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Weekplay 202240
To celebrate the multiplatform release of No More Heroes III, I booted up the original No More Heroes (NSW) remaster. This one hits differently these days. …
Weekplay 202243
It suffered a break of a few months, but I completed my playthrough of Citizen Sleeper (SD) over the weekend. This is still one amazing game and looking back …
Weekplay 202244
More than 10 years ago, a colleague of mine notified me of a metroidvania being in development. It was a solo project and people were getting pretty excited …
Weekplay 202245
At Local Heroes we worked on the localisation of Tactics Ogre: Reborn (PS5) quite some time ago, to the point that we thought the game had been cancelled. But …
Every Mega Man game's lore explained in obsessive detail
What it says on the tin. It's not foolproof, but then again, there is so much stupid stuff going on in this franchise, that it doesn't really matter.
Factorio as a tool for interviewing
In a strange twist of reverse gamification (applying games to real-world problems), here's obsessive optimisation game Factorio being used as a replacement for …
Springblades
Dutch indie game collective Sokpop has a new game out: Springblades. Which is best described as an absurdist Paper Mario-like. It's also rather good; if you …
Loot box bill filed in Australia
"By tempting young players with the potential-to-win game-changing items, encouraging risk-taking behaviour for a possible reward, delivering random prizes on …
Old-school vibes from Elsewhere in the Night
Elsewhere in the Night is bathing gloriously in its '80s adventure game vibes. Looking forward to this releasing later this week on December 6. It'll be a …
Weekplay 202247
I haven't been playing games much in the past few weeks. I've been mostly reading a lot and listening to podcasts. That said, listening to podcasts usually …
Make a Minecraft world out of a SimCity
MineCity 2000 is a program that converts SimCity 2000 cities into Minecraft (Java Edition) worlds.
Shredded headed to PS5
Look, it's clearly no SSX, but I'm still very much intrigued by this title. During the Xbox 360-era I did get some quality time in with Stoked and Stoked Big …
Human Chess
Human Chess has the same rules as normal chess, with one additional mechanic. Starting from move 2, players can claim their opponent’s last move was a top …
An occidental gaming look at Christianity
Super Bunnyhop takes a look at the deeper religious elements that are all over Bayonetta. It's an interesting piece on its own, but I was kind of smitten by …
The existential in Red Dead Redemption 2
There is one notable exception to my ambivalence towards video games, however. A game which I played for hours with thorough enjoyment and zero regret: Red …
The making of Dune II
‘In order to give us the most freedom to take the IP into military ground combat realm, we decided to have Dune II take place thousands of years prior to the …
UnDUNE II for PICO-8
Speaking of Dune II, here's a demake for (of all things) the PICO-8 called UnDUNE II. It's actually pretty neat to play!
Weekplay 202248
I've been playing Sokpop's latest Springblades (SD). It's a Japanese console role-playing game, but heavily streamlined. There's a map on which you can move …
A Christmas tree bauble that plays Doom
Christmas is coming again, and generally that means christmas trees and everything in it: lights, streamers, and ofcourse baubles. The holiday is all very …
PS Bath
What it says on the tin, really. https://memewhore.tumblr.com/post/702916237821362176
Transformers-ish co-op game?
Deep in Hasbro HQ: