Contrary to how most people play RollerCoaster Tycoon, crashes aren't my first preference. Too much indiscriminate death and destruction. I like to mete out my fury in teaspoons, slipped to my guests one by one. Individual tragedy lets you enjoy the subtleties of suffering, and forces your subject to wonder what they did to deserve it. Because it's so tailored that they must have done something, right? Psychological and physical torment, in one convenient package.

So, upon completing several challenges in Planet Coaster, I decided to reward myself with a nice, traditional drowning.

In 2012, as work on Mass Effect 3 came to a close, a small group of top BioWare employees huddled to talk about the next entry in their epic sci-fi franchise. Their goal, they decided, was to make a game about exploration -- one that would dig into the untapped potential of the first three games. Instead of visiting just a few planets, they said, what if you could explore hundreds?

In fandom, the rules of fiction don't matter, or at least matter a lot less. This is what allows shipping to exist, where fans write fanfiction, draw fanart, and get enthusiastic by a couple that may never happen in the game's canon. Fandoms for video games this year were enthusiastic and loud, and sometimes cropped up in unexpected places.

Over the weekend, Elite: Dangerous' years-long Formidine Rift mystery transformed from a pseudo-ARG into a full-blown event. A character named Salomé, carrying precious info, was set to traverse a treacherous route. Players could protect her ship or try to blow it up. A notorious troll decided to do both.

I love PAX, but I also have a major problem with it. There's so much stuff to see that I end up in a state of perpetual FOMO. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way, and it's even worse for people who aren't able to go.

Amazon Australia has laid out its plans during a marketplace summit in Sydney. We finally have some firm details about the launch, including a delivery time promise. Here's what you need to know!

Welcome to what must have been one of the stranger mo-cap sessions in gaming.

Anyone who plays PUBG on the reg is bound to have a favourite strategy. Perhaps you stock up at the military base, or enjoy a good fire fight in the school. But what about Brendan "PlayerUnknown" Greene himself? Well, he's all about that bush.

We now live in a world where a slash through the air can create a cornucopia of sound and light. One movement provides an oratory and visual feast that is free from the spacial confines presented by traditional instruments. What you're about to witness is the future of electronic music. And it all started with a video game controller.

When the Destiny 2 PC beta finally kicked off, it inadvertently renewed a debate about aim assist on controllers. The problem wasn't that controller users would get a legup, but that mouse and keyboard users could enable aim assist by using certain adapters.

That was back in August. But wind the clock forward to October, and the aim assist hasn't been changed.

It's a month behind, but Destiny 2 finally comes out on PC this week. And if you want to know which settings will affect your FPS the most, here's a handy primer.

It's no secret that Rick and Morty fans are obsessed with McDonald's "Szechuan Sauce", a limited edition Mcnugget dipping sauce that came out in 1998 to promote the Disney film Mulan. If you want to find out what all the fuss is about, this DIY recipe is pretty damn delicious.

The HTC Vive recently had a price drop, bringing it below the $1k mark for the first time.

It's a move that will very likely see a rise in sales, but do you know what might work just as well? Throwing in a copy of Fallout 4 in VR.

Remember the Xbox Onesie? Love it or hate it, there's no denying it was a stroke of marketing genius. So, like all successful original ideas - there's a sequel. And this time, it has been created in collaboration with Porsche.

I'm not even kidding. Society has devolved to the point where that statement, about a onesie and one of the most well-known luxury Motorsport brands of all time, is an actual fact.

I recently logged into my old Neopets account for the first time in over a decade. It required the recovery of my username, my password, my old email account and my old email account's password.

It was a lot of work.

Far be it from me to kink shame, but I feel like it's probably OK to ask questions when someone wants to bone a murderous supernatural clown.

We are one step closer to a quantum internet, thanks to a team of Aussie researchers who have worked out how to dramatically improve the storage time of a vital component: telecom-compatible quantum memory.

Here's what that means.

There's a new Destiny, and with it, a new chance to see how the PS4, PS4 Pro and Xbox One shape up against each other.

I'm an old school South Park fan, and I loved Stick of Truth. My only real disappointment was that I couldn't create a female character. That's changed with The Fractured But Whole, but it wasn't until a recent preview I discovered exactly how gender choices play out.