Blogs about Video games

While the ICOM MacVenture series may have begun on the Macintosh, it’s fair to say that most gamers experienced them through the NES ports. Shadowgate was the most popular of these, leading to a 2015 …

Or is the only alternative to keep displays on all the time?

What's this; Now/Then? # If you've just joined us, welcome to my series: Wristwatch Roulette, where I furnish my forearm with two fancy finds a fortnight, from fan-favourite Ali Express, market of choice for my …

Let’s celebrate! we just hit 1000 games at my database of moai in video games 🗿 today is Fiestas Patrias (Independence Day) in Chile 🇨🇱 So here’s some “Moai-chan-dise” ✨ t-shirts and stickers in both …

Garth Ennis sends up fantasy? Sounds like fun.

Je suis heureux de vous annoncer que Monte-Cristo, ma trilogie de bande dessinée qui transpose le classique d'Alexandre Dumas dans l'Amérique de l'après 11 septembre avec de splendides illustrations de Mario Alberti, paraîtra en anglais …

Poison, blood, water, lava, fire, oil, ice, steam, deathfog… If there’s something harmful that can be spread across the floor or passively float in the air in Divinity: Original Sin 2, I’ve stood in it. …

Is this the first game where you're charged with the task of building dungeons, and defending them from invading would-be heroes? I don't know of any that came earlier than it, but I can believe …

Introduction Minetest 5.9.0 has been released with performance improvements for rendering and map generation, new graphical effects, and much more. You can download Minetest from our website. As always, the full changelog can be found …

Caravan SandWitch is a new open-world exploration game in the style of titles like Sable and Jusant (the latter being more of an aesthetic similarity than a mechanical one) from French developer Studio Plane Toast. …

Fans of the simcade racer have a new update to enjoy as Hot Lap Racing adds three new cars and Epic Games Store listing with a promotional 15% discount until September 26th, 2024. The trio …

“Educational” games were all over the road in the late 80s and early 90s. Sometimes they’d just be a cartoon rabbit trying to get you to do math problems, and sometimes they’d have you driving …

What features do you think make good selling points for games? An immersive world and interesting character development? Challenging obstacles and boss fights? Or what about how big the file size is to download? Because …

The Golden Rule of Game Promotion: No One Cares About Your Game (YouTube) Thomas Reisenegger gives a fascinating and actionable overview of how to think about marketing indie games. Some principles are timeless; others are …

Just a brief update here -- I recently had the honor of participating in Rock Paper Shotgun's "what's on your bookshelf" interview series.It's one of my favorite gaming journalism things happening at the moment, full …

When it comes to interim stages of game dev, I am a bit of a packrat. I have paper maps from when I was doing Ultima Online, and UI sketches for Star Wars Galaxies… of …

(Continued from my previous posts here.) I made progress last time mostly on the giant towers full of traps. From a Your 64 article specifically about the Level 9 trilogy, written by Bob Chappell (author …

Sony has officially unveiled the PlayStation 5 Pro, a beefier version of their four-year-old console that boasts the ability to play games at both a higher graphical fidelity and a higher frame rate. It costs …

In 1989, Konami released an arcade game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Everything about it was tailored to the source material. In the cartoon, there are four ninja turtles, who usually fight …