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A party of adventurers looking out over the wilderness in Baldur's Gate 3.
Videogame fantasy settings are staler than mouldy bread right now

By Fraser Brown Published

Death to elves Time to kill off the elves and get weird.

Death to elves
Johnny Castaway, screensaver
I spent hours tracking down a game I barely remembered from my childhood, and it turned out it was a screensaver

By Sarah Richter Published

Desktop pal My favorite game turned out to be Johnny Castaway, the forefather of virtual pets.

Desktop pal
Diesel Legacy fighting game
3 years after he faced sexual harassment allegations, new fighting game Diesel Legacy is giving disgraced Skullgirls developer Mike Zaimont a chance to prove he's now 'fundamentally different'

By Wes Fenlon Published

Report We spoke with the devs behind Diesel Legacy and Zaimont's former coworkers about his past behavior and return to games.

Report
Garrett hides against a wall, dagger drawn
Journeying into The Cradle in Thief: Deadly Shadows

By Kieron Gillen Published

From The Archives In this classic feature, Kieron Gillen goes on a deep dive into one of the most terrifying levels in videogame history.

From The Archives
Dwarves battling alien bugs in Deep Rock Galactic.
Meet one of the last positive communities left in gaming

By Robin Valentine Published

Dwarven Hospitality Deep Rock Galactic's fans are disarmingly nice—what is it that makes them so friendly?

Dwarven Hospitality
Mike Laidlaw, Pawel Sasko, Strix Beltran, Lis Moberly, Josh Sawyer
RPG roundtable podcast: Josh Sawyer, Mike Laidlaw, Strix Beltran, Paweł Sasko, and Lis Moberly go deep on writing and playing RPGs

By Wes Fenlon Published

🎙️ Listen to our 80-minute discussion with five veteran RPG designers.

🎙️
Sonic Over Motorcycle BotW mod
Thanks to the last 5 years of Nintendo emulation, Zelda: Breath of the Wild has one of the best mod scenes in gaming

By Wes Fenlon Published

Breathtaking Despite Nintendo's disapproval, interest in modding Breath of the Wild has driven incredible progress in Switch and Wii U emulators.

Breathtaking
Persona 5 characters
9 very long games that are actually worth it

By Tyler Colp Published

⌛ Make the time, you won't regret it.

⌛
There are 22 Geralts, and we ranked them all

By Tyler Wilde Published

Tier list Which Geralt is the best Geralt? Consult our definitive tier list, which features every Geralt we could think of.

Tier list
The Pip Boy from the Fallout series being the benevolent hacker he is
The first programs you should install on your new PC

By Wes Fenlon Last updated

app happy These are our essential apps for a fresh PC. After you've installed Steam, of course.

app happy
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