Turn real friends into virtual ones When Facebook announced that it had acquired Oculus, there was a moment of panic that resonated across the Internet. The fear was that a promising VR technology had fallen into the wrong hands and that the best we could look forward to were virtual versions of Farmville. That hasn’t…
I’m not sure why I played so much Pinball on my Windows machine as a child. Nor am I sure why it was given so many different names, like Space Cadet 3D Pinball, 3D Pinball for Windows, Microsoft 3D Pinball, etc. What I do know, however, is it ran great on my old Windows NT…
Here we go again: World of Warcraft has yet another frog problem. This time, players have found a spot in the new Midnight expansion where the frogs won’t stop spawning. Unlike the previous frog exploit in Mists of Pandaria: Remix, these amphibians don’t drop any valuable loot. They do, however, have hides worth skinning at…
“We’re working on it”. Developer NetEase last year spoke about the possibility of its team-based free-to-play title Marvel Rivals coming to Switch 2. In an update, the game has reportedly been confirmed for Nintendo’s new hybrid platform. Speaking to IGN at the Game Developers Conference recently, Marvel Games executive producer Danny Koo said the team…
Open beta is off the ground, which means the battlefields of the Solar System are now accessible to all captains! We’re adding new maps, launching a PS4-exclusive premium ship and continuing to improve core elements of the game. There’s never been a better time to be an outlaw captain. Ready to blow up some giant,…
Tracking down the blue mushroom for Karatom in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a quest you can undertake once you arrive in the Gestral Village. This little Gestral inventor is trying to create the ultimate Sakapatate—you might remember fighting these patchwork sentinels a little while earlier in the Ancient Sanctuary. The problem is that Karatom…
Ants in your pants? Sandy White’s Ant Attack was a groundbreaking release back in 1983. Isometric games had already been seen in arcades, but to experience such a title on the humble ZX Spectrum – and one which gave the player the freedom of four-way movement – was revolutionary. Read the full article on timeextension.com…
Board game publishers may be lamenting the end of the tabletop boom—the golden age of board gaming that has filled my weeknights with games like The Quacks of Quedlinburg and Darktide—but I don’t expect the industry to topple overnight. Middle-class Catan bros will choke down a lot of price hikes to get their cardboard fix,…
Western release is still confirmed. If you cast your mind back to the September 2023 Nintendo Direct, you probably won’t remember the reveal of Shin chan: Shiro of Coal Town. Why? Because it only featured in the Japanese showcase. But that didn’t stop publisher Neos from confirming a Western release at the time, and it…
Free alternatives to Photoshop It’s hard to justify paying for photo-editing software (like Adobe Photoshop) if you’re not a professional photographer, designer, or artist. Fortunately, there are a ton of capable, free alternatives. The list includes age-old standbys like GIMP along with relative newcomers like PicMonkey and Autodesk’s Pixlr. Keep in mind that what we…