Review: Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 - An Extensive But Imperfect Compilation Of Classics

After learning his cult ’90s RPG influenced Undertale, this Japanese developer finally got ‘the courage’ to make another RPG decades later thanks to Toby Fox

You may not know Japanese developer Yoshiro Kimura by name, but you likely do know of someone who does: Toby Fox, who credited Kimura’s 1997 Moon: Remix RPG Adventure as an inspiration for Undertale. For as much obvious Earthbound DNA there is in the massively popular Undertale, there’s also a critical bit of Moon in…

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Stardew Valley’s New Update For Nintendo Switch Is Now Live

Version 1.6.15.1 has arrived. Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone’s farming and lifestyle simulation Stardew Valley is the game that keeps on giving and today marks the release of another free update for the Nintendo Switch. This week happens to mark the ninth anniversary of the game and Barone has released the latest update Version 1.6.15.1 on the…

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Mark Zuckerberg has filed a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg. No, not that Mark Zuckerberg, an entirely different Mark Zuckerberg. Although the one being sued is that Mark Zuckerberg

While having the same name as someone incredibly famous might be occasionally fun for some people, for others, it can be really annoying. And in certain cases, it can be so bad that the impact it’s having on your livelihood ultimately forces you to do one thing: file a lawsuit against your famous namesake. This…

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Painkiller’s creator isn’t a fan of its recent co-op reboot: ‘I disagreed with every single thing they’ve done in it’

One of the weirder things to happen in PC gaming this year was that a new Painkiller came out and pretty much instantly disappeared. I’m aware PC gaming moves so fast nowadays that many games get washed away without anybody noticing. But I thought Painkiller would have sufficient cultural cachet to stick around a little…

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