Warning: This article touches on major spoilers for both The Matrix Resurrections and Spider-Man: No Way Home. If you have not seen these two pop-culture behemoths, then bookmark this page and return once you have… “Nothing comforts anxiety like a little nostalgia,” Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Morpheus says in The Matrix …
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Happy Home Paradise has truly brought excitement back to island life in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The expansion offers up a creative career as a designer on an archipelago, with a satisfying sense of progression and a bountiful array of new furniture items and design features. As the very first …
Read More »Outriders New Horizon expansion proves the looter-shooter has plenty more to offer
Outriders New Horizon has given us a new perspective on People Can Fly’s multiplayer shooter. Despite the unenviable pressure of that wobbly launch – which, ironically enough, left us feeling like Outriders very much was a live service game, given the fact its servers melted under the strain of expectant …
Read More »The Call of Duty Warzone Ghosts of Verdansk Fear Meter should be permanent
It’s the first night of Warzone Ghosts of Verdansk and I’m playing with two random teammates, one of whom is a young kid. For the first few minutes, he’s impressively stoic compared to me and the other adult teammate, who are gasping and cursing with every jump scare. “I already …
Read More »Does Deathloop prove that immersive sim is an outdated term?
Agreeing with a door isn’t something we often find ourselves doing – not even in games. But the very first time you encounter one in Deathloop, it’s locked with a four-digit keycode. “You know the code,” the game tells you, over and over, in hovering captions that flicker in the …
Read More »Battlefield 2042 Hazard Zone offers something different – but is it right for Battlefield?
During a hands-off demonstration of Battlefield 2042 Hazard Zone, the latest multiplayer mode and third pillar of the war series’ latest guise, developer DICE made a bold statement. “Your main objective is not to kill,” said the game’s senior design director Danny Berlin. And then, in Hazard Zone’s first trailer …
Read More »Life is Strange: True Colors Wavelengths brings Stephs story full circle, and I cant stop thinking about it
Long after I’ve reached the close of the Life is Strange: True Colors Wavelengths DLC, I can’t stop thinking about just how well it wraps up Steph Gingrich’s story and brings everything so full circle. All of the Life is Strange games take place in the same universe, and as …
Read More »Gas Station Simulator has taken over Steam and my life
Forget Deathloop or Call of Duty: Warzone, the most stressed you’ll be while gaming in 2021 is trying to manage a cash register, a garage, a fuel pump, and a warehouse delivery all at the same time in Gas Station Simulator. Oh, and there’s that guy who keeps painting giant …
Read More »Is Brewster too little too late for Animal Crossing New Horizons?
Brewster is coming. Confirmed at the latest Nintendo Direct, the iconic coffee-making pigeon and his cafe, The Roost, are going to be added to Animal Crossing: New Horizons as part of a November update. There’s even a dedicated Animal Crossing Direct coming in October to commemorate the occasion. But, after …
Read More »Psychonauts 2 and its mental metaphors gave me a new way to combat negative feelings
Psychonauts 2 takes its players into the minds of its characters, literally. The heavily stylised adventure game tackles more than its fair share of sensitive topics including anxiety, alcoholism, addiction, and more. What I didn’t expect from Psychonauts 2 though was to gain a new approach to dealing with my …
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