Culture

The 14 best Baldur’s Gate 3 quality-of-life and style mods

By Samantha Puc December 22

I wish it didn’t take federal crimes to see video games mid-development

By Ian Walker December 21

Books

Romance and fantasy spawned this year’s biggest breakout genre

Romantasy took TikTok and bestseller lists by storm

By Mel Burke December 21

The Legend of Zelda

Tears of the Kingdom’s inventiveness is baked into its sound design

It’s full of Easter eggs and new ideas

By Chris Karnadi December 20

Dallas Stars goalie debuts new Mario Kart helmet: ‘I played a lot growing up’

By Nicole Carpenter December 19

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet guides

Catching Meloetta in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet is hilariously convoluted

By Ana Diaz December 19

Twitch’s ‘artistic nudity’ policy rolled back days after it was introduced

By Nicole Carpenter December 18

Goodreads has too much power for its moderation to be this bad

By Nicole Clark December 17

World of Warcraft cosmetics are finally delivering on the style front

By Cass Marshall December 14

Timothée Chalamet shows his true gamer side in knife fight with Austin Butler

By Michael McWhertor December 14

Watch every sub-5-minute Super Mario Bros. speedrun at once

By Ian Walker December 14

Twitch changes sexual content guidelines after ‘topless meta’ goes viral

By Nicole Carpenter December 14

Epic buffs Lego Fortnite tool durability after patching handy ‘chest repair glitch’

By Michael McWhertor December 13

Super Mario World is a liar (for good reason)

By Ian Walker December 13

Check out this stunning PC port of Zelda: Link’s Awakening while you can

By Oli Welsh December 13

Fortnite Festival players are assembling the world’s most absurd fictional bands

By Ana Diaz December 12

More game studios are changing the industry by unionizing

By Nicole Carpenter December 12

Google made a fun, free Where’s Waldo game, with a secret Taylor Swift version

By Nicole Carpenter December 12

This year proved that love and romance deserve a bigger role in gaming

By Cass Marshall December 12

Lego Fortnite players found a way to make steerable cars and planes

By Nicole Clark December 11

Lethal Company’s new arachnophobia mode is a marvel of modern gaming

By Cass Marshall December 11

Eve Online player corp names ChatGPT its new leader

By Ian Walker December 10

Fans were as influential in 2023 as the things they loved

By Allegra Rosenberg December 9

Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader continues Games Workshop’s policy of not directly crediting employees

By Charlie Hall December 8

How one Baldur’s Gate 3 player beat Honour Mode in less than an hour

By Nicole Carpenter December 8

Battlestar Galactica showed fandom a better way

By Dylan Roth December 8

GTA 6 trailer reportedly breaks record for YouTube views in 24 hours, blowing away competition

By Ian Walker December 7

New Skyrim mod feature pulling the mod community apart

By Nicole Carpenter December 7

Infamous Baldur’s Gate 3 anti-LGBTQ+ mod removed from Nexus Mods

By Ian Walker December 6

Twitch is ending service in Korea because it’s too expensive to operate there

By Ana Diaz December 6

Hbomberguy’s 4-hour YouTube video about plagiarism set social media abuzz

By Cass Marshall December 6

Baldur’s Gate 3 players want to smooch Shadowheart, avoid bear sex

By Nicole Carpenter December 5