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One coder’s ‘winter madness project’ was making the Dreamcast-era cityscapes of Crazy Taxi explorable in our browsers
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Tell me: What’s the worst videogame song you’ve ever had to listen to?
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Human Fall Flat, which is bizarrely one of the best-selling games of all time, gets a Viking-themed map featuring Dave the Diver for some reason
Cooperative physics-platformer Human Fall Flat is one of my favourite back-burner games,…
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The sci-fi survival game from the creator of DayZ heads to space Skyrim in its latest DLC, accompanied by a free update that adds oil processing and chainsaws
I haven't checked in on Icarus, the sci-fi survival game from DayZ creator Dean Hall, for quite a long time.…
Before Doom, there was Dangerous Dave, and John Romero’s 8-bit hero is getting a spiritual successor next week
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In defense of Deus Ex: Invisible War
Unfortunately, the week I scheduled to write about why Deus Ex: Invisible War is good actually turned out to be…
Resident Evil Requiem delivered on the multiple-protagonist promise I’ve always wanted from Silent Hill
It always seemed odd that Harry Mason was such a badass. The protagonist of the original Silent Hill was a…
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The Legacy of Kain: Defiance remaster does the best thing possible—it gets out of the way
By inexplicable coincidence, the best videogames ever all seemed to come out when I was between the ages of 10…
‘The whole map was friendly, and we all extracted together’: Peaceful lobbies exist in Marathon after all, though I don’t feel safe putting it to the test
A lot of the discussion around Marathon has been its emphasis on PvP. It couldn't be more polar opposite to…
Marathon’s aura-farming NPCs show just how bland and lifeless Arc Raiders’ AI-voiced characters really are
Arc Raiders is undeniably a one-of-a-kind extraction shooter, finally bringing the niche, hardcore genre to the masses. And while its…
‘It’s kind of like you’re a butcher’: Hundreds of Slay the Spire 2 card ideas were cut during development in an ‘incredibly destructive process’
Even in early access, Slay the Spire 2 contains more stuff—cards, enemies, and so on—than the original Slay the Spire,…
The makers of idle farming sensation Rusty’s Retirement have announced a new game, and this one’s taking over your whole screen
While we all impatiently shuffle our cards and stack our chips until Balatro 1.1 gets here, we've got plenty to…
A decades-old Diablo 2 easter egg has suddenly become relevant again as players hunt for the best loot in Reign of the Warlock
Diablo 2 players have discovered a decades-old easter egg is now the single strongest way to find the rarest loot.…
Marathon secret hunters hit their first gold mine: Spooky terminals, a hidden website, and a Durandal audio log
If there was any doubt that Marathon would be Bungie's new canvas for community puzzles and ARGs, let it go,…
It’s a happy ending for the artist whose work was stolen by Bungie and used in Marathon: She’s credited in the game as ‘visual design consultant’
It came to light in 2025 that Bungie had stolen work from artist Antireal and used it in Marathon—and I…