2025

Deus Ex marks one of the first times I realised videogames could be about things, man. That conversation between the two NSF troopers on Liberty Island—where they discuss the reduction of people to version numbers and functionality—was a real eye-opener for a young Josh who had previously only played Rayman and Quake 2. But as…

After a long and difficult journey, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 is finally mere months away from coming out. But as any ’90s TTRPG fan will tell you, there’s more to the World of Darkness than just blood-suckers, and according to Jason Carl, brand marketing manager of the franchise (and veteran tabletop writer), this…

When was the last time you updated your web browser? Are your palms sweaty? Knees weak, arms heavy, mom’s spaghetti? Well, as the saying goes the best time to plant a tree/update your web browser/begin your illustrious rap career was probably long before today but the next best time is right now—and it’s just as…

Occult Crescent—Final Fantasy 14’s newest field operation mode—is good fun, but it’s an absolute pain to tackle its 48-player dungeon Forked Tower as a static. That’s thanks to the fact the game currently doesn’t let you enter in groups larger than eight, leaving folk playing what’s been dubbed as ‘instance gacha’ to try and land…

There’s a new Persona shitposting mascot in town, and it’s a shoulder-barging menace who serves as a terrible example of a very real problem. The series’ bad guys have always erred more on the side of caricature, and nobody exemplifies that more than Persona 5: The Phantom X’s first villain—former baseball prodigy turned salaryman Takeyuki…

I set out to give iCUE Link a try with my latest PC build. This is a system of PC components that operate using shared connectors and hubs to allow for unified lighting, simple monitoring, and easy expansion. All of which sounds great to me after building many gaming PCs ‘the old-fashioned way’ over the…

An IGN report says Microsoft has begun a new round of mass layoffs across its gaming division, beginning with a 10% reduction—approximately 200 people—at social game developer King. Layoffs are also being announced at other European studios, according to the report, while US-based studios will be informed about job losses later today. Microsoft announced its…

When I said I wanted FBC: Firebreak to be a chaotic and confusing experience I meant in the sense of wacky antics to enjoy with friends, not a progression system which was slow and full of phrases that weren’t very well explained or intuitive. “Our statistics show that slightly less than 5% of our player…