Made my own BBQ sauce for the first time and it worked out pretty alright.

Which gods' boons are your favorite in Hades 2 and why is it Hephaestus?

Incredible. As an editor you have a choice about whether or not to post something on your website. A disclaimer absolutely does *not* absolve you of inciting violence. What the actual what, go directly to jail.

This is kinda emblematic of the history of working at IGN and trying to address the concerns of people spouting conspiracy theories on social media. Much like fighting the tide, you won't win and will do it again tomorrow.

If Hades 2 offers you a Daedalus Hammer, you PICK UP THE DAEDLEUS HAMMER!

If Hades 2 offers you a Daedalus Hammer, you PICK UP THE DAEDLEUS HAMMER!

Just incredible. Congress's power will be fully neutered unless they fight back against this with legislation, which they absolutely won't as long as Trump's party/cult controls it. And with SCOTUS backing it, between this and full immunity, how is Trump *not* a king right now?

Yes hello I would like to purchase one of your Wolverines, please.

REPUBLICANS: “Jimmy Kimmel was not a free speech issue. It was a private decision.” TRUMP: “I TOLD THEM TO CANCEL THAT SHOW! NOW I’M GONNA TAKE ALL THE FREE SPEECH ABC HAS! NO MORE SAYING WHAT YOU WANT ABOUT ME” REPUBLICANS: “It is ridiculous to imply we are the party of censorship.”

One thing I had in bold in my notes yet somehow managed to forget to put in te review anyway: Hades 2 has cross-saves between Switch and PC that are pretty much seamless. I can play on PC, save, get the Switch, go to the park, play some more, save and quit, come home, and continue on PC. Incredibly.

I'm in full agreement with @len.bsky.social on this one - really a spectacular, beautiful, and rewarding game, even if the last Olympus boss is a sonovabitch.

Let’s be clear: What Donald Trump said in public, in plain view, on his own social media feed is more corrupt and dangerous than anything Richard Nixon was caught on tape saying in the White House tapes. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rid-me-of-...

People are looking at our review and scratching their heads as to why clunky combat is bad. When you get a chance to play Silent Hill f, let me know if you feel differently after facing the drawn-out combat sections and forced enemy kills, which are far from scary, because that's what sucked.

I’m not sure what this trailer was going for but it sure was a swing and a miss in terms of generating any sort of excitement for this movie.

Neighborhood cat loves to pay a visit to my indoor cats

I bet he got to keep the $50K, too, like a big fat corruption party favor. Also - *investigated for*? Isn't that like being investigated for being caught on camera robbing a bank?

It really is nuts that anybody believed Trump's idiot tarrifs idea would bring prices down (or anything else he said in the campaign, for that matter). These people must be buying bridges left and right.

It seems that by scoring Sonic Racing higher than Mario Kart we've broken the brains of people who believe @brianaltano.bsky.social saying he personally didn't like Sonic games in 2016 was an edict for all our reviews. It's like they're happy but also being forced to question their entire worldview.

in light of the kimmel news, just a reminder that a few days ago a prominent fox news host literally called for killing homeless people. right afterward, someone shot up a couple homeless encampments. that fox news host still has his job.

I don't know how any of this works, but the "pre-empt" and "suspend" language used around Jimmy Kimmel's show *sounds* like everyone's still getting paid but ABC's just not gonna air anything. ...does that mean they can just do the show as normal, upload it to YouTube, and watch number go up?

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Thanks so much for the supportive and super-flattering replies to this news. It warms an old game journo's heart, especially hearing from writers/editors who've appreciated my sometimes-blunt style of feedback. 🥲

So, a bit of an announcement: I'm retiring. My last day at IGN will be Oct 1; after that I'll be a full-time dad for a bit while my kids are of an age where they'll think spending time with me is cool rather than lame. It's been a huge honor and privilege to run reviews here for the past 12.5 years.

Remember, every time they clutch their pearls over something someone said about them, they are lying hypocritical shitbirds.

I wrote 3,400 words about Silksong and did not once use the words "soulslike," "Dark Souls," or "metroidvania." If that isn't worth a read, I don't know what is.

This #1 ranking probably won't hold but it's one of my best Monster Train 2 Daily Challenge performances yet. I absolutely love how this game encourages you to go positively bananas when mutators align.

If there were ever a time to take a step back and ask "Have I become a parody of myself"

[the shooter is unidentified] the left must be purged with the sword [the shooter is, again, a compulsive masturbator who loved Hitler] I believe it was pascal who said that the heart has reasons that reason may not know

Every one of the MAGA assholes (eg Trump) who rushed to declare literal war on liberals over the Kirk murder needs to be held to account. They should never be allowed to forget how firmly their feet are in their mouths right now, and it should be thrown in their faces for the rest of their lives.

Borderlands 4 obviously has some significant tech problems on PC (we'll have console tested soon!) but when you look at the 217K concurrents on Steam right now vs the ~5,000 negative user reviews, it's gotta be at least playable for a whole lotta people.

Man, this season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds was really disappointing. This series started so strong and the actors and characters are still very good, but somehow the best episode out of the 10 was probably the holodeck one?

One week later, it is done! Blood still pumping after that finale. A couple loose ends to tie up to hit 100% - but tomorrow, we write.

"Well, I haven't read the article, but Let me stop you right there, pally.

...and that's how it's supposed to work.

The new Monster Train 2 update and I are gonna get along juuuuust fine, I think.

I don't think the person who shot Charlie Kirk should've been allowed to have a gun.

I’m watching the 2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and if you told me this was the first movie created entirely by generative AI I would have believed you.

My 10-year-old son was very excited to learn that Silksong is out - he started playing but then realized he never beat Hollow Knight, so Silksong is now on hold while he does a full playthrough of the original.

Watching Dexter: Resurrection has really made me want to rewatch Game of Thrones. Peter Dinklage has more charisma in his little finger than pretty much anybody else working.

Fat cat baker

LOL if that were true there would be an FBI record of Trump reporting it that they could release to prove this. Anyone wanna take odds on when that'll happen?

Do you even know how many video games there are right now?

Xbox’s servers seem to be going through some things tonight, eh?

My awesome wife took me to see Janine Garofalo do standup tonight for my imminent 45th birthday. She was great! Low key, but always funny and with some really smart tangent, tangent, tangent, callback stuff.

When you're a president they let you do it.

If you are not doing your pork chops sous vide you are not doing them correctly.

They’re literally filling in the holes with spackle

"The United States paid nothing for these Shares" is an interesting way of describing "the U.S. released $8.9B in CHIPS funding intended for Intel in exchange for $8.9B in stock." Perhaps Congress could've demanded shares for CHIPS money, but POTUS adding this ad hoc is simply unconstitutional.

I like the Watch Duty app in theory, but in practice it's giving me push notifications for fires 25 miles away that I do not need to know about. I could turn off push notifications, but then I'd miss notifications for a fire that's a mile away. There doesn't seem to be a way to rein it in?