“The whole purpose of these things is to be enjoyed”. The UK-based retro collector Frazer Rhodes has been buying rare and obscure video games for the past three decades now and has amassed a pretty enviable collection in all that time. He’s the proud owner of a complete Neo Geo set, as well as a…
‘You can’t always get what you want’ is great life advice—it is also what I have been repeating to myself, through gritted teeth, while playing Dungeon Clawler this afternoon. Objectively, the concept of “what if Slay the Spire, but you barely control the hand you play” shouldn’t be working as well as it is for…
Pillars of Eternity turned 11 years old last month, but Obsidian just put out a transformative update for the venerable CRPG: A full turn-based mode alongside the game’s original real-time with pause (RTWP) mechanics. The mode had previously been available via a Steam beta branch since last November. There’s a whole list of patch notes…
In a recent interview with YouTuber TKs-Mantis, former Obsidian creative director Chris Avellone revealed that the studio got in a spot of minor trouble over its depiction of the Rorschach Test in Fallout: New Vegas. When you wake up in Doc Mitchell’s house in Goodsprings, the second step in character creation is a Rorschach Test…
Intel’s been on a roll of late in all the wrong ways. Borked CPUs, failing fabs, haemorrhaging cash, run-ins with the President of the USA. The woes never end. Until next year, that is, and the launch of Nova Lake. That’s right, peeps, when Intel’s next-gen CPU architecture arrives at the end of 2026, Intel…
Critical Role Campaign 4 is off to a terrific start—even if it is a borderline magic trick to see DM Brennan Lee Mulligan handle thirteen players at once for its first four episodes (they’re not all at the table at once, mind, but it’s still a terrific feat). I’ve been equally impressed by the new…
Celebrating 25 years with a special item… Today marks 25 years since the arrival of the Animal Crossing series, and to celebrate this special occasion, Nintendo has rolled out an update for its latest entry Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Switch. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Spin those discs. In case you hadn’t noticed, the release of Super Mario World’s soundtrack on vinyl is a pretty big moment in the world of Nintendo music—the company hasn’t embraced the format in quite the same way as others, so this is hopefully a turning point. Even so, it’s worth noting that the company…
“Mark the date, spread the word far and wide”. Based on FPGA technology and designed to run both past and next-generation Spectrum software, the ZX Spectrum Next may be a niche proposition, but it has found plenty of fans in Sinclair fandom—the only problem is that it’s incredibly hard to get hold of one as…
Warren Spector is one of the industry’s most storied developers, particularly among fans of immersive sims. His leading roles on games like Ultima Underworld, System Shock, and Deus Ex—and you know what, even Invisible War and Deadly Shadows, which are probably better than you think—established him as one of the field’s most admired and enduring…