Despite not quite managing to win all critics over, the game provides hours of action-packed content, and for Team Ninja fans it is likely to satisfy....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 791 words · Melissa Parker

UFC 4: Best Muay Thai Combos

UFC 4is a very comprehensive video game version of the real-life fighting competition. With many fighters available all with their own fighting styles and moves, players have a great amount of versatility over the way they choose to fight opponents either offline or online. Combinations have been a staple aspect since even the days of thebest PS2 fighting games, andUFC 4is no different. RELATED:Reasons We’re Excited For UFC 4 (& Legit Concerns) Muay Thai is one of the most common martial arts in the world, and it’s not hard to see why....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 824 words · Leah Mendez

Warcraft: Arclight Rumble Cannot Follow Diablo Immortal’s Model

Earlier this year, Blizzard launched its latest foray into the mobile market withDiablo Immortal. This marks a new push by the studio to enter the mobile market, and it is the first newDiablogame since 2012. Many players found that the gameplay and combat were pretty fun, and some felt it was a goodDiabloadaptation for mobile. However,Diablo Immortal’s predatory microtransaction modelhas created much controversy and further damaged the public perception of Activision Blizzard....

July 7, 2025 · 4 min · 678 words · Claudia Cunningham

What Makes Vampyr a Half-Wasted Opportunity

Vampyris an action RPG created by Dontnod, theLife is Strangedevelopment team. The game is set in Victorian London - more precisely in 1918 - at the end of World War I and during the Spanish flu. Players take the role of Jonathan E. Reid, a medical officer who became a vampire and wants to discover everything about these creatures and their origins. Although all the conditions were present to be able to create a solid title, unfortunately, this was not the case withthe recently updatedVampyr....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 915 words · Cody Davis

Where to Find Weapon Mod Benches in Fortnite

Quick Links Fortniteplayers were introduced to weapon modifications at the start of Chapter 5, and it has remained in the game throughout its entirety. While some weapons already have plenty of mods when players find them, they can freely add, remove, and change them as they please, as long as they find a Mod bench and have enough gold to do so. This guide will tell players everything they need to know about weapon mods inFortnite, including where to find Mod Benches on the map and which mods they can apply to their weapons....

July 7, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Daniel Reyes

Why The Lost World Is The Best Jurassic Park Sequel

When it comes to filmmaking legacies, nobody has a bigger influence and impact on the box office than Steven Spielberg has. His long career is filled with massive hits likeJaws, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extraterrestrial, and so much more make up his blockbuster-riddled resume. All of those films live in the hearts of movie fans everywhere for the awe and imagination that he puts on the screen....

July 7, 2025 · 5 min · 930 words · Kathy Lutz

World of Tanks Creative Director Fired over Comments About Russia

Wargaming’s tank warfare MMOWorld of Tanksunderstandably becomes quite a delicate property after a real war is declared and real tanks similar to the ones depicted in the game start rolling. After Russia declared war on Ukraine, Wargaming had handled its property quite sensibly by pulling all advertising for the game and redesigning the adverts as to not show any advancing military vehicles. Other games similarly limited their advertisingas the public image for a single game is an easy thing to control through all its official advertising and social media channels....

July 7, 2025 · 3 min · 448 words · Robin Johnson