1992’s great schism. Back in October 1992, a schism occurred that sent shockwaves through the British video gaming community – the multi-format console magazine Mean Machines split into two different publications, Nintendo Magazine System and Mean Machines Sega. We might sound like we’re making this a little more dramatic than it actually was, but this…
In case that headline gave you mental whiplash—yes, Baldur’s Gate 3 has a sex-based speedrun. Players have competed to see how quickly one can wet their five copper signal whistle since the game launched. Unfortunately, Patch 4 put an end to all that by changing Lae’zel (the object of your hasty affection) by requiring you…
Duke Nukem is sadly missing in action though. The 1997 PC game Balls of Steel has been rereleased on Steam, courtesy of Atari and Big Boat Interactive. The game, which was originally developed by Wildfire Studios and published by Apogee Software (under its Pinball Wizard label), was previously available on the platform as part of…
“At the initial idea stage, we collected over 1,000 ideas”. While the Super Mario series can get quite weird with its lore, world design, and general concepts, nothing comes close to the sheer absurdity of the WarioWare franchise. How many games out there let you pick someone’s nose, perform dental work, and have a back-scratching…
Category: Xbox Game PassJanuary 31, 2024 A Little to the Left: Learn About the Beloved Puzzler Coming to Game Pass in February Anne Macmillan, Co-Founder, Max Inferno Summary A Little to the Left comes to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and via Game Pass on February 15.Play on mobile devices for the first time via…
Nintendo is a legendarily litigious company—with mods and emulation often falling under the gaze of its burning, all-seeing eye. Nexus Mods has even enacted a unilateral ban on Pokémon conversion mods for Palworld, citing Nintendo’s record of “mercilessly submitting legal challenges.” As is the case with YouTuber Toasted Shoes, who received a DMCA notice after…
ROM dumps, scans and much more besides. You’d be forgiven for not knowing anything about Sega AI Computer, a system released by the company in 1986. There’s very little information about the platform online, but that has just changed overnight thanks to the amazing efforts of Sega super fan Omar Cornut and his team of…
Massive customer data loss is never nice. So, imagine the sinking feeling at multinational car rental outfit Europcar when fully 50 million customer records including everything from passwords and passport numbers to payment details, driver licence numbers, home addresses and emails were offered for sale on a hacker forum. So, that’s pretty much everything a…
Super January is drawing to a close and the Nvidia RTX 4080 Super is the last of the green team’s Super cards to launch—for now anyway. Though it’s easily the fastest of the three, it’s arguably the least exciting, even if it’s hard to complain about a card that’s faster than its non-Super counterpart, while…
Introducing the newest collection of Xbox Wireless Controllers: the Vapor series in Xbox Design Lab and the Xbox Wireless Controller – Dream Vapor Special Edition. In this collection, each top case features a dynamic pattern that is unique to every controller. If you are familiar with the Xbox Wireless Controller – Stormcloud Vapor Special Edition,…