If you spent much time online this week, you likely noticed how it briefly felt like the end of days as government websites, game marketplaces, and furry image boards alike were pulled offline in a scramble to address newly-discovered security vulnerabilities in PHP—a scripting language used by roughly 70% of the world’s websites, according to…
From Brass Tokens to Crypto Wallets: Why Retro Gamers Keep Chasing Anonymous Ways to Pay Nobody ever asked my name at the arcade. You walked up to a change machine, fed it a crumpled bill, and a stack of quarters dropped into the metal tray. You slid one into R-Type or a pinball table, and…
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“Elder Scrolls Online” has a fun character customization system, a dense story over a massive field of play, but it’s missing a soul. As an MMORPG, it needs to create an experience that is best played with a group. That’s just something it never does. Everything just feels like a chore. At the same time,…
On Oct. 23, 2077, Fallout’s Great War took place and today- available now as part of a week of product launches, restocks, and discounts on the Official Bethesda Gear Store, powered by DPI Merch, the T-60 Wearable Helmet Replica and Power Fist Replica, among several other items, are now available so everyone, regardless of their…
These boots are made for sinking. It’s the one we’ve all been waiting for. I am six weeks into my Ocarina of Time N64 playthrough, taking a look at one dungeon each week, and I have finally arrived at the most-discussed of the bunch. After clearing the halfway point with the Fire Temple, it was…
Hidden inside the West Bridge Advanced Military Training Facility is a complex combat environment where shifting, modular battlegrounds challenge even the most elite Operators, with hundreds of unique configurations. This is Kill Block, and if you’re picking up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 today, you must play it – it’s one of the most…
“It provides an opportunity to reflect on what’s really important”. The legendary Shigeru Miyamoto has just received Japan’s Order of Culture award, and after accepting it, the creator of Mario and Zelda had something to say about the rise of GenAI in video game development. Generative AI has become a hot topic in recent years,…
I have never really thought much about gemstones or minerals, which is weird considering one of my all-time favourite games is Minecraft, in which I spend a bulk of my time strip-mining. But Abyssal Lapidary has made me realise that there is so much more to the dirt than just coal. In the demo for…