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No Sleep for Kaname Date cements the Somnium Files as gaming’s truest sitcom

It didn’t take long for No Sleep For Kaname Date, the third installment of Spike Chunsoft’s AI: The Somnium Files series, to get an audible groan out of me. That was thanks to two words I’ve grown sick of over the last six years: porno mag. Those words will either mean nothing to you or […]

Lagoon Layer Banandium Gem locations in Donkey Kong Bananza

Banandium Gems are golden bananas scattered around the layers in Donkey Kong Bananza. You’ll find dozens of these collectibles in the Lagoon Layer. The Lagoon Layer is home to, well, a lagoon, and to the wise Kong Elder. Some of the Banandium Gems in the this layer will require you to adjust the water level […]

Donkey Kong Bananza skills list and how to unlock them

Skills change the way you play Donkey Kong Bananza. As you collect Banandium Gems, you’ll earn skill points that can be used to upgrade Donkey Kong’s stats or unlock new skills. Most skills can also be upgraded multiple times, which will provide you with even more stats and strengthen your abilities even further. Not only […]

Donkey Kong Bananza’s ending clears up one thing about the weird DK timeline

Donkey Kong Bananza is finally here, as is some clarity about where it might fit into the Donkey Kong timeline and why Nintendo’s original damsel-in-distress Pauline appears as a much younger version of herself. But questions still abound about how, you know, the events of 1981’s Donkey Kong fit into all this. And while Bananza’s […]

Bananza is Nintendo’s latest attempt to show you Donkey Kong’s caked-up butt

He’s the leader of the bunch; you know him well. He’s finally back to show some tail — in Donkey Kong Bananza, that is. If you’re playing the newest Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, perhaps your eyes have been drawn to a particular area of the brown gorilla’s anatomy. It’s kind of hard to avoid, given […]