Zeus was raising the dead in Sega arcades back in 1988. Now he’s one of the busiest characters on Australian pokies, and the reasons go all the way back to the 8-bit era. Gods sell games. Anyone who grew up with a Sega Genesis already knows this. The console’s North American pack-in was Altered Beast,…
Slot reels and card tables have been squeezed onto ever-smaller glass since the 1970s. Anyone who grew up on handhelds will recognize the design tricks that came out of it. Slot reels used to be physical drums. For roughly eight decades after Charles Fey’s Liberty Bell, a slot machine meant springs and gears, plus a…
Manual trio kills, guaranteed-drop packages and a remote-play option make Bald.GG’s Nex offering worth a closer look for established Old School RuneScape players. Nex brings a demanding team encounter to Old School RuneScape. Old School RuneScape still delivers the pleasure familiar to anyone who grew up with an RPG: a better weapon, a new armour…
Roulette is one game with two different wheels. The European version has 37 pockets and the American version has 38. That one extra pocket changed the game’s commercial trajectory and still shapes how digital roulette is designed and played today. This piece looks at how the design fork happened, what it means for the game’s…
The Asus ROG 20th anniversary lineup has been interesting. Black, gold, and indulgent feels like the tagline here, with the Azoth Extreme Edition 20 and ROG Harpe II Extreme Edition 20 containing actual gold, and a fitting price tag to boot. For any criticisms I may have, I don’t think you’re paying primarily for the…
So, you’ve seen the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 in all its black and gold glory and wondered if it’s worth paying $300 more for it. Well, the answer is ‘it really depends on what kind of device you are looking for’ and ‘how much is a fresh OLED screen worth to you?’ Unlike the…
A deep forest of towering trees can be an intimidating place, especially if you’re only three inches tall. In co-op PvE survival game Trollheim: Gnomes, you’re a wee little Sprýg Gnome looking for a new place to call home after Oden has driven you from Midgård. That home is a dense, dark forest, and you’re…
Former employee auctioning wealth of Nintendo treasures. A former Nintendo employee has listed a series of auctions featuring a selection of treasures pulled from their personal collection – the centrepiece of which is original artwork used to promote the 1981 arcade classic Donkey Kong. Speaking in an interview with The New York Times, (and spotted…
Not many live service games have stood the test of time quite like Overwatch. 10 years in and it’s still been able to retain its playerbase, maintain momentum, and even ramp it up. How, you ask? Well, besides having really cute skins and a very enticing game loop, Team 4 figured out exactly where Overwatch…
I’ve long been a proponent of high refresh rates for competitive FPS gaming, though there are diminishing returns the higher up you go. So it’s been an absolute joy to see the direction OLED panels have been heading of late, with high refresh rates and low prices. Now there’s even more good news, as TCL…