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Ash Parrish

Ash Parrish

Video Games Reporter

Ash is a Video Games Reporter for The Verge with a focus on covering marginalized gamers and their communities, writing about the intersection of video games and sex, and finding a way to make the general video gaming public care about the Overwatch League.

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You messed up a perfectly good Sim, is what you did. Look at it. It’s got romantic yearning.

With new Lovestruck expansion pack, coming to The Sims 4 on July 25th, your Sims too can experience the horrors of modern dating.

Create dating profiles for your Sims, define their attractions, plan and execute dates, and even get your Sim’s heart broken. The expansion adds new romance-themed traits, aspirations, and fears, and adds a new location, Ciudad Enamorada, where Sims can enjoy their new romantic interludes.


Dr Disrespect finally shares why he was banned from Twitch

The streamer says he was banned in 2020 for sending messages to a minor that ‘leaned too much in the direction of being inappropriate.’

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Netflix’s June line-up of games: very cozy with a hint of thirst.

There are a bunch of new games available on Netflix today! Cozy Grove: Camp Spirit is out now, as is The Case of the Golden Idol. If you like those Netflix interactive fiction games, then Netflix Stories: Perfect Match will be right for you, or just play some Hearts. Also, while not available today the streamer has announced that Thirsty Suitors is coming to the platform soon.


Even Elden Ring’s game director knows Erdtree is too hard

But he thinks players will be able to handle it.

4 great games I played at Summer Game Fest 2024

An adorable platformer, mythological tower defense, RPG / puzzle hybrid, and open-world Star Wars.

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Eureka!

Finally, at long last, Ace Attorney sickos (including yours truly) will finally get what we’ve been asking for — a rerelease of Ace Attorney Investigations. It’s a spinoff series of the popular Ace Attorney games featuring Miles Edgeworth instead of Phoenix Wright as the protagonist. Crucially with this release, we’re finally getting a Western release of Ace Attorney Investigations 2. I cannot wait till September 6th to play on Switch, PC, PlayStation, and Xbox!