Tag: gaming satire

Nintendo Finally Releases Switch 2, Says It’s “The Future of Gaming, Probably”

KYOTO, JAPAN — After years of anticipation and a marketing campaign built almost entirely on interpretive dance and vague silhouettes, Nintendo has officially released the Switch 2, the next-generation console that promises to redefine the gaming experience, or at the very least, clarify none of it. “This is the most advanced system we’ve ever created,”…

June 7, 2025
Intern Mixes Up Roman Numerals, Causing Bethesda to Release Oblivion Instead of Elder Scrolls VI

ROCKVILLE, MD — In what industry analysts are calling “the most on-brand screw-up in gaming history,” Bethesda Softworks accidentally re-released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion this week after a summer intern mistook the Roman numeral “VI” for “IV,” causing the studio to ship a 19-year-old game instead of the long-awaited Elder Scrolls VI. The error,…

April 22, 2025

Nintendo Finally Releases Switch 2, Says It’s “The Future of Gaming, Probably”