Oblivious RFK Jr. Still Mashing Away on Unplugged Controllerhard-drive.net ATLANTA — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate in the 2024 presidential election, was reportedly still hammering buttons on an unplugged controller that he…
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Game Night: It’s Casual Friday with ‘Sokomage’ and ‘Hive Jump 2: Survivors’hard-drive.net I had to switch horses mid-race this week. I started playing a game for the column, but it rapidly became obvious that I didn’t have…
Gamer With 4 Games Breaks Record for Largest PS5 Collectionhard-drive.net DES MOINES, Iowa — Local gaming collector Ryan Meadows has achieved a world record for having the largest collection of PS5 games with four. Guinness…
The Hard Drive Staff Reviews ‘Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game’hard-drive.net Thomas Wilde: The PR team from Illfonic reached out to me and said, “Why not check out our new asymmetrical multiplayer horror game, Killer Klowns…
Every Scott Pilgrim Character Ranked By How Likely It Is I Would Have Dated Them In My 20shard-drive.net As a queer guy who plays bass, with one foot in the nerd world and one in the hipster world, Scott Pilgrim was a huge…
Nobel Prize to Be Awarded to Forum User From 9 Years Ago With Same Niche Problemhard-drive.net STOCKHOLM — An internet hero was finally awarded for their work this week as the Swedish Academy has announced they will be giving the Nobel…
Stardew Valley's New Hardcore Mode Deletes Your Farm if You Open the Wikihard-drive.net SAN FRANCISCO — The Stardew Valley community expressed a mix of outrage, and heartbreak today after the release of a new hardcore mode that erases…
Game Night: Let’s Kill Some Dreams With ‘The Tower on the Borderland’hard-drive.net “Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil,” the late Terry Pratchett wrote. “Prayer, fasting, good works, and so…
Every Pokemon Evolution That Really Sobered Them Uphard-drive.net The world of Pokemon has been endlessly expanding since its genesis in 1996. The magical world of colorful pocket monsters living harmoniously with humans appears…
Dozens of GamerGaters Trapped Inside Goon Cave After Tunnel System Collapseshard-drive.net BUTTE, Mont. — Dozens of GamerGaters have become trapped inside their goon cave after the cave’s tunnel system collapsed, sources have confirmed. “I called the…
“This Goes Against the Franchise’s Roots,” Says Man Who Was Once Happy Childhard-drive.net BISMARCK, N.D. — Tyler Lombardi, a 34-year-old part-time convenience store clerk and former happy child, has been spending most of his free time complaining about…
Groundbreaking Creepypasta Imagines A World Where Peppa Pig Is All Fucked Uphard-drive.net LINCOLN, Neb. — An aspiring creepypasta author is being hailed as a visionary after imagining a world where children’s show icon Peppa Pig was, like,…
Game Night: Explore a Cheerful Hand-Made Dystopia in ‘Harold Halibut’hard-drive.net The problem with Harold Halibut is that it’s a startlingly vivid artistic accomplishment, but in the traditional sense of the term, it’s not much of…
Man Who Vowed to Finish Current Game Spots a Pretty New Game Looking at Him Across the Roomhard-drive.net TORONTO — Local gamer Frank Meadows has found himself in quite a predicament as despite his vow to finish the game he’s currently playing, temptation…
Every Bond Girl Ranked by How Hard I'd Fumblehard-drive.net The James Bond series is known for many things. Globe-trotting adventures, blood-pumping action, diabolical villains with overly theatrical lairs, strange henchmen that have a single…
The Creators of Slay the Princess Want to Go Isometric for Their Next Gamehard-drive.net Tony Howard-Arias and Abby Howard are the couple behind Black Tabby Games, the creators of visual novels Scarlet Hollow and Slay the Princess. Ahead of…
Game Night: I’m Not Sure If ‘Phantom Fury’ Is Actually Kiddinghard-drive.net It’s interesting how nostalgia comes in layers. The concept of the “boomer shooter” started with games that were deliberate throwbacks to the golden age of…
Gamer Removes Two of His Ribs so He Can Reach the Controller on the Floorhard-drive.net FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hardcore gamer Brian Ramirez recently entered a clinic that specializes in body modifications for gamers to remove two of his ribs…
Dark, Brooding Anime on the Human Condition Also Includes Men Getting so Horny Their Noses Bleedhard-drive.net The anime world has a love affair with the new series My Brother Is A Suicidal Wizard, a dark, brooding examination of the human condition…
What 'Furiosa's' Failure Says About Hollywood According to Someone Who'd Have Had the Same Opinion if It Succeededhard-drive.net RALEIGH, N.C. — George Miller’s new film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was the headliner for what’s been called the worst Memorial Day box office…
What 'Furiosa's' Failure Says About Hollywood According to Someone Who'd Have Had the Same Opinion if It Succeededhard-drive.net RALEIGH, N.C. — George Miller’s new film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga was the headliner for what’s been called the worst Memorial Day box office…
Writer Finishes 1000 Page Script for Game Player Will Uninstall 10 Minutes Into Demohard-drive.net Writer, Davey Spada, recently hit the Share button on the video game script for his company’s upcoming turn-based roguelike, Cerulean Empire: The Blade of War.…
Perfectly Organized Desk Allows Total Focus on Work Deadline That Passed Hours Agohard-drive.net Home Office – A perfectly organized, hyper-optimized personal work space inside Tommy Garner’s apartment will allow him to totally focus on a work deadline which…
Game Night: Getting My Idle Clicker On With ‘Dragon Ruins’hard-drive.net Check out our weekly indie game review column Game Night on our non-satirical section, Minus World.
Game Night: Shoot Up a Theme Park in ‘Crow Country’hard-drive.net My goal with this column is to discuss interesting indie games that, in the flooded state of the market, might otherwise have flown under the…
Phil Spencer Wrapped in Towel After Suffering Red Ring of Deathhard-drive.net REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Gaming CEO, Phil Spencer, is taking time away from Xbox Studios to recover after coming down with the Red Ring of…