It’s worth saying, you know, that Sony is getting out of the hardware game. I’m looking for a new social network, a new movie, a new video game to play. How can I get it? Where do I find it? Do you have something for me? I run up the flagpole and see Playstation Network a fifth time: two god of wars to choose from, limited edition destiny crossover, prince of Persia, prince of Persia. The indie games are in troubled waters – they’re all slick but there’s that cultural shortening aga...| ROSES ARE RED, VIOLENCE IS TOO
Manofdutch uses Minecraft to build landscapes and architecture inspired by Dutch Golden Age paintings. They are absolutely stunning. [via]| Valentina Tanni
Video games have become a more accepted hobby over the years, but playing video games is still often considered a man’s hobby. According to the 2023 Global Gamer Study, 45% of people who play video games are women. This article explores the experience of women in video games, both in the industry and playing these […] The post Gender Inclusivity in Video Games: What Needs to Change? first appeared on The Badger.| The Badger
Aliya is an archaeologist, and a resident of the Nebula – a cluster of inhabited Moons (planetoids) floating in space, with streams of liquid and gas running between them known as the Rivers. Aliya sails the Rivers in her ship, the Nightingale, seeking to piece together the history of the Nebula through studying artifacts and … Continue reading Heaven’s Vault: A Breath of Rareified Air| Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
One-Punch Man items are now available in Fortnite.| Hypertext
Why play classic games on macOS? I have an Apple Silicon CPU MBP, and I love playing classic and indie games. I also have a beefy PC gaming rig, but trying to be eco-friendly, I try to play everything possible in the least power-hungry device (the laptop). Using an intel …| Kartones' Blog
The Nintendo Switch 2 is out! Plus more videogame news and updates from the Scout Life Games Guru.| Heads Up by Scout Life
There are dozens of games like Beyond Citadel buried on Steam and itch.io, some that consider themselves artworks of erotic gore and others that split themselves into the category of surreal hyper violence or pure pornography. The filth rises high while we’re not paying attention to it - in a country that grapples with a descent into violence, paranoia and increasingly policed obscenity. We’re recreating the circumstances that have led to the rise of avant garde art, while lacking the abi...| ROSES ARE RED, VIOLENCE IS TOO
I (not so) recently finished Echoes of Wisdom and after a ramble about the Zelda games I’ve played and enjoyed, Star implied that I should do a tier list.| beesbuzz.biz
Last Flag, created by Eagle Scout brothers Dan and Mac Reynolds, is a videogame inspired by Dan and Mac’s experiences at Scout camp.| Aaron On Scouting
When developing Mario Kart World I think Nintendo had a problem. Mario Kart 8 had existed for ten years and had pretty much perfected the core formula of Mar...| samuelbigos.github.io
(Time to read: 7minutes)Hello and welcome to today’s episode of Triple-D, drab, dreary, and dreadful! I’m Kit and I have a problem with continuously playing games I don’t like despite repeatedly saying that I want to not do that. Although, my excuse this time is that I only played a single session of each game here, because I… Read More »Grab Bag 6| Kit Does Things
(Time to read: 4minutes)Now hold up, the title is a joke. I just thought it was funny. I don’t hate the game. But man, I sure don’t like it. I really want to like it! Fast paced and precise 2D action games are some of the most fun games to me apparently, just look at how much I… Read More »Katana Zero out of Ten| Kit Does Things
I really like Tokyo Xtreme Racer. This game is not that, and while I do have a lot to complain about in the demo, I love where it’s going and hope to see it finished.| Kit Does Things
As I recently wrote, I'm enjoying the Replicube PC/macOS videogame in more than one way, especially since it allows you to code using Lua. I had the initial idea of storing my solutions in a GitHub repository, but then it grew as a place to also store custom creations …| Kartones' Blog
Like many environmental scientists, early exposure to nature sparked my interest in the field. But so did the 1990 video game SimEarth, game studio Maxis's first release after SimCity. SimEarth was more than mere entertainment, however. It was Maxis co-founder Will Wright’s effort to disseminate an idea that captivated| The Science of Fiction
Here’s the latest about the ELDER RING movie that was announced a few days ago. A24 is a kickass studio, and Alex Garland is a first rate director.| Not a Blog
Replicube and other programming videogames| Kartones' Blog
