Ted Litchfield
Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he's not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch. You can follow Ted on Bluesky.
Latest articles by Ted Litchfield

Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii has played 10,000 hours of Fallout 4 while refusing to do the main quest, build settlements, or travel with anyone but Dogmeat: 'I'd much rather be beaten to death by Deathclaws'
By Ted Litchfield published
news The only guy playing Fallout 4 the right way.

One of the most underrated indie duos out there is making its 3rd game in as many years: An 'extreme stop motion horror' project that promises to be 'grossly fun but also stomach-churningly appalling'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Made almost entirely out of clay.

'They have effectively ghosted us:' publisher of delisted art game Horses lambasts Epic Games Store after executive claims 'we love that studio'
By Ted Litchfield last updated
news Quit horsing around.

Just in time for Hollow Knight's 9th birthday, Team Cherry rolled out its first update in years, including better support for ultrawide monitors and the Steam Deck screen
By Ted Litchfield published
news No more black bars, baby.

Thanks to one mad modder, we can now play Doom on an in-game terminal in Ultrakill
By Ted Litchfield published
news Escalating levels of FPS turducken.

If you want to get caught up with Larian's pre-Baldur's Gate work, $157 worth of Divinity games are on sale on Steam for $23
By Ted Litchfield published
news Far out, man.

id Software's second FPS only brought in $5,000, and the studio might not have made Wolfenstein and Doom if the game hadn't made a dev fall out of his chair: 'That was just one of the craziest things in a videogame I'd ever seen'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Happy 35th birthday, id Software.

2 days after promising it was still 'worthy of your investment,' the most successful Kickstarter MMO ever was canceled and its team laid off: 'The developers and staff acted in good faith and deserved better'
By Ted Litchfield published
news Sifting through the ashes of Ashes of Creation.

I've already put 10 hours into this upcoming RPG's demo because it has the best combat I've seen outside a FromSoft game
By Ted Litchfield published
news I got five hours of sleep last night.

Instead of difficulty, Obsidian designer Josh Sawyer thinks in terms of 3 RPG player archetypes: 'What are they trying to get out of this game?'
By Ted Litchfield published
news I'm usually looking for a bow that shoots chain lightning or something.

15 years on, Dark Souls 1's best boss is nearly undefeated fighting Elden Ring's bosses, and one of his KOs definitely doesn't count
By Ted Litchfield published
news Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy is a Mickey Mouse champion who does not deserve to be in the hall of fame.

Final count for Stop Killing Games petition verifies 1.3 million of its 1.4 million signatures, well above the minimum to be formally considered by EU politicians
By Ted Litchfield published
news They threw out all of Sideshow Bob's votes from the pet cemetery.

Fallout lead Tim Cain worked 70+ hours a week for 2 years to make the classic RPG: 'I'm glad things have changed, that was unsustainable—but it was also absolutely amazing'
By Ted Litchfield published
news "I often drove to work in the dark and drove home in the dark."

Fallout 4 feels like a brand new game now that it's forcing me to take naps, drink plenty of water, and not save scum
By Ted Litchfield published
H4RDC0RE Pro: Everything feels fresh and dangerous. Con: I had to replay the same scripted walk and talk story mission three times on account of bugs.

Roguelike fatigue is real, but I can make an exception for this upcoming project that remixes some of my favorite stealth games at 90 mph
By Ted Litchfield published
news Roguelike Dark Messiah of Might & Magic alright I'm on board.

'Lasting consequences where every action could leave a trail back to you' is just what I want to hear from a medieval thievery simulator, so this first person sneaker is now one of my most anticipated games
By Ted Litchfield published
news Thief: The Bright Project.

It's been 9 years of no word on a new Nier, but Pokemon creator Game Freak's upcoming action RPG might just scratch the itch
By Ted Litchfield published
news Nier-ly there.

Wikipedia turns 25, still boasting zero ads and over 7 billion visitors per month despite the rise of AI and threats of government repression
By Ted Litchfield published
news The Ming Dynasty Yongle Encyclopedia is quietly seething.

Once and for all, which game has the best art?
By Sean Martin published
Fine art Make your case PC gamers.

Nexus Mods quashes rumor of 2-year bans for linking the site on Discord: 'There does not appear to be any risk of being moderated by Discord for posting Nexus Mods links'
By Ted Litchfield published
news You may be personally banned from a server for that New Vegas Hatsune Miku companion, though.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'
By Ted Litchfield published
News Not the hill I'd die on, but I'm not a billionaire.

Divinity: Original Sin 2's brilliant armor system is one of a kind in RPGs, and I'm bummed we'll apparently never see it again
By Ted Litchfield published
en garde Sic transit gloria mundi.

Larian's head writer has a simple answer for how AI-generated text helps development: 'It doesn't,' thanks to its best output being 'a 3/10 at best' worse than his worst drafts
By Ted Litchfield published
new My worst drafts are a 5/10 but I might have lower standards.
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