Tag: games

Oh no: You can attach claymores to Thief’s drones in Marathon, and it’s just as hellish as it sounds

Oh no: You can…

One thing that sets Marathon apart from other extraction shooters is its Runner Shells—AKA heroes—each with unique abilities and…
Cyberpunk 2077 redemption complete: You can now literally crap yourself to death with an alarmingly well-thought-out mod

Cyberpunk 2077 redemption complete:…

Great news: here, at the long end of its redemption arc, Cyberpunk 2077 is finally, totally fixed. Its last…
Marvel Rivals Season 3

Marvel Rivals Season 3.5…

The Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 update came sooner than expected, huh? With the seasonal cycle now down to just…
Playing Slay the Spire 2 and Esoteric Ebb on my ROG Ally all weekend turned me into a happy lump of swaddled gamer joy

Playing Slay the Spire…

I blinked, and it was Monday. I’m sure we’re all feeling that, but I made a mistake most grievous…
One of my favorite Daedalic point-and-click adventures is free on Steam, and a pile of others have been marked way down

One of my favorite…

Daedalic was widely viewed as the inheritor of LucasArts’ point-and-click adventure crown a decade or so ago, back when…
Bungie snuck a bunch of Halo guns into Marathon

Bungie snuck a bunch…

You can take the Bungie out of Halo, but it’ll take more than a 16 years-past Microsoft breakup to…
Steam game listing achieves knockoff singularity by aping Pokémon, Zelda, and even Overwatch designs with a shamelessness Palworld could only dream of

Steam game listing achieves…

Back in our January 2024 launch impressions of Palworld, I wasn’t kind about its shameless design counterfeiting, calling its…
Today’s Wordle answer for Thursday, July 31

Today’s Wordle answer for…

Refine your daily puzzling with our Wordle tips, happy to help you squeeze the most out of every single…
Bungie has learned its lesson about vaulting content in Destiny 2 and won’t be so cruel with Marathon: ‘It doesn’t matter when you join’

Bungie has learned its…

These days, it’s hard to talk about Destiny without inevitably touching on its hated content vault. Whole chunks of…
Banquet For Fools is a CRPG like no other and the most interesting thing I’ve played this year, and between it and Esoteric Ebb, roleplaying fans are eating great right now

Banquet For Fools is…

I’m a known and documented Morrowind liker, to a degree that even I get a little bored of myself…