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Something new is happening in the world of video games. On that much at least, we can mostly agree. A new generation of agentic AI coding tools has unleashed a tsunami of mash-ups and ports and reverse-engineered remakes that have been generating nonstop headlines over the past six weeks. You know the ones: Halo playable … Read more
Key Preview Takeaways: It will remind you a lot of Animal Crossing. This isn’t a bad thing! There are some nice touches that go beyond Animal Crossing that I appreciate. The Switch 2 version won’t be out until next year. 2026 has been an incredibly crowded year for cozy life simulation games. Ironically, a genre … Read more
Everyone loves a fantasy draft, especially when it involves some of the players who made the 2026 World Cup the most entertaining edition of the tournament ever. With the return of international soccer this week, we decided to conduct a fantasy draft focused around the final group-stage games of the UEFA Nations League. We’ll be … Read more
You can’t be serious when you’re smiling all the time. Unless you’re Gronk. Back in 2010, the New England Patriots had yet to figure that out. So they didn’t know what to make of Rob Gronkowski, then an Arizona draft prospect. He seemed like the meathead to rule all meatheads. A human biceps. And it … Read more
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake is framed as a legend retold. It opens on a tapestry depicting Hyrule’s people and places, as a narrator reflects on Link’s journey like it’s a valuable story worth passing down. For Zelda producers Eiji Aonuma and Hidemaro Fujibayashi, a desire to pass the original game down … Read more
Back in July, I walked up closely to the table where UCLA coach Bob Chesney sat. The occasion was Big Ten media days, and we were still all weeks away from the start of this now-memorable 2026 season when I told Chesney my most closely held belief about the modern game: You’re about to watch the … Read more
Skip intro → 22 Oct – 1 Dec 2026 Seventy years of a rivalry that keeps turning, and the 2026 tour 5 T20Is · 5 ODIs · 2 Tests Explore the story ↓ The 2026 tour India in New Zealand: the full tour Twelve matches from 22 October: five T20Is, five ODIs and two Tests. … Read more
Think of a more chaotic Saturday. Think of the day you managed to get all three kids to three birthday parties, two soccer games, a dance recital and a middle school dance in an 18-hour window. Think of the day you boarded a 6 a.m. flight, connected twice, got delayed twice, canceled once and still … Read more
Dungeons & Dragons: World of Warcraft is less than a month away, and it already looks like it’s going to be a massive expansion to the tabletop game. But there are still a lot of questions about whether this new expansion is going to lean more towards the combat-oriented approach of the MMO or just … Read more
By now, you’ve heard some variation of the story. Indiana athletics director Scott Dolson has told it countless times. It’s been printed in newspaper copy for months. It’s been chronicled in books about the remarkable rise of Hoosiers football. Nobody knew exactly who Indiana hired in Curt Cignetti in December 2024, but there was an … Read more