Shovel Knight artist says throwback games need ‘retro authenticity’ but can’t coast on nostalgia alone: ‘Part of the appeal of the NES era of game making was that everything was a new idea’

Ahead of the Shovel Knight: Steel They Shovel live concert series coming to New York and LA in the next month, I got the chance to talk to Yacht Club artist Nick Wozniak about the indie game’s legacy and the state of games today. Wozniak understandably had a lot of thoughts on nailing an authentic…

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Maybe I’ll finally stop getting lost in Fallout: New Vegas’ Bison Steve Hotel thanks to this new minimap mod

Earlier this month, modder Stentorious on the New Vegas Nexus graced us with one of those “oh my god, why hadn’t somebody done this already” quality of life tweaks for Obsidian’s open world classic: Modern Minimap, a handy, legible minimap for navigating the Mojave’s twistiest interiors. New Vegas’ floating quest markers are good enough for…

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LAN Party simulates LAN parties without the LAN

Have you ever wanted to have a LAN party but without the, you know, LAN? Just the watching over other peoples’ shoulders and taking a break for a movie? Well, developer LAN Party Technologies is delivering precisely that. It may well be perfect if you’ve ever thought that your friend group’s Discord server should have…

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