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As a longtime Dwarf Fortress devotee, the last few years of DF development have felt like a wonder. For most of the procedural fantasy sim’s history, there could be years between updates as development progress was subject to the circumstances affecting the Adams brothers’ lives and attention. Since joining with Kitfox Games for the Steam…

The Great Hobbit Run is a Lord of the Rings Online tradition based on a simple premise: What if, instead of adventures and experience and becoming the savior of Middle-earth, a bunch of newbies just showed up at Chez Bilbo and then booked it straight to Mount Doom? It sounds like a terrible idea, at…

Almost three years ago now, I wrote about my love for pink peripherals. I still stand by that: The Razer Quartz Huntsman V2 TKL, Blackshark V2 X headset are still my go-to accessories on my desk, while the Barracuda wireless headset comes with me every time I leave the house. They feel great to use…

Time Extension has a new interview with Tomohiro Nishikado, the designer known for his long career at Taito and in particular the creation of Space Invaders. The 1978 arcade game has a good case for being the single most famous videogame ever, and upon release became a craze and phenomenon (a popular urban legend claimed…

I’ve lived a thousand lives in GTA 5 roleplay. From robbing banks in the guise of a journalist, to singing The Proclaimers on a fake reality TV show, feasting on flesh as a vampire nightclub promoter, and trying (and failing) to clear a serial killer of murder while posing as a lawyer—I’ve seen it all….

World of Warcraft: The War Within is in its home stretch, as Blizzard starts prepping for the next step in its trio of announced expansions, Midnight. Arriving August 5, Ghosts of K’aresh will very, very likely be the last major content update before the expansion hits. While the official blog doesn’t state this, all signs…

With the Happy Ghast out in the wild now, Minecraft is working on its next drop for the year. Details about the contents of the drop are thin on the ground right now, but we have seen the first new mob – the Copper Golem. It’s not quite the towering beast you’d expect, especially after…

Joytoy Warhammer 40k Ultramarine Intercessor action figure | 1/18 scale | 4.75 inches tall | three weapon options | $24.99 $15.99 at Amazon (save $9)Joytoy’s range of Warhammer 40k action figures covers an impressive swathe of Games Workshop’s sci-fi universe, with detailed and fully poseable collectibles. They can be an expensive choice, with larger or…

Seagate Ultra Compact Portable SSD | 1TB | 2.78 inches | 1,000 MB/s | $99.99 $79.99 at Amazon (save $20)Compatible with Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Android devices, the Seagate Ultra Compact Portable SSD is an extremely small yet hefty storage solution—perfect for those who need a lot of memory in a convenient to carry…

Remember Steam Greenlight? That was the user-voting system Valve briefly implemented to judge whether or not it would let a game release on its platform, before it just gave up and decided it’d put up what-the-hell-ever if you tossed it a hundred bucks. Greenlight wasn’t long for this world, but one of its earliest success…