And so we’ve come to the very last episode of Awful Squad in 2017. This week’s Awful Squad attendees include:Justin McElroyChris PlanteRuss FrushtickTravis McElroySpecial Guest Merritt KSpecial thanks to @CapnDee for some great artwork! The part of Simone played by 1990s Al Pacino #awfulsquad pic.twitter.com/GbgbckWC4E — Douglas (@CapnDee) December 6, 2017No idea what Awful Squad is? If you like this sort of video content, perhaps you’d enjoy Polygon’s many video series, including Monster Factor

So far, he’s racked up nearly 36 million views on the platform, serving up hot chicken dinners on the regular. Back in March, the day after the game launched on Steam, we asked him to tell us why he made the decision to switch over to the game from DayZ, where he’d made a name for himself hunting bandits and campers at long range. Ball has spent plenty of time with it, and he said that it requires a dramatically different set of skills. But if you’re new to the game, Ball offered up a few tips.

I don’t put much stock in numbers, but I’m often reminded of the one that we gave to Oxenfree, a game that’s become a cult classic since its release in early 2016. I scored Oxenfree a seven, which isn’t bad by our scale. Life is Strange, is enjoyable despite its often ridiculed dialogue, but Oxenfree does a better job of exploring how teenagers actually talk, or at least how we expect them to. I keep coming back to Oxenfree to tinker with the conversations, try out different directions and piece

Now, I’m not saying that Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s director, Rian Johnson, compares to Alfred Hitchcock. A key moment in the latest Star Wars film is just as disorienting, bucking the franchise’s deeply rooted convention to create The Last Jedi’s most tense, exciting and unforgettable moment. Halfway through The Last Jedi’s very lengthy runtime, Kylo Ren presents Rey, his captive, to his master, Supreme Leader Snoke. Snoke’s an intimidating being, even more so than the unhinged Kylo Ren: He’s n

13: Final Fantasy 13 (PS3/Xbox 360, 2010)Like FF14, Final Fantasy 13 stands as a monument to the breakdown of Square Enix’s internal processes as the industry moved into the high-definition generation. 12: Final Fantasy 3 (Famicom, 1990)In a lot of ways, this was the first Final Fantasy that really felt like, well, Final Fantasy. 4: Final Fantasy 4 (Super Famicom, 1991)No game in the series has done quite so much to define the what it means to be Final Fantasy like Final Fantasy 4 (released in t

One such execution, for the Valkyrie class of the Viking faction, is called “No Touching,” and was made available in November. Original No Touching execution? The “No Touching” animation, theoretically, could require a re-rating or a re-labeling, which wouldn’t change to whom it could be sold, but would be a headache for Ubisoft. Apparently the original execution that published on Nov. 9 was an earlier file that accidentally made it into For Honor. But a timestamping error involving Daylight Sav

Crawl is a macabre multiplayer game built around local multiplayer and today, it releases on Nintendo Switch, perhaps the perfect console for the title. In the game, players alternate between playing the hero and the enemies the hero encounters. If this sounds like a recipe for a fantastic evening of local multiplayer, then you’d be right. Games like Enter the Gungeon, Overcooked and Crawl are slowly making the Nintendo Switch a console that can breathe new life into local multiplayer games that

Crawl is a macabre multiplayer game built around local multiplayer and today, it releases on Nintendo Switch, perhaps the perfect console for the title. In the game, players alternate between playing the hero and the enemies the hero encounters. If this sounds like a recipe for a fantastic evening of local multiplayer, then you’d be right. Games like Enter the Gungeon, Overcooked and Crawl are slowly making the Nintendo Switch a console that can breathe new life into local multiplayer games that

Atlus is bringing back Catherine, its unique, 2011 puzzle game developed by the Persona team. A PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita remake is currently in development, the company revealed this week, with updated visuals and entirely new content planned for the game. Catherine: Full Body will again star Vincent, who’s caught in the middle of several very different women named Catherine. Where Catherine: Full Body switches things up from the original is when it comes to both the challenging puzzle

Atlus is bringing back Catherine, its unique, 2011 puzzle game developed by the Persona team. A PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita remake is currently in development, the company revealed this week, with updated visuals and entirely new content planned for the game. Catherine: Full Body will again star Vincent, who’s caught in the middle of several very different women named Catherine. Where Catherine: Full Body switches things up from the original is when it comes to both the challenging puzzle

