‘It was truly eye-opening to realize just how many people deeply love this type of game’: Inzoi director hopes his life sim will ‘bring comfort to many players’ lives’

Inzoi director Hyungjun ‘Kjun’ Kim is gearing up for his game to be the first one to actually stand toe-to-toe with The Sims—not that he views his life sim as competition to EA’s own, mind you. Considering this is the first time in over two decades that we’re seeing something release that’s seemingly close to…

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I can’t even handle one person in my Google Doc, yet this YouTuber invited over 800,000 people to vandalise his homework all at the same time

As someone who writes for a living, having someone jumping into my Google Docs to make sure I haven’t written something too abhorrent. It’s admittedly one of my least favourite parts of the process—what do you mean someone else has to read and perceive the things I’ve written, what the hell—and the thought of even…

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The co-creator of Dark Souls’ most ambitious mod resurfaces to inform me that Blighttown, source of my nightmares, was cobbled together with ’10 bits of wood’

If you’ve played Dark Souls, chances are you remember Blighttown—and none too fondly. Rickety, thin platforms occupied by scab-coated poison dart shooters. Precarious walks above a fatal drop into the accursed toxic swamp below. And, lest we forget, the deadliest enemy of all: The framerate absolutely tanking on the Xbox 360. You remake-players on those…

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How to get an Aqua Sac in Monster Hunter Wilds

Grabbing an Aqua Sac in Monster Hunter Wilds is important early on if you want to craft a water element weapon from the Balahara tree. Since you’ll find yourself in the fiery Oilwell Basin before too long, there’s no harm in acquiring a weapon that deals water damage for a little extra effectiveness against those…

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I became a domestic terrorist to steal a lightbulb in the best immersive sim I’ve played this Steam Next Fest—and it isn’t even a Next Fest demo

Looking back, we’ll call this period a renaissance for games that are kind of a pain in the ass. Stalker 2, Kingdom Come, Atomfall on the horizon—the gaming public of 2025 wants nothing more than to die face-down in the mud, victims to clockworld worlds that have their own rules and obey them unsparingly. I…

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