Star Fox 64 is 25 years old and it deserves a shoutout

It’s provided endless amounts of fun, and it’s still alive on Switch Star Fox64is 25 years old now. Originally released on June 18, 2025, in Japan, the Nintendo 64 classic lives on in various ways,from the 3DStothe Switch. And you know what? It deserves a special shoutout. Nearly 25 years ago (when it came out in the US on Jul 03, 2025),Star Fox 64blasted its way into my friend’s living room....

May 22, 2025 · 2 min · 286 words · Deanna Rodriguez

Super Mario Maker just got a small quality of life patch

Easier sorting Although it’s been a while since we’ve gotten a heftySuper Mario Makerupdate (outside of the random 8-bit cameo), Nintendo has been regularly patching the game to ensure that it’s up to code. That includes the recent 1.43 update, that allows “Super Expert” to be filtered, and accommodations for a clearer Star Ranking system. I wonder if this did well enough to justify that rumoredLegend of Zelda Makerproject that may or may not be related to the NX?...

May 22, 2025 · 1 min · 92 words · Mark Mccall

SuperGroupies unveils range of Cyberpunk 2077 apparel

Night City Coterie Fashion and Cyberpunk have always gone hand-in-cybernetic hand. And while we aren’t quite in a place where we can replace our faces with super-cool, x-ray laser beams,Cyberpunk 2077fans can at least bag themselves several slick items of apparel from Japanese fashion label SuperGroupies. The premium brand has unveiled a range of clothes, watches, and other accessories based on CDPR’s futuristic neo-noir, all of which are now available to pre-order from the outlet’sofficial stockists....

May 22, 2025 · 2 min · 249 words · Steven Fuller

Surprise! Black Ops III looks not great on last-gen, turns tanks into vans

Most likely will not care Activision’s in the fortuitous position withCall of Dutywhere the fanbase is so large that they haven’t all adopted current-gen consoles yet. But, that means it’s mostly obligated to keep releasing games on legacy systems. Not doing so would be leaving money on the table, and everyone balks at that. So, a not great lookingBlack Ops IIIwas made for PS3 and Xbox 360, where it’s lacking the graphical fidelity that other formats have....

May 22, 2025 · 1 min · 183 words · Stephen West

The Fanfest ‘Worlds Collide’ event wasn’t the Powerman 5000 concert I was expecting

What is it really that is going on here? It’s no secret thatI hate spiders, but there’s one spider I adore. That’s MC Spider, the frontman of Powerman 5000. That’s why I was raucously excited to hear about the “Worlds Collide” event at Fanfest 2015, obviously a PM5K show at thetop of the worldnamed after the legendary group’s most popular song. I was absolutely ready to bang my head and strain myneckbone....

May 22, 2025 · 2 min · 279 words · Brianna Price

The Switch’s SNK 40th Anniversary Collection has some good old oddities

More DLC is on the way Nintendo completely dominated the late ’80s and ’90s scene and it’s weird to think of any other timeline in which that didn’t happen. But sure enough, a lot of other publishers were lurking in the background, either blazing trails of their own or riding the coattails of the NES. The Switch’sSNK 40th Anniversary Collectionis a bizarre and exciting journey into a world not many western retro enthusiasts have explored yet....

May 22, 2025 · 3 min · 629 words · Debra Park

The Wit.nes is a neat little NES demake of The Witness

Try the free demo First off, love that name. It’s perfect. The Wit.nesis a free “tribute” to Thekla’s wonderful PlayStation 4 puzzle gameThe Witness. It isn’t a full demake — this is a demo, technically! — but there are 32 puzzles and you can walk around a basic world map when you aren’t solving panels. You’ll need an NES emulator to play. It has a few of the rule sets but doesn’t get much more complicated than what you would find inThe Witness‘ introductory puzzle sets....

May 22, 2025 · 1 min · 122 words · Susan Morales

Virtual Console Verdict: Mega Man Battle Network

Go play it if you like tactical games I can’t remember the first tactical game I ever played. The first one that stands out in my mind isTactics Ogre, but I’m sure I dabbled in some NES games without truly knowing what I was doing. What I would never expect growing up though is thatMega Manwould get the tactics treatment — albeit with a simple delivery that only let you manage one unit....

May 22, 2025 · 3 min · 570 words · Lisa Fisher

Watch a guy ‘beat’ Super Mario World in six minutes

Glitches, man. Glitches be crazy. Take, for example, this one inSuper Mario World, as executed by YouTuberSethBling. Thanks to what can only be described as witchcraft, the magician man manages to warp to the game’s end credits in six minutes. And then he did itagainin under five. Boy howdy! The exploit was discovered and first executed byTwitch streamer Jeffw356, though SethBling is allegedly the first to pull it off on actual SNES hardware, rather than via the magic of emulation....

May 22, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Kelly Steele

Weekend Destructainment: DDR-tards are awesome

There are two kinds ofDDRplayers in the world that I love. The first are the ones that haverobot legs. The other kind are the idiots in the first video above. The first fifteen seconds of the video with thePokemonkids is just hilarious. Total of 7 videos for your pleasure this weekend. After the jump, the Destructainment gets started with Master Chief drunk off his cybernetic ass. After that, Electro Lemon hangs himself live on the Tom Green show!...

May 22, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · Brandon Bruce

What do Electromagnetic Weapons in Starfield Do? – EM Weapons Explained

There’s a universe of dangers awaiting you inStarfield, but you can even the odds if you arm yourself. You’ll find plenty of regular guns that rely on projectiles, including the Old Earth Hunting Rifle. There are also laser guns that shoot deadly beams of light. You’ll also encounter high-tech electromagnetic weapons, and it isn’t initially obvious how they work or what their use is. This guide will explain how electromagnetic weapons work inStarfield, and how to make the most of them....

May 22, 2025 · 3 min · 467 words · Robert Duarte

Xen will be added to Black Mesa in summer 2017

Everyone’s favorite Fan projectHalf-LiferemakeBlack Mesais mostly done at this point, but still on Steam Early Access. That’s because it’s missing the game’s final chapter, the one that never went over well in the first place: Xen. In anupdateon theBlack MesaSteam page, developer Crowbar Collective has announced that it’s aiming to add Xen in summer of 2017. With this, it seems as if theHalf-Liferemake will be complete, approximately 13 years after it began....

May 22, 2025 · 2 min · 275 words · Ryan Jones

Xenonauts dev resumes taking pre-orders, drops PayPal

Whilst indie development seems to be really strong on the PC right now, not all indie devs are having an easy time. The troubles endured by theProject Zomboidguys are well documentedand Goldhawk Interactive, developer of theX-COM-inspiredXenonauts, has had some problems as well,notably with PayPalwhom suspended the company’s account. Those problems may well have passed now, as Goldhawk has now been able to getXenonautsonto the Desura online marketplace and has now resumed taking pre-orders....

May 22, 2025 · 1 min · 192 words · Jessica Hill