Jason Dyer’s All the Adventures project – “Wherein I play and blog about every adventure game ever made in (nearly) chronological order” – is undergoing a particularly amazing time at the moment. Since the start of the year he’s covered no less than 32 full games from 1982, some of them very obscure indeed, and […]| Dirty Feed
Doom is a widely-beloved classic for a reason, and whilst there’s much to be said for the simplicity of the original release or the community spirit of various fan-written engines usable to r…| Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy
BNC, the anti-war committee that leads a massive consumer protest effort in the united states and abroad against the vicious apartheid state of Israel, an arm of the overseas continual American war effort wrapped up in conspiracy theories, warmongering and blood has released an official statement about targeting Microsoft, for information recently made available that... Read More| ROSES ARE RED, VIOLENCE IS TOO
I ran a poll for what to stream, and put Call of Duty on it almost as a joke, thinking it might be a little interesting. Then it won. I really wish it hadn’t.| Kit Does Things
Background I enjoy videogames, so for me the platforms they run on are mere means to an end. While it is valid that the original Game Boy, with its blurry greenish colours, has a big nostalgia aspect to it, I have played and re-played way more titles in emulators than …| Kartones' Blog
Last month I curated a selection of nine games at the AGO, one of the largest art museums in North America. After the audience had a chance to play them, I went around to each game and explained th…| Jim Munroe
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Max here, not so subtly promoting that Maximum Recursion Depth, or Sometimes the Only Way to Win is to Stop Playing: The Karmapunk RPG is on sale for the drivethrurpg Christmas in July sale (also available on itch.io or in print on Exalted Funeral). I occasionally post "Game Design Patterns" on my own blog, but I think going forward they might be a better fit for Iconoclastic Flow. This Pattern references the videogame Triangle Strategy, but I primarily use a Play Report for MRD2, the quasi...| Iconoclastic Flow
Bayonetta was uniquely feminine: she was a character in the way a Masculine Man could never be: butterflies and sexuality and sensuality wrapped up in violence and a body covered in her own hair draped to the floor. The Natural Oils of a Woman in a videogame, for all to see: is there not some kind of truth in the choices that we don’t get to make?| ROSES ARE RED, VIOLENCE IS TOO
David's 9th annual roundup of his favorite things he played, watched, and read this year.| xavd.id
This is a second part to my Optimizing Windows 11 for Gaming small guide. Windows comes with +100 services, and while I must say that things have improved from the past, and many have manual activation and/or "delayed start", there are still a few that either activate by default …| Kartones Blog
Updates: 2025-01-11: Added link to second part, covering disabling services. 2025-01-09: Clarified issues if fully removing the GameBar and instructions to reinstall it. 2025-01-06: Added O&O ShutUp and O&O AppBuster apps, and Settings app links to most options. Kudos to Lobo666 for the suggestions! My gaming PC was …| Kartones Blog
Asking whether Concord was a bad video game is beside the point. It could have been the second coming of Team Fortress 2 and we could’ve seen the same thing happen. It was natural for a studio made up mainly of, like, Destiny and Overwatch developers to make a game that vaguely resembled Destiny and Overwatch. For me the question is, “Was Concord set up for success?” Did Sony bother showing anyone the game beyond the trailer that appeared at Geoff Keighley’s Summer JOI Session? Who th...| ROSES ARE RED, VIOLENCE IS TOO
And where we have our Geoff, he is not an avatar for players even when full buck-ass-nude scanned by Hideo Kojima for the videogame Death Stranding: even depicted, we never see the real Geoff only his hologram from where he resides in the safety of an apocalyptic bunker. The man cannot be reached, attained, or controlled. What interests do you think have the mans ear? Is he behind his own puppet strings, or do we dance to his.| ROSES ARE RED, VIOLENCE IS TOO
One of my favourite games when I was a kid was The Seventh Star, a text adventure for the BBC Micro. Not that I was any good at text adventures. Or any games full stop, really. The number of games from the time I actually completed can be counted on one hand.1 So I never […]| Dirty Feed
