I Didn’t Win Zohran Mamdani’s Scavenger Hunt, But I Did Have A Nice Day Out In NYC
On Saturday, NYC Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani announced that his campaign would hold a across the city the next day. The themed event would be entirely accessible by public transit (one of his campaign issues), and there would be a surprise at the end. The number of people who showed up, and some of the design of the hunt itself, made for some wobbles, but it was a clever way to explore the city and hang out with friends, and the latest manifestation of Mamdani’s “what

What’s Going To Be The Next Silksong?
Just when fans were beginning to lose faith – or at least get extremely sick of hearing people trot out the same tired memes during every Geoff Keighley game showcase – Hollow Knight: Silksong returned . Set to release in just a couple short weeks , it’s a real video game with levels and characters and everything. That in mind, we’re left with a question: Which half-imaginary whisper of a game will take its place? On the latest Aftermath Hours, we hazard a few guesses.
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Indie Devs Are Delaying Their Games Because Of Silksong [Update]
Hollow Knight: Silksong announced a surprise release date of September 4 on Thursday . Alongside fans rushing to clear their schedules and games writers who have to plan around a lack of , some indie developers are delaying their games in response.
Panik Arcade, developers of slot machine roguelike CloverPit , announced Friday that they’re moving the game’s planned release date from September 3 to September 26. In a blog on Steam titled “ ),” they wrote
Some of you might already have guessed the reason for the delay
A ‘Game Capture Director’ Is The Person Who Gets The Gameplay Footage For A Video Game Trailer
Welcome back to the latest entry in our 'What I Do' series , where we examine in detail just what it is, exactly, that individual workers do for a living in the video game industry.
Having recently spoken with a UX researcher , age ratings guy and narrative designer , today we're interviewing Jason White, a Game Capture Director, which is a job that involves...well, I'll let Jason explain.
Luke Plunkett: Thanks for taking the time to chat with us Jason!
Apparently The Silksong Devs Were Just Being Normal About It
Hollow Knight: Silksong got a trailer and release date today, meaning huge swathes of the internet are now going to need to find a new . What took so long? Developer Team Cherry was just making a video game.
According to a story by Jason Schreier at , the big mystery of what’s been up with Silksong since its announcement in 2019 was just studio co-founders William Pellen and Ari Gibson taking their time making their video game. “It’s just the case that we’
I Don’t Know What These Guys In Herdling Are, But Each One Is My Precious Child
, a new game out today by FAR developer Okomotive, is one of those games with a made-up word title that nevertheless lets you know exactly what it is. In this short game, you play as a young child who finds some big fuzzy creatures and herds them out of the city toward the wilderness.
This piece originally appeared 6/7/25 and covered Herdling ’s demo. We’ve updated it to include impressions of the full game.
The game calls them "Calicorns," which
King Of The Hill’s New Season Cements Its Legacy As The Definitive American Anime
Fifteen years after being canceled on Fox, is back. Its fourteenth season doesn’t only mark the return of Hank Hill, America’s dad before American Dad ; it canonizes the that the long-running animated sitcom is, in fact, our nation’s greatest anime. And it does so by pulling off a shonen classic narrative trope straight out of Naruto ’s playbook: a timeskip arc.
If the original run of King of the Hill was its era, then season 14 is its sequel series
The Naked Gun Will Heal Cinema
Theatrical comedies in general have taken a beating in the last few years. The Naked Gun is a blast from the past, a reminder that we are not better than the most puerile, 3rd grade bits and gags you can throw at us. Chris Person and Gita Jackson sat down to discuss why they love the various gags, spoofs and bits of Detective Frank Drebin Jr. and Beth Davenport.
Gita : Hello Chris! We are here to talk about The Naked Gun , a very very funny movie I had no
Big Gamescom Trailers Cost Up To $520,000 To Show, And Other Fun Facts [Update]
Gamescom Opening Night Live took place earlier today, and like I've done every show since leaving My Old Job, I didn't watch it. You didn't need to watch it either . If you did , though, or are only now catching up on some of the reveals, have you ever wondered how much it costs to get a game in front of that many eyeballs at the same time?
As , these things don't come cheap! In Gamescom 2025's case
OK History, That’s Enough Rhyming For One Day
"Given that Silksong is real and about to come out, what other super long-awaited games are left?"
'I feel like a little krill trying to not get eaten by a blue whale,' wrote one developer
'The coolest thing I’ve ever done is probably put references to both Jaws and Pac-Mac in a single trailer'
Unlike the rest of us
Bring me more furry guys
The boy that wasn’t right has become a man, dattebayo