I was tempted to resist writing anything about the announcement of Ghost of Yōtei. It’s increasingly difficult to have a mature conversation about anything to do with video games without one pile-on or another happening, and I had more than enough of a pile-on from my review of Ghost of Tsushima to last me a lifetime. But I’ve been very…
Be warned: this article is half news and half me ranting because I am sick of layoffs. I hate hearing that people’s livelihoods are at risk, and I hate that it’s not easy to get back up anymore because layoffs are industry-wide. There is nowhere these talented people can go…
Microsoft has announced a substantial suite of changes to its Game Pass…
Another Not-E3 has come and gone, and some of the games have…
As much as we all live in a world that champions the idea that speech should be as free as possible (rightfully so, of course), we make exceptions to that rule all the time (also, rightfully so). For example, it has been illegal to advertise cigarettes across much of the…
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The recent GTA VI hack, and the subsequent fallout from people criticising how “bad” it looks, inspired this segment in this month’s podcast, as it really caught us all by surprise a little. We’re used to gamers having a generally poor understanding of how games are made, but what we…
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Babylon’s Fall had the makings of a great game. It had exceptional art direction and an amazing aesthetic. It had Platinum Games, with all their talent for combat design, giving us a new action experience with some interesting mechanics, and it had an intriguing setting and hits of what could…
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The Call of Duty rumour mills were working in overdrive this week, with an “insider” claiming that Call of Duty 2024 will be set during the (more recent) Iraq War. This is just a rumour at this stage, so I’m certainly not reporting on that, but what I am here…
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Over the last couple of weeks, the Anbernic W600 has quickly become my favourite toy. It might not be as powerful of a beast as the Steam Deck or the Ayn consoles are, but it also only cost me $500. Before purchasing it I was a little concerned that this…
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I’ve played all kinds of sim games in my time. Through them I’ve built cities and skyscrapers, zoos and theme parks. I’ve even built idol empires and porn businesses. Right now I’m happily building universities courtesy of Two Point Hospital. But I’ve never built a casino. And I never wanted…
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“I have finally built my case against Catcher in the Rye.” This tweet, spat out by a YA author a few days ago (along with a video in which they outline their “case”), should have been easy to ignore. It is exactly what you would expect from a YA author.…
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The big news in gaming this week is that Embracer Group has gone on yet another one of its spending sprees. This time around it has picked up everything from Tolkien’s Middle-Earth (from film to games), to Snow Bros. (Toaplan, in the company’s first-ever Japanese acquisition), and Limited Run Games…
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Something that’s been going on with Stranger Things in the past week has a deep relevance to video games. The creators of that series has been going back to old episodes to “fix” plot holes. But should they be doing that? And – and this is the link to games…
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You all know the “we should improve society” meme, right? The cartoon about a guy that is suffering from backbreaking work, starvation, and other ailments suggesting that we should do something to improve society, and the other guy leaping out of a well to say “yet you participate in society!”…
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