The Best Civilization VI ModsLuke PlunkettTuesday 6:30pm146EditPromoteGo to permalinkCivilization VI is a very good video game, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for improvement.
The Best PS2 GamesLuke Plunkett12/15/16 6:00pm63225EditPromoteGo to permalinkIt’s the best-selling home video game console of all time. So yeah, the PlayStation 2 has some good games. But which of them are the best?
The Best Planet Coaster CreationsLuke Plunkett11/24/16 7:30pm327EditPromoteGo to permalinkPlanet Coaster is a game that’s at its strongest when you’re building stuff. And unless you’re very talented, the stuff you build probably won’t be as cool as this stuff.
The Best Strategy Games On PCLuke Plunkett11/07/16 7:00pm34747EditPromoteGo to permalinkThe PC is home to just about every type of video game under the sun, but few are as quintessentially PC as strategy games.
The Best Australians In Video GamesLuke Plunkett10/19/16 7:00pm8611EditPromoteGo to permalinkHere’s the thing about most Australian characters in video games: their stereotypical depiction would be almost offensive, if Australians ever gave enough of a shit to be offended in the first place.
The Best Video Game Control PadsLuke Plunkett8/24/16 1:26am51122EditPromoteGo to permalinkThere have been many different ways of playing video games on a console (and sometimes PC) over the years. Some have been better than others.
The Best Sid Meier Video GamesLuke Plunkett8/16/16 5:06pm14022EditPromoteGo to permalinkVeteran designer Sid Meier has over the years been behind—or at least lent his name to—some of the greatest games of our age.
The Best Video Game FlamethrowersGB Burford8/08/16 1:30pm19021EditPromoteGo to permalinkIs there any video game gun more awe-inspiring than a flamethrower? Most shoot bullets, but the flamethrower? It blasts enemies with giant gouts of flame, searing them like a juicy steak. A good flamethrower will give you some of the best moments in video games, whether it’s a close save from an otherwise unassailable…
The Best Console Commercials Of All TimeLuke Plunkett8/03/16 5:28pm15330EditPromoteGo to permalink Trailers for video games are a weird beast, as misleading as they can be esoteric. Free from the burden of trying to directly sell you a piece of art, commercials for video game hardware are often a lot more fun.
The Best-Looking Video Game Consoles Of All TimeLuke Plunkett7/19/16 6:11pm70757EditPromoteGo to permalink You silly fanboys. All these years arguing over things you thought were important, like specs, and libraries, and exclusives, and controllers, wasted. Not once have you considered the most crucial thing about a video game console: how good it looks.
The Best Video Game TrailersLuke Plunkett6/07/16 4:32pm44634EditPromoteGo to permalinkOver the past decade, video game trailers have gone from blurry little montages bundled on magazine cover discs to a multi-million dollar industry that exists almost entirely separate from the actual games they’re representing.
Shared from CosplayThe Best Overwatch CosplayLuke Plunkett5/25/16 7:46pm7334EditUnsharePromoteGo to permalink Overwatch’s roster is a cosplayer’s dream, with pretty much every tone, shape and size accounted for in a collection of amazing character designs. Here are the best of them. So far.
The Best Star Wars Video GameLuke Plunkett5/04/16 5:00pm47969EditPromoteGo to permalink You’ve no doubt seen countless lists of the best video games set in the Star Wars universe today. Boring. I’d like to try something a little different, and tell you what the best Star Wars video game is.
The Best Scene In Star Wars: The Force AwakensKirk Hamilton4/05/16 3:00pm32937EditPromoteGo to permalinkThere are a lot of good scenes in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This one is my favorite.
The Best (And Worst) April Fools' Day Jokes For 2016Luke Plunkett4/02/16 5:00pm18017EditPromoteGo to permalinkApril 1. For some, a day of shenanigans. For most, a day of clenched teeth and tested nerves. To sort the former from the latter, here’s a roundup of the best (and worst) April Fool’s gags for 2016.
The Best Final Fantasy Summoning AnimationsMike Fahey3/14/16 11:00am21436EditPromoteGo to permalinkSince Final Fantasy III fans of Square’s storied role-playing series have been calling forth primal forces to do their often devastating bidding. Some are more impressive than others.
The Best Video Game ShotgunsGB Burford2/29/16 12:30pm42327EditPromoteGo to permalinkYou can judge a first person shooter almost entirely on the strengths of its shotguns. A good video game shotgun is a bold and challenging weapon; a bad shotgun is a feather duster at a distance of more than a few feet. A good shotgun makes you feel like a champion, capable of taking on the world. A bad shotgun makes…
The Five Best Batman MoviesEvan Narcisse2/07/16 3:00pm47550EditPromoteGo to permalink When Tim Burton’s Batman hit movie theaters in 1989, superhero adaptations were a risky gamble that few movie studios would approach. Twenty-seven years later, films based on The Dark Knight are pretty much a given. But which ones are the best?
The Best Second World War Video GamesLuke Plunkett2/02/16 3:00pm16115EditPromoteGo to permalinkIt was the most destructive conflict in human history, and one that directly shaped entire generations of both creators and consumers, so it’s little surprise that for the longest time the Second World War was maybe the most popular setting in video games.
Lucasarts Adventure Games, RankedLuke Plunkett1/26/16 3:00pm25628EditPromoteGo to permalinkKicking off in 1986, Lucasarts presided over an era (running until around the year 2000) in which they were the adventure game Kings, releasing a string of titles that remain all-time classics even decades later.