A great way to intensify comedy is to make it feel real. ‘Mockumentaries’ blur the lines between truth and fiction, presenting themselves as authentic documentaries on fake subjects. It’s a fascinating sub-genre that when used well can be extremely potent. The same format can be used for serious effect, such as ‘found-footage’ films likeThe Blair Witch ProjectorCloverfieldthatwring tension and horrorfrom the camera being a real-world hand-held object. Mockumentaries, however, are more self-aware and ‘constructed’ than those films, gaining comedy from the contrast between their serious deadpan format and the absurdity of what they film....

With the launch ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, players across the world have started to enjoy their life on an island paradise. With manynew features like terraformingfor fans to play around with,Animal Crossingplayers are overloaded with different things to do. But, there is value in simple activities such as the time-tested activity of capturing different local fauna. Of course, with the player being situated on an island, there will be an abundance of fish and other aquatic animals for them to collect....

Metroidvaniasare getting increasingly popular among the indie crowd of creators. It’s great for fans of the genre in a world where two of the originators,MetroidandCastlevania, aren’t as strong of brands as they once used to be. They’re not completely dead, but that will be discussed below. RELATED:Ranking Every Gaming Handheld From Least To Most Comfortable What made these two series so unique and what makes them different? Well, first of all, aMetroidlike game revolves around the principle of exploring one giant, interconnected map, which continually opens up as new tools and or powers are introduced....

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarothas already been a commercial andcritical successthrough its open-world game mechanics and storytelling. Once players had finished the game there were plenty of calls for more content drawing inspiration from the vastDragon Ball Zlore. Fortunately, this content is arriving and a loading screen will have fans excited for what is to come. Considering the popularity ofDragon Ball Z, it was unsurprising when a game likeDragon Ball Z: Kakarotwhich told a tried and tested story alongside interesting fighting mechanics was acommercial success....

Quick Links It is a common occurrence inPokemon GOfor obtainable Raid Pokemon to be switched out on a semi-regular basis. These Pokemon are often cycled through events, celebrations, and various in-game seasons, and provide players with an opportunity to battle against, as well as capture, a range of Pokemon from both common encounters, Legendarys or Mythicals, and Megas. Many Trainers who do manage to capture Yveltal inPokemon GOwill wish to then further utilize the monster inPvP or PvE battles....

Perhaps some folks out there were expecting a serious hot tub stream onTwitchfor Pokimane’s birthday. But despite it being just a joke on the whole hot tub meta, the hot tub stream hosted by Pokimane and the rest of OfflineTV was so successful that it brokeTwitchrecords. Earlier this week, Pokimane tweeted out that she had convinced OfflineTV to do a hot tub stream for her birthday. This is in response to the ongoing hot tub meta that has both big online personalities and Twitch users on both sides of the fence....

The E3 PC Gaming Showcase featured a lot of new IPs from smaller developers. Among them was FPS RPGPioner, which may owe some of its inspiration to a franchise shown off earlier today. TheSTALKER 2trailer was front and center during Microsoft’s E3 2021 presentation, but it is not the only RPG taking players to post-apocalyptic eastern Europe.Pionermay not bring the same budget or production value but certainly matchesSTALKER’satmosphere. RELATED:STALKER 2: Heart of Chernobyl is Xbox Console Launch Exclusive, Coming in 2022...

Ever since its release back in 2014,PThas been lauded as one of the best horror gaming experiences. The short demo was so affecting and unsettling that many horror fans have even claimedPTshaped the future of horror games. Unfortunately, now that the next generation of consoles is almost here, players are upset thatPTis forever stuck on the PS4. However, recent reports from outlets like Polygon and GamesRadar have confirmed thatPTwas, at one point, briefly playable on PS5 before the console’s launch....

Red Dead Redemption 2initially released in October 2018, allowing then-only console players to live out their cowboy lives before the game released on PC and Stadia. Despite how long it has been since release and the wide availability of the game, a lot of the Wild, Wild West remains undiscovered. There are still plenty ofmysteries and secrets inRed Dead Redemption 2that players are trying to piece together, and sometimes there’s just random events that players don’t experience multiple playthroughs in....

The upcoming gameSons of the Foresthas a lot of horror fans excited, and the latest trailer has only increased this excitement.The Forest,released in 2014, is a terrifying survival horror title in which players must gather resources in order to build what they need to fend off hordes of grotesque monsters and survive on a hostile peninsula. The sequel appears to be upping the ante and adding a slew of new, frightening enemies to contend with....

The Division 2released almost two years ago now, but the game’s developers are still updating it relatively regularly. Those updates now include an upcomingnext-gen upgrade forThe Division 2. Dedicated players of Ubisoft’s looter shooter knew the upgrade was arriving at some point.The Division 2devs announced a patch for the Xbox Series X/S and PS5 last month. It turns out the fanbase isn’t going to have to wait long to see what the title looks like on the newest consoles available....

Actress, author, and all-around amazing human being Carrie Fisher will always be remembered by fans for her role as Princess Leia in the originalStar Warstrilogy. Even though Fisher is, sadly, no longer with us, one fan is helping to keep her memory alive with some incredible cosplay. In the originalStar Wars trilogy, Fisher played Leia Organa, a Princess from the doomed planet of Alderaan who would go on to become one of the most important figureheads in the fight against the Galactic Empire....

Plenty of RPGs have romance options, fromMass EffecttoStardew Valley. The romances inThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntare still among the best in the genre and have a lot to teach other developers about handling romance in the future. The romances inThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntare well-integrated into the story, feeling far more narratively driven and far less mechanical than some of the ones in other games. RELATED:10 Offline PC Open-World Games You Need To Play The Options The Witcher 3’s romances aren’t compelling just because the characters are, in and of themselves, loveable....