"Winners do drugs after all" - you can rewrite your favourite game screens with this fun tool

“Our mistake, drugs are cool” Fancy taking the piss out of video games? Here you go, a fun little tool you can run in your browser easily lets you rewrite famous game quotes.The Death Generatoroffers a gallery full of (mostly) retro games and a simple text box that will replicate the exact font used by those games, all so you can make the little shopkeeper in Zelda say rude words, or entirely rewrite the pre-mission dossiers of Goldeneye 007....

December 9, 2024 · 2 min · 404 words · Michael Hill

I have rarely hated a bad guy as much as I hate Voss in Indiana Jones And The Great Circle

Voss ist das? It’s not just because he’s a Nazi. It’s because he’s asmartassNazi. As the main antagonist inIndiana Jones And The Great Circle, Emmerich Voss vacates the archetypal armchair usually reserved for secondary fascist goons, so that he can goosestep straight into the big boy seat himself. He smiles with all the sleaze of right-hand-manMajor Toht, the grubby gestapo who gets that right hand burned in Raiders of the Lost Ark....

December 9, 2024 · 5 min · 1058 words · Malik Randall

It’s worth downloading the demo for uncanny horror Eclipsium just to stare at your hands

Nails the atmosphere The only sound that greets you upon booting upEclipsiumis a loudly throbbing heart. As one must when encounteringhorrormedia, the game and I immediately enter a spiritual staring contest, each of us knowing therealgame here was it trying to freak me out. “It’s fine”, I decided. “It’s just a heart! I’ve got a heart. It’s actually very useful. Nothing to be scared of”. Thing is, Eclipsium’s menu heart is actually massive and sits, like The Eye Of Sauron, atop a giant obelisk....

December 9, 2024 · 3 min · 579 words · Stacy Jarvis

NYT Connections hints and answers for Mon, December 9th

Need some Connections hints? Read our guide for help with Connections #546. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 9th December?Don’t fret if today’s Connections puzzle has you stumped. We’ve got a list of tips below, plus the answers themselves. Connectionsis a word puzzle game published every day by the New York Times (NYT), the hosts of the endlessly popularWordlepuzzle....

December 9, 2024 · 4 min · 676 words · Michelle Schultz

Tekken 8's next character will be revealed this week, and clues point to a certain lady in red

We’re Anna-lyzing the trailer The big question a Tekken player always wants to know is: which DLC character is coming next? Well, you’ll know by the end of the week, as the studio is planning to reveal this at Geoff Keighley’s winter festival of expensive advertising, the Game Awards. However, there may already be some clues in a trailer they’ve just released, which suggests some sisterful slapping is overdue. The trailer also promises new moves for all characters in a Season 2 update next spring, along with some minor presents in a winter update due sooner than that....

December 9, 2024 · 3 min · 434 words · Dr. Amanda Brooks

The demo for Oolo offers up a magical metroidvania with hints of classic Zelda

Oolovely “Hang on a sec. Haven’t I seen this exact genre of little guy before?” was my reaction upon encountering the yellow-eyed, hat-shrouded mage of isometricadventureOolo. Some quick internet sleuthing turned upthis lovely bit of artfeaturingFinal Fantasy 9’s Vivi, Journey’s Traveller, and He-Man’s Orko. It’s a great feeling to begin your week identifying an archetype of diminutive magician, and I hope it becomes a regular occurrence. Another pleasant discovery was Oolo itself, which you can discover yourself through the shrouded magic ofthis linkto it’s free demo....

December 9, 2024 · 3 min · 430 words · Eric Taylor

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 9th

Open the door to our Heart There’s an awful lot behind this door, lemme tell ya. Hours of adventure, of tension, of action, of sci-fi strangeness. It’ll be great. Unfortunately the door itself is bugged out so you’ll need to reload a quicksave or something to get it open. It’sS.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl! James:This is a game that probably shouldn’t exist. Over a decade of false dawns and scrapped builds....

December 9, 2024 · 2 min · 326 words · Elizabeth Hicks

Wordle hints and answer (#1269): How to solve the Monday December 9 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 9? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?We have you covered with a group of clues followed by the word if you need it, to help keep your streak firmly in place. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

December 9, 2024 · 6 min · 1235 words · David Robinson

You can score Indiana Jones and the Great Circle for PC at a discount on launch day, here's how

This is the best deal for those wanting to play on Steam. Indiana Jones and the Great Circleisn’t just good. It’s excellent. If you’re excited about playing the game on launch day (or beyond) and want to get the best deal possible, then look no further. Trusted Steam-code seller Fanatical has the game listed for just$58.79 for those in the US, and£50.39 for those in the UK. That’s a serious 16% off....

December 9, 2024 · 3 min · 537 words · Joseph Kirk

NYT Connections hints and answers for Sun, December 8th

Need some Connections hints today? Read our guide for help with Connections #545. This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theConnections hint and answers for Thursday 12th December! Looking for a hint to help with today’s Connections puzzle on 8th December?Hang tight, we’ve got all the tips you could ever need to solve today’s collection of words. Connectionsis a word puzzle game published every day by the New York Times (NYT), the hosts of the endlessly popularWordlepuzzle....

December 8, 2024 · 4 min · 664 words · Jamie Jones

The RPS Advent Calendar 2024, December 8th

Poor sales? Team disbanded? No no no, that’s not the way it happened Today’s door is shimmering and promises dark magics within. It’s an unlikely marriage of big budget publisher and a genre beloved most by smaller development teams. What mastery will unlock the door and expose the vast arenas within? Why, clicking to read more, of course. It’s Ubisoft metroidvania Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown! Graham:Indie developers have led a resurgence of metroidvanias in recent years, creating games likeHollow Knightthat can challenge even the namesakes of the genre....

December 8, 2024 · 3 min · 619 words · Paul Chavez

What's on your bookshelf?: Divinity: Original Sin 2, Baldur's Gate 3, and Saltsea Chronicles’ Charlene Putney

read-only Booked For The Weekis our weekly chat with industry folk about the books they love, have loved, and are hoping to love in the future. Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! Everyone knows about ‘hardback’ and ‘softback’ books, but have you heard of the quickly discontinued ‘rice puddingback’?...

December 8, 2024 · 4 min · 768 words · Cynthia Perkins

Wordle hints and answer (#1268): How to solve the Sunday December 8 Wordle

Stuck on today’s Wordle word for December 8? Read our hint or find the answer below! This guide is for a previous day! Looking for today’s solution? Check out theWordle hint and answer for Thursday 12th December! Need a hint for today’s Wordle answer?Below you’ll find a list of clues to help you solve today’s word and preserve your streak. Every day,Wordlepresents its legions of players with a deviously simple quandary: can you guess the right five-letter word within just six guesses?...

December 8, 2024 · 6 min · 1209 words · Johnny Robinson