This ‘supernatural handyman simulator’ is House Flipper for Abiotic Factor sickos, a first-person restoration sim about fixing up a gigantic research facility

While I understand the appeal of renovation sims like House Flipper, I simply cannot bring myself to play them. The idea of spending hours fixing up a fake house seems downright perverse when I cannot find time to maintain my own real, increasingly dilapidated abode. You might say the obvious solution is to take some…

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Monastic brewing sim Ale Abbey hops out of early access with eight new beers to quaff and a 35% launch discount

I’m not normally much of a drinker, but I’ll be pouring a pint or several (hundred) this weekend, because monastic management sim Ale Abbey has staggered out of early access. The launch version spews a chunky 1.0 update all over the abbey’s virtual cloisters, while wannabe brewmasters yet to sample its stout offering can dive…

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Weeks after Silksong’s launch I can’t stop thinking about this streamer’s masterful troll campaign against its fans: ‘They made a whole game about getting to your car but you don’t have car keys, and you’re excited for that?’

I’ve spent a not-insignificant portion of my waking hours the last few weeks thinking (and writing) about Hollow Knight: Silksong, but I may have actually spent more time replaying a description of the game from streamer Northernlion in my head over and over again like a Nick at Nite rerun. While Silksong was the focal…

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