This week, John regrets to inform you and Niki that Borderlands 4 is just more Borderlands, for better or worse. John thinks maybe worse. Niki’s right, it’s just 2K’s Madden. Also:
- the very interesting misfire that is Skate.
- Dying Light: The Beast is apparently great but we can’t get past the Hinterlands of Dying Light 2
- the poor PC performance of Borderlands 4 and Randy Pitchford’s admittedly very, very, very funny (if wildly unprofessional) responses to that criticism
- the flatness of NBA 2K26
- Tears of the Kingdom two and a half years later
- Peloton’s Lanebreak
- the inextricable link between Queen Elizabeth dying and our layoff at Fanbyte
- how free to play trains us to invest less
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