Author: James
As anyone who has edited me over the years knows, I’m not a great typist. Or, ironically, as I originally spelled it, typepost. Every time I press a key, an extra character comes in, all the letters in the word get jumbled up, and the most common sin I commit is skipping entire words entirely in my rush to get to the end of a sentence. So, with some trepidation, I installed the Typing Break demo. In this game, the only thing standing between you and the hordes of enemies descending from the screen is your ability to type words…
A new beginning with old friends. Based on the Japanese light novel series written by Aruto and illustrated by Yunagi, The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest focuses on Alec Egret, a loyal court magician who is unfairly exiled by an enraged prince because he only has support magic. Once a secret ally of the heir to the throne, Alec finds himself sidelined and directionless until fate reunites him with Jorha Eizenz, a former comrade in the legendary adventuring group known as the Lasting Period. Invited to rejoin the team that once made history, Alec embarks on a…
“Let’s change this mountain of shit and make it worth living!” Based on a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Urana Kei, Gachiakuta follows Ludo, a bullied child who lives in the slums of a floating city where wealthy people throw away trash and people without a second thought. Framed for murder and thrown into the Pit, a toxic wasteland inhabited by giant creatures born from discarded junk, Roode is forced to fight to survive in a world designed to erase him. Rescued by the villainous Cleaners and awakened to strange new powers through a weapon known as the…
Almost 25 years ago, the original Metroid Prime set the modern standard for winter video game biomes in Fendrana Drift. Ice levels play an important role in Samus’ adventures, containing not only useful upgrades but also important story hints. This is a small graveyard for a dead alien race that once inhabited Talon IV, the planet where Metroid Prime takes place. With unforgettable scenery and some of the best music in video game history, Fendrana Drift is a gold standard that even the Metroid series itself has struggled to live up to. That was until Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Samus’…
Every game is the result of thousands of choices. Some of these choices are creative, some technical, and some are about scope and budget. There is nothing more heartbreaking for a game developer than putting sweat and tears into a project only to realize that earlier choices made long ago were not the best choices from the end user’s perspective. In this guest article, VR developer Rein Zobel offers hard-won lessons in creating rich, immersive VR worlds. Guest article by Rein Zobel Rein Zobel is the creative director and co-founder of Maru VR, an Estonian studio specializing in immersive VR…
Google-owned XR studio Owlchemy Labs has announced that its VR hit Job Simulator (2016) has surpassed 6 million installs. Job Simulator is one of the most successful VR games of the past decade, and while it didn’t really have a solid foothold back in 2016 as a launch title for the original HTC Vive, PSVR, and Oculus Touch, it also pioneered many of the fundamentals that VR developers rely on today. In other words, the Reckless Simulator parody was one of the first to truly pull off VR object interaction while offering immersive, room-scale gameplay. And while the majority of…
Baldur’s Gate 3’s transition from early access to full release included a ton of tweaks and changes as Larian perfected the massive RPG. Naturally, this means that certain parts and plans will not remain in the final version. If you find yourself yearning for any of them after playing them for the first time or hearing about them, a new mod may be right around the corner. It’s also pretty cool if you want to get more out of BG3. Watch on YouTube This mod, “Early Access Scenes Restored”, comes from modding masters HyperspaceTowel, who have been working on restoring…
Happy New Year to everyone who is sick celebrating their return on Monday. It’s time to experience the despair of the universe once more, sliding irresistibly through the canyons of entropy, scratching the tonsils of hubris in vain. There will also be some new PC games released. It might be a good idea to save some change for Wednesday and Thursday, when there are rare surprises. Monday, January 26th It’s time for John Heigard to keep his guard up in Keighley’s anointed sci-fi fantasy raid shooter. The game is a roguelite based on the ever-lovable AA Milne character that’s garnered…
overview: The third season of Primal continues on Adult Swim with the latest episode, “Feast of Flesh.” Spear encounters a terrifying flesh-eating ghoul, but his friend may not be far behind. Our view: In the last episode, we saw Spear deal with the forces of nature. This time, he comes face-to-face with creatures lurking in the shadows. Of course, being a corpse reanimated by magic, he fits in perfectly. Unfortunately for him, he encounters a hungry faceless ghoul who thinks he has enough to eat. But first of all, we are greeted with the calm before the storm. Spears wanders…
overviewBased on a Japanese light novel series written by Puni-chan and illustrated by Akeno Naruse, this story tells the story of a modern-day Japanese woman who dies and is reborn in the otome game “The Lapis Lazuli Ring.” However, not as the heroine, but as Tiararose Lapis Clementille, the villainess designated in the game and the fiancée of Prince Heart Knight. On the eve of her scheduled destruction, she regains her memories of her past life and realizes that her engagement is doomed to failure, but things get worse when the Heart Knights publicly denounce her and abandon her in…