‘A succulent Silent Hill meal’: Silent Hill f devs admit ‘we’re going a little different’ but assure longtime fans that it stays true to the series they know and love

‘A succulent Silent Hill meal’: Silent Hill f devs admit ‘we’re going a little different’ but assure longtime fans that it stays true to the series they know and love

Silent Hill f has a lot to live up to. It’s not only following on from a well-received Silent Hill 2 remake, but it also has to wrestle with over 20 years of nostalgia. To make matters worse, the news of Silent Hill f indulging in more action and fight sequences was enough to have…

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Twitch’s nudity laws continue to shift: Cleavage is ‘unrestricted’, but no underboob allowed

In December, Twitch relaxed its rules to allow for “artistic depictions of nudity” in streams—things like “content that ‘deliberately highlighted breasts, buttocks or pelvic region,’”—as long as it was labelled as containing “sexual themes.” Two days later, following “community concern,” it chickened out and walked the changes back: “Moving forward, depictions of real or fictional…

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Critical Role’s homegrown RPG, Candela Obscura, is a spooky secret society simulator that wears its influences on its sleeve—and that’s a good thing

Candela Obscura, a new system by Darrington Press (Critical Role’s publishing arm), is a game about being a group of paranormal investigators who pry into their city’s arcane and occult underbelly. “Candela Obscura stands on the shoulders of giants,” reads the core rulebook’s fifth page. Borrowing ideas in the TTRPG space isn’t new—if anything, it’s…

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A Look into the Original World of Marvel’s Avengers

The Avengers are a complex group of Super Heroes, and that complexity takes center stage in the team’s upcoming original, action-adventure spectacle currently in development at Crystal Dynamics. While the super-powered ensemble is traditionally celebrated as a group of heroes, the catastrophic event that kicks off their newest journey paints them as villains. But the…

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