Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
While Deus Ex's confounding remaster is $30, the entire series is on sale for less than $10 on Steam
news At normal price, they're still a competitive $54.
An obscure RPG's moral dilemma about the 'ethical' human meat alternative propping up a zombie society is one of the best side quests I've ever played, and Steam achievements show only 13% of its players have even seen it
bon appetit Time to discuss The Ethics of Eating Flesh.
One mad lad is trying to play Hollow Knight and Silksong at the same time with one controller
news "This is how videogames were meant to be played."
The 16+ year-old original Stalker games have Nvidia DLSS support now, which isn't as crazy as it sounds
news Get in the Zone.
Silksong has the most insane secret bragging rights reward I've ever seen: A special red or purple inventory icon for beating at least half of the game without a map
news How far will you go for a pretty purple pen?
Silksong sickos have already painstakingly determined the DPS of every crest in the game, and you might want to switch off Reaper
news Pure numbers aren't everything, though, and the Architect is proof of that.
One of my favorite shooters of the 2020s—a sleeper 'Overwhelmingly Positive' on Steam—just got a second episode that more than doubles its length for $10
news Cultic Chapter 2 has a good shot at being my FPS of the year.
The studio behind award-winning Umurangi Generation is reimagining Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness from the perspective of a penguin, and it's brought the voice of Disco Elysium onboard to do it
news Lenval Brown needs your help, little penguin.
US agents are investigating the Charlie Kirk murder suspect's Steam account, but I'm not sure what 2,000 hours in Sea of Thieves is supposed to tell us
news The law enforcement agencies are said to be working on a profile of the alleged shooter.
A hardcore Souls player already soloed Elden Ring Nightreign's max-difficulty Depth 5, but he doesn't recommend it
news I'm having trouble in a three-stack at Depth Two.
I just found out I've been using Silksong's powerful Thread Storm ability wrong this entire time
news Holding Thread Storm longer is risky, but can improve your DPS.
It only took a week for the ultimate Silksong sicko to beat every boss in the game without getting hit
Got gud.
Netflix released another Witcher teaser showing off Liam Hemsworth as Geralt, and I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised
news Wind's howling.
If you can't get enough of precious Sherma in Silksong, a true Shermaniac uploaded a 10-hour cut of his sweet little song
news Fa ri du la si ma net do ni pua na vo ri net pi na sa mi ma ni set da na fon su loooo-bon!
A Silksong gumshoe meticulously pixel counted both games to directly compare the size of their worlds, and Pharloom looks twice as big as Hallownest
news Asking the real questions.
I was ready to be a crab about Silksong in the face of its memetic hype, but the game is simply too good
grinch alert Hyped for a reason.
French Lara Croft actor issues C&D to Tomb Raider Remaster studio as multiple foreign dubs of the game are accused of adding AI voiceovers
news Aspyr seems to be responding to the outcry, but has not publicly commented.
'Do you think there would be a problem if we see Hitler's penis?' MachineGames considered having a full frontal Fuhrer in Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus
news "We all need to be saved from ourselves sometimes."
Keanu Reeves would 'love to play Johnny Silverhand again' in Cyberpunk 2—but that'd be a tough needle to thread with how the first game ends
news I'd love to hear him as Johnny Silverhand again.
Update: Hollow Knight: Silksong sinks to 'Mostly Negative' Steam review status among Chinese gamers over its bafflingly bad translation, with Team Cherry promising to improve it
news The extent of the issues makes it sound like a tall order.
With Silksong in our hands, Steam's new reigning wishlist kings are both kind of basket cases: The partially-released Deadlock and lawsuit lightning rod Subnautica 2
news The heart wants what it wants.
After Indiana Jones, it sounds like MachineGames is ready to make another Wolfenstein game: 'We have always seen this as a trilogy'
news Say no more, I'm game.
All of Silksong's top mods make the game easier, including a returning Hollow Knight QoL favorite: An always-on compass without wasting a tool slot
news I'm a big believer in friction, but I get the compass.