When Cyberpunk 2077 was announced, I was really excited. The teaser for it looked exactly like the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG that I’d like so much when I was a kid. When it came out, I tried it and it was a mess. Later, I heard they worked out lots of the problems, and I went back and I’ve been playing it. It still looks just about perfect, and gets lots of things right. It feels like a really good adaptation of Cyberpunk 2020. There are a lot of bugs and interface issues, still, but I don’t w...| rjbs forgot what he was saying
I was not always a fan of games based on con| Mudkip Mud Sport
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In a game, handing over the power of the cut to the player is to give them a magical power. Teleportation, transmutation, time travel. All the possibilities of the cut. The post The Magic of the Cut appeared first on Half Mermaid Productions.| Half Mermaid Productions
“The window is closed, so you can’t go inside.” This is the entirety of the opening to Andrew Plotkin’s The Space Under the Window, a game that continues to inspire me twenty plus years on. (Twenty plus years? I just turned to dust.) The spirit of its teasing opacity is clearly present in Her Story’s […] The post The Joy of Things Being Things – The Space Under the Window (Andrew Plotkin, 1997) appeared first on Half Mermaid Productions.| Half Mermaid Productions
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When I describe what I do in co-organizing Toronto Games Week, people often say that it sounds stressful and like a lot of work — as opposed to writing or creating stuff, which people think s…| Jim Munroe
As fun and timeless as ever. Nostalgia factor is huge with the new wireless SNES controller. But I’ll never rate this game five stars because I was a…| Letra Studio
Since its release in October, 2022, I’ve had many people ask if/when an audio version of Fight, Magic, Items would be available, and I’m pleased to say it’s now available! So, smash that order button, fam, and get that sweet, sweet history of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and a whole bunch of other all-time great... Read more » The post “Fight, Magic, Items” audiobook available now! appeared first on Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor.| Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor
Exciting news! Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs is making its global debut in Saudi Arabia thanks to Yatakhayloon. Here’s the announcement: Here’s a cool piece about how Yatakhayloon is helping to bridge the gap between Arab mythology with western science fiction: [Novelist Ibraheem Abbas]... Read more » The post Announcement! Fight, Magic, Items is going global! appeared first on Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and ed...| Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor
It’s here! Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is finally on store shelves—and, hopefully, in your Genji Glove-equipped hands right now. Buy Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West I’ll... Read more » The post Fight, Magic, Items is out now! appeared first on Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor.| Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor
FakeNet Initiated Hi! Just a quick boo to let you know I’ve made a fun website for my upcoming book on the history of Japanese RPGs, Fight, Magic, Items. Head on over to fightmagicitems.rocks for all the info you could possibly want about the book, how to preorder it, request review copies, find current and... Read more » The post Fight, Magic, Items has a shiny new website! appeared first on Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor.| Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor
You acquired “Fight, Magic, Items”! Would you like to equip it? Yes/No I’ve been reviewing books as a blogger and a professional critic for over 15 years. I’ve been buried under piles of early review copies, trawled NetGalley for early digital copies, and seen my review blurbs plastered on book covers. It’s been a ride.... Read more » The post Fight, Magic, Items review copies now available! appeared first on Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor.| Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor
Y’all know Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West is coming this October, but now, thanks to an exclusive reveal at Nerdist, we’ve got our first look at its gorgeous cover art. When I first started writing Fight, Magic, Items, I had all... Read more » The post Check out the cover for “Fight, Magic, Items” at Nerdist! appeared first on Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor.| Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor
