D&D’s Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins un-retire, change teams to Critical Role’s Darrington Press after a combined 46 years at Wizards of the Coast, leaving jaws dropped

Dear reader, it might not surprise you to hear this, given my professional, actual job is to write for a site about PC Gaming—but I’m not really into sports. This isn’t universal among our staff, mind. I was duly ribbed for the way I described the following feeling in our morning meet. However, the recent…

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How to neutralize corrupted items in FBC: Firebreak

Learning how to neutralize corrupted items in FBC: Firebreak is straightforward in principle. After all, the game tells you exactly what you’ll need to do it: a Black Rock Neutralizer. This info only appears very briefly as a tutorial popup, though, so you wouldn’t be blamed for missing it and then getting confused as to…

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FBC: Firebreak best weapons tier list

Puzzling out the best weapons in FBC: Firebreak might take you a little time when you first drop into the Federal Bureau of Control. Not too long, mind you, considering the game only has six weapons on launch and some are quite clearly a lot stronger than others. To quickly aid you in gunning down…

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FBC: Firebreak review

FBC: Firebreak is one of the messiest games I’ve ever played, but this is in large part because it is a game about mess. Creating it, cleaning it up, getting caked up to your neck in it—your character is constantly covered in water or sticky notes or quivering pink goo that could’ve sluiced straight out…

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How to destroy sticky notes in FBC: Firebreak

I can’t say I ever thought I’d write a guide about how to destroy sticky notes, but FBC: Firebreak isn’t your average game. If you’ve already played Control, you’ll know that things get a little funky in this federal bureau and paranormal hotbed, including a plague of sentient sticky notes that need to be periodically…

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The Communist Manifesto – A Visual Novel review

Over the course of the 20th century, more people were called a great—or the greatest—theoretician of Marxism than I can count. Lenin, Che Guevara, Deng Xiaoping, Tony Cliff: all these names and more bore the mantle of Karl Marx’s true inheritor—the standard-bearer who had synthesised historical materialism for a new era and was prepared to…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Tuesday, June 17

We’ve got a fresh hint for today’s Wordle waiting below, helping point you in the direction of today’s winning word without giving the game away. Use it first thing to maximise your opening line, or save it for whenever you think you’d benefit from a little guidance. Whatever happens, the June 17 (1459) answer is…

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