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The second annual Warhammer Conference took place in September—two whole days of academic talks about Warhammer 40,000 as a model of social power relations in Western societies since the 19th century and the terror of androgyny with particular reference to xenos species at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. I’m still working my way through…
It’s hard to be new at something, and it’s much harder when 5 million sets of eyes are peering over your shoulder ready to judge your every move. Regardless, Konatsu Kato—the voice actor and motion capture performer who played Silent Hill f protagonist Hinako Shimizu—tried the game for the first time live on YouTube on…
It’s hard to be new at something, and it’s much harder when 5 million sets of eyes are peering over your shoulder ready to judge your every move. Regardless, Konatsu Kato—the voice actor and motion capture performer who played Silent Hill f protagonist Hinako Shimizu—tried the game for the first time live on YouTube on…
It may have lost best multiplayer game to Arc Raiders at The Game Awards, but Peak is still peak—and it’s celebrating a landmark year in “friendslop” with an in-game concert, Fortnite style. The concert features three performances from rapper bbno$, singer and VTuber Ironmouse, and vlogger vanillamace, who was featured on bbno$’s recent song “bing…
The ubiquity of generative AI is a hard pill to swallow, but even harder is figuring out what’s AI and isn’t. It’s easier than ever now to reach for that low-hanging fruit of critique in saying that something looks like an AI spat it out, especially now that games are claiming they were, in fact,…
Soundtrack Sunday Welcome to Soundtrack Sunday, where a member of the PC Gamer team takes a look at a soundtrack from one of their favourite games—or a broader look at videogame music as a whole—offering their thoughts or asking for yours! I honestly don’t know how much further Final Fantasy 14 can go from here,…
For many, cosplay is one of the only opportunities someone gets to really express themselves. Not only is it a creative outlet to do so, but it can also be incredibly beneficial to the health and wellbeing of the creator, which is a sentiment I’ve heard a number of content creators express over the years….
For many, cosplay is one of the only opportunities someone gets to really express themselves. Not only is it a creative outlet to do so, but it can also be incredibly beneficial to the health and wellbeing of the creator, which is a sentiment I’ve heard a number of content creators express over the years….
If you’ve somehow managed to avoid Assassin’s Creed up to this point and are looking to dive in, (or, as is more likely the case, you’re looking to fill a gap in the vast library of historical murder simulators Ubisoft has created since 2007) now might be the time to do so. Ubisoft is running…
Valve has removed a popular Halo 3 mod for Counter-Strike 2 from Steam, after its created was issued a DMCA takedown notice on behalf of Microsoft. Project Misriah: Halo Ports was a collection of Counter-Strike 2 maps that recreated Halo 3’s multiplayer in Valve’s shooter sequel. Far more than just a map-pack, it aimed to…