Pac-Man cabinets did not whisper. They chirped, thumped, and pulled people toward the glow. Space Invaders made the same promise with less color and more pressure. Tetris, later, proved that a falling block could make a lunch break vanish in five minutes. These games still feel alive because their rules fit inside a child’s sentence….
Two Directs, Nintendo?! That’s insane! The rumour mill was a-churning about an upcoming September Direct, but even the most inside of insiders couldn’t have seen this coming: two Directs! One day after another! Yes, Nintendo has announced that it’ll hold a duo of presentations next week, starting with a special Zelda 40th anniversary show on…
Los Santos Customs I’m modding GTA 5 every day in a quest to either transform it into a PC version of GTA 6 or break it entirely. Come back tomorrow to find out what new horrible thing I’ve done to Rockstar’s baby, or check out what I got up to earlier. Okay, two things. First:…
Members can experience the all-new Connected Franchise mode, an overhauled broadcast package, and more for up to 10 hours in the early access trial. EA SPORTS NHL 27 brings the identity of every NHL team to life on the ice, in the arena, and through the broadcast. Get a taste of life on the ice…
Build-a-Belmont. Konami released a new trailer for its upcoming game-making package Wai Wai World Craft, first revealed during last year’s Tokyo Game Show. The “concepts” trailer offers our first look at some of the tools, assets, and options available to players en route to creating the next Game of the Year contender. Wai Wai World…
Everyone has a price. Maybe it’s $100, maybe it’s $1,000, maybe it’s for someone to see your innate value as a human being, or maybe it’s $1,000,000. Popular streamer TimTheTatman recently revealed what it would take to get him to go back to Arc Raiders, and spoilers, it’s not the third option. There was apparently…
Curse of Strahd is one of the most popular D&D modules for a reason—it’s actually really compelling. Set in the misty, cursed lands of Barovia, Curse of Strahd is dominated by the titular Strahd von Zarovich, a vampire lord with a tragic backstory and a propensity for showing up at random intervals to give you…
Last week, we asked you to share trees from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: honeysinghzzz shares Atsu beneath a windswept tree in Ghost of Yōtei lumxte shares Aloy wandering through a forest in Horizon Forbidden West dfgmendes shares a lone tree in a dry field in Red…
Retro games refuse to sit quietly on a shelf, because a good round of Pac-Man or Tetris still explains play better than a 40-minute tutorial. New players find old games through mini consoles, Steam ports, FPGA handhelds, and the dusty cartridge drawer at a cousin’s house. A teenager raised on Fortnite can still understand Galaga…
A quarter bought you one life in 1982. When it ran out you either dug into your pocket or walked away from the cabinet. That was the whole business model of the arcade, and it quietly shaped how games got designed for most of a decade. The cabinets are nostalgia pieces now, sitting in barcades…