On the 23rd of September, Baby Steps – the long-awaited collaboration between Maxi Boch (A City Sleeps), Gabe Cuzzillo (Ape Out) and Bennett Foddy (QWOP) – released. As part of the launch, publisher Devolver Digital set up a livestream on their YouTube page called “Baby Steps - Calming Naturescapes for Relaxation”. It
Back in February, I had the opportunity to attend the FÍS Games Summit in Galway, Ireland. I’ve covered the bulk of my trip already but haven’t written up all of the talks and other things I took part in that day. In light of Romero Games’s recent
In 1978, Richard Donner, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder and Christopher Reeve defined the characters and world of DC Comics’s Superman for generations to come in the hero’s first blockbuster film. 47 years later, James Gunn, Nicolas Hoult, Rachel Brosnahan and David Corenswet define the world of Metropolis anew
CW : This article discusses lobbyists using games depicting rape and incest as a core part of their platform. It also expresses concern for the rollback of LGBTQ rights and personal freedoms. NB : I have chosen to link to the Steam pages for most of the games discussed as I feel
About an Elf (Meringue Interactive) is an offbeat “point-and-click-ish, rpg-ish, visual-novel-ish” game that uses toyetic models and stock footage backgrounds to tell the story of elf Princess Dam. Dam wields marbles she calls “Magiballs” in combat and her sidekick is a giant talking cat called Roland. It’s absurdist, unserious
Where Do You Draw The A.I Line? Over the last few years, Large Language Models and generative AI tools have been pushed more and more in the tech space as the next big thing. Why pay someone to code your game or create art assets when you can just
N.B : This article was written before the 7th of July, but an updated paragraph and statement from Romero Games has been added to the end of it. In short, they're still open, if not flush with cash. It’s no secret that Microsoft’s games division is
Over the last few years, Large Language Models and generative AI tools have been pushed more and more in the tech space as the next big thing. Why pay someone to code your game or create art assets when you can just ask a computer? After an endless parade of
When I was a child, my Nan let me play with this strange device called a “DS” that could play games like my Dad’s Xbox 360 or PC without needing to be plugged in. Alongside Brain Training and 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix, she had these two games that reminded me
Back in 2002, DC Comics decided to take a big swing. After the endless crossovers spilling into each book since the 90s, they put Jeph Loeb (Batman : The Long Halloween) and Jim Lee (Wildstorm) on the flagship Batman book to tell a self-contained story for a year. Readers were taken
Hey everyone! I’ve been spinning several plates at once since finishing my travelogue. None of them are done yet but I need to jump into your inbox ahead of any of that and talk about one of my favourite games while I still can. Poinpy is a vertically-scrolling 2D
My final day in Ireland started like all the others : waking up much earlier than I’d like to so I could get breakfast. I crammed everything back into my bag, now with enough space for my book thanks to security throwing out my soap, and went down for breakfast.