Much like last year, here at the start of another new year, my gaming plate is rather full. Most notably, I recently started up Elden Ring for the first time, and with it, I still have a very long way to go. Elden Ring was a holiday gift, as were copies of Super Mario Odyssey…
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Shift Up CEO Claims AI is Necessary to Compete with China
Last year we saw the rise of AI slop in everything from YouTube to TV and even games in some places. It was annoying, certainly, but at the very least the impact still felt minimal. Well, unfortunately for us, it’s looking like the slop is going to keep flowing and to ever greater extents. Triple…
The Duck’s 2026 Gaming To-Do List
Last week, I wrote about how and why I didn’t play any games released in 2025. And yet, as we begin 2026, it appears the trend will likely stay the same. But I’ve still got plenty of games, or at the very least, general categories of games that I’d like to play during the upcoming…
Hat’s Most Anticipated Games for 2026
Now that 2025 is over and the reflections on its best games are done, the time has finally come to look ahead to what’s coming down the pike this year. I’m not yet sure how 2026 will stack up against the past couple of years, but it’s definitely got potential. There’s a ton that I…
YouTube Highlights, Weekly Edition #423
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Cary’s 2025 Game of the Year – Herdling
I played a handful of solid new games this year, from romping through the afflicted Living Lands in Avowed, to exploring myths and legends of the American South in South of Midnight, to traveling the stars and then some in The Outer Worlds 2. Before my personal Game of the Year pick came along, any…
Still No News, Let’s Talk Deadzone: Rogue Instead
As we all are painfully aware by now, there are just too many good games coming out these days. Seriously, even those of us who get the press releases can’t keep track of them all. No matter how many trailers you look at or how often you dig through the online stores, tons of great…
Reminiscing Over the Duck’s 2025 Year in Gaming
Every January, we each pick our choice for Game of the Year and discuss what exactly made it stand out above the rest. But this is the very first year since the tradition began that I, well…I didn’t play any new games. Sure, I did play a lot of games. Just none that were released…
Hat’s GotY 2025: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Yup, Sandfall Interactive’s Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continues to collect Game of the Year picks, even from small time bloggers like myself. I guess this was always going to be the outcome too, now that I think about it. This wasn’t exactly a super stacked year in terms of game releases, you know? I think…
Listmas 2025: Five False Starts Worth Revisiting
Like most folks who play video games, I maintain a perennial backlog of games that I want to play…someday. In recent years, a growing portion of my backlog is becoming populated with games that I started but never finished. Sometime me and the game at hand didn’t click; other times, I dropped these titles in…
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