Screenshot Saturday Tuesday: What's a three-day lag when there are all these games to admire?

HomeFeatures Screenshot Saturday Tuesday: What’s a three-day lag when there are all these games to admire?I go on Twitter so you don’t have to I go on Twitter so you don’t have to Image credit:@stuffbecauseidk Image credit:@stuffbecauseidk Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s#screenshotsaturdaytag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. Well, on Tuesday this week, thanks to the four-day Easter weekend....

April 2, 2024 · 4 min · 802 words · Miguel Snow

The Maw - 2nd April-6th April

HomeNews The Maw - 2nd April-6th AprilOur weekly news liveblog, with this week’s gamiest videogame releases Our weekly news liveblog, with this week’s gamiest videogame releases Image credit:Wikimedia Commons/José Guadalupe Posada Image credit:Wikimedia Commons/José Guadalupe Posada New week, new PC games! It’s another mercifully brief four day week in the UK due to reasons of religion, so let’s roll with an appropriately snappy intro that avoids any extended digressionary preambles about, oh, I don’t know, magpies fighting outside my flat this morning....

April 2, 2024 · 31 min · 6457 words · William Rodriguez

This spooky bunny horror game is free, but you can buy a cool zine to support the devs

HomeNewsRental This spooky bunny horror game is free, but you can buy a cool zine to support the devsI approve of Rental, and their zine I approve of Rental, and their zine Image credit:Animita Project Image credit:Animita Project I likehorror, I like bunnies, I like cool little games. Hey, y’here that,Rental? You’re alright, kid. It’s a free (free!) little game originally made for2022’s 32bit jamthat takes about 20 minutes to play through, wherein you play a child rabbit who has arrived at a holiday cabin with her family....

April 2, 2024 · 2 min · 382 words · Brandon Stone

Wordle hint and answer #1018 (April 2 2024)

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hint and answer #1018 (April 2 2024)Stuck on the Wordle word for April 2? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on the Wordle word for April 2? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?...

April 2, 2024 · 6 min · 1143 words · Gregory Anthony

Terraria will add roller skates for super-fast building and 2D grinding in its “final stretch” of updates

HomeNewsTerraria Terraria will add roller skates for super-fast building and 2D grinding in its “final stretch” of updatesRe-Logic say they don’t know when 1.4.5 will launch or everything that will be in it just yet Re-Logic say they don’t know when 1.4.5 will launch or everything that will be in it just yet Image credit:Re-Logic Image credit:Re-Logic Terrariais apparently entering the “final stretch” of updates for the 2D crafting and exploration game (though whether this will actually be it remains to be seen), and it looks like developers Re-Logic are seeing off their 2D Minecraft-a-like in style....

April 1, 2024 · 2 min · 370 words · Troy Mack

The voice behind Half-Life 2’s Vortigaunts has passed away

HomeNews The voice behind Half-Life 2’s Vortigaunts has passed awayDespite a prolific film and television career, Louis Gossett Jr.’s only video game appearances were in the seminal shooter and Episode One Despite a prolific film and television career, Louis Gossett Jr.’s only video game appearances were in the seminal shooter and Episode One Image credit:Valve Image credit:Valve Louis Gossett Jr., who made history as the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and had a prolific, successful career across film, television and stage - as well as voicing the friendly Vortigaunt aliens inHalf-Life 2and its follow-upEpisode One- has died....

April 1, 2024 · 6 min · 1152 words · Jacqueline Henry

Wordle hints and answer (#1017): How to solve the Monday April 1 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1017): How to solve the Monday April 1 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for April 1? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for April 1? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...

April 1, 2024 · 6 min · 1148 words · Amanda Thomas

NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, March 31)

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Sunday, March 31)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #294 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #294 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

March 31, 2024 · 3 min · 578 words · Jordan Allen

Wordle hints and answer (#1016): How to solve the Sunday March 31 Wordle

HomeGuidesWordle Wordle hints and answer (#1016): How to solve the Sunday March 31 WordleStuck on today’s Wordle word for March 31? Read our hint or find the answer below! Stuck on today’s Wordle word for March 31? Read our hint or find the answer below! Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 26th December!...

March 31, 2024 · 6 min · 1151 words · David Scott

New Quest apps will be unable to support Oculus Quest 1 headsets from May

HomeNews New Quest apps will be unable to support Oculus Quest 1 headsets from MayBecause Meta said so Because Meta said so The Oculus Quest launched back in 2019, just five years ago, but come May new apps released in the Quest Store won’t be playable on the Quest 1. This isn’t because the Quest 1 isn’t powerful enough to play them anymore, but because developers will no longer be able to upload them and players won’t be able to see them....

March 30, 2024 · 5 min · 982 words · Lawrence Villarreal

Rain World is getting a new DLC starring the mysterious Nightcat

HomeNewsRain World Rain World is getting a new DLC starring the mysterious NightcatThe Watcher is “coming soon” The Watcher is “coming soon” Image credit:Videocult Image credit:Videocult Rain World: The Watcher | Reveal TrailerRain World: The Watcher teaser trailer.Watch on YouTube Rain World: The Watcher | Reveal Trailer “The Watcher” refers to a type of Slugcat, the game’s fluffy protagonist, and seemingly based on ‘Nightcat’, a fourth type of slugcat with no particular abilities added for the sake of the four-player arena mode in the Downpour DLC....

March 30, 2024 · 1 min · 189 words · Jennifer Hill

Dragon’s Dogma 2 proves that fetch quests are good as long as the space in between is interesting

HomeFeaturesDragon’s Dogma 2 Dragon’s Dogma 2 proves that fetch quests are good as long as the space in between is interestingThey don’t drag on in this one They don’t drag on in this one Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Capcom I think its reasonable to say that the term ‘fetch quest’ is well passed the point of being a neutral descriptor and has moved firmly into the realm of full pejorative....

March 29, 2024 · 3 min · 528 words · Nathaniel Pugh

NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, March 29)

HomeGuides NYT Connections hint and answers (Friday, March 29)Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #292 Need a hint for today’s Connections? Read our guide for help with Connections #292 Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/NYT This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 26th December! Want a hint for Connections today?...

March 29, 2024 · 3 min · 578 words · Catherine Obrien