PC Gaming
It’s not often that I write about a refresh of a vendor’s gaming laptop portfolio, and it’s simply because there’s rarely anything new to report. A slightly better screen here, a mildly faster processor over there: small changes are pretty much par for the course. But in an announcement for its new Raider and Crosshair…
There’s nothing like watching US politics from the outside to make you feel in-fucking-sane on the daily. For today’s WTF news, here’s New York mayor Zohran Mamdani explaining the benefits of charity with an extended Mario Kart metaphor. And here’s a transcript for those of you on public transport without headphones, or people who just…
Bear with me here: the Xenosaga JRPG series belongs to the wider Xeno series, which also includes the lately-very-popular Xenoblade Chronicles games. The Xenosaga trilogy originally released for PlayStation 2, and the first two games were also ported to Nintendo DS. You don’t need to be a JRPG or Monolith Soft fanatic to be aware…
Pragmata‘s Red Zones are some of the most challenging combat arenas in the game, and each one offers great rewards that make it worth the effort. But the challenge doesn’t start in the arena. First, you’ll need to find the associated Red Gate Keys to even enter the room. After you stumble upon the first…
Pragmata‘s a weird game. It feels both like a game from two decades ago and like it’s breaking new ground at the same time. Case in point, its level design tends to be very linear, especially early on, but then there’s a variety of activities that give you heaps of overly complicated currencies. It also…
Almost immediately after entering Sector 1’s Solar Power Plants in Pragmata, you’ll stumble across a doorway blocked with blue crystals and rock. You can peek into the room, but you can’t get past these barriers. Once you reach Sector 2, the Mass Production Array (the area that looks like New York), you’ll find even more…
Pragmata‘s weapon system is a bit weird. Aside from your basic Grip pistol (which you’ll be able to change later on), every weapon is treated as temporary. As soon as you run out of bullets, the gun is used up and disappears, forcing you to scavenge for another one off the battlefield. While you’re pushed…
The Luna Digger might just be my favourite boss in Pragmata, mainly because you’ll run into this mega mechanical worm a few times before eventually delving into its nest. By the time you step into the arena, you’ve more than had enough of it. But killing the Luna Digger isn’t straightforward, as this beast is…
Pragmata‘s first boss, the Sector Guard, is quite a step up compared to the challenges you’ve faced so far. But it’s also a sign of things to come: the Sector Guard is a breeze compared to bosses and even standard fights later on, not least because it’s a tutorial for the Overdrive mechanic. Because all…
I don’t expect every actor to play the videogames they’re connected to, and have a lot of respect for the way Walton Goggins just straight-up said he hasn’t played Fallout and won’t play Fallout. Good for him. You don’t want to join us down here in the pit, spending the rest of our lives trying…