Cue Victory Fanfare You’ve maybe noticed Astrolabe’s been a little quiet for the past few months. Well, I’ve had good reason for that, and now I can finally tell you why, and I’ve literally been waiting my whole life to say this:I’m pleased to say I’ve sold my first book, Fight, Magic, Items: The History... Read more » The post I sold a book! Announcing “Fight, Magic, Items: The History of Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and the Rise of Japanese RPGs in the West” (Running Press ...| Aidan Moher—Hugo Award-winning writer and editor
Years ago, as a middle-schooler just getting into online fandom, I would occasionally think, “huh, that Fate/Stay Night thing sure is popular. Probably I should check it out.” I never did, but the …| Fashionable Tinfoil Accessories
[Since FanByte has been effectively gutted as an editorial site, I’m making sure that my articles there are preserved here on the main site. This piece was originally published 2/27/19] Gacha…| Fashionable Tinfoil Accessories
. . . In that Empire, the Art of Cartography attained such Perfection that the map of a single Province occupied the entirety of a City, and the map of the Empire, the entirety of a Province. In time, those Unconscionable Maps no longer satisfied, and the Cartographers Guilds struck a Map of the Empire […] The post The Map & The Territory – Small Worlds (David Shute, 2009) appeared first on Half Mermaid Productions.| Half Mermaid Productions
Videogames were an important facet of my life back in the early 1980s (I was in grade school), and between my network of friends, I had access to all the major home systems of the day. Friend #1 had the Atari 2600 (1977), the old, reliable workhorse, a system so popular and ubiquitous that its joystick controller became a de facto symbol of the gaming industry itself. | The Haunted Closet
Bahnsen Knights' story is an intersection between violent fanaticism and German expressionist philosophy. The clue is in the game’s title.| PopMatters
Join David once again for a roundup of his favorite media of 2023.| xavd.id
🎉 Get ready to accelerate your gaming experience! Dive into the Xbox Forza Horizon Porsche Sweepstakes and stand a chance to win a Custom Xbox Series X Console. Ready to race ahead? 🚗💨 Eligibility You’re in for a ride if: – You are a legal resident of an Xbox Supported Country or Region (Need to […]| I Like Promos
Is there a thing you know you should do, but don’t? With me, for years, it was paper prototyping. Paper prototyping is the process of sketching out a game design, literally, with pencil and paper, …| Jim Munroe
The gaming industry is a rather young one, but some games have been around since forever. Check out a selection of the best games turning twenty in 2018!| Sekg
Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds, Fortnite, H1Z1, Arma 3 and Rules of survival are great examples of the success of battle royale games. Discover our top 5!| Sekg
Amazing design and incredible gameplay: Cuphead could be crowned as a videogame masterpiece, where even the most talented gamer will meet difficulties.| Sekg
Paris is always a good idea. We are delighted to confirm our participation to the Game Connection in Paris, from 1st to 3rd of November.| Sekg
We are delighted to confirm our participation to the amazing gaming event, the Barcelona Gamesworld from 5th to 8th of October.| Sekg
"Innovation is now". Sekg is thrilled to have been selected as one of the 100 startups to participate to the South Summit in Madrid.| Sekg
My Life a a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft [Prologue & Chapter 2] by Bonnie A. Nardi [ Nardi, Bonnie. 2010. My Life a a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropologi…| anthropolojamz
Learning and Identity: What does it Mean to Be a Half-Elf? by James Paul Gee [ Gee, James Paul. 2003. “Learning and Identity: What does it Mean to Be a Half-Elf?” Chapter 3 of What…| anthropolojamz
All right captain, strap in. The mantis boarding party is on its way and our shields can only hold up for so long. Our drone control is damaged and a fire in…| xavd.id
Anyone who's played a game with children knows that rules, much like a pirate's code, are mostly "guidelines". However, these games (even when played between…| xavd.id
People play many sorts of games for many sorts of reasons, but they all share one very important quality: games are pretending to be something else. It doesn't…| xavd.id
You know a lot of people, probably. Some of them game, some don't, and each has their own reasons for doing so. In Sutton-Smith's chapter Rhetoric of Self , he…| xavd.id
My tips for building a large library of videogames extremely cheaply.| xavd.id
What if you were playing a billiards RPG, but your cue ball was you, an adorable warrior mouse armed with a variety of pointy objects?| xavd.id
There's been a recent surge in popularity of a relatively unknown genre of game called the incremental game . These games start small and gradually increase…| xavd.id