Ocarina of Mine. My first ocarina was from a hippy shop in Birmingham that also sold dreamcatchers. It was a circular brick-coloured one with zig-zag patterns, probably meant to look ‘ethnic’? A few years later I found some charcoal-dark, pebble-smooth pendant Ocarinas whilst backpacking in China. They look and feel almost naturally formed, weather-hewn, igneous….
Disk Cleanup (Image credit: Future) Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like “How tidy is your desktop?” and “What game will you never uninstall?” Jordan Thomas grew up during the shareware…
On May 24, 2000, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney shared a public statement (the specific platform or venue eludes me) on the closure of Looking Glass Studios, a canonical PC gaming institution and originator of the immersive sim genre (maybe don’t call it that, though). The statement was resurfaced by immsim enthusiast account Sinnoware on…
The idea of playing Deus Ex entirely in third person has always seemed like sacrilege to me. I like my immersive sims to be, well, immersive, to let me see the world through my character’s eyes and interact with it up close and personal. Yet having just watched several videos of Deus Ex being played…
The NES Advantage goes full FGC. Accessory aficionados 8BitDo has lifted the lid on a new leverless controller currently in the works for Nintendo Switch platforms. The Arcade Controller Pro is now available to pre-order at a variety of outlets ahead of its November 30 release date. The Arcade Controller Pro (which is also compatible…
The development and release of Civilization 7 has been a rollercoaster for both fans of the series and developer Firaxis. The most recent entry in the long-running 4X series shipped with an age-transition mechanic where players would switch between civilisations at multiple points during a game. It was a radical design shift that divided the…
The more information that dribbles out from BioWare’s cancelled Mass Effect game, the sadder I feel about the whole sorry situation. We’ve already seen an in-engine trailer that introduced a new protagonist and reintroduced Liara T’Soni, and we’ve heard that the game was set in a ‘galactic Cold War’ that combined all three of Mass…
Atari VCS! Zelda! Mario 64! Croc! Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Read the full article on timeextension.com Atari VCS! Zelda! Mario 64! Croc! Welcome to Retro Recap, a…
Spirits, Assemble. We are back with another Box Art Brawl! Last time, we took a look at a head-to-head match-up for Metal Slug Advance — celebrating its arrival on the NSO GBA library — and it was yet another one-sided affair. North America and Europe took a commanding win with 73% of the vote, leaving…
A paid upgrade is also available. A lot of Switch games have been getting Switch 2 Editions recently, and the latest one is for the roguelike role-playing title, Darkest Dungeon 2. It’s priced at $42.98 / £36.24, or if you own the existing version on Switch, you can get the upgrade pack for just $2.99…