Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has a new video going over some of his principles for game design, and as you might expect has some strong opinions on the intersection between design intention, and what players actually end up doing. “Rule one, our game is non-linear—don’t assume that players will go somewhere first or talk to…
If you’re using an older Gigabyte motherboard with an Intel CPU—up to and including a Z590/B560 chipset—you should probably update your BIOS. Some “legacy” chipsets are apparently vulnerable to memory corruption in the System Management Module (SMM), and the company is releasing BIOS updates to patch the vulnerabilities. In a security update, Gigabyte explains it…
Prepare for an epic and exhilarating journey as you dive into the enchanting world of Hamster on Rails. This game will capture your heart and challenge your mind. Amidst games with deep stories and high-stakes moments, there’s nothing quite like enjoying a few hours with a cozy game. Of course, sometimes it’s important to take…
I’m fairly completionist with my RPGs: I only just beat New Vegas for the first time after 300 hours, 15 years, and I don’t know how many abortive playthroughs because I refuse to wrap one up until I’ve done everything—and I often get tired or distracted before I can finish everything. I thought I did…
Need to know What is it? A melancholy parry-happy action RPG from the creators of Pokémon gamesRelease date August 4, 2026Expect to pay $60Developer Game FreakPublisher FictionsReviewed on RTX 3060 (laptop), Ryzen 5 5600H, 16GB RAMSteam Deck Officially “Unknown”, but unlikely to workLink Steam Beast of Reincarnation is a sci-fi action RPG whose parry-happy woman…
Innings. Hello everyone, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! In last week’s battle, we looked at Digimon World 4 for the GameCube, and goodness, it really wasn’t a close fight. Japan absolutely annihilated the competition to gain 85% of the vote, and it’s not hard to see why. Well done, Japan! Read…
The Abiotic Factor 1.0 update is almost here, finally bringing the Half-Life-inspired survival crafting adventure to its first version complete milestone. As far as early access games go, it’s been a brief and fairly consistent journey—the rare, smooth roadmap rollout since Abiotic Factor’s early release in May 2024. Over the last year, developer Deep Field…
A Steam success. Manor Lords publisher Hooded Horse and developer Eremite Games have today announced that the award-winning dark fantasy roguelike city builder (is that enough genre terms for ya?) Against the Storm will be making the jump to Switch on 26th June. This one launched on Steam in late 2023 and has since gone…
Resurrection, man. Clear River Games caused quite a stir this week after teasing a re-release (or possibly a remake) of Quintet’s SNES RPG Terranigma on social media. Released in Japan back in 1995, Terranigma is part of a loose trilogy which also includes Soul Blazer / Blader (1992) and Illusion of Gaia / Time (1993)….
Is your PC up to the task? Hype has been high for the Oculus Rift VR headset ever since it first debuted on Kickstarter what seems like a century ago (in reality, it was nearly two and a half years ago). Know what else is high? The system requirements to run Oculus Rift (we would…