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Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert Cancelled His Pixelated Zelda-Esque RPG Because Old-School Zelda “Isn’t The Big, Hot Item”

“The deals they were offering just made absolutely no sense to me to go do this”. When Ron Gilbert revealed his upcoming rogue-like RPG Death By Scrolling at Gamescom Opening Night Live earlier this year, we have to say we were a little confused. Prior to the announcement, the Monkey Island creator had previously teased…

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Hypixel Studios releases the PC system requirements for its Minecraft-lookalike Hytale, and it’s the most comprehensive breakdown I’ve seen in a long time

The vast majority of new games released for the humble PC are published with a list of what hardware is required to run it and another list of ‘recommended’ specs. However, the breadth and depth of this information vary enormously, but not so in the case of the forthcoming voxel-based sandbox Hytale. Its system requirements…

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Google’s toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don’t blame me for clickbait like ‘BG3 players exploit children’

Pop quiz, hotshot: what was the headline on this article when you clicked on it? Was it classic PC Gamer style—witty, insightful, with the rare power of capturing the essence of a story with neither artifice nor evasion, and unintentionally but unmistakably implying the incredible mental powers and physical beauty of the writer? Or did…

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The father of the Linux operating system, Linus Torvalds, says the reason why Windows has a rep for bugs and blue screens isn’t down to bad code but bad memory

OK, brace yourself for this one, peeps. Linus Torvalds, the software developer who created the Linux operating system and one of the most iconic figures in the indy computing scene, says the bad rep of the Windows operating system for crashes and bugs is not down to bad code. It’s down to bad hardware. “I’m…

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“I’ll Get In Trouble” – Yuji Horii “Can’t Talk About” Future Chrono Trigger Developments

Well that’s not suspicious at all! 11th March 2025 marked the 30th anniversary of Chrono Trigger. Square Enix marked the occasion by announcing that “various projects” would be coming our way over the next year, but so far, those projects have been limited to character popularity polls and planned orchestral concerts. Importantly, that’s not the…

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