Latest articles by Harvey Randall
Final Fantasy 14 'world first' raiders busted immediately for cheating thanks to a single pixel in a screenshot, making it the 3rd scuffed Ultimate race in a row
News Catastrophe comes in threes.
Dragon Age lead writer shares the heartfelt process of creating Inquisition's Dorian, says his 'story is not MY story, but it's also not far off'
News "It allowed me to SAY something. That felt good. It felt right."
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is $3.50 on Steam, letting you poke around one of 2024's most interesting failures for the price of a cheeseburger
News Honestly, not a terrible price for AAA midness.
Diablo boss triggers mass eyeroll after wondering out loud if 'we could normalize Diablo-like for ARPGs that follow the Diablo formula'
News I wonder if we could normalise calling me a cool dude that's fun to hang out with, but we don't always get what we want.
'A true, raw, emotional display of what our life is genuinely like'—how a documentary about a WoW player gave a vivid window into the lives of disabled gamers
News Empowerment, happiness, and human connection through gaming.
Arcane co-creator feels Viktor and Jayce's storyline was unresolved 'to a certain degree', but they weren't quite 'given the time' to explore it
News Animation's a conundrum.
Blizzard is finally coming after chronic Mythic+ ditchers in WoW, suspending players 'who repeatedly and recklessly disrupted' groups for funsies
News A slap on the wrist.
Dragon Age: Origins lead writer says Shale was saved partly by his real-life burning hatred for pigeon poop: 'I wrote like the angry, angry wind'
News "I hated those pigeons SO SO MUCH".
Former Atlus artist raises a glass to Metaphor: ReFantazio character designer and their mastery of 'sex appeal' that transcends stereotypes
News "When I saw Soejima’s character designs, it was the first time I found male characters sexy."
'I can show this film to my parents, and they will understand better': Director of touching WoW documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin reflects on the importance of online communities as sanctuaries
News "I've read messages from men that say ‘I haven't cried since '99, and this is the first time I cried since then.'"
Season 2's ending was peak Arcane—a dense and explosive finale that'll take a while to properly pick out of your teeth
VI-RY DENSE If you weren't signed up for this, what were you signed up for?
Baldur's Gate 3 console players are now limited to 100 mods per save—and probably won't have unfettered access to big naturals Withers like we do on PC
News "We're actually hitting the limits of how many mods can be active while still keeping Baldur's Gate 3 stable."
How to use the Mirror of Loss in Baldur's Gate 3
At a loss Sell some memories for an ability score bonus.
Man wed to digital icon Hatsune Miku in real life causes uproar when he admits he mostly married her just because he could
News "I try to do things within the bounds of what’s not illegal."
Akon's 'Smack That' and Morrigan from Dragon Age: Origins have a shared history, according to her writer, who cast her off a 'beat poet rendition' of the song
News Get on the floor. Gimmie some more.
Huh, Final Fantasy 14 is getting a mobile remake made by another studio, with redesigned jobs and battles made for your clumsy thumbs
News Eorzea in the palm of your hand.
Baldur's Gate 3 defies the laws of physics by being a singleplayer RPG with more daily users in 2024 than its release year
News Staying power.
Helldivers 2 players endure sarcastic propaganda that commends their 'undeniable tactical brilliance' after the 'blob' abandons a nearly-won objective for basically no reason
News Democracy in action.
Pathfinder 2e celebrates the 1st anniversary of its remaster by smashing D&D for value, offers $888 worth of new books for $45 with latest Humble Bundle
News That's a lotta PDFs.
Arcane's showrunners would like to shake things up after 9 years, which is part of why it's ending with Season 2
News Riot's co-founder also says "there are lots of other stories to tell".
After having to buff event rewards 4 times in a year, WoW director Ion Hazzikostas admits there's 'a pattern' and that 'we may tend to err on the conservative side'
News You can always buff later.
From extensive lore-friendly research to diabolical wordplay: All the different ways we name our beloved videogame characters
Aliases Making a name for ourselves.
D&D's 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide has finally had it, passive-aggressively denounces peasant railguns, capitalist artificers, and weaponised bags of rats
News I didn't know rulebooks could get sassy, but here we are.
