It’s obvious a ton of work has gone into fantasy sim Tavern Keeper, from the intricate and often hilarious animations of the patrons and staff to the flexible and easy-to-learn item design tools to the fully-narrated interludes that make your pub feel like it’s part of a storybook adventure. Tavern Keeper arrived on Steam in…
The PC is still the center of innovation in gaming, according to Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games, which is known for long-running, esoteric space MMO EVE Online. “I think most of the innovation in gaming has happened on PC, to some extent on mobile, just because of sheer volume,” Pétursson told me at…
The 2025 Steam Fall Sale popped a couple months earlier than usual for the simple reason that in every previous year, it fell too damn close to the Steam Winter Sale. The two big seasonal sales were separated, literally, by just a couple weeks: The 2024 Fall Sale wrapped up on December 4, and the…
In the latest Windows Insider beta update released November 21, Microsoft announced the arrival of its full-screen Xbox experience for laptops and desktops alongside a number of other new features and fixes big and small, with one particular area of change catching my eye: what it’s doing with File Explorer. “We’re exploring preloading File Explorer…
Gift of the Gab might just be the most annoying thing you’ll find in Where Winds Meet. Well, apart from those pesky geese, that is. It’s likely that you’ll stumble upon this minigame before seeing the proper tutorial for it. Even after the tutorial, it’s frustrating trying to actually win a match until you unlock…
Where Winds Meet likes its puzzles just as much as its minigames and AI chatbots, with plenty dotted about Qinghe, Kaifeng, and beyond. One early headscratcher is found in the Northern Vow Ruins during the Echoes of Old Battles quest, asking you to solve the puzzle on the wall before you can wrap things up…
The 1980s were a decade of big hair, neon colors, and weekends that felt like they ran on pocket change. Entertainment was simple, affordable, and packed with charm in a way that feels almost mythical today. Whether you were dropping quarters at the arcade or renting movies that came in clamshell cases bigger than your…
Voice actor Erika Ishii appeared in no fewer than four videogames in 2025, including Ghost of Yotei, which was in the running for Ultimate Game of the Year at the 2025 Golden Joystick Awards. Ghost of Yotei also earned Ishii a personal Golden Joystick nom, for Best Performance. And when they were asked on the…
Category: Accessories November 24, 2025 Level Up Your Look: Xbox and Crocs Launch Exclusive Gaming-Inspired Classic Clogs Marcos WaltenbergGM, Xbox Global Partnerships Game-mode: enabled. Xbox and Crocs have teamed up to release an exclusive collection. Ready up with this controller-meets-clog design that reimagines the iconic Xbox controller with fixed buttons and joysticks into the perfect…
For some reason. Nintendo’s weekly maintenance schedule has been released, and weirdly, the only console getting any love this week is the Nintendo 3DS. Reported on by Nintendo Everything, the Nintendo 3DS’s available network services will be down between 3pm PST to 4:30pm PST today, 24th November 2025. Read the full article on nintendolife.com