Tag: games

I cut out my tongue to unlock a door in Eclipsium, then things started getting weird

I cut out my…

Eclipsium is a game about removing your own heart—to no obvious personal detriment—in order to power a great and…
Epic sues Fortnite botters who filled their own maps with clankers and made off with tens of thousands of dollars

Epic sues Fortnite botters…

The sheer scale of Fortnite and the money involved has meant Epic Games has to deal with a sizable…
Is Paralives worth playing in early access for life sim fans?

Is Paralives worth playing…

At long last, there are a whole three full-scale, Sims-style life sims available now that Paralives has launched into…
This retro turn-based horror game reminded me just how scary classic survival horror was

This retro turn-based horror…

Turn-based games are not my forte—I’m far too impatient to plot out my next three moves ahead of time—but…
9 cool things about Paralives you won’t find in The Sims

9 cool things about…

Paralives has just hit early access, and while it is very much a work-in-progress right now, it’s also the…
Absolum interview: How the beat ’em up’s developers created four fabulous characters

Absolum interview: How the…

My second-favorite character in Absolum is Cider, or as I like to call them: Kung-Fu Pinocchio. Beat ’em ups…
It’s literally impossible to pick the ‘real’ murderer in Pentiment because Obsidian never considered having one: ‘You’re not a detective, you’re a f***ing artist’

It’s literally impossible to…

Obsidian’s Pentiment is one of the most interesting games of the last several years. Set in 16th-century Bavaria, the…
‘I do think Blow misunderstood what the game is about’: Derelict Star made Jonathan Blow rage quit, but it’s the most fascinating indie platformer I’ve played for years

‘I do think Blow…

A couple of weeks ago on X, someone reposted Braid and The Witness creator Jonathan Blow into my feed.…
Battlefield 6’s lead oozes confidence by confirming that the servers ‘should be’ ready for its release on Friday, breaking a cycle of awful Battlefield launches

Battlefield 6’s lead oozes…

It’s T-minus three days until Battlefield 6’s launch, and with every hour that passes, I get even more excited.…
Paralives has done the one exact thing I was begging life sims for

Paralives has done the…

Life simmers have been chronically bored for years—so much so that asking “how do you keep Sims 4 interesting…