Peacock’s adaptation finally feels like Twisted Metal in season 2

Peacock’s adaptation finally feels like Twisted Metal in season 2

The first season of Twisted Metal was almost like a prologue. Peacock’s adaptation of the long-dormant PlayStation game series spent 10 episodes setting up its car-focused post-apocalyptic world and most of the major characters, all while rattling off a never-ending barrage of jokes. But it never really felt all that much like the games it […]

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The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban

The chaos and confusion of itch.io and Steam’s abrupt adult game ban

Two of the biggest digital games stores have stopped selling thousands of titles following pressure from a coalition of anti-porn advocates and the world’s biggest payment processing companies. It’s happened before, will likely happen again, and is suppressing art, free expression, and marginalized creators. Last week, the indie gaming storefront itch.io sent out a sudden […]

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One of Nintendo’s most creative Super Nintendo games is now on the Switch

Last night, Nintendo quietly added Mario Paint to Nintendo Switch Online’s catalog of Super Nintendo games. Originally released back in 1992, Mario Paint was a unique SNES title, because although it included a handful of minigames, it was first and foremost a creative tool letting players draw, paint, animate, and even compose music using the […]

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Star Trek, superheroes, and lots of Stephen King: the best of SDCC 2025

Star Trek, superheroes, and lots of Stephen King: the best of SDCC 2025

Another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and while there were no explosive reveals like last year’s surprise appearance of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, there were quite a few interesting developments. That includes several Star Trek spinoffs, a new sci-fi show on Apple TV Plus, trailers for everything from Peacemaker to Gen […]

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