A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

What are the best gacha games? A spiritual successor to coin-operated gachapon machines, gacha games take the joy of capsule toys and translate them into a live-service videogame format where players ...

I’ve tried my fair share of gacha games, and even gotten hooked on a few — I’m still salty to this day that I’ve never pulled a Kitasan Black card in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. While it is technically ...

The prank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement. The prank has gone viral, causing headaches for law enforcement. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He has over 18 years of experience, ...

Gacha games can be quite entertaining options for players who don’t have the time, money, or energy to dive into more time-intensive AAA titles. That’s not to say that many of the best gacha games do ...

If you’re at all remotely into the anime aesthetic or enjoy poking around the gacha genre, well, it looks like October will be a busy month for you. As I’ve so handily pointed out about next February, ...

Since posting the video, it's amassed over 11 million views Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared ...

I wrote about Ananta yesterday, and while I'm all for its slurry of genres and inspirations, I'm eating humble pie as I write this one. I have thoroughly and completely judged a book by its cover.

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Third Person Shooters Embark makes free-to-play Arc Raiders sound like a nightmare, says its $40 price let it cut a lot of un-fun crap: "Crafting no longer has timers on it that you have to wait out" ...

July 14, 2025: A lot of gacha games have released this year, huh? I've re-evaluated the list to reflect that. Unfortunately, Honkai Impact 3rd and Infinity Nikki are gone, as I no longer feel I can ...

There once was a time when gacha games were seen as nearly taboo to play. Between their low production values, overt predatory monetization, and perceived lack of gameplay depth, playing a gacha game ...