Dark Souls fans were met with disappointment over the weekend, after a rumored Nintendo Switch remaster of the first game in the series failed to materialize. But even though it didn’t come from someone reputed for “scoops,” fans ruminated for days on a Switch port of Dark Souls. Dec. 15 came and went; Dark Souls for Switch was not announced. But the Dark Souls franchise’s Twitter remains pelted with replies demanding where that Switch version is, despite Bandai Namco Entertainment never teasing

Dark Souls fans were met with disappointment over the weekend, after a rumored Nintendo Switch remaster of the first game in the series failed to materialize. But even though it didn’t come from someone reputed for “scoops,” fans ruminated for days on a Switch port of Dark Souls. Dec. 15 came and went; Dark Souls for Switch was not announced. But the Dark Souls franchise’s Twitter remains pelted with replies demanding where that Switch version is, despite Bandai Namco Entertainment never teasing

Dragon Ball FighterZ’s open beta will begin Jan. 14, 2018 for everyone and one day earlier for those who pre-order the fighting game, Bandai Namco announced. The exact times for the beta are:Pre-orders: Jan. 13 at 3 a.m. ETThe beta is for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One only, not for PC. Dragon Ball FighterZ launches Jan. 26, 2018 on PS4, Windows PC and Xbox One. Also yesterday, Bandai Namco of America put out this video breakdown of Hit, who was introduced to the game in a rollicking trailer from Ju

Dragon Ball FighterZ’s open beta will begin Jan. 14, 2018 for everyone and one day earlier for those who pre-order the fighting game, Bandai Namco announced. The exact times for the beta are:Pre-orders: Jan. 13 at 3 a.m. ETThe beta is for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One only, not for PC. Dragon Ball FighterZ launches Jan. 26, 2018 on PS4, Windows PC and Xbox One. Also yesterday, Bandai Namco of America put out this video breakdown of Hit, who was introduced to the game in a rollicking trailer from Ju

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds has received its first patch for the Xbox One version available in Game Preview. The notes for patch No. Many other fixes and improvements are called out in the patch notes. PUBG’s community coordinator said this is “the first of many Xbox-focused patch notes to come.”Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds launched on Dec. 12 in the Xbox One Game Preview program. Update: With the update now live, we hopped into the game on Xbox One and found marginal improvements.

Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds has received its first patch for the Xbox One version available in Game Preview. The notes for patch No. Many other fixes and improvements are called out in the patch notes. PUBG’s community coordinator said this is “the first of many Xbox-focused patch notes to come.”Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds launched on Dec. 12 in the Xbox One Game Preview program. Update: With the update now live, we hopped into the game on Xbox One and found marginal improvements.

Twitch is launching a competitive reality series that could help one up-and-coming streamer make the move to being a full-time personality on the platform. Twitch announced today it will produce a new reality TV series, Stream On, a competition in the same vein as American Idol or America’s Got Talent. Streamers who reside in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom will be able to compete for a grand prize of $60,000. Streamers will “face challenges designed to test important streamer skills, an

Twitch is launching a competitive reality series that could help one up-and-coming streamer make the move to being a full-time personality on the platform. Twitch announced today it will produce a new reality TV series, Stream On, a competition in the same vein as American Idol or America’s Got Talent. Streamers who reside in the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom will be able to compete for a grand prize of $60,000. Streamers will “face challenges designed to test important streamer skills, an

One such execution, for the Valkyrie class of the Viking faction, is called “No Touching,” and was made available in November. Original No Touching execution? The “No Touching” animation, theoretically, could require a re-rating or a re-labeling, which wouldn’t change to whom it could be sold, but would be a headache for Ubisoft. Apparently the original execution that published on Nov. 9 was an earlier file that accidentally made it into For Honor. But a timestamping error involving Daylight Sav

Video games have been a bright spot in a bleak year. A wonderfully unexpected mix of gamesAre we really escaping when we play games? Video games can be frivolous. There’s a tempestuous debate among video game fans about what makes a video game a video game. And that’s what the best games do.