Category: video games
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Campo Santo Got Valvo’d
I love adventure games. Well, I love modern adventure games. They come in all shapes and sizes, but there’s a type that’s a sub-genre of the Walking Simulator style of adventure in which you get your narrative-focused Gone Home’s and your Tacoma’s and the occasional Firewatch. The news is that the developer of Firewatch, Campo…
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That C64 Mini
The miniaturizing nostalgia shrink ray is sprayed at everything now: Cars; entertainment systems both super and conventional Nintendo; iPads; arcade cabinets… There’s also now a The C64 Mini, not a Commodore 64 Mini or Classic Edition, but strictly The C64 Mini. Apparently they couldn’t get the name Commodore 64. This miniature device that definitely isn’t a Commodore 64 also isn’t out…
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God of War (2018) Out Soon, Sounds Awesome
The 2018 God of War game without a subtitle isn’t a reboot of the series, but it does sound like a great starting point for anyone who dropped off after the earlier games or who wasn’t interested in them at all. The review embargo lifted a few days ago, to almost universal acclaim, here’s part…
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Shenmue I & II, Headed for Xbox One, PS4, Steam & Sunshine, Sento-Sake
Their crowd-funded sequel, Shenmue III, is still on its way, but how should someone new to the series get up-to-date with the premier picking-up-objects-and-turning-them-over-in-your-hand sim? It turns out that Sega is publishing the first two game on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam for Windows. The updated versions of the game promise a better user…
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Meet Brazil’s Gaming Scene With Cloth Map
Drew met Brazil’s game players, developers, and the people who sell them.