In a theater set off to the side of this week’s Game Developers Conference, representatives from big tech companies and venture capital firms spoke about, among other things, their enthusiasm for generative AI. Many of the attendees over in the main convention halls don’t feel the same way: 52% of respondents to a recent GDC…
Testing out Baby PacMan inVR
This is what you can expect… Although Nintendo’s focus is slowly shifting from the Switch, it’s still got some first-party titles planned for the original hybrid system. One of these games happens to be Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, and it’s out next month. Ahead of this launch, we’ve now got an official ESRB rating….
I recently watched the Netflix documentary Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee, and it’s one of the craziest things I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve written about McAfee (who died in 2021) a few times over the years, and knew a few things about his chaotic and at times outright…
PC Gamer’s Morgan Park had a rough night in Marathon a couple days ago. He initially attributed it to a run of bad luck—everyone has an off night now and then, after all—but noticed a lot of other people having similar struggles, many of whom pointed the finger at something else: noise. Silence is golden…
In his talk at this year’s GDC, Arc Raiders production director Caio Braga said Embark’s breakout extraction shooter hit emerged from a development cycle involving multiple massive directional pivots—points where many other game productions would have been cancelled. In a post-talk interview with PC Gamer, Braga said the high profile live service launch failures that…
In Act 1 of Slay the Spire 2, Vantom is the toughest of the three bosses you can encounter. It’s a bit of a roadblock in your journey, particularly if you’re a new player, but don’t be tempted to rage-quit and restart your run when you see his icon on the top of your map!…
The Doormaker in Slay the Spire 2 is a multi-stage boss fight in Act Three that’s pretty frustrating to deal with. Unlike most enemies, the Doormaker is reluctant to stand and fight you head-on. You can’t attack it right away, and instead have to take down an enemy before you ever get a chance to…
When you come across the Byrdonis Egg in Slay the Spire 2 for the first time, it’s a little confusing. It might not look like much at first glance, but this little egg can end up being one of the most helpful additions to your deck. It does come with a small downside in the…
In a talk at the Game Developers Conference, Obsidian senior systems designer Robert Donovan spoke about dialing in the difficulty of The Outer Worlds 2—a great game you ought to play—but one I found to have a particularly noticable reverse difficulty curve. Instead of the challenges ramping up as you get more familiar with the…