Silver Pines is a gorgeous 2D Resident Evil-inspired metroidvania, with a dash of Twin Peaks, where I spent most of my time methodically stabbing monsters’ shins

Welcome to Silver Pines. You might recognise it, if you’ve visited Twin Peaks or Alan Wake’s Bright Falls. It’s wet, it’s weird, it’s a bit unsettling. It’s also the last-known location of Eddie Velvet, a musician being tracked by private investigator Red Walker—that’s you. But who cares about runaway musicians when there are monsters trying…

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Minecraft Switch 2 Rating Pops Up Online

Pick (axe) me. Just when you thought Minecraft couldn’t possibly exist on another platform, a rating board comes along to suggest otherwise. The ESRB website has been updated with a Minecraft listing specifically for Switch 2 — a different listing to the ones for PS5 and Switch/Xbox Series (thanks for the heads up, Nintendo Everything)….

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Yet another rad gaming tool parts ways with Microsoft

As anyone who’s endured hearing me talk about Linux (which is cool) will know, one of my favourite things about the sunlit uplands of free and open-source (FOSS) software is Luxtorpeda, a compatibility tool that will automatically download and install open-source engine reimplementations—and other mods—for supported games you run with it. For instance, fire up…

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