Witchspire is a charming Palworld-esque survival crafting game that replaces the unpaid monster labour with magic and whimsy

I didn’t really like Palworld all that much—granted, survival and crafting games are hit-or-miss subjects with me, but I also just couldn’t quite get past the whole ‘isn’t it funny how your little critters get depressed if you put them on the assembly line for too long’ thing. Witchspire solves those problems, then, by being…

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Humble’s offering a nearly buck-a-game deal on some of the best reactive narratives out there, including one of my personal favourite games of all time

If I really sit down and think about it—put my thinking cap on and plumb the depths of my feelings—I can only conclude that 80 Days is one of my favourite games ever made. Top five, for sure. Top three even, maybe. Inkle’s adaptation of Phileas Fogg’s globetrotting gamble is a dang masterpiece full of…

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There’s one AI machine that doesn’t need a nuclear power station to run, and it points to a potential way forward in the memory crisis

AI is ruining everything, right? The economy, air quality, and computing as a whole have all felt the impact of the exponential growth in data centers for machine learning. However, there’s one little hardware AI project that proves bigger isn’t always better, and even shows a possible way out of the current memory crisis. It’s…

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“It Was Extremely Hard To Say Goodbye To Crash” – Naughty Dog Founder On That “Abysmal” Universal Studios Deal

“They realised they added nothing but owning the license”. Released back in 1996, it’s easy to see why Crash Bandicoot became such a hit. Positioned by Sony as a mascot character for its 32-bit PlayStation, Crash had the look and attitude to go toe-to-toe with Sonic and Mario. It’s little wonder, then, that his debut…

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Dog tries to shoot PC gamer, but their rig (and RAM) takes the bullet instead: ‘It would have hit me while I was sleeping if the PC hadn’t been there’

Neighbour shot my PC through the wall from r/pcmasterrace It’s not every day you hear about a PC incidentally saving someone’s life. It’s even rarer that you hear about a dog shooting a gun. Somehow, this morning on the PCMR Subreddit, one user shared their own harrowing experience, which is a horrid mix of the…

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