The mythology of Gabe Newell now includes Mongolian throat singing
As a college student, Minh “Gooseman” Le had a substantial hand in shaping PC gaming history: He co-created Counter-Strike. When Le and his development partner later sold the IP to Valve, the purchase agreement stipulated that the studio would also hire the pair as employees once they completed their degrees. Hired in 2000, Le ultimately…
Before I starting making church candles from dead bodies, vs after
If you’ve ever wanted to play a cozy life sim where you craft, farm, build, cook, and complete quests for villagers, and also make products from human corpses, Graveyard Keeper 2 is out today. I’m only about 13 hours into it and it’s got that same immediately engrossing crafting loop as the original. Gotta chop…
Want More Lord Of The Rings On Switch 2? Cool, Two Ports Are Launching Next Week
In the land of Mordor, where the Switch games lie. Aspyr is back with not one, but two new Switch 2 ports from the Lord of the Rings franchise. Launching on 30th September 2026, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition and Middle Earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition will be available…
Review: LEGO Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight (Switch 2) – Open-World Gotham Still Thrills In A Solid Port
Bane teaser. Ever since I wrapped up LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, I have been waiting to see what franchise TT Games would turn to next. The brick-built blockbuster from a galaxy far, far away felt like the series’ most meaningful regeneration since the dev decided to fold multiple films into one release in…
I modded Crazy Taxi into Grand Theft Auto 5
Los Santos Customs I’m modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to find out what new horrible thing I’ve done to Rockstar’s baby, or check out what I got up to earlier. Have you heard? Crazy…
‘Game Boy Museum’ Curator Squeezes Entire Exhibition Onto Game Boy Cartridge
‘Contains the entire museum and plays nothing at all’. The curator of the unofficial “Game Boy Museum” has finished work on the its newest attraction, a database of the exhibition’s entire itinerary, squeezed down to the size of a Game Boy cart itself. The project is the work of Dr. Marcel Pflug, who has been…
I set out to prove polling rate affects my aim and instead found my favourite DPI setting
I’m a thoroughly average gamer. And in first-person shooters, I reckon I am ever so slightly above average at aiming—If aim-tester software, Aimlabs, is anything to go by, at least (top 38%, baby). But as a hardware tester, I have access to all kinds of gaming gear, and that includes competitive-level specs. I wanted to…
Why Blizzard vet Rob Pardo is going all-in on Arkheron, the PvP dungeon crawler that’s like dark-fantasy Backrooms: ‘It’s very much been an odyssey’
Arkheron is an enigmatic blend of a fast PvP action game and a dungeon crawler that’s all about competing with other players to reach the top of an evolving tower. That enigma element is a key part of Arkheron’s core narrative, along with its wild mix of loot-driven action-RPG combat and competitive knockout action that…
Anbernic Updates NNDDSS Emulator Software To 1.0.2, Bringing ‘Smoother Gameplay’ And Other Features
DDownnloaddable nnow. Classic gaming purveyor Anbernic has released Version 1.0.2 of its NNDDSS emulation software. The new update promises a wealth of new features for better optimisation of all of your favourite En Dee Ess games, typically found running on Anbernic’s RG DS Plus handheld. According to Anbernic, Version 1.0.2 will offer users smoother gameplay,…
