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Wukong ate my entire weekend and I'm not mad about it.

Black Myth: Wukong is the most beautifully frustrating game of the year — a 40-hour crash course in Chinese mythology with boss fights that made me question my life choices, in a good way.

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GAMING · DLC

Elden Ring's DLC Is Both the Best and Worst Thing FromSoft Has Made

APRIL 8 · 14 MIN
LISTS · RANKED

The 20 Best RPGs of All Time, Ranked By Someone Who's Played Them All

APRIL 3 · 22 MIN
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GAME · ACTION RPG

Black Myth: Wukong, Reviewed After 40 Hours and One Minor Breakdown

China's first AAA action-RPG is a 40-hour love letter to the Monkey King and a brutal, gorgeous, frustrating masterpiece. The boss fights will break you. The soundtrack will mend you. Here's everything I thought after finishing it.

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8.8
GAME · SOULSLIKE

Elden Ring's DLC Is Both Its Greatest Triumph and Deepest Failure

Shadow of the Erdtree is the hardest game FromSoft has ever made. Whether that's a feature or a bug depends on how much you enjoy suffering.

APR 8 · 14 MIN READ IT →
NBA · OFFSEASON

The NBA Offseason Picks That Will Actually Matter

Forget the mock drafts. Here are the five moves most likely to reshape next season.

APR 11 · 9 MIN READ IT →
NBA · HISTORY

Ranking the 10 Greatest Basketball Legends By the Eye Test

Not by rings. Not by stats. By whether watching them made me feel something.

APR 5 · 11 MIN READ IT →
LIST · RANKED

The 20 Best RPGs of All Time, Fully Ranked

Played them all. Argued about them all. Here's the list, and here's why Morrowind is on it.

APR 3 · 22 MIN READ IT →

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