The incredible videogame spring release flood is real. Andrew dodges shrapnel from DOOM: The Dark Ages, recounts his sweaty Returnal loops, and asks whether Xbox Game Pass savings outweigh PlayStation’s glorious adaptive triggers. We unpack why $80 price tags and stacked subscriptions are reshaping player habits, spotlight stand-out roguelikes (Clair Obscur, Blue Prince), and peek at the Switch 2 hype train barreling toward a very different console landscape.