Category: video games

  • Spelunky 2 Has a New Gameplay Trailer & A 2019 Release Window

    Derek Yu’s Spelunky sequel is coming out next year, and we now have confirmation from this trailer that the game will feature Ana Spelunky, the daughter of the first game’s protagonist. Ana apparently has access to either a cat launcher, or a cloning device that can clone felines. New for this sequel is online co-op,…

  • Donut County is Good & Available Now

    Ben Esposito made a game called Donut County about being a hole that drags other stuff into it. There are also characters, like BK who is a racoon and kind of a dick. Donut County’s good so far, but I hear it is pretty short. Also I keep thinking it’s Donut Country, which should be…

  • Zachtronics’ EXAPUNKS in Early Access

    The latest programmo-puzzler from Zachtronics, EXAPUNKS, is available in Steam’s Early Access home for wayward and incomplete games. This is another game in the style of TIS-100 and Shenzhen I/O, with this one focusing more on explicitly hacking the system, man. There’s something wonderful about Zachtronics’ programming games. Each one has a special theme, and…

  • Windows Pretendulation Is Bad Even When Valve Does It

    Valve’s Pierre-Loup A. Griffais announced that they’re including their brand new fork of the WINE Windows pretendulator in a new beta product for Steam. They call it Proton. WINE is an open-source Windows API emulation layer that lets Linux users play Windows games without rebooting into Windows. I call this process “pretendulation” because it isn’t emulating…

  • Reinstall Half-life 2 & The Episodes Isn’t a Band in Cleveland

    It’s a requirement for playing Jazztronauts, a mod for Garry’s Mod. Yes, you’ve read that correctly. You have to reinstall a bunch of old Source-engine games and get this weird ass $10 sandbox thing called Garry’s Mod to play Jazztronauts. You’re also going to need to read these instructions to get the game going. It’s…