Hades for sure has a story. Probably the best implementation of story in the whole genre.

Any good TV will be a smart TV. Just don't connect it to the internet and it'll effectively be another basic TV.

Really not a great article. Okay, there's tension and challenge that exists today. But what tools and approaches are working? Which companies, frameworks, or postures are effective?

I played for about two hours today. It's fun, though not spectacular. Feels a lot like Destiny 2's Gambit game mode (but no buttery-smooth announcer).

I'm not too invested in the story personally. It seems like there's a decent amount of depth here for those who are.

The game really needs per-class tutorials, or at least in-game descriptions of class abilities. I've been paying as the grenade dude and I have no clue what exactly my RB ability does.

There's enough here to keep my interest for a few weekends at minimum. Glad to see it's on Game Pass!

He was probably one of the best community managers for any company ever. He did a ton to connect Xbox as a brand with gamers, communicating as a two-way process and (seemingly) bringing about change with Xbox as a result of this process.

Whereas most community managers start strong with a couple of good blog posts and a promise to "listen more", Major Nelson actually kept this up... for the better part of two decades.

These firefight changes are crazy! It's amazing what they've been able to dig up from all that old code.

Halo 3 Escalation sounds super well done and way more in line with the Halo Infinite mode.

I'm more excited for the home screen selector than I should be.

Imagine if Bayonetta and Gears of War had a baby, and then that baby devoted an entire button solely to smoking a cigarette during a gunfight.

Hybrid Heaven on N64. Great game with a super interesting battle mechanic. I've never played anything else quite like it. Maybe The Surge would be the closest system, wherein you can target specific body parts for interesting effects. But you can't suplex an alligator in The Surge.

I play nearly every day... maybe that's the "trick" here.

I seldom fire up my Switch, which is probably why I feel like it always needs a huge update.

This is never a problem for me on Xbox (Series X). It feels like it's always a problem on the Switch. Also, that damn console has the nerve to wait and only prompt for an updated when I try to launch a game. Infuriating.

For real. And even if they were to find the users, which is a longshot, those people could say, "no one tells the truth on the internet."

This fishing expedition is a waste of resources.

I've been partial to https://mailinator.com, but some services are getting wise to it (and blocking *@mailinator.com addresses). Thanks for sharing an alternative!