
Whether you think the art you consume should be a distraction from the real world or a reflection of it is up to you and your curiosity. While for some reason this divide doesn’t exist for fans of movies, music, literature, or television, it does for people who enjoy things like sports and video games. As a result, journalists covering the latter area are sometimes faced with the absurd task of calling something “news” for weeks when the stories feel like anything but not of interest to everyone real information.
This is one of those weeks. So, coming off one of the most important presidential elections in decades, our top “news” stories this week are actually: Nintendo announces Switch 2 will be backwards compatible, Sega pulls over 60 classic games, like Crazy Taxi (Sorry, Tim Waltz), and many more things that are certainly most obviously important now.