by on December 17, 2025
(eyes widen and laughs) I was a big fan of The Sims and also did terrible things to them. (We go off on a tangent discussing the terrible atrocities we committed on our Sims, none of which is fit to print here)If you’re a gamer and you haven’t read Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigal (you might have seen her on The Colbert Report ), head on over to Amazon and check it out. It’s a fascinating look into how video games are making the world a better place, but also how we look at games overall. In ...
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by on December 16, 2025
This gorgeous cherry blossom-adorned Japanese-style mansion created by echo0delta is a great example of just how cozy and lovely a mountain mansion can be. It's a nice mixture of modern and traditional build styles, paired with some creative ways to light up the scene with lanterns and glowstThink about when you were a youngster and you went to the sandbox at the park. You weren’t told "build a sand castle" by your parents. You had your shovel, bucket and action figures and you did what you want...
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by on December 16, 2025
The hand-drawn art style employed by Deli Interactive's We Need To Go Deeper is incredibly reminiscent of the one used in Don't Starve Together , making this a great option for those who liked the look and feel of Klei Entertainment's smash hit. That's not the only thing that's similar though, with many of the survival elements found throughout the title feeling incredibly familiar as wThe difficult thing in talking about and analyzing what makes Minecraft's multiplayer so great is that there is...
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by on December 16, 2025
Even better, indie games can afford to lose. They are often low cost, low maintenance, high concept works that don't rely on reaching a certain figure to be considered viable, and as such they can throw caution to the wind and take some big risks while still making a profit off of even the most modest sales. That means they can also afford to remain loyal to a system like an undertaker with a debt to the don, as while they might want the money that can come with being a multi-platform release, w...
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by on December 16, 2025
Torchlight 2 is an action RPG dungeon crawler that was released in 2012, as a follow-up to 2009's Torchlight . Players create custom characters, choosing between one of four different classes, and they then explore randomized dungeons, as well as being able to visit overland areas and hub toWhile you don’t get to explore the world, you are given the chance to look around in order to find clues that lead to the next event. The episode doesn’t stray at all from the original and even gives you the ...
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by on December 16, 2025
If you’re a gamer and you haven’t read Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigal (you might have seen her on The Colbert Report ), head on over to Amazon and check it out. It’s a fascinating look into how video games are making the world a better place, but also how we look at games overall. In the first chapter, she illustrates four main components of any game, one of which being the "goal", that important drive that gives gamers incentive to continue. It’s essential to any kind of game because witho...
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by on December 16, 2025
So what convinces us to play games in the first place? To answer that, you’d need to look at every game ever made, because that’s the solution. Because of everything games can, have, and will ever do.Between each level is a brief stop back at base camp, which is a fairly empty area that honestly feels like it's missing content. The shops let you spend the green gems found throughout the levels on a random piece of equipment or accessory, and...that's it. There's a map on a table to choose the ne...
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by on December 16, 2025
There are plenty of video games that are developed by AAA studios that are practically expected to be the next big thing in gaming, long before they even hit the market. However, it’s always more exciting when an indie darling can catch everyone by surprise and do even more with substantially less. Such is the case with Don’t Starve Together , the multiplayer update to the acclaimed game, Don’t StaThe pace of the game is dictated entirely by how the player wants to approach the game. If someone ...
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