When a PlayStation 5 controller comes down the assembly line at Corsair’s Duluth, Georgia, warehouse, it’s disassembled to make way for new parts carefully installed by SCUF Gaming’s assembly team. SCUF’s bespoke PS5 controllers start at $200 and go up from there, upgrading Sony’s standard DualSense design with new grips,...
There’s ‘an awful lot of Shakespeare’ in Baldur’s Gate 3’s Dark Urge
Neil Roberts is a great many things in the world of acting. He’s an accomplished soap opera actor in the U.K., a villain in the classic series Charmed, a performer on countless radio dramas, and a stage actor, and he’s been in a lot of stuff going back over three...
Where to find Blade of Mercy in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
Blade of Mercy is something you can find very early on in Elden Ring’s Shadow of the Erdtree DLC — if you know where to look. It’s a talisman that raises attack power after each critical hit, making it useful for anyone with a playstyle or build centered around critical...
The mischievous history of Elden Ring’s Patches, FromSoftware’s eternal scamp
For the past 15 years, I’ve been repeatedly tricked by Patches, the lovable scamp of FromSoftware’s Souls games. Despite him leaving me for dead multiple times and generally being a sniveling little shit, I never want him to go away. He’s become the best long-running joke in FromSoftware’s games since...
What’s up with Beyond Good and Evil 2?
In June, on the eve of the release of Beyond Good & Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition, publisher Ubisoft made a surprising announcement: The sequel to that game, Beyond Good and Evil 2, was still in development, the company said. It was the first official update on the sequel, which...
Genshin Impact version 4.8 livestream codes
Hoyoverse just wrapped up the Genshin Impact version 4.8 preview livestream, showing off all sorts of details about the upcoming patch. Most importantly, there were several codes that award Primogems and other rewards shown during the stream. Our Genshin Impact 4.8 livestream code list provides you with the three stream...
Studio Ponoc wants its anime to change the world — and escape Studio Ghibli’s shadow
When Studio Ponoc premiered its first feature-length animated film, 2017’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower, audiences and critics alike championed Ponoc as the successor to Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli, which at the time seemed to be on a potentially permanent hiatus. With the studio’s latest film, The Imaginary, Ponoc is...
Did Ti West cut an entire gay subplot from Maxxxine?
Ti West’s new horror-thriller Maxxxine, the third movie in his trilogy starting with X and Pearl, includes an odd detail that’s easy to miss, since no one ever remarks on it: The title character’s best friend, Leon (Moses Sumney), has a cast on one arm. It’s grubby and inked-up, suggesting...
The next RimWorld expansion adds a hefty dose of Lovecraftian terror
I’ve fallen in love with sci-fi colony management RimWorld, which is unparalleled at creating wild stories through random gameplay events. RimWorld has a few expansion packs, adding things like royalty, religion, gene-editing, and child rearing to the game. Today, Ludeon Studios announced a new expansion pack is on the way,...
World of Warcraft’s most notorious bug inspired this cursed piece of modern art
It looks like something out of an eldritch fantasy horror, perhaps a Diablo game: a modestly sized chest covered in sharp, bony extrusions, gnarled ligaments, and twisted veins, all rendered in a pale, ghostly, fleshlike color. It’s repulsively organic, but also has an occult, ceremonial air. In fact, this cursed...