Drow Paladin Minthara seems like a cool character, even if she placed dead last in PC Gamer’s Baldur’s gate 3 companion ranking. You literally have to break the Geneva Convention and help some stinky goblins attack a refugee camp to recruit her, and this route also sees you waving goodbye to companions Karlach, Wyll, Halsin,…
Say hello to ‘Super Junkoid’. Super Metroid is one of the best games on the SNES, and arguably needs little in the way of introduction. However, a new ROM hack by P. Yoshi takes the game in an interesting new direction, using its engine to create an entirely new experience based around a young female…
Side-talkin’ for two decades. Nokia’s N-Gage is now 20 years old. Released in 2003, the device was seen as a rival to the Game Boy Advance. Boasting powerful hardware and the ability to make phone calls, send text messages and access the internet, many predicted that it would steal away market share from Nintendo thanks…
Your wish is granted. For several years, it felt like if you’ve played one of Omega Force’s famed Musou action games, you’ve played them all. It seems the team took note of this souring sentiment, however, resulting in more nuanced takes on the formula in more recent titles such as Fire Emblem: Three Hopes and…
Based on the “past 30 years” of video game history. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has already won a stack of awards and been praised as one of the best games of all time, and now it’s topped another list. The publication Edge Magazine recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and as part…
Almost cracked it. Many companies have tried to capitalise on the problem of drifting Joy-Con sticks, and the usual tactic is to rely on Hall Effect technology, which uses magnets to get around the issue of wearing components. CRKD is the latest to tout a drift-free experience using this technology by way of the Nitro…
Rolling into town late on a Friday night, we didn’t know what to expect about the accommodations set up for us by Ryan of the Illinois Game Con. I had checked out the website for Arcadia (vintagevideogames.com) and it looked really cool. I was told we were staying above the arcade in some level of…
“I think EA would have responded quite badly to that”. A lot has been written this year about EA Sports’ decision to part ways with the FIFA brand to release EA Sports FC 24. However, what you might not know is that this could have happened much sooner than it eventually did. When we were…
Tell us! Do it now! The weekend is here once again folks, so it’s time to sit down, relax, and play some games. Before we do so, however, let’s just go over what’s been going on this week. First, we got another teasing look at Hotel Chocolatier, the new game from the creator of Stardew…
Old School Gamer chats with game developer Karina Chow about her rhythm game Udder Mayhem and involvement in this year’s Maker Faire Coney Island. About Udder Mayhem: An alternative controller rhythm game in which the player plays a barista preparing café lattes by squeezing four silicone udder teats to a beat. Game programming done in…