Category: video games

  • Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy

    A few months ago I saw this short video clip that Bennett Foddy posted on twitter of what looked like a man in a kettle rotating some kind of sledgehammer parallel with the camera and everyone in reply was very impressed with the animation on display. I was baffled but similarly impressed “What the fuck…

  • Press X to Honk

    In the pantheon of video games there are few things as fun as having some glee at the expense of NPCs. I love naming them ridiculous things in Pokémon. In a fun old Half-Life level you could torture scientists and reveal what an incredible shit you are. Of course The Sims games were famous for…

  • Super NES Classic Edition Stuff

    The Super NES Classic Edition is out for $80, Chris Scullion has a review of the Brit version which looks a little different externally and in the menu, but is functionally identical, to the US version: The only main problem I have with the SNES Mini is how important the Reset button on the console…

  • Fortnite vs PUBG

    Epic MegaGames has been in development on a game called Fornite for a long time, but just released it for free with a surprise PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds + crafting game mode called Fortnite: Battle Royale. This wouldn’t be a big deal, except for the fact that Epic is the licensor to Bluehole for the engine behind…

  • Heat Signature Out on Steam

    Tom Francis, the former game journalist, has been developing games for what is now a surprisingly long time. His team’s first big (in indie terms) game launch was a stealth puzzle side-scroller called Gunpoint. It was universally praised and it was also pretty funny. Francis and co are back with Heat Signature (this URL is…