A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of ID verification (which they’re calling age verification) at account setup.
This makes absolutely ZERO sense if you have even the most basic understanding of technology
A green-skinned goblin with pointy ears and big nose wears a dirty shirt with a hood pulled up over his head, wielding a nasty-looking dagger in one hand while he perches on top of a rooftop pedestal.
Up today at GameCritics.com, Ryan Nalley reviews the lates release in the long-running but little known Styx series, this entry titled Blades of Greed.
Role play a bloodthirsty amoral goblin running rampant in an open-world city!
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Today at GameCritics.com, Sparky Clarkson reviews Relooted, and finds that his parkour heist games comes close to greatness, falling short only by not spending enough time with its interesting, charismatic characters.
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The new So Videogames Podcast is up!
In ep 477, Carlos Rodela returns and we discuss:
Bylina
UFO 50
Lost in Space: The First Adventure
Resident Evil: Requiem
Carmageddon: Rogue Shift
…And more!
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I ask again, what the fuck are we doing?!
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A rare weekend update today at GameCritics.com - Stephen Cook reviews Mewgenics and finds that it marries tactical action with deep breeding mechanics that unfold over time, and all of it draped in signature McMillen (Binding of Isaac) style. It's a winner.
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Every major disaster in this country over my lifetime has been self inflicted by right wing ideologues with just enough complicit or inert Democrats to enable or ratify them. That's why we've been on this doom trajectory for the last ~50 years and it'll keep getting worse if that doesn't change
28.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 5482 🔁 1249 💬 34 📌 26What’s wrong, Congress? You’ve barely even touched your checks and balances
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Two mad max-style cars crash towards the viewer, each bristling with metal spikes and blades. In the background, a huge explosion lights up the night sky.
Also up at GameCritics.com today, Konstantin Koteski covers Carmageddon: Rogue Shift.
This classic series reappears in updated fashion, yet the experience is humble and bland in a way that just can't measure up to its glory days.
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Up today at GameCritics.com, Alex Prakken offers up a preview of Starsand Island. This life/farm/chill sim offers great vibes and a compelling balance of elements -- it just needs a better onramp.
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Happy to check it out!
I do honestly think it's fantastic. Room to grow for sure, but what a marvelous thing it is. ^_^
Of course the question now is, what's next for you?
Hah! I appreciate you took the gamble 🙏 but let me just spoil it now, I love it. 🤩
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Over at GameCritics.com today, Ben Schwartz covers Total Chaos and finds that this new horror title delivers a fully weapons-grade experience
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Key art for "couples therapy" DLC from Vampire Therapist. Two gay vampires sit together on a couch, one looking a bit like a rugged cowboy, the other in a fancy aristocrat outfit, holding a cigarette in a long holder.
The new So Videogames podcast is up!
In episode 476, I cover:
Sovereign Syndicate
Death Howl
Showgunners
Vampire Therapist ...And more!
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The Bureau of Justice statistics for 2021 show 34% of female murder victims were killed by an intimate partner, compared to 6% of male victims. However, FBI homicide data shows that killing committed by men is 10% more likely to be ruled justifiable. bit.ly/FreeKeshia
12.02.2026 19:31 — 👍 59 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
Us in 2018: All these “reasonable concerns” about gender-affirming care for trans kids is just step one in banning it for adults as well!
“Reasonable” moderate types: Don’t be ridiculous.
2026:
🤣🤣🤣
22.02.2026 00:37 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I don't understand people who have the "Or Best Offer" option turned on with eBay, and then turn down every offer that's below their asking price.
If you won't accept less than your asking price, why accept offers??
Nobody will offer you *above* what you're asking, so what's the point???
I told my grandma Phil Spencer retired and she started sobbing. Through the cascade of tears rolling down her face and hyperventilating she muttered “Co-Pilot please draft an email thanking Phil for his brave service in the console wars”
She then died. Her ashes sprinkled at a data center nearby
we shall see. but i feel like we're gonna get more AI before we get less... >_>
20.02.2026 21:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0ugh, replaced by an AI goon? This does not bode well.
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Up today at GameCritics.com, new writer John Powell covers Salt 2: Shores of Gold and finds that this low-stakes pirate adventure is bad enough to give the kraken a tummyache.
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This is well put. So *many* technologies are joyous and progressive. The web was invented in a PUBLICLY FUNDED UNIVERSITY! It is, in fact, an aberration that the fascist VCs think they're the default with their approach to tech. They were only ever supposed to be a tiny fraction of the ecosystem.
19.02.2026 17:42 — 👍 1118 🔁 382 💬 7 📌 0is abject stupidity a defense from an attempted murder charge? at the least we're looking at potential negligent homicide
19.02.2026 17:46 — 👍 817 🔁 132 💬 42 📌 4Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
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Up today at GameCritics.com, Jason Ricardo reviews REANIMAL from @tarsierstudios.bsky.social.
It might not be called Little Nightmares, but it still fits the description and still brings the same sort of skin-crawling horror that will keep you up at night!
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@bigpapanito.bsky.social hey, thanks for sharing! appreciated! = D
18.02.2026 02:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading.
Now we’ve got mumps rolling up.
Expect more.
This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.
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In what I am convinced will be the last 2025 Top 10 list to be posted at GameCritics.com, Jarrod Johnston is last but not least as he shares his look back with some very unconventional (and a few very conventional!) picks!
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