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Movies & Shows

Dune Lore Deep Cuts: What Even Book Readers Forget

Part one of this was the primer — the Dune lore and stuff you need going into Dune Part Three.…

Elfishchunk Aug 7

Movies & Shows

Dune, Explained: Everything to Know Before Part Three

Dune Explained: This article will contain spoilers — but are they really spoilers if you’ve had decades to read the…

Elfishchunk Aug 5

General Posts

The New Mob: How the RAM & GPU Shortage Is Creating a Black Market

Prohibition didn't kill the demand for alcohol — it just handed control of it to the mob. The RAM and…

Elfishchunk Jun 27

Video Games

physical media is a lie. You don’t own that.

Rockstar just announced that GTA 6 will have a disc-free physical edition (you read that right). That is to say:…

Elfishchunk Jun 26

Hot Takes

We Don’t Want GTA 6 to Succeed. Here’s Why.

Why the failure of GTA 6 would be a net positive for the gaming industry and it's consumers.

ElfishChunk and Awkward_Rock Jun 25

Video Games

Split Screen Gaming Built the Industry, and We Miss It

By Awkward_Rock and Elfishchunk. Two brothers, one couch, one screen cut in half, and a theory that this is where…

ElfishChunk and Awkward_Rock Oct 21

Movies & Shows

Why Long-Running TV Shows Don’t Really Exist Anymore

I miss caring about a show for eight years. Not the “I have this on while I do other stuff”…

Awkward Rock Aug 6

Video Games

Palworld Online Just Got Announced — Pocketpair Clearly Isn’t Scared another lawsuit

I’ll be honest, this one caught me completely off guard. Palworld Online got announced this week — Garena, the folks…

Elfishchunk Aug 6

Board Games & Tabletop

2026 Diana Jones Award Went to a Game Store That Fought DHS

If you don’t follow tabletop industry awards — and honestly, most people don’t, we barely do outside of one specific…

ElfishChunk and Awkward_Rock Aug 6

Video Games

Blue Archive’s Backlash — Ex-EA Exec Is Getting Blamed

I don’t play Blue Archive. I want to be upfront about that before I spend the next several hundred words…

Elfishchunk Aug 6

Video Games

When MBAs Take Over: EA, Battlefield 6, and the $38.6 Million Bonus Built on Layoffs

This story has been sitting in my group chats for days and I can’t let it go, because it’s the…

Elfishchunk Aug 4

Video Games

Nintendo Tried to Patent Catching Pokémon. Japan Said No — Twice.

Nintendo has more lawyers on staff than some countries have librarians, and this week a single patent examiner in Japan…

Elfishchunk Jul 29

General Posts

What The Hell Happened This Week: A News Roundup (July 20–28, 2026)

Weekly video game news, board game news, and pop culture news roundup from The ChunkyRock — gaming industry drama, new…

Elfishchunk Jul 28