10 Pac-Man Clones for the C64 for Pac-Man’s 45th
Pac-Man In the world of video game clones, most people will point to Doom as the most cloned game of all time. But, likely that title is held, or at least challenged, by the one and only yellow dot gobbler, Pac-Man. The first time I played Pac-Man outside the arcade was on a clone, Snakman,…
Five new Steam games you probably missed (March 9, 2026)
Best of the best (Image credit: Rockstar) 2026 games: Upcoming releasesBest PC games: All-time favoritesFree PC games: Freebie festBest FPS games: Finest gunplayBest MMOs: Massive worldsBest RPGs: Grand adventures On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that’s a good thing, it can be understandably hard…
The best CRPG docuseries on YouTube just covered Ultima 8 with a 3-hour retrospective
Before Esoteric Ebb, before Disco Elysium, and before Baldur’s Gate, there was Ultima. One of the earliest CRPGs in our favored medium’s history became a sprawling series, and if you want to learn more about it, arguably the best way to do so is through YouTuber Majuular’s excellent retrospective series, which we covered at length…
Hytale lead says they’re pushing for modding in part because they ‘hire from the community’: ‘We’re building a scrappy, agile team full of people who actually make things’
Voxel sandboxes like Minecraft and Hytale have player creativity firmly in the spotlight from the jump—not just because you can make whatever you like out of cubes, but also because modding is such a prominent part of the scene. Modders have had a field day with Hytale so far to say the least, and developer…
One coder’s ‘winter madness project’ was making the Dreamcast-era cityscapes of Crazy Taxi explorable in our browsers
Do you ever wonder if Crazy Taxi is just a little too crazy? Wouldn’t it be nice to explore those beautiful Dreamcast-era cityscapes at your own pace, practically feeling the sun on your skin as you pass every Pizza Hut, KFC, and Fila sportswear store? If your response to that is ‘yes’ and not ‘wow,…
Slay the Spire 2 dev says its Marathon joke turned out ‘a bit meaner than expected’ in hindsight: ‘To be fair I didn’t think we’d actually pass Marathon in concurrent users’
Comedy tends to land better when you punch up rather than punch down—but what about when, as you begin to wind up your punch, you go from a highly anticipated indie to the #1 best selling game on Steam, bypassing the likes of Resident Evil Requiem and Marathon? Mega Crit, developers of Slay the Spire…
CEO of Kitfox Games reckons hundreds of hours playing Civilization could be the secret to the Dwarf Fortress publisher’s success: ‘Maybe Kitfox wouldn’t be as successful if I didn’t know how to alternate between science trees and army defences’
Disk Cleanup Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend column delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “how tidy is your desktop?” and “what game will you never uninstall?” Tanya X. Short, CEO of Kitfox games, cannot recall the…
Five PlayStation 2 Games More People Need to Love
Think you’ve played everything on the PlayStation 2? Check out this fun list of games that you need to love! Blood Omen 2: While a far cry from the original and extremely linear, it’s a great game to play over a long weekend. Getting more of Kain is a fun experience, primarily suited for players…
Tell me: What’s the worst videogame song you’ve ever had to listen to?
I spend a lot of time here each week prattling on about how much I love videogame music. How it’s a vessel for the narrative, for beat-to-beat moments that wouldn’t have anywhere near as much impact if it weren’t for the accompanying score. How it not only elevates the experience of playing a game, but…
I’m determined to turn my house into a museum with these stunning wildlife identification paintings from Holly Sweet Illustration
I don’t necessarily want someone to come into my house and immediately know that so much of my spare time is spent sitting in front of a screen—there, I said it. So many video game posters and prints you can get are so garish and obvious, sometimes you just need something a bit more subtle….
