Latest articles by Harvey Randall
PSA: Don't miss this Dragon Age: The Veilguard side quest, since it gives a ton of vital context for the main story
News Howling like the wolf (statues).
Dragon Age: The Veilguard's story does get better, but its clunky script makes such a bad first impression—and those problems never quite go away
ELVEN GODS A bad handshake.
Final Fantasy 14's patch 7.1 trailer teases much-needed character development for its bad dad antagonist Zoraal Ja—but a sluggish release schedule for everything else
News Better late than never.
6 times we got seriously creeped out by games that aren't even horror games
👻 Some of gaming's scariest moments came when we weren't expecting to be scared.
7 tips for Dragon Age: The Veilguard that you might accidentally miss
Quick tips Don't overlook these less obvious features in The Veilguard.
Monster Hunter Wilds' arachnophobia filter turns mosquitos into, okay, brace yourself—raunchy humping slimes that over 100,000 people think are jumping their bones
News Your scientists were so preoccupied with hearing them out, they didn't stop to think if they should.
Ubisoft's got yet another NFT project, and man do I feel bad for the artists whose great work is being wasted on this garbage
News It's a PvP game, obviously.
Here's exactly how the transgender and non-binary options in Dragon Age: The Veilguard work
News Mirror, mirror, on the table: Give me gender, if you're able.
FF14 director Yoshi-P says transphobic abuse sent to Wuk Lamat's English VA 'breaks my heart', pleads for players to 'refrain from personal attacks'
News "It doesn't do anything except make the staff lose motivation."
Gearbox will fly fan with terminal illness to see Borderlands 4 early—says he's been 'floored' by the kindness, donations, and the gamers who helped him get in touch
News "When I received an email from Randy I couldn’t believe it."
Don't be afraid of Dragon Age: The Veilguard's hard 'Underdog' difficulty—if you're hoovering up all the sidequests and collectibles, it's pretty much perfect
News Not so Veil-hard.
WoW massively buffs rewards for its anniversary event a week after its release—which would be the fourth time in a year it's had to do similar
News Here we go again, again.
One of Baldur's Gate 3's cut NPCs is an Oscar-winning liar who probably would've rinsed my bleeding heart out of 50 gold, if I'm being honest
News Next you'll tell me putting worms in my brain is bad, actually.
Randy Pitchford appears to hint at 'seamless' loading in Borderlands 4, is asked to elaborate, says 'I will absolutely elaborate', doesn't elaborate, leaves
News Hi Randy! Oh, bye Randy.
The Mighty Nein animated series is 'definitely more than halfway done', says Critical Role CEO—which'll make not one, but two famous D&D campaigns turned into TV
News A mighty yes—or ja, as they say in the Dwendalian Empire.
Critical Role's blockbuster animated series The Legend of Vox Machina announces Season 4—which means the return of D&D's biggest bad to streaming TV
News On a roll.
Final Fantasy 14's next big challenge: Making players feel like they're getting their monthly sub's worth—not just funding Square's flops while WoW stacks value
NEW MOUNTAINS I want to believe.
WoW stays true to form by dropping a $90 dinosaur mount during a controversial balance patch—and of course players are buying enough of them to gather in herds
News "This is what we've chosen."
Baldur's Gate 3 holds up shockingly well in first person—so well, in fact, that Larian head Swen Vincke's been gobsmacked by his own game: 'Just look at it'
News Eyes-sometric view.
SAG-AFTRA flexes its metaphorical K/D ratio 3 months into voice acting strike over AI: 'More than 120 games from 49 companies have now signed'
News "Humane protections for actors against AI exploitation are not an unreasonable ask."
D&D's upcoming 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide looks to actually guide dungeon masters, including a 4-step plan to making a story with a satisfying climax
News Halfway decent homebrew.
The Day Before developer cancels second Kickstarter after it whimpers out with $2,200 of funding, immediately goes all-in on a third game in the same announcement
News Third time's the charm?
Telltale heaves a long, dog-tired sigh at 'unsubstantiated Reddit threads', reassures fans that The Wolf Among Us 2 is still being made, honest
News The (tell)tales of my death are greatly over-exaggerated.
