32 Years Later, The Best ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Quote About Why Work Sucks Is Still Painfully Accurate

In Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes, we as readers only get a few incidental looks at what either of Calvin’s parents do when Calvin isn’t around. Watterson wrote in the Calvin and Hobbes 10th anniversary collection that Calvin’s father is a patent attorney, like Watterson’s own father was, although there’s all of one strip that…

No More PlayStation Discs Means No More Disc Butts

Sony is ending its physical disc production for PlayStation games beginning in 2028. A lot of people are very reasonably worried about this for very valid reasons: there are concerns around digital ownership, the decimation of the used games market, worries this may price some people out of buying games entirely, or just frustration around…

Greedy Growers codes (August 2026)

Grab these Greedy Growers codes and get free tickets to spend on expanding your plots and getting more seeds. Then, plant them and watch them grow. Make sure to grab them before the lightning strikes and ruins your profit margin. Yes, that’s right, lightning. The bigger and better your farm gets, the more money you…

Pokémon Pokopia’s Expansion Pass Is Getting A Packaged Download Release

Oh, FFS… 🤦🏻‍♂️ I’d be all over an actual all-on-cart release, inclusive of DLC. Don’t care how much they charge for it. Make it a limited print if you must or a Nintendo Store exclusive. You mean to tell me that people will pay more than double for “collector’s editions” for an oversized box filled…

Grand Theft Auto 6 Launch Gets Some Players 4 Days off Work, But There’s a Controversial Catch

Some gamers will get four days off around the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI. The unusual perk is tied to the launch of one of the year’s most anticipated video games. However, the offer comes with a controversial catch. According to Variety, the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart in Georgia,…

GTA 6 cars need gas? OK, I’m finally on board

Grab a bucket, because GTA 6 is springing leaks in every direction. A group (individual?) called Cyberleek has been publishing seemingly genuine clips from Rockstar’s latest for two days now, giving us our first glimpses of gameplay a week ahead of the big Netflix reveal happening on August 27. There’s electricity in the air around…

14 Games That Give You The Absolute Best Bang For Your Buck

Gaming has never been more expensive. We’re here to investigate why, and help you play more while spending less. Welcome to GameSpot Cheap Week. Although games themselves are technically cheaper than ever before, it’s no secret that our average disposable income has diminished significantly. As such, paying $70 (or more) each time a new game…

Witcher 3 Cut A Feature Because NPCs Kept Dropping Babies

CD Projekt Red’s commitment to realism helped make The Witcher 3 one of the most immersive open-world RPGs of its decade. That commitment also led to some funny problems during development, when the studio was trying to get the NPCs to respond to Geralt in ways that seemed authentic and natural. One of them was…

A new Transformers Minecraft add-on lets you unleash chaos as both Autobots and Decepticons

The Transformers are about to overwhelm your Minecraft world, thanks to a new add-on from Syclone Studios that has just arrived on the Minecraft Marketplace. This latest inclusion lets you jump into a dozen iconic Autobot and Decepticon characters, from Optimus Prime and Megatron to the likes of Grimlock and Galvatron. You can stomp your…

We Played Tides Of Annihilation For Two Hours And – Aug 19, 2026

Tides of Annihilation is an upcoming character action game from China-based studio Eclipse Glow Games. Though the studio was formed just two years ago, its developers have experience working on series like Assassin’s Creed, For Honor, Persona, Yakuza/Like a Dragon, and more. That pedigree showed in the game when I went hands-on with it in…