The Next Game From The Maker Of Papers, Please Is A 1-Bit Mystery

After winning many awards his 2013 indie masterpiece Papers, Please, Lucas Pope takes old school to the next level in Return of the Obra Dinn, a first-person 3D adventure rendered in the 1-bit style of ancient Mac games. Pope announced the new project this morning on The Independent Gaming Source forums. My next project will…

You Can’t Get These 37 McDonald’s Items In The States

If Snacktaku ever secures a substantial travel budget, the first trip I’m going to take will be based off Buzzfeed’s video of 37 exotic menu items McDonald’s only sells in other countries. Just look at that Chicken Mega Mac up there. Is that a grilled chicken-ish patty? No, it’s four grilled chicken-ish patties, special sauce,…

The Saturday Morning Stream will return next weekend. Fahey is currently battling strep throat and doesn’t want to risk infecting you all through Twitch. This also means he won’t be making the Games Journalism panel at Momocon in Atlanta today. As an apology, he offers this tiny GIF he found of a doggy on Reddit.

This Week In The Business: Forbidding Fruit

QUOTE | “I’m sure that they’re trying to stay away from controversy. I get it, but it still makes me sad.” – Tina Gong, creator of HappyPlayTime, talking about Apple’s rejection of the app featuring a vagina to educate young women about female masturbation Elsewhere in the business of video games this past week ……

Here’s a Fresh Batch of Deals from Amazon’s Digital Game Mayhem Event

Amazon has added a handful of intriguing deals to their Mayhem digital game blowout. Some of these are flash sales, indicated by an expiration date, so act fast if you want to grab them. Don’t forget, Amazon has over 1000 other digital game deals available, so if none of these strike your fancy, be sure…

‘Worst’ PS4 Game Is Getting Rebuilt From Scratch

Normally, if a new release is lacking in some way—be it in terms of quality or because of bugs—the developers will simply patch the game. But in this case, the situation is so grim that the developers are starting over and redoing everything. Basement Crawl is a Bomberman-like horror game that is rated so poorly…

Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs Could’ve Been Much Harder. In a lengthy and fascinating post-mortem, designer Peter Howell goes over the game’s design process, noting many areas where developers The Chinese Room differed from series creators Frictional Games It’s a great read, check it out.

​The Live-Action Street Fighter Series Is Out. Watch It Here.

It’s been almost two years since the live-action web series Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist was first announced. Today, you can watch all the episodes online. The whole thing is on Machinima‘s YouTube channel, or you can watch it all right here, if you’d prefer. Here are all the episodes, in order:

​Three Minutes Of New Gameplay From The Order: 1886

Sony just streamed a short preview of their upcoming steampunk shooter on Twitch. It sure looks impressive. In the clip above, you’ll get a sense of how some of the game’s weapons and environments look, as well as a taste of an early gunfight. The Order: 1866 is scheduled to hit PS4 later this year.