I was just young and naive enough when The Blair Witch Project came out to be suckered in by the premise that it was real—that someone had found this real life footage after the fact, or that it was just a movie but one based on real events. Even now when you Google it, the…
This year I made cozy games my entire personality. It wasn’t hard. Partly that’s because I was already a lover of farm sims and puzzle games, but also because the popularity of “cozy” gaming grew exponentially in 2023. Every week there was a new cute or chill game about gardening or decorating or moving to…
Pinch me, I must be dreaming: rhythm games are kinda in right now. Fortnite Festival has been blowing up, and I’ve been secretly very giddy seeing so many people on my timeline posting their combo and score achievements with pride. I’m a long-time lover of rhythm games, but also a rather judgemental one (sorry Fortnite…
Nintendo stock has continued to soar overnight on the back of a strong earnings report in which the company disclosed that they have now sold over 132.46 million Nintendo Switch systems and have over 28 million Nintendo Switch Online paid subscribers. Nintendo shares have gained 4.43%, adding to the 6.09% surge yesterday. The Nikkei overall share average rose…
Let’s be honest: 2023 wasn’t exactly the best year for stunning GPU releases. Not for cards that blew our collective minds or opened our collective wallets. However, that’s not to say we haven’t reviewed some great candidates for our graphics card of the year, and it’s quite telling that our picks here fit squarely into…
At the beginning of this year, I said something that I would deeply come to regret: “I’m sick of 100-hour RPGs.” Long-ass games were my entire personality for so much of my life that I don’t know why I ever thought such a thing. Twelve months down the line I’m glad I can eat my…
Tearing through Hyrule. Since its release in March 2017, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been an attractive game to speedrun for many reasons, and in our article last year, we were able to talk about its intricacies with two high-profile members of the community, including the world record holder. In 2023,…
“I wanted sensory overload and information overload”. If you live outside of North America and Japan, you might not have heard of the BattleTech Centers – but they were amazing places, years ahead of their time. There were around 26 of them at one point, dotted across the United States, Canada and Japan. They were…
Modern CPUs are all so good that we’re the winner here, not the hardware. No matter what budget you have, you’ll easily find a processor that will suit you just fine. It’s the same if you want something just for gaming, a chip that’s more versatile, or if you need a CPU to power through…
But what are yours? It’s been quite a year for Switch games, hasn’t it? In fact, it’s been a busy 2023 for video games full stop, and it’ll likely go down as one of the greatest of all time. This makes choosing a ‘top five’ quite a difficult prospect, but alas, we must. Read the…