Counterfeit Monkey is so magnificent a text adventure that I'm convinced the puzzle genre went wrong when it added graphics

Counterfeit Monkey is so magnificent a text adventure that I’m convinced the puzzle genre went wrong when it added graphics

Weird Weekend Weird Weekend is our regular Saturday column where we celebrate PC gaming oddities: peculiar games, strange bits of trivia, forgotten history. Pop back every weekend to find out what Jeremy, Josh and Rick have become obsessed with this time, whether it’s the canon height of Thief’s Garrett or that time someone in the…

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Indie Selects Anniversary Celebration – Our Yearly Selects, a Huge Indie Sale, and Xbox Dynamic Backgrounds

Category: Games January 28, 2026 Indie Selects Anniversary Celebration – Our Yearly Selects, a Huge Indie Sale, and Xbox Dynamic Backgrounds Raymond Estrada, Indie Selects Lead Summary Indie Selects celebrates its second anniversary and we’re honoring the milestone by showcasing our top six selections from the past year. Check out quotes from the developers of…

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‘GZDoom is basically dead’ modders proclaim as contributors split from Doom’s most popular sourceport, with tensions boiling over after its creator adds AI-generated code to the project

Numerous contributors to GZDoom, Doom’s most popular sourceport and the basis for countless mods and several entire games, have split from the project and revealed plans to build their own version, after long-running tensions with GZDoom’s creator came to a head earlier this week. As reported by Techspot, the schism within GZDoom’s community arose through…

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Balatro scoops a BAFTA and Jimbo weirds it up on-stage: ‘LocalThunk is really rich now… he has shoes made of gold and he thanks you for making him that way’

Last night’s BAFTA Gaming Awards saw a range of gongs awarded to some of 2024’s standout titles, with the big winners being Team Asobi’s Astro Bot (best game) and The Chinese Room’s Still Wakes the Deep with three awards. Coming in hot for best debut, however, was our boy Balatro: PCG’s 2024 Game of the…

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