The 10 Spookiest books to read for Halloween 2024

Some people conflate Halloween with all-out, skin-animating horror, especially if they’re into grindhouse slasher flicks. However, everything has shades. All Hallow’s Eve has a more cunning side, and one of the best ways to experience the holiday’s more seductive face is to crack open a “spooky” book. “Spooky” describes a feeling too elusive for any other word. To me, a spooky book chills my spine without burning away the intrigue that drew me to it....

June 21, 2025 · 7 min · 1318 words · Courtney Harris

The Cuphead Show certainly isn’t a wallop

Oh me, oh my It feels like it makes sense thatCupheadwould get a cartoon. After all, itsstyle is directly liftedfrom the Golden Age of Animation. Cartoons that existed before the television sucked them all into Saturday mornings when they played in theatres before the actual feature. Or, more specifically, the VHS transfers of those cartoons, which is something I got to experience as a child. That’s right, do you know who loves Golden Age cartoons?...

June 21, 2025 · 4 min · 728 words · Brad Adams

The Grammy Awards just added a video game category

The Grammys are singing their praises Even to those who don’t regularly play video games, their music is iconic, and in many cases instantly recognizable. There are a ton of different factors that can make a game stand out as one of the greats, and a great soundtrack alone is enough to make a title stick in our heads for years to come. The Grammys are the most prestigious awards in music, and now they’re finally giving video game music the credit that it’s due....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 306 words · Daniel Martin

The Park is a creepy new horror game from Funcom

Creator of The Secret World While I didn’t really digThe Secret Worldas an MMO, Funcom’s Cthuluian artwork was superb. That’s why I’m interested inThe Park, which is an upcoming PC horror game set to launch in October. The kicker? It takes place in the same universe asSecret World. The scene is set at an “intense” amusement park, where a “dark and sinister secret” lies. Since the developer doesn’t tend to work on single-player games all that often, I’m curious to see what it comes up with....

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Elizabeth Oconnor

The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora amiibo arrives in February

Get your wallets ready because the soon-to-be “Dearly Beloved” Sora amiibo is on its way. The latestSuper Smash Bros. amiibo arrives on February 16. Pre-orders havestarted to pop up at retailers, though it already seems likefolks are clamoringto get their own Sora. It will likely be available at usual retailers, though. Sora marks the lastSuper Smash Bros.character to get an amiibo. The#SmashBros#amiiboof Sora will be released on 06-06-2025!#KingdomHeartspic.twitter.com/y3zdbaLplz Better summon your bank account for this Sora amiibo The Sora amiibo clocks in at the standard $15....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Miss Patricia Shelton

Theatrhythm producer says he wants more Theatrhythm games

Hey me too While it would have been easy forTheatrhythmto die after the first game, Square Enix has fostered it into a nice little mini-franchise, capping off twoFinal Fantasytitles with aDragon Questentry. Speaking to Nintendo Dream, series producer Ichiro Hazama is actually keen on continuing the run. Hazama re-iterated his passion for the series, stating, “This is Hazama from Square Enix. Last year at this place, I said ‘we’ll keep continuingTheatrhythmfrom hereafter too!...

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Jennifer Navarro

There’s no point hiding in these Friday the 13th: The Game teasers

POP! Friday the 13th: The Gamehas a new trailer. The horror game –which secured $700K on Kickstarter last year– is back with a couple of blink-and-you’ll-miss-it teasers showcasing what Jason has in store for you. Pro tip: it’s not a hug. There’s also this 20-second cheerful romp, too. (It’s a tad disgusting and probably not SFW, even if Twitter hasn’t pulled it just yet, so viewer discretion advised): So…how long until Twitter pulls this clip?...

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 131 words · Michael Decker

TwitchCon’s happening again this fall, leaves Bay Area for San Diego

Sunnier skies Times, they are a changin’. Once, it was enough to attend a video game convention to play video games. Now, there’s a whole subset of people who would rather attend a video game convention to mingle with people who play video games. Almost the same, but not really at all. Apparently the first go was successful enough to warrant another, so Twitch has announced its second annual TwitchCon. It’s even expanding!...

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 241 words · Jordan Smith

Two new Lumines games are launching this year

On iOS and Android platforms TwoLuminesgames are coming to mobile platforms later this year, Mobcast just announced. One, a paid app tentatively titledLumines 2016, is expected to launch sometime this summer, while the other,Lumines VS, is planned for a winter release with a free-to-play scheme. Mobastacquired the rightstoLuminesandMeteosfrom Q Entertainment last year, and announced a partnership with former Q boss Tatsuya Mizuguchi (Rez,Space Channel 5,Child of Eden) and his new California-based studio Enhance Games to make a newLumines(or two!...

June 21, 2025 · 1 min · 152 words · Timothy Perez

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory gets some official dedicated servers

Id Software is making sure you can play the classics Yes,Wolfenstein: Enemy Territoryis getting some new servers in the year 2022. As more players are hopping on thanks to its free availability, id Software has deployed dedicated servers with a classic ruleset for players to run. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territorywasmade available on Steam earlier this year, as part of the Bethesda launcher going away. And it’s also free onthe Microsoft Store, too....

June 21, 2025 · 2 min · 287 words · Johnny Hull

A live-action Legend of Zelda film is in the works

Nintendo has confirmed that it’s working on a live-action film forThe Legend of Zelda. In astatement, Nintendo confirms theZeldamovie will be produced by Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad, the chairman of Arad Productions. Director Wes Ball has already been tapped to helm the project. Ball’s previous work includesThe Maze Runnertheatrical adaptations, as well as the upcomingKingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The live-actionZeldafilm will be co-financed by Nintendo and Sony, with the former covering over half....

June 20, 2025 · 2 min · 255 words · Tonya Sanchez

Actual good games are coming to the Wii Virtual Console

One of the best Super Nintendo games ever,Super Mario Kart,will be hitting theVirtual Console this Monday. The classic racing game will cost you 800 Wii points. Later this holiday season, we can expect a couple of more classics to hit the Virtual Console store. First up will bePilotwingsfor the SNES and towards the end of the year,Super Smash Bros64 will also finally be available. So yeah, good games! Not to say that everything as of late has been crap, but it’s annoying that Nintendo takes their sweet time to release the games people are dying for....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Debbie Sims

Adam West is still the best Batman and will hopefully prove it in LEGO Batman 3

As if I really needed another reason to be excited The officialLEGO BatmanTwitteraccount posted an image of a Lego Adam West this week (seen above), which hopefully means we’ll see a whole lot more of him in the upcomingLEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. Adam West is also going to be a special guest star at the San Diego Comic-ConLEGO Batman 3panel, which points to the fact that players may be able to quest through Lego Gotham City as the zany Adam West....

June 20, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · Patrick Dawson