A new chapter, made exclusively by DOOM’s most enigmatic creator.

It’s Weed Tea and it’s actually quite good at it’s job.

In the beginning there was DOOM and the beginning was DOOM and from DOOM came the first person shooter. So it was written.

Darkwood has a reputation as “a horror game with no jumpscares”, which is truly impressive considering how MOST horror games rely almost exclusively on jumpscares. But the question would then be “How is it scary?” Well, it’s scary because of literally everything.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is not the most action packed Monsterverse entry, but it’s probably the most interesting overall. Hell, it’s easily the best written and does a great job of intertwining with the films in the franchise.

This new Fortnite season is my favorite in quite a few months, probably since C5,S3: Wrecked. The gameplay and ideas presented here bring an overhaul to a lot of the mechanics and systems we know and love. The theme is cohesive and smartly constructed, remaining broad and relatively open ended while also having a clear vision and focus.

Even if it seemed like a novelty at first, way back when it started in November 2023 (my God that feels like a decade ago), Fortnite OG felt like a bit of a Pandora’s Box for the game. People genuinely do miss the OG Fortnite era. It was a simpler time for that generation. There was no going back.

The original Little Nightmares game had me feeling like I needed a hug afterwards. This one has me needing therapy. So it goes, but damn does it go. What the first Little Nightmares did for greed, this game does for emotional manipulation and abuse. Playing this game was easy but finishing it was brutal.

GNX finds Kendrick in a new, refreshed place. He’s tougher now, angrier even. He’s seeing outwards now, while also maintaining that inner view of himself. He’s asking questions, he’s finding his answers and he’s really looking at things from the perspective of like a demi-god. He’s the greatest rapper of the century (but Kanye was still better at beats.) Kendrick has nothing left to prove and now he’s simply grave dancing.

LEGO Dark Space is intriguing from top to bottom, from it’s design choices, tone and overall concept. It’s a first person Lego puzzle horror game. It has a plot of sorts, it’s got a fun and diverse set of puzzles and it’s also legitimately creepy and scary. I was very surprised by what they were able to do with the LEGO style here.

So the new thing Fortnite seems to want do now is have a sort of “reboot/remake” and now “remix” of a classic season from the days of yore. This type we’re hitting Chapter 2 and an iconic map that I have never played before.

When you have a great game, sometimes you just need to make more of it. So Tarsier games did.

Dredge’s second DLC has Lovecraftian horror meeting corporate mismanagement at an absurd scale.

he Pale Reach is a great addition to Dredge is exactly what you want from a DLC. It expands the base game, adds some new content that fits right in and has an engrossing standalone story. It’s well crafted and self contained in a way that great DLC usually is.

I picked up Little Nightmares primarily as a Halloween game. Something fun and spooky. Or so I thought. Instead I found something deep, dark, beautiful and horrifying. This is one of those games that seems like a children’s game that is absolutely not a children’s game. Thematically, it’s one of the bleaker experiences I’ve had in recent memory. And yet also- some of the most fun I’ve had playing a platformer in years.

What struck me the most about The Cranes Are Flying wasn’t the brilliant technical aspects, or the smart, well structured story. It was the sheer humanity created by the performances and writing.

Yes. Dredge is a fishing game. And it’s fantastic.

Minecraft players love Minecraft. It’s in the Fortnite range of being more like a sport than a video game. This is a postmortem on Minecraft that isn't Minecraft.

I’ve become a big Dr. Doom fan recently. He might be a supervillain, but he does get results. The train has returned and it is running on time. There’s less sand everywhere. Cars and the nonsense mods (which I really liked) have been done away with. Order has been restored, as it always (traditionally speaking) is under Dr. Doom. But the biggest things aren’t what Dr. Doom has fixed or taken away…it’s what he’s brought with him…

“Wrecked”, the most recent season of Fortnite , stands out to many people. It had cars, power gauntlets, a Max Max/Fallout theme and lots of people complaining about all three. Many people were claiming it was “the worst season of Fortnite ever.” I don’t find this fair and I never found it fair.