Designer of The Sims Will Wright appeared on Twitch today to talk about his next life sim, Proxi, and share a few memories about The Sims. During the stream on BreakthroughT1D’s channel, Wright explained why he was building his next life sim using the real memories of the people playing it, and shared some of…
Tetronimoooooooo! With the recent arrival not only of the excellent Tetris Forever but now of both Tetris (NES) and Tetris DX as part of Nintendo Switch Online, we thought it was about time to ask the tough question. Which of the many versions of Tetris is best? The block-faller has had so many fantastic iterations…
Will Wright, the designer of The Sims and co-founder of Maxis, appeared on Twitch today to talk about his next game, Proxi, which is “an AI life sim built from your memories” according to this teaser trailer released last month. During the stream on BreakthroughT1D’s channel, a gaming and streaming initiative that raises money for…
The 2024 Steam Winter Sale starts in just a couple days, meaning it will soon be time to brace your bank accounts against the onslaught of big seasonal deals. The start of the Winter Sale also signals the opening of voting for the Steam Awards, the annual celebration of the most popular games on Steam,…
The Esports World Cup (EWC) has announced a surprising new addition to its lineup of games for the 2025 event: Chess. The game of kings, the origins of which can be traced back 1,500 years, will now be one of the crown jewels of a glitzy and extremely well-funded tournament that’s meant to show us…
I had made it this far in my life without knowing what “Skibidi Toilet” is, and I did my damnedest to keep it that way. But as of today my streak is flushed, because it seems that Epic Games is putting Skibidi Toilet in Fortnite. Word of the cursed collaboration came our way via a…
PC gaming is not what you might call a cheap hobby. A thousand of your local currency units doesn’t go far once the old red mist descends and you start on the path toward obsessive acquisition of processor cores, TFLOPS, and always, always bigger numbers. And if you’re looking at spending more than three thousand…
The best Switch games for your little ones. We’ve given this list a big spruce up ahead of the Festive season so you can prepare for some holiday gaming with the family! Nintendo Switch is a console with brilliant software for gamers young and old. Nintendo’s wholesome, family-friendly image is well-earned, and with characters like…
For the first time ever, step into the wonderful world of Moomins on Xbox and Windows in Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley! The game is a story-rich musical adventure game for all ages about Snufkin restoring the valley and helping the quirky and memorable characters and critters who call it home. A series of hideous parks…
Shiren The Wanderer didn’t quite invent the traditional roguelike genre, but this long-running, rarely localized Japanese series sure as heck came to define it: Environments have to be grid-based Everything must be scavenged from monster-filled dungeons. And above all else, a true Shiren game (and thus a true old school roguelike) must be challenging, and…