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I finally played Duke Nukem Forever’s unfinished 2001 build, and while it probably would have been better than Gearbox’s fiasco, it still wouldn’t hold up today
It's one of the great 'What ifs' of PC gaming. What if…
The follow-up to one of the decade’s best detective games will have you selling cursed antiques to Victorian weirdos next month
Like a diabolical shopkeeper awaiting his first victim—sorry—customer of the day, I've…
After 48 years at UW, Ed Lazowska reflects on computer science, education, AI, and what’s next
Computer science professor Ed Lazowska recently retired from his longtime University of…
The iconic look of BioShock’s Big Daddy has its roots in System Shock 2’s low polygon counts: ‘If you embraced your designing limitations on that stuff, you’d end up with a better model’
BioShock's Big Daddy is one of gaming's most iconic enemy designs. The…
Portal sicko beats the game with ‘switched’ wall textures so no surface is where it’s meant to be, creating a whole new puzzling challenge in the process
Portal is not only one of the most mechanically inventive puzzle games…
With over 10,500 posts and 3 years of research, this GTA 6 map thread is a hivemind of hot speculation, educated guesses and meticulous analysis on the potential size and scale of Vice City
For most open-world enthusiasts, few moments rival those first tentative steps into…
If you’re doubting whether Battlefield 6 will be a hit, I was stuck in a 140,000 player queue at 9 am on a random Thursday to join a closed beta, twice
It's no secret that the Battlefield series has been in a bit…
I love a cosy game, but I don’t love the fact every second game is branded as one just because it’s trendy right now
Relaxing simulator games have been my go-to genre since I started gaming.…
GTA publisher boss says he’s ‘running scared’ despite billions in the bank and a GTA 6-sized financial nuke on the horizon: ‘We are looking over our shoulders’
Strauss Zelnick—CEO of GTA publisher Take-Two—has revised his expectations. On the back…
Every game is a roguelike deckbuilder now, but I’ve finally found a few that have stopped me being a hater
People don't appreciate how challenging it is to be a hater. I…