I remember the first time I looked into a kaleidoscope as a kid, it was so strange and disarming to me that I threw up a little bit, and then it was confiscated by my parents. Sad, but probably for the best. It’s a memory that I pushed so far down I’d almost entirely forgotten…
“I never made much progress on this idea”. It’s looking increasingly likely that the future of console gaming is going to be digital-only, as Sony has just announced that it is ending disc production and won’t be shipping an optical drive in the PS6. Xbox is very likely to follow suit, leaving Nintendo as the…
Hi all, Kevin from Wonderful Lasers here to announce a new take on futuristic racing games. Super Impossible Road is a racing game with a twist: it’s all about the shortcuts. Everyone knows that in the future, there will be no accelerator or brake, no cheap lead-stealing power-ups, and thanks to on-the-fly procedural generation of…
“BlastEm today is made up of 100% artisanal AI-free code”. The arrival of GenAI coding tools has sparked an explosion of AI-assisted projects in the retro gaming space, including decomps, recomps, translations, and more. While the tools can drastically speed up development, there are questions surrounding the accuracy of such projects when compared to hand-made…
Hard to believe how fast time flies, but PS Vita just hit its third birthday. From the launch of our slimmer model last May, to the kick-off of PlayStation Now on PS Vita, to the slate of new games, the system continues to deliver some of the best portable gaming experiences around. Since it’s the…
Horror has always been a genre that pushes boundaries. It toys with our ideas of what a game can actually be. In Dyping Escape, rather than simply selecting conversation options from a drop down box, you have to type out predetermined responses. Sounds easy, but as the trailer in the PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct…
Clay is your starting point for several Windrose crafts, and you’ll need plenty of it if you want to start making clay bottles for potions. It’s also the bulk of the required materials for several crafting stations, and if you’re as impatient as I am, you’ll want more than one Charcoal Kiln. It’s not hard…
I don’t know about you, but my favorite way to see new games announced is in PowerPoint documents with titles like “3Q 2023 Earnings Results – Investor Relations.” It’s just so magical. I get little tingles all over. That’s how we learned that “The Next Subnautica” is planned for a launch in 2025: not with…
Metroid Dread! Monster Hunter! Batman! The Nintendo Switch eShop sales have made it across the seas. That’s right — those of you in North America can save up to 75% off a range of Nintendo Switch games on the eShop thanks to the Hits for the Holidays sale! From today until 3rd January 2024 at…
v0.230b is out now! Super ZSNES has just received a brand-new update (v0.230b) focusing on quality-of-life and emulation fixes, while also implementing initial emulation support for Super FX chip-enabled games, like the 1993 classic Star Fox. Initially released in April 2026 (as version 0.100b), Super ZSNES is a GPU-powered follow-up to the ’90s SNES emulator…