Zedd has spent over a decade navigating the "cozy-to-chaos" spectrum of gaming and anime. From mastering Heartopia mechanics to deconstructing Shonen power systems, he specializes in finding the "third way" through tricky quests and complex lore. When he’s not testing NPC response triggers, he’s likely debating the structural integrity of virtual furniture or the nuances of a frame-perfect fight scene.
The wait is almost over, Black Swordsman faithful! Berserk Volume 43 is charging onto shelves, ready to plunge us deeper into Guts' darkest hour and the looming war against Falconia. Get ready for a…
After more than a decade of Silent Hill feeling like a dead series following the cancellation of Silent Hills, Konami's revival has been surprisingly strong. Sure, Silent Hill: Ascension and The Short Message were…
Games are full of unwritten rules, hidden mechanics, and expectations that can catch me completely off guard. Sometimes I am treating a tactical game like a mindless shooter. Other times I am rushing through…
Role-playing games promise freedom, progression, huge stories, and worlds that react to what I do. That is an absurdly ambitious target, which is exactly why RPGs can so often be clunky, awkward, overly long,…
There is a lot going on this week, but the big conversation is obviously Grand Theft Auto 6. A possible online-mode release window, an unexpectedly huge music project, Hideo Kojima's next game getting its…
Control Resonant is not Control 2 in the most obvious sense. Remedy has taken a big swing here, swapping Jesse Faden for her brother Dylan, moving into a much broader version of New York,…
The Witcher 3 Remastered is shaping up to be much more than a routine next-gen patch. Scheduled for 29 September, this free upgrade aims to make a legendary RPG feel far more current without…
Blizzard normally gets by at BlizzCon with a World of Warcraft expansion trailer, maybe an Overwatch hero, and the usual assortment of live-service updates. This time, though, it went absolutely buck wild. We got…
Marvel’s Wolverine on PS5 is a pretty straightforward action game, but there are still a bunch of small systems, useful upgrades, and quality of life tricks that are easy to overlook. Some of them…
Buying a bigger graphics card is fun, obviously, but PC gaming gets a whole lot better when I actually mess with the computer stuff. A few smart settings, utilities, shortcuts, and quality of life…