# the chunky rock

> Gaming. Movies. Board Games. Pop Culture.


## Posts

- [Elder Scrolls 6: Sentinel Trailer — What We Saw (and Didn’t)](https://chunkyrock.com/elder-scrolls-6-sentinel-trailer-what-we-saw-and-didnt/): Bethesda dropped a new Elder Scrolls 6 trailer this week and, to be fair, it exists.
- [EA Is Closing BioWare: What It Means for Mass Effect and Dragon Age](https://chunkyrock.com/ea-is-closing-bioware-what-it-means-for-mass-effect/): BioWare is closing, and it's hit me in a way I didn't expect.
- [Split Screen Gaming Built the Industry, and We Miss It](https://chunkyrock.com/split-screen-gaming-built-the-industry/): Let's start with a confession. The best gaming memories we have aren't boss fights or high scores.
- [Dune Lore Deep Cuts: What Even Book Readers Forget](https://chunkyrock.com/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.
- [Why Long-Running TV Shows Don't Really Exist Anymore](https://chunkyrock.com/why-long-running-tv-shows-dont-really-exist-anymore/): So — What's Yours?
- [Palworld Online Just Got Announced — Pocketpair Clearly Isn't Scared another lawsuit](https://chunkyrock.com/palworld-online-just-got-announced-pocketpair-clearly-isnt-scared-another-lawsuit/): And I want to sit with that for a second, because it did not occur to me at all that this was coming.
- [2026 Diana Jones Award Went to a Game Store That Fought DHS](https://chunkyrock.com/2026-diana-jones-award-went-to-a-game-store-that-fought-dhs/): It's announced every year in Indianapolis the night before Gen Con officially kicks off, which makes it a genuinely fun little tradition — the industry's unofficial "okay, awards season starts now" moment.
- [Blue Archive's Backlash — Ex-EA Exec Is Getting Blamed](https://chunkyrock.com/blue-archives-backlash-ex-ea-exec-is-getting-blamed/): Blue Archive just celebrated its 5.5th anniversary in Japan, and the celebration came with a gift nobody asked for: a full rebuild of the game's gacha system, announced during the anniversary livestream on July 26 and pushed live with the July 29 maintenance.
- [Dune, Explained: Everything to Know Before Part Three](https://chunkyrock.com/dune-explained-everything-to-know-before-part-three/): So here's the primer.
- [When MBAs Take Over: EA, Battlefield 6, and the $38.6 Million Bonus Built on Layoffs](https://chunkyrock.com/when-mbas-take-over-games-suffer-and-die/): Let's give credit where it's due, because this isn't a story about a bad game.
- [Nintendo Tried to Patent Catching Pokémon. Japan Said No — Twice.](https://chunkyrock.com/nintendo-failed-twice-to-patent-pokemon-catching/): Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a divisional patent application — No. 2026-019762 — covering an "in-game monster-capturing system."
- [What The Hell Happened This Week: A News Roundup (July 20–28, 2026)](https://chunkyrock.com/what-happened-this-week-a-news-roundup-july-20-28/): Weekly video game news, board game news, and pop culture news roundup from The ChunkyRock — gaming industry drama, new releases, and hot takes.
- [The New Mob: How the RAM & GPU Shortage Is Creating a Black Market](https://chunkyrock.com/the-new-mob-the-ram-and-gpu-shortage-is-creatig/): Prohibition didn't kill the demand for alcohol — it just handed control of it to the mob. The RAM and GPU shortage is following the exact same playbook, and nobody is talking about what comes next.
- [Stop Writing Off Star Citizen in 2026](https://chunkyrock.com/why-star-citizen-is-worth-it-ignore-the-critics/): Yes, There Are Problems. Real Ones.
- [physical media is a lie. You don't own that.](https://chunkyrock.com/the-disc-is-dead-it-just-doesnt-know-it-yet/): Not a disc. Not anything tangible. Just a piece of plastic that says "physical" on the outside and has the soul of a digital download on the inside.
- [Trench Crusaders](https://chunkyrock.com/trench-crusaders/): Trench Crusaders is a tabletop game that brings back the edge times and will make you look back at your emo times and wonder to yourself that may it really was not a phase.
- [Red Dragon Inn Is the Best Game You've Never Heard Of — And We've Been Obsessed With It for Years](https://chunkyrock.com/red-dragon-inn-why-everyone-should-own-it/): Why we cannot stop playing Red Dragon Inn. It is not just a hyper fixation -- it is an everlasting obsession.
- [Love Island USA Is Having Its Worst Season Yet — And It Didn’t Have to Be This Way](https://chunkyrock.com/love-island-usa-is-having-its-worst-season-yet/): So What Went Wrong?
- [We Don't Want GTA 6 to Succeed. Here's Why.](https://chunkyrock.com/we-dont-want-gta-6-to-succeed-heres-why/): Why the failure of GTA 6 would be a net positive for the gaming industry and it's consumers.

## Pages

- [Here we are](https://chunkyrock.com/here-we-are/): The ChunkyRock is a gaming and pop culture site run by two brothers who have been arguing about games, movies, and board games forever.
- [Awkward & Elfish Podcast](https://chunkyrock.com/awkward-elfish-podcast/): We've been gaming together since 2006. We don't think much, but we have a lot to say.
- [Centered Side Bar](https://chunkyrock.com/centered-side-bar/)
- [Contact](https://chunkyrock.com/contact/)
- [Blog](https://chunkyrock.com/blog/)

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