It’s time! It’s finally here! After what’s felt like an age, the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct is upon us. We don’t know about you, but even with the avalanche of information that’s about to drop (and the hand cramps that will no doubt follow in the coming hours from all the typing), it feels like…
There are plenty of potentially intense romances to get involved in with your Tav in Baldur’s Gate 3, ranging from being pummeled by your new ‘hot githyanki girlfriend’ to getting fresh with a full-grown bear, but none are potentially as hot as the ability to romance Raphael, the silky-tongued proprietor of the House of Hope…
I’ve made cozy gaming most of my personality in the past several years, but even I sometimes feel numb to the aesthetically-mandated cotton candy color palette. Sometimes I want to play a cozy game while giving my eyes a little rest from the pastel apocalypse. I also just like trying to slip in some chill…
Thanks to Jotego’s Patreon. FPGA developer Jotego has just released a new OpenFPGA core as part of his Patreon. The ‘JTNINJA’ core makes Data East’s legendary Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja playable on the Analogue Pocket, alongside fellow Data East arcade title Heavy Barrel. Read the full article on timeextension.com Thanks to Jotego’s Patreon. FPGA…
It’s a new year, and that means a new crop of iconic characters—some more than others—entering the public domain. According to Title 17 of the United States Code, once 95 years have passed since the creation of any “anonymous work, pseudonymous work, or work made for hire,” that work belongs to everyone. There’s something beautiful…
I miss the days when TV, movies and advertising were aware that videogames existed, but found them so impossible to understand that they represented them in only the most baffling of ways. A Doom 2 arcade cabinet; tightening up the graphics on level 3; “somebody’s playing for real.” Those were the good times, it turns…
Last month I got to take a look at what SteelSeries calls the “world’s first dual-dock controller built for PC and Xbox”: the Aeon Pro. Its dual-docking claim to fame is that it allows you to switch between PC and Xbox gameplay seamlessly, without re-pairing. That’s thanks to dual USB inputs on the base station,…
Via a M107 FPGA core. FPGA developer Martin Donlon has just released a new core for MiSTer FPGA, which covers Irem’s M107 arcade hardware. The successor to the M92 board, the M107 offers an additional playfield and twice as many colours and sprites, making for more visually impressive games – but sadly, only three titles…
If you need something stronger than Connections’ built-in shuffle feature to win today’s game, just keep on scrolling. There’s a full selection of hints for the September 20 (#101) puzzle waiting below, with the answers for every single one of today’s Connections just after that. I didn’t think I could be just one away from…
Here’s what you can expect. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is out today on the Switch 2, and as part of the launch, Nintendo has rolled out the first game update, bumping the title up to Version 1.0.1. This launch patch includes multiple fixes, resolving issues tied to Split Screen, gameplay, GameShare and more. There’s…