Latest articles by Morgan Park
Valve first came up with the Steam Hardware Survey more than 20 years ago because it wanted to know what specs it should target for Half-Life 2
news The first public Steam Hardware Survey came in April 2003, but there were private antecedents used by Valve earlier.
Valve zoomed in Half-Life 2's FOV from the gold standard 90 so you could see all those pretty Source engine faces better
news Long-forgotten FOV crimes exposed.
Ubisoft keeps talking about Assassin's Creed Shadows like it finally remembers it used to make Splinter Cell, the greatest stealth games
NEWS Naoe is learning old tricks from Sam Fisher.
The origin of the Source engine's iconic neon fuchsia checkerboard texture, as told by Half-Life 2's new commentary mode
news There's no mistaking this guy.
The Halo campaigns, ranked from worst to best
Chief Chiefs Our favorite Halo campaigns, from Combat Evolved to Infinite.
'It's the best game': Post Malone reveals he has nearly 400 hours in Hunt: Showdown, proving the songwriter has impeccable FPS taste
NEWS "Whenever I'm on the road and I can't play, I'm missing it."
'Goodsprings is a real place?': This Fallout fan loved New Vegas so much he actually moved to the Nevada desert
NV BOUND The Fallout Celebration in Goodsprings, Nevada was everything great about the Fallout community.
From extensive lore-friendly research to diabolical wordplay: All the different ways we name our beloved videogame characters
Aliases Making a name for ourselves.
After a transformative 'buff everything' patch, Helldivers 2's bottom barrel guns are the new top dogs
NEWS The weirdest guns are also the best guns.
Call of Duty YouTuber does the math and determines these Black Ops 6 barrels barely do anything
NEWS The needs of Warzone once again make standard Call of Duty more confusing.
Halo 2's playable E3 2003 demo is an astounding feat of preservation, and everything great about PC gaming
NEWS Modders are the best.
The best Black Ops 6 map for XP grinding finally got a 24/7 playlist, so you know what to do
NEWS This weekend, stake out on Stakeout.
Black Ops 6 is wasting no time stinking up the joint with ugly skins
NEWS The clown show comes to town in 7 days.
There is simply too much going on in Black Ops 6 Season 1
NEWS Warzone is welcomed into the Black Ops 6 fold on November 14.
There's a Halo 2 nostalgia party going on in Halo Infinite and you're invited
NEWS Seven classic Halo 2 maps, 2004 legacy rules, and an SMG make the leap to Infinite today.
What is the worst Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 map and why is it Babylon?
NEVER The worst in an underwhelming map pool.
Black Ops 6 needs to nerf this ludicrously overpowered 'Wallhacks' perk into the ground ASAP
WALLHACK Wallhacks are an official feature of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.
Ain't no party like a Black Ops 6 double XP weekend party because a Black Ops 6 double XP weekend party has Nuketown
NEWS Cancel your weekend plans and level up those guns.
Black Ops 6 is massively outselling last year's Call of Duty even though it's on Game Pass, which probably tells you how Modern Warfare 3 went
NEWS Call of Duty big.
Is Concord the biggest live service failure of all time? Here's how it stacks up next to other major flops
Megaflops The live service graveyard got another headstone this week, and it's starting to feel awfully big.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 'Omnimovement' is a hit because controller aim assist got a huge nerf this year
DIVE IN Tweaks to aim assist are leveling Call of Duty's playing field.
Monster Hunter Wilds almost ruined Palicoes by letting them speak English, but thankfully you can revert them to meows
NEWS Controversial opinion: Palicoes should meow.
