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Gaming Culture

From Dumpster Fire to Standing Ovation: The Surprisingly Sweet Stories Behind Gaming's Biggest Disasters

The internet loves nothing more than roasting a broken game launch into oblivion — but what happens when the developers behind those disasters turn out to be genuinely decent humans fighting impossible odds? Turns out, some of gaming's most legendary catastrophes come wrapped in surprisingly touching origin stories. Grab your refund receipt and your feelings, because this one's going to hit different.

Sep 29, 2026

Industry Laughs

Patch Notes From the Void: The Accidental Comedy Career of Game Developers

Somewhere between 'fixed an issue where players could clip through the floor' and 'nerfed fun,' game developers accidentally became the funniest writers on the internet. This is a love letter to every bewildering patch note, tortured design justification, and corporate non-apology that made us laugh until we forgot we were mad.

Sep 29, 2026

Gaming Culture

Any% and Absolutely Unhinged: How Speedrunners Broke Gaming and Made It Funnier

Speedrunners didn't just find the fastest way to beat your favorite games — they found the funniest way to humiliate them. From clipping through walls like they're made of suggestions to finishing 80-hour RPGs before your microwave popcorn is done, these chaotic geniuses turned game-breaking into performance art. Pull up a chair, because the jokers are running the asylum now.

Sep 29, 2026

Gaming Culture

Congratulations, Sucker: You Were the Tutorial All Along

Some games hand you a manual. Others hand you a fake mustache and a mop and say, 'Figure it out, pal.' A growing breed of clever titles has turned the tutorial into an elaborate con — and the mark is you. Pull up a chair, because we're about to explain exactly how you got played.

Sep 29, 2026

Gaming Culture

No Script, No Problem: Gaming's Greatest Accidental Stand-Up Moments

Some games try so hard to be serious that they loop all the way back around to hilarious. From wooden voice acting that sounds like a hostage reading cue cards to cutscenes that look like a fever dream rendered in 2007 graphics, we're celebrating the unintentional comedians of the gaming world.

Sep 28, 2026

Gaming Culture

Glory to the Glitch: How Gaming's Biggest Bugs Became the Internet's Favorite Punchlines

Some games ship polished. Others ship with horses climbing buildings and NPCs doing the electric slide into oblivion—and honestly? We love them more for it. Here's a royal flush of gaming's most gloriously broken moments that the internet turned into pure comedy gold.

Sep 28, 2026

Opinion

We're All Rooting for the Wrong Guy: Why Video Game Villains Have Officially Won Our Hearts

Heroes save the world, get the girl, and deliver inspirational speeches. Villains monologue about the fundamental corruption of existence while wearing incredible outfits. Is it really that mysterious which one we'd rather grab a drink with? King Joker dives into gaming's greatest bad guys—and why they're actually kind of right.

Sep 28, 2026

Industry Laughs

Corporate Tried to Game the Gamers: A Hall of Shame (and Occasional Fame) for Brand Crossovers

At some point in a boardroom somewhere, a very serious person in a very expensive suit said 'what if our energy drink was also a Fortnite skin?' and nobody stopped them. King Joker rounds up the most baffling, cringeworthy, and occasionally genius brand crossovers in gaming history—so you don't have to relive them alone.

Sep 28, 2026