Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
You've got to play my dark horse GOTY candidate if you too are a sicko for one of the ultimate RPG gimmicks: a trash level 1 sword that can be forged into a god slayer
news Labyrinth of the Demon King players: Save that katana hilt.
Oblivion guru found a way to save the Emperor and his bodyguard in the original game, getting the drop on his assassin like the fantasy secret service
News If only Bacon had been around in 1963.
The king of Elder Scrolls meme videos wishes Bethesda still made NPCs like Oblivion's: 'I am a big fan of the Radiant AI system and honestly a bit sad to see how much it was toned down'
Radiant AI Fallout 3, 4, and Skyrim's AI systems all had fewer variables than Oblivion's.
Oblivion Remastered has an unleveled, legendary sword you can grab right after leaving the starting sewers—just bring a lot of arrows or magicka potions
news Umbra is one of my very favorite Elder Scrolls weapons.
You're not imagining things: Oblivion Remastered's standard difficulty is way too easy, a single step up is insanely frustrating, and one modder has the math to prove it
news Difficulty Slider Fixed is a must-install mod for me now.
Doom: The Dark Ages launch times, release date, and advanced access period
Avowed time Like most new Xbox games, you can play Doom early if you pony up.
The best Baldur's Gate 3 builds for Patch 8 and beyond
Kensai/Mage Why stick with just one class when you could have, like, four?
PC gaming remains undefeated: Nintendo now says it has the right to brick your Switch if it thinks you're pirating games or modifying the console
news Citizen, we have detected installation of an unlicensed "Bowsette" software modification. Prepare for interdiction by a licensed Nintendo paramilitary subcontractor.
One of the most visually stunning roguelikes just overhauled its graphics to look even gnarlier, but you can still toggle back to the OG art style at will
news Mortal Sin now has two art styles for the price of one.
Elden Ring's upcoming update will add two new starting classes, one of them equipped with a top-tier DLC weapon it used to take dozens of hours to grab
news *Tips fedora* Milady.
The voice of Disco Elysium's Ancient Reptilian Brain performed the game's famous karaoke scene live and in costume
news The Smallest Church in Saint-Saëns.
How do you get fresh blood in a 22-year-old, infamously impenetrable MMO? EVE Online hopes it's a 'player-created gig economy' that has veterans making missions for newbies: 'We're 100% sure that you will do a better job'
side hustle Space spreadsheets, meet space gig economy.
EVE Online studio CCP is making a medieval-style tome of epic poetry inked with the blood of players to commemorate the game: 'It turns out, to store information, a really good way is to take blood and write on calfskin'
news CCP is giving most of the fan blood to the Blood Bank of Iceland, while keeping some to write a calfskin illuminated manuscript about EVE Online.
There's a reason Oblivion Remastered's new voice actors all sound familiar: It's a huge Skyrim reunion
news The return of actor Keith Szarabajka (Erandur in Skyrim, Joshua Graham in New Vegas) for Newblivion was a particular treat for me.
Oblivion Remastered has nearly tripled how much Skooma you can chug at once, ringing in a new era of drug-fueled super speed
news OG Oblivion: Eight stacks of Skooma zoomies (Skoomies). Oblivion Remastered: 22.
It took us embarrassingly long to realize that Oblivion Remastered still has a local map for when you get lost in dungeons
news Oblivion Remastered's local map isn't exactly easy to find.
Larian boss Swen Vincke says the studio is 'deep in the trenches' on its 'crazy-ambitious' follow up to Baldur's Gate 3, hopes to show it off no later than 2030 because 'my wife will divorce me if it takes longer'
news "I hope that definitely five years from now I can tell you about it."
Because of a Baldur's Gate 3 weapon's deceptive description, it took me nearly two years to realize it's a sleeper beast—and I'm kicking myself because it works the exact same way in Baldur's Gate 2
news Belm is back, baby.
Oblivion Remastered hit 4 million players in less than a week, with a big chunk of them buying the game on Steam
news That overall figure includes PC, PS5, and Xbox sales, as well as Game Pass players.
Hexblade might the best 1-level dip in Baldur's Gate 3, but going the distance with a full 12 levels and their infinite necrotic ghost turrets has me fixing to finally beat the game without multiclassing
Hex Heck I'm Mr. Multiclass, but a full 12 levels of Hexblade is hard to beat.
Modders somehow cranked out a VR mod for Oblivion Remastered mere hours after its surprise launch
news It's like you're really there, stabbing the rats.
The Oblivion remaster is so faithful, it still has the secret glitched door to the end of the game that lets you roll credits in under 15 minutes
news It's an older code, sir, but it checks out.
After Hyper Light Breaker players loved a secret one run, one life mode sneakily included in an update, Heart Machine is completely overhauling the game to match
news Hyper Light Breaker's next update includes a progression and structure overhaul.
