The Best ‘Peanuts’ Great Pumpkin Comic Strip Came Out 2 Years Before the Famous TV Special

In 1966, CBS debuted the now-classic television special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. In it, all the kids in the Peanuts gang take part in typical Halloween activities, including trick-or-treating and pumpkin-carving — except for Linus. Instead, Linus is preparing for the arrival of a mythical being known as the “Great Pumpkin.” As Linus…

Steam Week in Review: Steam Next Fest has over 8,000 demos, as worthless vibe coded slop levels up

We are drowning in shit. Steam Next Fest, which kicks off tomorrow, currently has 8,011 matches on its press preview landing page. That’s roughly double the amount of demos featured in Steam’s June 2026 Next Fest. In June 2022, Next Fest boasted just over a thousand demos. The vast majority of these demos will be…

Decomp Hub Closes Due To AI, Mourns Sense Of Community

When the major AI models updated in September, it seemed to usher in a tide of vibe coded havoc. The use of it in the modding community was divisive enough. Now dedicated platforms have been flushed and flustered by this new unprecedented wave. One popular platform, decomp.dev, has opted to throw in the towel. Not…

World of Warcraft Forever devs “want blood” between Horde and Alliance players, as long as you aren’t “truly degenerate”

How will you be playing World of Warcraft Forever? The PvE, PvP, and RP split is just as much of a hot topic as Horde vs Alliance, and there’s unquestionably a lot of value to be gained from the ever-present threat of real player-on-player danger. But joining the PvP realm comes with its own risks,…

MrBeast Invests Quarter Mill On AI-Powered ‘Ball 2’ On Shark Tank

James Stephen Donaldson, the algorithm ruling, product hustling, normal smile having YouTube superstar better known as MrBeast recently made his debut on Shark Tank. During his first episode on the show where celebrity investors put “idea people” through a humiliation ritual, Donaldson cut from the pack to back an AI-powered ball. It rolls. You can…

No Rest for the Wicked’s dramatic 1.0 transformation will “likely” lead to overpowered builds, but “who cares?”

No Rest for the Wicked 1.0 is going to look very different from the action RPG I’ve poured dozens of hours into during its early access. Developer Moon Studios has cast out its existing leveling structure, which bore close resemblance to the likes of Dark Souls, in favor of a completely new class system. That’s…

Mailbox: Rising Costs, Non-Compliant EU Switches, WarioWare Fantasia – Nintendo Life Letters

Issue #41 – October 2026. Welcome one and all to the Nintendo Life Mailbox. Everyone good? It’s October, which means with all the video games coming out at once, we’re game-rich and time-poor (money-poor, too). And with Ocarina just around the corner, everyone’s head-down enjoying their gaming as Zelda approaches, and beyond that GOTY pokes…

Dark Souls 2 dataminer shows off massive prototype coliseum level from early development

At a glance The rough prototype looks to have been binned early in development, and it’s largely avoided discussion before Doneda’s work. Some portions appear to have been part of an interconnected area, others are likely different versions of the same concept. It may have been related to what became the Undead Crypt in the…

New Steam Game is Basically Kiki’s Delivery Service in Video Game Form

Sharing food with others begets a certain type of magic. That goes double for baked goods and desserts. In The Witch’s Bakery, that magic is literal. It’s a charming, cozy, and heartfelt adventure that goes heavy on the Studio Ghibli vibes. In Sunny Lab’s debut game, you play as the heart witch Lunne who moves…

PS6 Memory Components Alone Could Cost More Than $700

The next generation of home consoles is in constant fluctuation. Studio monopolies are caving in. Players are not on board with the all-digital future. One thing that is certain is that when Sony and Microsoft do pull the trigger, it will be monumentally expensive for players. With costs rising all over, consumer technology is among…