2+ hour ago  (296+ words) Countless bear cavalry dreams, dashed. Much like its design philosophy, Crimson Desert's marketing strategy was, essentially, "yes to all of it." Before release, its absurd density of seemingly mismatched features made for baffling yet fascinating trailer footage, particularly Kliff's apparent…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (712+ words) Ranger's Path: National Park Simulator lets me protect nature by sending hikers packing. AI is coming to take my job, so I'd better start looking for a new one. Luckily, there are a ton of job simulators on Steam, and…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (303+ words) Be kind and rewind. I've played a bunch of retail job simulators, and something you can almost always count on is a bit of a slow start. Your store is empty, you have a limited budget, you have sparse inventory…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (365+ words) Though only a bit. You're crossing the land in search of your sister Deorcas (voiced by Devora Wilde of Lae'zel fame) on behalf of your brother Rickard (voiced by Ben Starr of upsettingly sexual Balatro clown fame, though he was…...

5+ day, 29+ min ago  (456+ words) "Our mistake was to bank on something that was not yet proven," says Colossal Order CEO Mariina Hallikainen. In the wake of Cities: Skylines 2's shaky launch and mixed reception, developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive have parted ways,…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago  (436+ words) "Perhaps that shows how they're eternal themes." There are just some things that lend themselves to being great villains. There's snakes and Brits (aren't they the same thing, aha!) but there's also been the long-used theme of an artificial intelligence…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (228+ words) A done dance, this Abundance. I'm still chewing on the thick, juicy slab of meat that is World of Warcraft: Midnight for our review'eagerly awaiting the launch of Season 1 later this week. I am also secretly very glad that I'm…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (328+ words) "You know, you shouldn't trust us intelligent programmers." "You know, you shouldn't trust us intelligent programmers," said Hoare in the lecture. "We can think up such good arguments for convincing ourselves and each other of the utterly absurd. Especially don't…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (355+ words) Lincoln has been writing about games for 12 years'unless you include the essays about procedural storytelling in Dwarf Fortress he convinced his college professors to accept. Leveraging the brainworms from a youth spent in World of Warcraft to write for sites…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (648+ words) Jess has been writing about games for over ten years, spending the last seven working on print publications PLAY and Official PlayStation Magazine. When she's not writing about all things hardware here, she's getting cosy with a horror classic, ranting…...