Momodora: Moonlit Farewell is the final instalment in the Momodora franchise—designed, as the series’ creator states, to “close the book on many of the past games’ mysteries and questions”. While I’ve not had the pleasure of playing a Momodora game before, I do like a good metroidvania—and I’ve been pleasantly surprised so far as a…
At release, the Atari 2600+ was a fun throwback conosole allowing you to play physical Atari 2600 and 7800 cartridges, but it was lacking a bit of compatibility and functionality that Atari fans were hoping for. As of today, a beta for the first firmware update for the Plus has been made publicly available on…
The XGIMI Horizon Ultra is one of the best dumb projectors I’ve ever had the good fortune to play with and yet also a familiarly frustrating smart projector. It looks great, both in terms of the device itself and in terms of what it can beam up onto your wall, but there are definite issues…
It was previously impossible without cheats due to a localisation error. After 20 years, a fan has finally produced a working patch that will let players beat the PS2 racing game Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3, without having to resort to cheat devices like a GameShark. Tokyo Xtreme Racer 3, just in case you’ve never heard…
We live in an era of AI hype and everyone has a take. But while most of us are a bit concerned about what the rise of ultra-predictive-text means for human creativity and criticism, a few Silicon Valley types are worrying themselves about Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI, which is basically a serious-sounding term for…
Sonic Vs. Nine. Netflix is cranking out new seasons of Sonic Prime seemingly faster than the ‘Blue Blur’ himself, with Season 3 now available to watch in its entirety. It doesn’t seem that long that we were first reporting on the animated show and speculating what it would all be about, but now the story…
“I’m not proud of the game”. Created by Al Lowe in 1987, the Leisure Suit Larry series – in its early years, at least – managed to mix adult themes with laugh-out-loud comedy to excellent effect, spawning a franchise that, by 2011, had sold over 10 million copies worldwide. The series continues to this day,…
The Warzone Season 1 Reloaded update is rapidly approaching, bringing a healthy dose of new content to both the Battle Royale and Modern Warfare 3. While both games share an update schedule, the Reloaded mid-season content drops are a way of revitalising multiplayer during the season itself. Some of the Warzone highlights include a new…
Virtually all laptops come with a webcam these days, nestled either in the bottom or top of the screen’s bezel. They’re generally not very good as the available space constrains how big the camera can be. Well, Lenovo’s latest ThinkBook 13X and 16P laptops sport a new 4K webcam that’s (a) absolutely massive and (b)…
“Navigate through a dark and twisted castle in search of escape”. One-man game studio Sunamii Games has just released a short clip from one of its future projects, Twilight Bastion. Described as a “PS1-Style 3D Metroidvania”, the developer cites Square’s cult PS1 classic Vagrant Story as a key inspiration. “You navigate through a dark &…