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Humans Took My Neighbors Comes to Kickstarter

From time to time, I keep an eye on promising Kickstarter campaigns in the gaming space. I like seeing indie devs revive retro genres or ideas, as well as bring their own artistic vision to life. Carlos Garza has just created a…

Channel Zero Season 2 Episode 4 Review: “The Exit”

Warning: This article contains mentions of transphobia, racism, and slight spoilers for Channel Zero. Last week, I wrote about my cautious, intrigued optimism for the second half of “No End House.” Because of that, it is disappointing and frustrating to say that…

Witcher Spin-Off, Blood Origin, Gets Lead Actor

If you are like me, firstly, you should delete your internet history, you pervert; Secondly, you enjoy a little too much of The Witcher. It is something a majority of us discovered back in 2015 upon the release of CD Projekt RED’s The…

Konami Consolidates Its Gaming Divisions

It’s not uncommon for a gaming company to get a bit bigger than makes sense. If you’re going about your business, suddenly you can find yourself spread thin without a clear center. It’s sort of what the Star Wars universe is doing…

Celeste Classic Gets New Sequel

I’ve spent some time these last few months bemoaning Prime Gaming‘s lack of interesting and fun games included with your Prime membership. I’ve done so with the fun squeaky hammer of the internet that is the Epic Games Store, following the uproar by idiots…

An MCU-Style Whoniverse; Yes, More Please

Russell T Davies has been on the media circus via Zoom &/or Skype for his new drama show, It’s A Sin. It is a series about a young gay man traversing the 80s at the height of the Aids epidemic. I honestly…

Infinitrap Rehamstered Demo Now Available on PC

Five years ago, Shadebob Games released Infinitrap, a hardcore top-down platformer. Two years ago, they announced that a re-release/remastered version called Infinitrap: Rehamstered was coming to Early Access. Now after two years of Early Access, people can play a demo of the…

Dying Light 2 Collector’s Edition May Have Leaked

It goes without saying, the games industry is one that thrives on hype and established appeal. Either of studios behind big ambitious projects such as Dragon Age 4 or Cyberpunk 2077, or you have an established series with broad mass appeal, such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones.…

Vicarious Visions Absorbed by Blizzard

Over the years, we’ve seen tons of great developers go by the wayside after getting a bum deal from a publisher or a bigger studio. Examples are Dead Space dev Visceral Games and Star Wars Battlefront II dev Pandemic Studios, both courtesy of Electronic Arts. Others,…

Minecraft (PC) – Review

Nope, that’s it. I have crossed the valley of sanity and gone into the land of the mental. Last week it was the most profitable game of all-time, and this week it is the second most owned game of all-time, right behind Tetris. What…