The Elden Ring DLC surprised me for how much better it makes the whole game by returning to a lot of the same sensibilities that made me fall in love with Dark Souls. My review: pcgamer.com/games/rpg/elde…

A pair of older women approached me while I was having coffee outside the other day, giggling to each other as if hiding a secret, and then one of them told me that they saw a couple having sex at the train station across the street. I said “wow, summertime eh” and they agreed.

I just spoke with a bunch of WoW leads last month to write our cover story and each of them were extremely excited to tell me what they've been working on, so seeing them unionize (WoW Gamemaker's Guild) today rules.

Call of Duty published a 25-page scientific paper about why SBMM is good for Call of Duty. Part of that paper covers a secret experiment it ran on players earlier this year: they toned down SBMM, then players quit more. pcgamer.com/games/activisi…

Visited Firaxis earlier this month to play Civilization 7 and was happy to find big changes, including some that'll probably be controversial. It wouldn't be a new Civ game if it didn't lead to a few 3,000-word strategy nerd essays about all its mistakes. pcgamer.com/games/strategy…

I really thought Concord would do alright when I first played it but it must’ve been the old man Quake player in me whispering “there are health pickups, can’t fail.”

Star Wars Outlaws is Ubisoft at its best (and worst). pcgamer.com/games/action/s…

Was walking along a road by a marsh by the ocean in Pescadero, CA and encountered these fliers stapled to telephone poles.

Something curious I covered the other day: A company now has FDA clearance to treat stress with videogames that use its biofeedback SDK. It wants to connect game developers to the healthcare economy—ie, your insurance could one day cover videogames. pcgamer.com/gaming-industr…

Appreciate Tonsure Bellagio this week for introducing me to and reviewing Judero. pcgamer.com/games/adventur…