
In this week's Plot Wholes, Christos talks about collectible items and their respective achievements, and whether they add to the game's sense of immersion (COG tags), or are simply ways to force you to play longer (everything else).

It's important in life to maintain a broad palette when it comes to culture and the arts. Hideo Kojima agrees, as he continues to use video games like Death Stranding to introduce people to music and other elements they might not otherwise discover.

Mojang has partnered with Merlin Entertainments to build the world's first Minecraft theme park in the UK.

A three-episode live-action adaptation of the first two Yakuza video games will debut Tuesday, March 17 exclusively IGN. Each episode is about an hour long and will stream on IGN.com and IGN’s YouTube channel.
Ha. Collecting stuff for no reason is WEAK. Even in a game like the new Prince of Persia, collection was a drag.
The thing is, it's such a compelling thing... human nature forces us to want to do it!!! Arrrgh!!!!!!!!!