Some days I fondly recall Warhammer 40k’s first Inquisitor was called ‘Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau’ and he’s still too powerful to be retconned.

I think we can all agree, Warhammer 40k’s Inquisitors are cool customers. Once you put aside their whole shtick of being able to commit genocide on a whim, exterminatus-ing planets that have fallen to the predations of Chaos, they’re basically Witch Hunters hanging out in a moody and noir-ish sci-fi future. There’s a reason folks…

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Lincity – A SimCity style game is in development for the Amiga 68k by paulthetall

While the Amiga is legendary for its library of fast-paced action, platformers and shoot ’em up’s, developer Paulthetall has introduced a change of pace for the platform with his new game called ‘Lincity’. A free and open-source construction and management simulation game, which puts the player in control of managing a city’s socio-economy, similar in…

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WoW server suffers outbreak after a debuff breaches containment, giving me flashbacks to a 21-year-old incident so large Covid-19 researchers referenced it

World of Warcraft‘s had another brush with a digital plague—on the Moon Guard US server, capital cities were overcome with waves of toxic activity that saw vitriol line the streets. But enough about trade chat—there was also a debuff spreading around and killing people. The incident occurred late last week, when Stormwind was suddenly assailed…

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This China-only RTX 4080 GPU combines laptop silicon with desktop hardware, and draws a fraction of the power of a more traditional graphics card

As a manufacturing hub, China sees plenty of unique hardware projects—like this gaming Megazord. But there’s plenty of innovation to be found beyond one-and-done projects like this. For instance, back when the US Department of Commerce restricted the export of Nvidia’s RTX 4090 cards, Chinese manufacturers got creative. The so-called RTX 4080M card was one…

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This Magical Girl-Inspired Sega Mega CD Game Is Finally Available In English, With Some Handy Quality Of Life Fixes

“I’ve been trying to put together a Mega CD translation project for a long time”. An old Japanese-exclusive Sega Mega CD title inspired by popular magical girl shows of the ’70s and ’80s has just received an English fan translation, courtesy of Stargood Translations (h/t: Read Only Memo). Mahou no Shoujo: Silky Lip was released…

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‘I find it really sad’: Hideo Kojima laments the current state of the videogame industry as companies turn away from physical discs

We’ve watched the slow death of physical games media for a decade now, whether it be discs costing more, digital-only consoles, or the recent revelation from PlayStation that come 2028 it will cease productions of videogame discs. It’s nerve-wracking for videogame conservationists, player’s rights advocates, fans of the hobby, and even Hideo Kojima himself. Kojima…

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