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CultureParadox Is Quietly Testing A Strategy Game Subscription Service
If there’s one thing about Paradox Interactive’s big PC strategy games, it’s that they’re nearly always fantastic. And if there are two things, it’s that they quickly become bogged down with hundreds of dollars worth of DLC that looks absolutely daunting to any potential new players. Take, for example, Europa Universalis IV, which is very…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2020 -
Cthulu Game Creators Acknowledge That Lovecraft Was A Racist
H. P. Lovecraft was a very talented writer whose Cthulhu mythos is one of the absolute great works of modern fiction. He was also—and this is something very few companies profiting off his works will acknowledge—a massive racist. I’m not talking about “oh, this was the old days, he had some antiquated views like a…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2020 -
When Control Meets Doom
The brutalist supernatual adventure and the brutal ’90s shooter have little in common, but this custom map by willkuerAT combines them as an exploration of Control’s exquisite architecture. It’s made for GZDoom, hence the prettiness, and it’s using custom textures to get the look just right. Thanks Philip!
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2020 -
FTL, Released In 2012, Is Now Getting Achievements
Deep space death simulator FTL has for almost eight years existed with a single achievement: avoiding a sense of overwhelming despair as your carefully-cultivated run through the stars comes to a violent and bullshit end. That’s soon going to be joined by some more official company. While not live yet, the game’s list of achievements…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 21, 2020 -
CultureTemtem Is A Pokémon Clone That Looks Pretty Cool
Temtem is an MMO out this week that, in many and very obvious ways, is trying to be the kind of Pokémon game people have wanted for years but have never actually gotten. I mean, just look at this: And this! So, yes, Pokémon. Only you fight with two monsters at once instead of one,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020 -
Kingpin, One Of The Dirtiest Shooters Of The ’90s, Is Coming Back
It’s all but forgotten now, but in 1999, Kingpin was kind of a big deal, pitched as an unashamedly adult first-person shooter that was going to be video gaming’s answer to Frank Miller’s Sin City That was the idea, anyway. And despite some notable press at the time—it even got a mention on the floor of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020 -
CultureNetflix Just Picked Up 21 Studio Ghibli Movies, But Not In North America Or Japan
The good news is that Netflix just got the rights to stream pretty much every major Studio Ghibli release, from Totoro to Princess Mononoke to Ponyo. The bad news is that, if you’re in North America or Japan, that news doesn’t apply to you. Ghibli’s homeland has its own rights deals, and in North America…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020 -
This is HyperSpace: Pirates of Atira, an upcoming co-op indie space game where players take control of different aspects of a starship and try to work together to keep everyone alive. This kind of thing has of course been tried before, but the division of labour here seems really cool!
By Luke Plunkett Published January 20, 2020 -
CultureTotal RecallRemembering The Witcher’s Terrible Phone Game, For Some Reason
The Witcher series has produced some pretty good games! Let’s not kid ourselves, though, and pretend every Witcher game has been an all-time great. Because that would mean you, like me, had forgotten all about The Witcher: Crimson Trail, released all the way back in 2007. It was a phone game developed by a third-party…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2020 -
Dad Builds Custom Xbox Adaptive Controller So Daughter Can Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Xbox’s Adaptive Controller has done some amazing things as far as accessibility in video games goes, but the setup isn’t hard-wired to only work on a Microsoft console. It can, with a little work, also run on the Nintendo Switch, and in doing so bring an enormous smile to a little girl’s face. Rory Steel…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2020 -
Respectful Fighting Game Staredown Was Actually Just A Controller Issue
As Event Hubs report, this match last night between Guzman and SpaceDetectiveKH ends up stopping a few seconds in for what was assumed by all to be an intense staredown, born out of mutual respect between two fierece competitors before everyone realised that, oh, it was just a technical hiccup. Beautiful commentary in the lead-up,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 19, 2020 -
CultureMan “Hijacks” Airport Monitor To Play PS4 Game
A “young man” waiting at Portland International earlier today, perhaps bored as we all are by the drudgery of airports, figured he could just unpack his PS4 console, plug it into an airport information monitor and start playing some Apex Legends right there on the spot. Local radio station KXL(via The Oregonian) report that the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2020 -
CultureLet’s See How Construction On Nintendo’s Theme Park Is Coming Along
Super Nintendo World is due to open in around six months time, which is why we’re starting toget stuff like big shiny music videos. For something a bit more real, though, let’s check out some aerial footage of the park under construction at Universal Studios Japan, see how things are coming along. For reference, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2020 -
CultureBuy The New Humble Bundle, Help Australia
The new Humble Australia Fire Relief Bundle does exactly what it says on the tin: it’s a massive collection of games (worth over $400) on sale right now and every single cent you spend goes directly to helping millions of animals affected by the crisis. The bundle’s recommended price is $25, which considering some of…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 16, 2020
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