NZXT has really cemented its design philosophy in recent years. You can sum it up effectively as, well, pretty traditional. It’s got that strict, rigid square aesthetic, the same tried-and-true internal layouts, those almost iconic perforated panels, the bold engraved logo, and of course an arsenal of internal cable management assistance inside to back it…
‘Bomberman Puzzle Special’ was released for i-Mode phones. The i-Mode version of Hudson Soft’s 2008 mobile title Bomberman Puzzle Special has now been dumped and preserved, the feature phone preservationist RockmanCosmo has announced. Released in 2008, Bomberman Puzzle Special is a Sokoban-style puzzle game that acts as an expanded version of the 2003 i-Mode title…
Find out what’s on the way. Bandai Namco held a summer showcase this week and it featured multiple Nintendo Switch titles. Most of these games and the release dates had already been confirmed, but if you haven’t got around to watching the show yet, here’s the full rundown. We’ve marked the games coming to Switch….
Following a Game Awards bit in which Laura Bailey of Critical Role fame pretended not to know who Aaron Paul was, praising the Breaking Bad actor for being in “the greatest show of all time, The Wire,” the pair announced Dispatch, a “superhero workplace comedy” where we’ll send superheroes out to intercept crimes while chasing…
World of Warcraft, in a huge move for a 20-year old MMO, has just announced plans to slowly, but surely, phase out its combat add-ons in favour of building that functionality into the main game. The sky’s not falling just yet, mind, and these plans aren’t set in stone, but there’s a possible future in…
A number of Crash Bandicoot fans and journalists have started to receive special Crash Bandicoot themed puzzles through the post, sent to them from the team at Activision PR. Each time that this has happened in the past the team at Activision have made a game announcement. It happened with both the Spyro Reignited Trilogy…
In Dwarf Fortress, aquifers are a scourge. They’re layers of subterranean, water-bearing rock that continually, endlessly leak when breached by dwarven miners. They can be managed and even exploited with careful construction, but in my experience, their main utility is proving that—no matter how competent at Dwarf Fortress I might get—I’m only one overlooked, unsealed…
Waddledee-licious. Kirby Air Riders has been out for a little over a week now, and our good friends over at Digital Foundry have been busy diving into the nitty-gritty to deliver a technical analysis of the pink puffball’s latest adventure. Right from the jump, DF states that Air Riders “nails” the fundamentals, with super fun…
‘Eclipse’ eventually morphed into the 1992 space shooter ‘X’. The Video Game History Foundation revealed yesterday in a blog post on its website that it had managed to find and preserve Argonaut’s legendary Game Boy demo Eclipse, which is credited with selling 3D to Nintendo and ultimately led to the creation of the 1992 Japan-exclusive…
Old School Gamer Writer David Lloyd shares his thoughts on The Five Most Essential RPGs for Your Nintendo DS Catalogue. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey The Megami Tensei franchise started way back in 1987 with Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei on the Famicom, but was mostly unknown to the West until it began to be…