Latest articles by Ted Litchfield
Somebody spilled some Minecraft in this hardcore first-person RPG, and I love the result way more than I ever thought possible
memento mori Nox Mortalis is an unholy combo of survival game and old school RPG.
Larian celebrated a 'probably this time really maybe' defeat of Baldur's Gate 3's Zoom grandpa portrait glitch too soon, with the beloved bug already rising from the dead like a slasher villain
news Don't look at me like that.
System Shock 2's alien 'sphincter doors' were made with photos from a dev's colonoscopy
news True intimacy with an artist.
McFarlane is making the Fallout: New Vegas NCR Ranger figure I wish I had 15 years ago
news Preorders are open, but a lot of vendors are already sold out.
FPS legend John Romero says Wolfenstein 3D was the first game id Software took its time with—a luxurious 4-month development instead of just 2
news "The results spoke for themselves."
Skyblivion's first major dev update since Oblivion Remastered makes its case as more of a full remake—including a mega dungeon based off a legendary bit of cut content
news Sutch really caught my eye, but there was a ton of cool stuff here.
Sorry haters, Elden Ring Nightreign's much maligned new Everdark boss is its best yet
Augur Ascendancy I will defend you, Everdark Augur.
It sounds like all the pieces are in place for one of the most underrated RPG greats—from the creators of Fallout, no less—to get the remaster it deserves, but good luck getting someone to make it happen
news Manifesting Arcanum Enhanced Edition.
One of Elden Ring Nightreign's returning Dark Souls bosses launches into the stratosphere halfway through the fight to hide that he gets replaced by a second, smaller guy
news Movie magic.
The best FPS games on PC
Updated Our favorite FPS experiences of PC gaming's past and present.
My heart's already been stolen by this stop-motion adventure made out of wood and 'mostly in a garden shed'
news "Every animation was captured frame-by-frame using real sets, hand-crafted props, and a physical wooden mouse."
Its demo only took me 10 minutes, but this claymation picture book puzzle game inspired by medieval alchemy is one to watch out for
news Wait, you've got *all* the living things in there?
'The hunting genre was because of Wal-Mart:' Doom dev John Romero says the entire category was created to appease one Texan executive
news Romero dove into the sequence of events on a recent podcast appearance.
Bloodlines 2 studio The Chinese Room has bought its own independence, but also laid off employees in the process
news You win some, you lose some
Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there
news Everyone hated that.
A jaw-dropping mod to remake part of Fallout 1 in Doom has resurfaced after 3 years of silence
news Fallout: Bakersfield looks sick as hell, but it still seems a long way off.
Bungie promises to fix Destiny 2's new metroid-style morph ball as it makes players sick and glitches out on ultrawide monitors
news The hits just keep coming.
10 years ago, Obsidian made the only D&D-style Monk I've ever really loved—all it took was grounding him in harsh asceticism, mortification of the flesh, Aztec history, and stoner comedies
fist and foot Monks are often really lame in RPGs, but Zahua is not.
I've been obsessed with a single dialogue choice in an underappreciated Obsidian game for 10 years, so I tracked down the guy who wrote it to learn everything about my favorite joke in RPG history
psychedelic Are you real?
Neverwinter Nights 2 is one of the best RPGs you've never played, and if you like Baldur's Gate 3 or Disco Elysium, you owe it to yourself to check out its new Enhanced Edition
See Arr Pee Gee I'm telling you, it's the Summer of Neverwinter Nights.
Neverwinter Nights 2: Enhanced Edition is an excellent, subtle remaster and my new Steam Deck game of the summer
DUNGEON REMASTER They're saying it's the Summer of Neverwinter Nights.
Those shadow giants in the distance in Elden Ring Nightreign are over 2 miles tall—almost as big as the Erdtree—and nobody even mentions them in the game
Classic FromSoft.
Ahead of its remaster, GOG added Neverwinter Nights 2 to its preservation program and is also giving owners of the original a 'loyalty discount' on the enhanced edition
news I'm all for a NwN2 love fest.
