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The Best Games I’ve Played So Far This Year

We’re three quarters into 2024, and with only one major chunk of game releases left to go, I decided it was time for a check-in on how my…

Sep 30

The customized player character pets the cheeks of the pilgrim dog in Rise of the Ronin. The dog is brown and white with a yellow back around his neck, which he carries into other players’ games to give them items.

Sep 30

Alex Rowe

Microsoft Is About to Attempt Another Xbox Headset

It has to be better than the last one, right?

6h ago

The now discontinued official Xbox Wireless Headset sitting on its side on a desk mat. A keyboard at the right side of the frame casts green light onto it.

6h ago

Alex Rowe

The Top 3 Pixel Art Zelda Games

You should probably just play all of them

1d ago

Link meets the singer Nayru in Zelda: Oracle of Ages. She’s sitting on the left side of the frame, has bright blue hair, and has musical notes floating around her to represent singing.

1d ago

Alex Rowe

The Best Basic Bluetooth Headphones

Sometimes boring is good!

1d ago

Audio-Technica M20XBT headphones lying on their side on a laptop inside a coffee shop. An iced tea sits at the top right of the frame.

1d ago

Alex Rowe

Infamous: Second Son is A Racist Stain on Sony’s PlayStation Legacy

Brilliant tech, edgy style, and completely botched representation

2d ago

Delsin Rowe stands outside the “Akomish” longhouse in Infamous: Second Son, looking just to the right of the camera. The longhouse has a banner advertising a tourist-trap-style festival.

2d ago

Alex Rowe

Turtle Beach Finally Remembered Their Cool Huge Speakers

A forgotten tech development returns

2d ago

Closeup of the 60mm “Eclipse” speaker inside a Turtle Beach Recon 500 headset, shown with the ear pad removed.

2d ago

Alex Rowe

Throne and Liberty Puts On a Good First Act

The perfect way to avoid throwing money in the Diablo IV pit

3d ago

A closeup of the face of the customizable protagonist of Throne and Liberty. She has long reddish hair and the edges of the screen are blurred with a camera effect.

3d ago

Alex Rowe

Darksiders: Gaming Innovation Gone Awry

Why keep something when you can keep nothing?

3d ago

Fury faces the “Charred Council” in a lava-filled cave in the third Darksiders game. Three ominous lava filled carved stone heads stand at the back of a large chamber.

3d ago

Alex Rowe

Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is Simply Brilliant

Zelda finally gets her own cool adventure.

6d ago

Zelda finds a frog-shaped ring in a chest inside a dungeon, and holds it aloft!

6d ago

Alex Rowe

Starfield’s Shattered Space Expansion Has Silly Design Issues

Hope you leveled up enough and you really like snakes!

Oct 3

A closeup of the player-customized main character in Starfield. She has a leather jacket and bright pink hair. In the background is a trash can with some scattered debris on the floor.

Oct 3

Alex Rowe

Alex Rowe

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I write about gaming, tech, music, and their industries. Creators and fans are so much more than numbers on a graph.

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