Nexus Mods decides to allow an Oblivion Remastered mod that changes ‘body type’ options to male/female, declares it’s not ‘a battleground for broader cultural or political debates’

One of the very, very small changes in Oblivion Remastered is a switch in the character creator from “male” and “female” bodies, as it was in the original, to “body type 1” and “body type 2.” It’s the sort of thing that would likely go entirely unnoticed were it not for the distressingly predictable explosion…

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We can finally play 2006’s flip phone-exclusive Monster Hunter port thanks to the tireless work of game preservationists and fan translators

Despite being a devoted Monster Hunter sicko for well over a decade now, even I didn’t know about Monster Hunter i. And for good reason: The 2006 port of Monster Hunter G wasn’t just a Japan-only release—it was a keitai game, released exclusively for early 2000s Japanese cell phones. It was Monster Hunter’s first game…

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Fallout creator laments the loss of the game’s earliest development materials: ‘I had that in digital form and was ordered to destroy it’

The original Fallout’s lead developer Tim Cain has been making YouTube videos about his long and eclectic career for a while now, and he keeps dropping fascinating tidbits about the foundations of what is now one of gaming’s biggest series. Such as: What the Vaults were actually for, or why specifically the first game is…

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Hugo Martin isn’t messing around as he unveils Doom: The Dark Age’s new Cosmic Realm: ‘Bear witness to the cyclopean architecture of this Lovecraftian dimension!’

It will never not seem weird to me that turgid guffola like “Doom: The Dark Ages is a premium singleplayer campaign featuring three core pillars of engagement” have moved from quarterly investor statements to consumer-oriented marketing. Luckily for all of us today, that stultifying corpo-speak isn’t the real reason we’re here: We’re here to check…

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