“How do I craft a backpack?” is typically the fifth question I ask when starting a new survival game, following “How do I craft an axe?” and “Where can I find water?” and “How do I make a campfire?” and the all-important “What the hell was that noise?” That’s because when carrying resources and food…
Your bugs are going to die. I feel it’s important to let you know that from the start. Bugaboo Pocket is a Tamagotchi-like game about cultivating bug species to revitalize the environment after your evil corpo bosses destroyed it, and inevitably you’re going to say goodbye to them all, give them a nice burial and…
Wow, what a year 2023 was. We had a runaway success in dice rolling, catchy musical numbers in horror games, and—praise the sun—a brand new Armored Core to play. Beyond Armored Core, Japanese games had a strong year on PC, from Resident Evil 4 early in the year to the latest Like a Dragon near…
There are a whole lot of new games in 2024: For me personally, the shortlist is largely these 10 cozy games to watch for. Though I’m genuinely excited about all those launches, I know what kind of creature I am. I’m a ‘nightly game sessions with the group chat’ girl, and multiplayer crafting games are…
More Reactive Companions is one of those mods that just makes sense: it takes a huge reserve of background dialogue lines already present in Baldur’s Gate 3 but exclusive to origin characters, and repurposes them as companion banter. The fact that Baldur’s Gate 3 lets you play as any of its companions instead of a…
One of the last things I did in 2023 was round-up the year’s crypto fails, during which I checked-in on an old favourite. In late 2021 mega-influencer Logan Paul, now probably best-known for the PRIME energy drink range and his burgeoning WWE career, began promoting a blockchain project called CryptoZoo, a videogame where players would…
PC Gamer contributor Noah Smith declared near the end of 2023 that it was another great year for boomer shooters, but he had one request: Can we call them something else now? The answer appears to be a firm no, as “boomer shooter” has now officially taken its place as a tagged genre on Steam….
Back in the early access of Baldur’s Gate 3, a player by the name of Solfalia wrote a heartfelt thank-you to Larian Studios. His father had been recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and it was unlikely that he would be able to play the full game: “This is more than an Early Access for me,…
ASRock has announced a pair of new ultra-fast LCD gaming monitors for CES, one hitting 520Hz the other 400Hz. It’s arguably the latter that’s most intriguing, combining that 400Hz refresh as it does with 1440p resolution via a 27-inch IPS panel. That’s the ASRock Phantom Gaming PG27QFW2A. The other model is the ASRock Phantom Gaming…
As the first working week of a brand new year draws to a close, it’s a good time to reflect on 2023. They say if you don’t learn from history, you’re doomed to repeat it, but I reckon there’s a few new trends from last year I could stand to see repeat—alongside a few that…