2025 is the year of the big, completely unnecessary obstacle course in video games William Hughes | October 31, 2025 Why do two of the year’s biggest RPGs—Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Pokémon Legends: ZA—both foster a weird parkour obsession?
Heart Machine Lays Off More Staff Just Weeks Before Possessor(s) Launches Farouk Kannout | October 31, 2025 Game studio Heart Machine has laid off staff for the second time in October, and two weeks before the release of their new game Possessor(s).
Storied solid gold toilet sculpture “America” goes to auction starting at a cool $10 million Mary Kate Carr | October 31, 2025 The original potty was once offered as a gift to Donald Trump.
MTV is done with Ridiculousness Emma Keates | October 31, 2025 The channel won’t film any new episodes of the long-running show, but previously-produced episodes will continue to run through 2026.
The Death of Adventure Games: The Cat Mustache Was Never the Issue Here Dia Lacina | October 31, 2025 It wasn’t Gabriel Knight 3’s cat mustache puzzle that “adventure games.” They never died, even if the industry killed off Sierra On-line.