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Stimulation Clicker is pure internet hell mode
Few games have accurately captured the experience of online brain overload like Stimulation Clicker, a new free browser game by Neal Agarwal (creator of Infinite Craft, The Password Game, and more). This is a clicker game in the style of Banana or Universal Paperclips, but it’s also a parody of clicker games and the whole […]
What If…? is at its best and worst in its most comedic episode
An ongoing problem throughout Marvel Studios’ animated multiverse show What If…? comes from the baffling way many of its episodes are framed. Each installment of the series has a “What If…” title, but those titles rarely get at the core of what a given episode is doing, or what might be engaging or thrilling about […]
Historical Palestinian game Dreams on a Pillow surpasses funding goal
With just over a week left to its fundraising campaign, the historical Palestinian game Dreams on a Pillow has surpassed its crowdfunding goal of $200,000. This sum is less than half of the total $495,000 the developer says it’ll need to fully pay for “salaries, outsourcing, and asset creation,” but it’s enough to bring the […]
Monopoly getting a major overhaul in 2025, plus new expansions built for speed
Monopoly, the classic board game that originated more than 100 years ago as an anti-capitalist critique of wealth inequality, is getting a fresh coat of paint and some interesting new features. Hasbro senior vice president of board games Brian Baker told Polygon in a recent interview that the goal at Hasbro Games was to make […]
Sony planning live-action Horizon and Helldivers movies
Sony seems determined to turn every PlayStation game in its library into a movie or TV show — and it has continued that push by announcing that it’s developing live-action movies based on Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2. The news was shared by PlayStation Productions head Asad Qizilbash during Sony’s press conference at CES […]