Today is the Ides of March, the day when Brutus and a bunch of other Romans stood around bragging after they stabbed Caesar to death in front of a big crowd. You know who would never do that? Agent 47. Hitman gives you all the tools you need to be the ultimate stealth assassin: disguises,…
Sometimes you see a cool fight scene in a game and think, “I could do that.” Let’s be honest: you probably couldn’t. But thanks to YouTube, you can at least learn about some badass moves from someone who can. Martial Gameris a YouTuber who reenacts and analyzes martial arts moves from video games. Inspired by…
I’ve often noticed a conflict between the way games tell me I’m a master assassin/spy/soldier and the more bumbling, experimental way that I play. One moment I’m panicking and shooting the wrong person in the face, the next I’m coolly walking away as a chandelier drops on a target behind me. The new Hitman, the…
Darkest Dungeon just added a new class, The Antiquarian, along with some other tweaks. Full patch notes here
Unlike other games, you can’t really pet stuff in ARK: Survival Evolved. You can, however, make a lot of awkward eye contact. I started playing ARK on PC this weekend, and I noticed that prehistoric beasties just kept walking up and looking at me. Were they trying to remember if we’d met at that party…
I don’t really like console games. OK, that isn’t true. What I should say is, I never developed a taste for them. Originally published 3/4/16 Last night I went to a lecture at the NYU Game Center by designer Naomi Clark. Naomi explored how and why we develop our taste in games, drawing on everything…
I haven’t spent much time with the customization options in Euro Truck Simulator 2, mostly because I’ve been too busy causing accidents and being just as bad at parking as I am in real life. But those of you who want even more control over every aspect of your fantasy truck will be pleased to…
I used to live on a boat. It was a converted World War 2 rescue vessel that sat in an industrial canal, docked at the end of a lot owned by an Irish mobster and his son. I lived a strange little existence there, in a world with its own characters, customs, and myths. Even…
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