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Many are the nostalgic 2D Sonic fangames, but Sonic Galactic might be the best
The last time I wrote about Sonic fangame, I innocently and absent-mindedly described it as "SNES-style". This led to a social media dog-pile of an intensity typically reserved for…
Intel Arc B580 review: Late arriving, still welcome
It’s not being spelt out overtly, but there is a whiff of Intel’s new Battlemage GPUs being pitched as what the Alchemist generation should have been. Those eventually grew into…
Fallout creator asks why triple-A RPGs focus on violence, doesn’t provide very hopeful answer
Original Fallout designer Tim Cain, also known for co-directing The Outer Worlds at Obsidian, has published a video responding to a player's question about why violence is…
What’s on your bookshelf?: ITU Copenhagen Games Professor Martin Pichlmair
Booked For The Week is our weekly chat with industry folk about the books they love, have loved, and are hoping to love in the future.
Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome…
Delightful dark fantasy fable Ghost Of A Tale, aka Ico meets Redwall, is getting an Unreal Engine…
Happy new year all! And what better way to kick off another undignified 12 month crawl toward the next Xmas holiday than with the news that one of my favourite dark fantasy…
Enjoy some Ryanair Boeing 737 safety manual ekphrasis in Johnson A Plane Man
Ekphrasis is a concept from ancient Greece (who bloody loved a good concept) describing the act of creative writing inspired by a work of art. Is a Ryanair Boeing 737 safety manual…
Doom on a CAPTCHA is the most frustrating though admittedly raddest way to prove your humanity to an…
What difficulty are you on, Doom CAPTCHA? I want to know because I need to know how bad to feel about myself. Six times I’ve tried to pass your FPS test by killing three monsters to…
Ancient Chinese RPG The Bustling World is, in fact, all of the genres, from city builder to life sim
It's frightfully early in the year to be bustling, but I can't get enough of the crowded streets of ancient "Chinese-style" RPG The Bustling World. The latest trailer is a…
SpaceCraft is aiming for the gap between Starfield, Satisfactory and Eve Online
I'll be blunt: the only thing that really entices me about SpaceCraft is that it's from Shiro Games, creators of such robust RPG and strategy fare as Dune: Spice Wars,…
Marvel Rivals unbans Steam Deck and Mac players wrongly caught up in cheater purge
Steam Deck, Mac, and other Linux-based enjoyers of superhero shooter hit Marvel Rivals can once again play without fear of being pulped under an unlawfully swung banhammer.…