Data analyst finds ‘AI stigma’ on Steam can reduce the number of reviews a game gets by around 53%—and the reviews it does get are more negative
Since the advent of generative AI and contemporary chatbots, there’s been endless debate about the ethics of using them in gamedev. But how does AI measure up through a purely pragmatic, business-minded lens? According to a blog from Game Oracle written by market data analyst Ross Burton, stigma around the technology can ward off prospective…
Bryce Clark, game director of Poppy Playtime, has played 23,000 hours of Steam games: ‘I’m a bit obsessed with learning the market’
Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature 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?” Bryce Clark, game director on Poppy Playtime,…
Mailbox: Big-Screen Slippy, First-Party LEs, Wario/Waluigi Fanfic – Nintendo Life Letters
Issue #37 – June 2026. Well, hello there. Have you come to see what’s in the Nintendo Life Mailbox this month? Excellent timing. Having survived the first weeks of June and the deluge of gaming announcements — including the first full-fat Nintendo Direct since September last year — we’re all settling down for the summer…
You will never guess who turns up in this video about why you can’t build British towns in SimCity 4
I needed no further incentive to check out this video that explores why a SimCity game set in the United Kingdom wouldn’t work, but even if the idea of comparing metropolitan systems of government isn’t thrilling to you, you’re going to want to watch it just to see who crops up at the end. It’s…
“The Brickade” – Fully Functioning Lego Arcade Machine
Holy Moly. That is all I have to say on this one of a kind Lego build. I literally spent a half hour talking with the creators and being mesmerized by the look and feel of the arcade machine. I went to the Brick World convention in Schaumburg, IL this past weekend and was expecting…
Dishonored review (2012)
Special commentary on this classic PC Gamer review provided by: Dishonored review – PC Gamer issue #246 (UK, December 2012) From the archives: The review below appears as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation. By Tom Francis (Image credit: Bethesda) I think I can jump onto another light fitting from here….
Game Changer: Sonic The Hedgehog – 35 Years Ago, A Short-But-Sweet Love Affair Was Born
Pricks at the speed of sound. Sonic is one of the most recognisable characters in popular entertainment, rivalled only by Mario and Mickey Mouse in terms of global fame. It’s odd, then, to be able to vividly recall a time before the character existed, and even odder to have witnessed first-hand his meteoric rise to…
A Study of: Miracle Warriors – by Brian Lesyk
If you were yearning for a solid role-playing game in the late 80s and resided in North America and happened to own a Sega Master System console, you were certainly in the right place at the right time. As luck would have it, you were unknowingly on the cusp of being hit with the proverbial…
Feature: In The Zone – Our Favourite Sonic The Hedgehog Levels, Music & Memories
Special stages. Sonic the Hedgehog is one of gaming’s most enduring characters. He’s been through multiple eras and designs over the course of a 35-year career, starring in a huge number of games, and branching out from his bread-and-butter platformers with spin-offs in many other gaming genres. And he’s not going anywhere, as the massive…
This gorgeous and ambitious Grand Theft Auto 4 total conversion swaps Liberty City for a Fargo-style slice of rural Wisconsin, featuring backroads and a pizza delivery job gone wrong
It’s quiet, save for the faint pings of a street light shifting ever so slightly in the wind down the street. So quiet, in fact, you’d be forgiven for forgetting this is Grand Theft Auto 4. What’s before you better resembles Fargo. It flies closer to the likes of Twin Peaks, reimagined in video games…
